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SAMPLE TOUR: SOUTHERN ALBERTA DISCOVERY TOUR

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Tour Code: EWAB5
Starts: Calgary
Ends: Calgary
Duration: 5 Days

Inclusions:

4 breakfasts and 4 dinners
3-night moderate hotel accommodations in Calgary and 1-night sleepover at Frank Slide Interpretive Center
flights (if applicable)
transportation by private charter bus
entrance to sites and activities proposed.

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ITINERARY

Day 1: Arrival Day

Drive or fly to Calgary, Alberta’s largest city. This sun-soaked city near the sensational Canadian Rockies is the perfect starting point to discover the western Canadian way of life.
Entrance to the Calgary Tower to enjoy a 360-degree view of downtown and a glimpse at the Rocky Mountains.
Welcome dinner at a local restaurant.

Day 2: Calgary – Drumheller – Calgary

Breakfast.
Day trip to Drumheller Valley, famous valley of dinosaurs, coal mines, and ghost towns.
Entrance to Atlas Coal Mine National Historic Site, the last of the coal mines in the valley which operated from 1936 to 1979.
Hike of the Hoodoos Trail to explore the unique sandstone pillars of the Badlands.
Entrance to the Royal Tyrell Museum. The world-renowned museum of palaeontological research.
Transfer back to Calgary.
Group dinner at a local restaurant.

Day 3: Calgary – Frank Slide Interpretive Centre

Breakfast.
Entrance to Glenbow Museum, Calgary’s most impressive collection of artwork and artifacts narrating the story of Western Canada.
Entrance to The National Music Centre, an architectural icon and a new kind of cultural institution. It is home to endless interactive activities and 22 exhibition spaces.
Transfer to Frank, a mining town partly buried by Canada’s deadliest rockslide in 1903.
Sleepover at Frank Slide Interpretive Centre for an exciting indoor camping experience among the exhibits and beneath the shadow of Turtle Mountain.
Catered dinner and evening snack at the Centre.

Day 4: Frank Slide – Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump – Calgary

Breakfast.
Frank Slide guided trail walk. Learn about the geology of the area and the fascinating stories of the people involved.
Guided tour of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site. Learn about local Native culture and the history and mechanics of a buffalo jump.
Drive to Calgary.
Farewell dinner at a local restaurant.

Day 5: Departure Day

Breakfast.
Visit of Heritage Park Historical Village, Canada’s largest living history museum.
Drive or fly to home city.

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