Totems of Haida Gwaii - Itinerary (10

TOTEMS OF HAIDA GWAII
ITINERARY - 10 DAY TOUR
Tuesday, May 28
Vancouver to the Rockies
Make your way to Vancouver’s Pacific Central Station and
check in by 7:00 PM to get your accommodation assignments and
baggage checked. Join fellow travellers in the departure lounge to
board the famous train at 8:00 PM and settle in for an 8:30 PM
departure. Your train winds its way through Vancouver’s eastern
suburbs and lower Fraser Valley as you settle in. By nightfall you
are well into the Coastal Mountains and the Fraser Canyon before
you retire in a cabin for the night.
Wednesday, May 29
The Rockies & Jasper B L
You awaken in the heart of the Rockies enjoying the
fantastic scenery all day. Enjoy breakfast and lunch in the dining
car. By 4:00 PM a stop is made in Jasper where you disembark
and cross the street to Whistler’s Inn for the night. Dinner is on
your own.
Thursday, May 30
Jasper
Today is free in Jasper. You can sleep in and have a
leisurely breakfast or brunch. Some will want to take a day
excursion in the village and area by tour bus or why not spend the
day going on a tour along the icefields parkway and experience a
walk on the Athabasca Glacier.
Friday, May 31
Jasper to Prince George D
At 12:15 PM board the Skeena for its departure through
Yellowhead Pass and northwest through the Rocky Mountain
Trench. The Jasper-Prince Rupert train is a two-day journey
from the rugged splendour of Jasper National Park and the
Canadian Rockies to the haunting beauty of the Pacific Coast.
The first day of the journey you follow the Fraser River mostly
before it turns south on its way to the Pacific. You arrive in
Prince George shortly after 7:00 PM and stay in a comfortable
hotel near the station tonight.
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Meals Included
B Breakfast
D Dinner
L Lunch
S Snack
Highlights
◊ VIA Rail’s Canadian & Skeena
◊ Jasper National Park
◊ BC Ferry’s Northern Adventure
◊ Haida Gwaii sightseeing
◊ Haida Heritage Centre
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ITINERARY (Cont.)
Saturday, June 1
Prince George to Prince Rupert B L D
Breakfast is served at the hotel before you go to the station by 7:30 AM
for the continuation of your journey west to Prince Rupert (departing at 8:00
AM.) This trip is the most scenic of rail journeys and called VIA Rail’s best
kept secret. You pass wild rivers, mountains, gorges, high bridges, native
culture and the occasional small town. Arrival in Prince Rupert is planned for
8:25 PM where you stay the night in a downtown hotel.
Sunday, June 2
Prince Rupert to Haida Gwaii
B
Today is free for you to explore Prince Rupert. Leave by BC Ferries on
the Northern Adventure (or Explorer) late evening at 11:00 PM and spend the
night in a cabin aboard the ship.
Monday, June 3
Haida Gwaii
B L
Arrive in the morning in Skidegate at 6:00 AM. A bus will pick you up
and you are transferred to your hotel for check in followed by breakfast. Then
a tour of Naikoon Park, North Beach, Agate Beach, and Tow Hill for a packed
lunch, then back to the hotel for dinner on your own.
B
Tuesday, June 4
Haida Gwaii
After breakfast at the hotel, our 9 am tour begins of the Skidigate
Heritage Museum, and lunch and free time in Queen Charlotte City followed
by Balancing Rock and Tell Art Route, and back to the hotel for dinner on
your own.
B L D
Wednesday, June 5
Haida Gwaii
After a leisurely breakfast your tour bus will pick you up for a tour of
Port Clements Logging museum, and Golden Spruce Trail for a packed lunch.
Then off to Masset for the Dixon Maritime Museum, Delkatla Bird Sanctuary
and a tour of Old Masset. The evening is capped off with an authentic Haida
dinner and long house dance.
Thursday, June 6
Haida Gwaii to Vancouver
On this the last day, early morning is free before you are transferred to
Masset airport for your Pacific Coastal Airlines flight at 11:30 AM arriving in
Vancouver (YVR) just before 2:00 pm.
SOME TRAIL AND BEACH WALKING IS REQUIRED.
B
May 28 – June 6, 10 days – Rail Vancouver to Jasper,
Prince George and Prince Rupert and then ferry to
Haida Gwaii for 4 days, fly back to Vancouver
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