Rockies Odyssey and Alaska Cruise

Welcome to Canada! We'll meet you at the airport and take you to your hotel where a welcome dinner awaits this evening. Stay Two Nights: Delta Hotels Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort, in a Deluxe Water View Room (D)

• Visit The Butchart Gardens.

Take your BC Ferries service across Georgia Strait, then travel via Shannon Falls to Whistler. Stay Two Nights: The Westin Whistler Resort & Spa (B/D)

• Enjoy a floatplane flight, explore Whistler Mountain on a snowcat adventure, take a mountain Jeep safari or ride the Peak 2 Peak Gondola. Adventurous ones may prefer a tree trek or a zip trek.

• The heritage of Canada's Indigenous people comes to light at the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre. Enjoy breakfast and explore the museum, discovering your First Nations ‘animal spirit' with the help of your guide.

Travel through the Coast Mountains and stop at Duffey and Seton lakes. Stay: Sun Peaks Grand Hotel (B/D)

• Choose where to dine at your lodge.

• See Jasper National Park on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle sidecar tour, set off on a Maligne Valley experience by hike or cruise, go rafting down the Athabasca River, or maybe ride the Jasper SkyTram – it's up to you.

• Select one of your hotel's restaurants for dinner this evening.

• On the shores of Lake Louise, join an expert Mountain Heritage Guide and learn about the area's rich natural history.

• Tonight, choose which of your hotel's restaurants to dine at.

• Meet a Mountie and listen to tales of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

• You may like to take part in the Banff Experience which includes a visit to the Cave and Basin National Historic Site. Alternatively, board the Banff Gondola, or set off on a heli-flightseeing excursion. Perhaps enjoy a float trip along Bow River, or learn to be a Canadian ice hockey player. Otherwise, spend some time at the Willow Stream Spa.

Board the Rocky Mountaineer and soak up the views from your bi-level glass-dome carriage, complete with GoldLeaf Service. Stay: Kamloops, hotel as assigned by Rocky Mountaineer (three-star accommodation) (B/L)

The Rocky Mountaineer continues west today, bringing you to Vancouver. Stay Two Nights: Vancouver, Fairmont Waterfront Hotel (B/L)

Today you'll experience the very best of Vancouver on a fantastic half-day sightseeing tour. Led by a knowledgeable local guide, you'll soak in the scenery at the vast Stanley Park, explore the trendy Granville Island and immerse yourself in the historic neighbourhood of Gastown. Celebrate tonight with a special dinner. (B/D)

Board your ship and set off for your journey along Alaska's iconic coastline. Stay Seven Nights: Holland America Line's Koningsdam in a Verandah Stateroom (B/D)

Spend a full day on board as your ship cruises the coast of British Columbia. (B/L/D)

Alaska's picturesque capital, Juneau, is set at the foot of the mountain peaks on the Gastineau Channel. Explore at leisure or join an optional excursion (own expense). (B/L/D)

Journey to Skagway, a gateway for the gold rush. Spend time exploring the town where frontier history still lives on. (B/L/D)

Wake to the sight of Glacier Bay National Park.

Later on, learn from local rangers about the area's geological wonders. (B/L/D)

Dock in Ketchikan today, set on the tranquil shores of the Tongass Narrows, and spend some time exploring as you please. (B/L/D)

Cruise south through the Inside Passage. (B/L/D)

Disembark and transfer to the airport. (B)