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7 Canada Train Travel trips. Tours from 10 tour companies. 2 reviews. 3/5 avg rating.

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A Canadian Rockies Adventure
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3/5 Average
2 reviews
Group Tour
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Visits

Banff National Park, Jasper, Jasper National Park, Lake Louise, Vancouver, Whyte Museum

Highlights

  • Vancouver: Enjoy a full day in this cosmopolitan city and explore many of its treasures.
  • The Rocky Mountaineer: View coastal forests, roaring river canyons, and snowcapped mountain ranges from the comfort of the train’s observation car and lounge.
  • Jasper National Park (est. 1907): Explore the park for a full day and take a cruise on Maligne Lake, one of the largest glacier-fed lakes in the world. Travel along the Icefields Parkway, where wildlife such as grizzly bear, moose, elk, and mountain goat are easily spotted.
  • Banff National Park

Themes

High Adventure, National Parks, Nature & Wildlife

What travelers are saying

"My wife and I were on the Smithsonian Journeys Splendors of Australia and New Zealand between April 13 and May 2, 2018. Smithsonian is rated by this site as Luxury travel. However, Smithsonian "farms out" the logistics for their trip to Odysseys Unlimited. Odysseys booked within country air travel with the lowest cost air carriers. Flights were cancelled from Ayers Rock to Sydney and from Queenstown New Zealand to Rotorua. Another flight was significantly delayed so that we did not arrive at our Christchurch destination until 2:00 am, making for a really tired next day. Odysseys Unlimited compensated us $400 per person for missing a day in Sydney and paid for an excursion in Auckland for missing Rotorua. This was wholly inadequate, given that these were highlights of the trip. In addition, our tour guide was rude to several people on the trip. If Smithsonian Journeys is truly a luxury travel outfit, as we had believed, then they would not be farming out travel logistics to such a chinch company as Odysseys Unlimited. We will think twice about traveling with Smithsonian again, and so should others."

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Coastal Passage Canadian Rockies Excursion with Post-Tour Cruise
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3/5 Average
2 reviews
Small Ship Cruise
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

Visits

Alaska, Alberta, Baranof Island Sitka, Calgary, Juneau, Ketchikan, San Juan Islands, Sitka, Vancouver, Victoria

Highlights

  • 3 day Rocky Mountaineer GoldLeaf or SilverLeaf Service
  • 7 night Alaskan Explorer Cruise, Verandah (GoldLeaf Service) or Ocean-view (SilverLeaf Service) Stateroom
  • Calgary Tower
  • Calgary to Banff Tour, including Banff Gondola
  • Summit Helicopter Flightseeing
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Themes

National Parks, Nature & Wildlife, Small Ship Cruise, Train & Rail Journeys

What travelers are saying

"Before you spend a penny for a trip on the Canadian Rocky Mountaineer please be sure to read their Terms. Any monies paid for a reservation will NOT be returned—not even if you change your mind an hour later, if COVID shuts the Canadian border down, if an avalanche covers the tracks, if you become hospitalized, if you have a death in the family, if you die. Their paragraph 12 spells it out very clearly and any attempt to cancel the reservation will result in a terse message attesting to their policy. Their trip has been on my bucket list for all of my 87 years. My failure to read their Terms cost me $2853.89 although I acted long before an anticipated May trip. Don’t repeat my mistake as you will be subject to the greatest train robbery in existence."

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Calgary Stampede, Canadian Rockies & Glacier
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3/5 Average
100+ reviews
Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Visits

Banff National Park, Calgary, Canadian Rockies, Jasper, Jasper National Park

Highlights

  • Visit Glacier National Park is best seen from the ground, and one of the most iconic ways
  • Explore Banff National Park
  • Enjoy a tour of Jasper National Park and The Maligne Valley
  • See the Calgary's zoo and science centers are popular stops in the city

Themes

Cultural, National Parks, Nature & Wildlife, Train & Rail Journeys

What travelers are saying

"David Spiller has been so helpful and offered alternatives for my trip with my elderly mom."

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The Canadian at Christmas
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4.2/5 Great
55 reviews
Group Tour
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Very Easy
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Visits

Edmonton, Jasper, Jasper National Park, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Vancouver

Highlights

  • Toronto including a guided tour
  • Niagara Falls
  • Jasper
  • 4 nights on board the Canadian
  • The Canadian Shield
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Themes

50 plus, National Parks, Nature & Wildlife, Train & Rail Journeys, Festivals & Special Events

What travelers are saying

"This was their July 22 Cruise “Delights if the Danube” Absolutely awful company, great at taking your bookings and money but it then ends there. We paid a premium rate for what they listed as “Delights of The Danube” river cruise. They changed our ship, so we did not get what we paid for, and no pool as we originally specified. The drinks in the drinks package had very little choice. One draft beer is all that is available, and that is pretty poor as it is, you can’t even buy bottled beers or any other draught beer as that one is your only choice. Wines at meal times are either red, white or Rosa, no choice, just those three.The ship they put us on “boasted” a new wine bar, it didn’t serve any wines or beers at all the entire week, it wasn’t even stocked or manned, but it did have a kettle and tea or coffee !!!. The trips ashore are advertised to deceive you, this is appalling. Some of the trips are over two and a half hours each way on a coach, and the shorter ones are rushed, don’t be fooled by their misleading advertising. The train journeys are an absolute nightmare, even though we booked first class there and back. You have to rush between connecting trains while dragging your luggage with you, and the connecting times are tight, we felt so sorry for those less able who were severely stressed. On part of the journey we were told that 1st class was not available, we were put in filthy overcrowded carriages, with our luggage carriages away, and professional thieves operate on these trains. Some of our fellow passengers, on our cruise, were robbed on the way to the cruise and the way home. Great Rail offered us the paltry sum of £30 compensation for this. Once we got on the cruise we were excited, but that quickly changed, we spent the first two days moored up overlooking an industrial estate, yes an industrial estate, that’s what Great Rail advertise as a “Delight of the Danube”. When we complained and asked why are we on an industrial estate,we were told “because it’s cheaper than mooring up in a city or town”. We complained to the reps on the cruise, as did numerous others, only to be told that they don’t actually work for Great Rail, they are sub contracted free lancers, and that we would have to take it up with Great Rail upon our return. After numerous phone calls and e-mails we have been offered a derisory amount on one of their vouchers, which only benefits Great Rail, why would we want to go back with such an incompetent company? The communication with Great Rail is appalling once they have your money, be warned. Overall I have to say that Great Rail are appalling, amateurs playing in a market they simply don’t understand, their advertising is very misleading, that’s putting it politely!! The tone of their responses are arrogant, they simply ignore many of the points raised, and they honestly don’t seem to care, they are all image and no substance."

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Essential Canadian Rockies from Vancouver
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2.3/5 Disappointing
6 reviews
Vacation / Holiday Package
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

Visits

Alberta, Calgary, Pacific Ocean, Vancouver

Highlights

  • Exquisite service and dramatic landscapes onboard the Rocky Mountaineer train
  • Travel one of the most picturesque routes in the Rockies from Jasper to Banff
  • Ride an all-terrain Ice Explorer and step out on an ancient glacier
  • Stand on a glass platform suspended 918 feet above the Sunwapta Valley

Themes

National Parks, Nature & Wildlife, Train & Rail Journeys

What travelers are saying

"I will give you the short version- My 18 year old child rode the bus from the Chateau Lake Louise to the Calgary airport-they are very well traveled and smart. -Bus stops in Banff, driver said we are stopping and leaving at 6:30pm. 18 year old came back at 6:25pm-NO BUS. GONE. -I get a call from bus service panicked-they can't find my child. I call my child-they are waiting at the designated location...NO BUS. -Staff from Banff Fairmont take them to the bus.Very helpful. -My child gets on the bus...bus starts rolling. STOPS...driver turns on ALL the lights and MAKES MY CHILD APOLOGIZE TO THE WHOLE BUS FOR MAKING THEM LATE. Driver said that the misunderstanding on meeting time was my childs fault and made everyone on the bus think that it was the drivers fault. -My child stood up and apologized to all the riders on the bus and then sat in the back and cried. -I AM APALLED THAT AN ADULT WOULD PUBLICLY SHAME AN 18 YEAR OLD IN FROM OF COMPLETE STRANGERS WHEN IT WAS CLEARLY CLEARLY CLEARY THEIR FAULT. I WILL NEVER I REPEAT NEVER USE THIS COMPANY AGAIN. I WILL WALK."

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First Passage to the West Discovery Drive
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3/5 Average
2 reviews
Group Tour
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Visits

Banff National Park, Calgary, Lake Louise, Vancouver

Highlights

  • Explore Craigellachie, where the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway was driven, Rogers Pass, the Kicking Horse Canyon
  • Enjoy the short drive to Lake Louise into Yoho National Park to view some of its natural wonders
  • Enjoy travelling through awesome Kananaskis Country and the ranching regions
  • Visit and enjoy the attractions that are the Spiral Tunnels, Emerald Lake and a natural rock bridge

Themes

Cultural, National Parks, Nature & Wildlife

What travelers are saying

"Before you spend a penny for a trip on the Canadian Rocky Mountaineer please be sure to read their Terms. Any monies paid for a reservation will NOT be returned—not even if you change your mind an hour later, if COVID shuts the Canadian border down, if an avalanche covers the tracks, if you become hospitalized, if you have a death in the family, if you die. Their paragraph 12 spells it out very clearly and any attempt to cancel the reservation will result in a terse message attesting to their policy. Their trip has been on my bucket list for all of my 87 years. My failure to read their Terms cost me $2853.89 although I acted long before an anticipated May trip. Don’t repeat my mistake as you will be subject to the greatest train robbery in existence."

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Canadian Rail Adventure from Vancouver
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2.3/5 Disappointing
6 reviews
Vacation / Holiday Package
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

Visits

Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Toronto, Vancouver

Highlights

  • Experience the dramatic landscapes between Vancouver and Jasper aboard Rocky Mountaineer
  • Set foot on the Athabasca Glacier during the Glacier Adventure
  • Step out 918 feet above the Sunwapta valley on the Glacier Skywalk
  • Travel aboard the VIA Rail Canadian train though the Great Central Plains and rugged Canadian Shield

Themes

High Adventure, National Parks, Nature & Wildlife, Train & Rail Journeys, Photography

What travelers are saying

"I will give you the short version- My 18 year old child rode the bus from the Chateau Lake Louise to the Calgary airport-they are very well traveled and smart. -Bus stops in Banff, driver said we are stopping and leaving at 6:30pm. 18 year old came back at 6:25pm-NO BUS. GONE. -I get a call from bus service panicked-they can't find my child. I call my child-they are waiting at the designated location...NO BUS. -Staff from Banff Fairmont take them to the bus.Very helpful. -My child gets on the bus...bus starts rolling. STOPS...driver turns on ALL the lights and MAKES MY CHILD APOLOGIZE TO THE WHOLE BUS FOR MAKING THEM LATE. Driver said that the misunderstanding on meeting time was my childs fault and made everyone on the bus think that it was the drivers fault. -My child stood up and apologized to all the riders on the bus and then sat in the back and cried. -I AM APALLED THAT AN ADULT WOULD PUBLICLY SHAME AN 18 YEAR OLD IN FROM OF COMPLETE STRANGERS WHEN IT WAS CLEARLY CLEARLY CLEARY THEIR FAULT. I WILL NEVER I REPEAT NEVER USE THIS COMPANY AGAIN. I WILL WALK."

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BeckyS

May 2020

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Disappointed in pandemic results

My husband and I have had a similar situation to others who had a planned trip via Vacations By Rail. Our trip was scheduled for July 2020. Since we are in the at-ri...

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Kathy

Apr 2019

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Incredible trip!

It was an incredible trip! This trip was by far the most fascinating t...

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  • Train travel is slow. Appreciate the traveling experience as much as the destinations.
  • Getting to know your fellow passengers is one of the best parts of a multi day train journey
  • Going cross country takes roughly 4-6 days, from Toronto to Vancouver. The length of time depends on how many excursions you take and what stops the train you choose makes.

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