The big bird of KLM flew us to Vancouver. We stayed a couple of days in Vancouver before starting the road trip to Victoria, Tofino, Whistler Jasper before ending in Calgary. We booked this trip with Riksja Travel using building blocks.
- AUG-20 Long flight from Amsterdam to Vancouver. Shuttle bus to downtime Vancouver.
- AUG-20 discovering Vancouver in 3 days. Stayed in Greenbrier Hotel. Bike around the harbor and the Stanley park.
- AUG-23 again a shuttle back to the airport (YVR) to get the rental car. First destination is Ucluelet where we stay in a Reef Point cottage for 3 nights.
- AUG-25 Drove to Tofino for the bear watching trip.
- AUG-26 Took off to Quadra Island using a ferry. We stayed in the Taku Resort for 2 nights.
- AUG-28 Drive to Victoria and stayed in the Royal Scot Hotel for 4 nights because we use Victoria as a base for some excersions.
- AUG-29 from the harbour of Victoria we took of in a small water plane to have a look at Victoria from the air. The same day we also set of to the sea for a Whale watching tour n a fast Zodiac boat.
- AUG-30 Driving from Victoria to Whistler. We stay in the ski resort Summit Lodge. There is no snow yet in the valley but up on the mountain snow is already there. We stayed 4 nights to hike at the top of the blackcomb mountain using the gondola to go up.
- AUG-31 took a zip-line trek starting from Whistler.
- SEPT-01 drive further again from Whistler to Well Gray’s park. We stay fr 2 nights at the Wells Gray Ranch in the middle of nowhere with no mobile reception.
- SEPT-02 took a horse ride through the mountain and forests.
- SEPT-03 Drove from Well Gray’s park to Jasper park and stayed in the pine bungalow park.
- SEPT-05 drove from Jasper to Banff National Park. We stayed in Canmore where we stayed 2 nights in the Rocky Mountain Ski Lodge.
- SEPT-08 ended in Calgary to take the plane back to Amsterdam.
