Most days in the mountains you look. Today you go in. Your private group kicks off on the world’s most scenic drive through UNESCO wilderness, secret lookouts, hidden lakes too blue to be real, and wildlife around every bend. Then the dare gets bigger. You rumble onto the 10,000 year old Athabasca Glacier aboard a massive Ice Explorer, step out onto ancient ice, and sip water that has been frozen since before written history. Then you walk out onto the glass floored Skywalk suspended high above the Sunwapta Valley and look straight down. Your own private guide is with you the whole way, sharing the stories, the history, and the kind of local knowledge that makes every stop land differently. One seamless day, entirely on your terms, that keeps asking more of you and delivers more in return.
For those who want the iconic Icefields experience and are ready to go all in, with only the people they choose.
Legendary Local Guide Guides who turn the mountains into a story and feel like a friend by the end of the day. They know where the wildlife shows up, which hidden lookout stops you in your tracks, and the stories you won't find in any guidebook. |
Secret Stops Only We Know Some of the best moments happen off the itinerary. Your guide knows exactly where to find them. |
Picnic Lunch Included We set you up with a picnic lunch from one of our local favourites. Fresh, delicious, and ready to enjoy wherever the mountains take you. Included on full-day tours |
Your Booking Protects This Place Every time you book with us 1% goes directly to conservation. Your trip doesn't just explore the Rockies. It protects them. 1% for the Planet member |
UNESCO wilderness, hidden lakes too blue to be real, and wildlife around every bend. And you’re not watching it through a bus window.
You came to see the glacier. The Ice Explorer takes you one step further. Ancient ice under your boots, glacial water on your lips, and a feeling that doesn’t have a name yet.
The Columbia Icefield Skywalk suspended high above the Sunwapta Valley. Walk to the edge, look straight down, and feel every nerve in your body wake up.
The Icefields Parkway is one of the best wildlife corridors in North America. Elk, bears, bighorn sheep. Your guide knows exactly where to look.
The stories behind the ice, the Indigenous history, the local knowledge that turns a spectacular view into something you actually understand and remember.
Settle into luxury transport with panoramic windows as your guide sets the scene for the day ahead. Keep your eyes open on the way out of town. The Parkway starts revealing itself early.
The viewpoint that stops everyone in their tracks. That blue shouldn’t exist in nature and yet there it is, stretching out beneath the mountains. Your guide shares the story behind the colour and the Indigenous significance of this glacier-fed lake.
The hidden gem most Parkway visitors drive straight past. A secluded viewpoint, postcard perfect reflections, and the kind of quiet that only exists out here.
You came to see the glacier. The Ice Explorer takes you one step further. Rumble out onto the 10,000 year old Athabasca Glacier, step out onto ancient ice, and sip water that has been frozen since before written history.
Glass floored and suspended high above the Sunwapta Valley. Walk to the edge, look straight down, and feel every nerve in your body wake up.
Still water reflecting dramatic peaks, stories of early explorers, and a shoreline walk that earns its place between two of the most spectacular stops on the Parkway.
Back before dark, with a day that will take a while to process.
✓ Small group experience (max 12 guests)
✓ Comfortable, upscale transportation with panoramic windows
✓ Private local guide trained in photography and storytelling
✓ Hot drinks (hot chocolate, coffee, or tea)
✓ Fresh water refills (BYO water bottle)
✓ Polaroid souvenir
✓ Convenient hotel pick-up and drop-off
✓ Picnic lunch (includes gourmet sandwich, fruit & a baked good snack)
✓ Columbia Icefield Adventure Admission (Ice Explorer + Columbia Icefield Skywalk)
✕ Guide gratuities (optional)
✕ National Park Pass
Complimentary pick-up and drop-off from any hotel, residence, or landmark in Banff, Canmore, and Lake Louise.
This experience involves some light walking on uneven surfaces, so a reasonable level of mobility is recommended. That said, you’re always welcome to sit out the walks and enjoy the exhibits at the Columbia Icefield Centre instead, the choice is entirely yours.
High alpine lakes can stay frozen well into early June and begin freezing again around mid November. Honestly though, whether they’re frozen solid or fully thawed, their beauty is undeniable either way!
It’s the road into another world, all to yourselves. Your private group takes on one of the most scenic drives on earth, stopping at Peyto Lake, Bow Lake, Waterfowl Lakes, and the Columbia Icefield with its Athabasca Glacier, one of the largest ice masses in North America. You get a dedicated local guide, an upscale vehicle with panoramic windows, and a full day shaped entirely around your group’s pace.
Your private vehicle and a local guide trained in photography and storytelling, comfortable upscale transportation with panoramic windows, hot drinks (hot chocolate, coffee, or tea), fresh water refills if you bring your own bottle, a Polaroid souvenir, convenient hotel pickup and drop off, a picnic lunch with a gourmet sandwich, fruit, and a baked treat, and full Columbia Icefield Adventure admission, including both the Ice Explorer and the Columbia Icefield Skywalk.
Very likely. The Icefields Parkway is one of the best wildlife corridors in North America, home to bears, elk, and mountain goats, and your guide knows exactly where to look along the way.
Hotel pickup and drop off is included from Banff, Canmore, and Lake Louise. Just choose yours when you book.
For private tours, just contact us by email or phone at least 7 days before your departure start time to cancel or make changes without any penalty. Nice and stress free.
