Icefields Parkway Self-Guided Audio Driving Tour
- 3 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Experience the Icefields Parkway on a flexible GPS-guided audio driving tour between Jasper and Lake Louise. Commentary plays automatically, and the route can be enjoyed in either direction. Highlights include JASPER, ATHABASCA FALLS, SUNWAPTA FALLS, COLUMBIA ICEFIELD, PARKER RIDGE, PEYTO LAKE and LAKE LOUISE. Hear mountain history, wildlife stories and the geology behind one of Canada’s most scenic drives. Start whenever you like, pause for viewpoints or attractions and finish at your own pace. National park entry pass required. Check current road conditions before departure; no mobile data or signal is needed during the tour.
Inclusions
What's included
- No time constraints, take as long as you like to complete the tour
- Only 1 tour booking needed per vehicle
- Flexible dates - tour is yours to keep and enjoy anytime on Tripvia Tours.
- Ensure you have a good mobile or WiFi connection for the initial download
- No signal required or data used during tour
- Email confirmation with getting started instructions
What's not
- Smartphone or tablet
- Transportation (use your own vehicle)
- Attraction Tickets
- National park admission
- Parking fees
- In-person tour guide
- ICEFIELDS PARKWAY: weather and avalanche closures are possible; check 511 Alberta before travel.
Itinerary
ICEFIELDS PARKWAY — Drive between Jasper and Lake Louise through a spectacular corridor of glaciers, waterfalls and mountain passes.
JASPER — Begin or end in this welcoming mountain town surrounded by peaks, lakes and abundant wildlife.
TAKAKKAW FALLS — Discover the dramatic Yoho National Park waterfall and the peaks that feed its powerful plunge.
HECTOR LAKE — Glimpse this quiet glacial lake and the mountain scenery behind its memorable name.
LAKE LOUISE — Start or finish the flexible route here, enjoying the same Icefields Parkway experience in either direction.
BOW LAKE — Admire brilliant glacial water beneath Crowfoot Mountain at one of the parkway’s most photogenic roadside stops.
YOHO NATIONAL PARK — Look toward neighbouring Yoho and the celebrated mountain parks of the Canadian Rockies.
WATERFOWL LAKES — Enjoy twin turquoise lakes fed by the Mistaya River beneath the rugged peaks of Banff National Park.
MOUNT MURCHISON — Take in the layered summit of this ancient limestone giant rising above the parkway.
MISTAYA CANYON — A short seasonal trail leads to a narrow gorge sculpted by the rushing Mistaya River.
SASKATCHEWAN GLACIER — View the vast glacier that feeds the North Saskatchewan River from the Columbia Icefield region.
MOUNT WILSON AND MOUNT ERASMUS — Spot two imposing peaks whose names reflect the explorers and scholars commemorated here.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- The tour either runs from Lake Louise to Jasper, or Jasper to Lake Louise on the Icefields Parkway 93. Tour experience is the same in either direction.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Tripvia Tours
- Service animals allowed
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Wheelchair accessible
How it compares in Jasper
- Its from-price is 90% below the median of the 64 experiences we list in Jasper.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 18 of 64.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Jasper
Jasper is a mountain town on the Athabasca River in Alberta, inside the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies, among glaciers, lakes and wildlife.
Jasper sits at about 1,060 metres on the Athabasca River, ringed by peaks, in the largest national park of the Canadian Rockies. The town grew around the railway in the early twentieth century, and elk graze on its lawns and wander its streets. The park, together with its neighbours, forms the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage site, and it is one of the largest dark-sky preserves in the world.
Top-ranked sights in Jasper: Maligne Lake, Medicine Lake, Spirit Island.
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