Banff Tour: Explore Hidden Gems and Must-Sees

Discover Banff & Yoho’s hidden gems and must-see spots in a 12-hour customizable tour. Perfect for groups of 4-6. Maximize your adventure!

Duration: 12 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Lake Louise - Lake Louise is a breathtaking alpine lake situated in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Renowned for its turquoise waters and stunning mountain backdrop, it is a must-see destination. Although parking can be limited, the guide can drop off and pick up guests to maximize their time there. In 60 minutes, visitors can enjoy the…
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Admission to Lake Moraine
Additional Information

Experience the wonders of Banff and the Canadian Rockies! Explore Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, and the Icefields Parkway on an exceptional small-group tour. With limited group sizes, top attractions, and knowledgeable guides, this is the ultimate adventure in the Rockies. Reserve your spot now for an unforgettable journey!
Moraine Lake (seasonal)
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Location
Fairmont Banff Springs
Spray Avenue
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Barbarasu3770zu
Apr 11, 2025
Naveen picked us up at the train station, and we set out on an amazing day! - The day was perfect! We saw a lot, Naveen was kind and patient. We saw so many beautiful places. We highly recommend it!! Thank you for a great day!!
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Courtneyannet
Apr 10, 2025
10/10 experience - Naveen was an amazing guide! We had such a fun day and saw so many different places, but never felt rushed and we were encouraged to explore. He took a ton of great pics that we will cherish forever! Can’t wait to come back in the summer and explore again!
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Courtney_m
Apr 10, 2025
10/10 experience! - Naveen was our guide and he was great!! We had an absolute blast and saw so much! Never felt rushed and had plenty of time to explore and take pics. Naveen took a ton of pics that we will cherish forever! We would love to come back in the summer and experience this all over again.
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Ala9862018
Apr 7, 2025
Fantastic day trip! - We had Rahuh as our guide. From the moment he picked us up at our hotel to the time he dropped us off, he gave us 150% of effort and very attentive to ensure that we had a fantastic time. He took us to so many great locations and adjusted the tour since we’ve gone to a few locations in previous days. We’ll definitely book w/ Vista Chase again when we come back in the future trip w/ friends and families
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Jordanad4718qh
Apr 7, 2025
Great! - Very friendly, easy to get along with, the views were great. Even though it was a long day it didn’t feel long at all. good service and good communication and knowledge
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A6521cwvictoriaw
Apr 6, 2025
Banff National Park tour - It was an awesome trip. I was able to see so many stunning places. We did some short hikes and Rahul, the guide, had these little spike things to put on my shoes to keep me from falling on slippery surfaces. Rahul was excellent - he was very knowledgeable about the area and he had a great personality which made the trip very entertaining the entire time.
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Vickiwizz
Apr 5, 2025
Fun Banff tour - This was an awesome experience to a beautiful place- my guide, Rahul, was great- he provided extras like having these things you put on your shoes to help you walk on the slippery surfaces on the short hikes we did- he even made a special stop when I asked if I could get my picture in front of the Banff sign- we stopped at so many places and saw a lot of wildlife. I highly recommend this 5 star experience- I never could have done all of the experiences in one day in a rental car. He was also very knowledgeable about the area.
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Bill
Apr 1, 2025
We started the tour on... - We started the tour on time at 7.00 am. Rahul was very knowledgeable explaining things on the way and at each sites. We skipped Peyto lake and Morraine Lake due to weather but otherwise all destinations were done in due time. Johnston Canyon was slippery to hike, and they gave pointers and considerations on how to manage it. overall I was happy and impressed with the tour. will try to book through you guys again next time
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K8109xttoddf
Mar 24, 2025
Rahul: Fantastic Banff Tour Guide - Rahul was a very excellent tour guide, and we were so pleased with our All-day Banff & Lake Louise tour experience today! He was very knowledgeable, very polite & respectful, patient, thoughtful, accommodating, and he knew the area really well. He picked us up in a very clean, nice all-wheel drive vehicle (very important with all the snow still on the ground), and since we happened to be the only family taking a tour today (late March 2025), we got a very personalized tour experience. Rahul knew all the back-roads and great off-the-beaten-path stops to avoid all the traffic and crowds, and he smartly adjusted our tour schedule based on what we wanted to see and on when he knew the best times to be at the various places. We made lots of great bathroom stops (very clean places we otherwise wouldn’t have known about), and on some of the more strenuous hikes, he continually checked on us and asked us if we needed anything. Very cool guy—fun to talk to—who gave great commentary on all of the local mountains and lakes and features, even with some fun stories, and we are super satisfied with the tour and very, very glad that we took it – highly recommended, and we would gladly take a tour from him again! (they offer multi-day tours as well, which we didn’t know about originally when we booked). Thank you Rahul, and we hope our paths cross again soon – best wishes from Alabama, USA!
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Maxinek484
Mar 22, 2025
The Experience to Remember! Above and Beyond Anything I Dreamed! - Prepare for a trip of a lifetime! - Review below is long, unfiltered, and true of my experience- hope it helps others. A few factors for choosing this company and trips over others: 1) as a solo traveler, and a young woman at that, I wanted to pay a bit more than other tourist trips for a smaller crowd, better guide-to-tourist ratio, and also just to be treated more as a human than a number. 2) I looked for a few hours on Trip Advisor and found that this one had stops that were not on others and were actually stops, hikes, and views (not just "this is Castle Mountain" from a ditch), and was not in a 20-30 person van. There also was time built in to enjoy sights for more than a minute or so, and some recharging time for food/restroom/etc. 3) I knew coming on off-season, that maybe I wouldn't see everything, but that was alright. I wanted to get my bearings and also come again someday- not be concerned about packing too much in. But there WAS SO MUCH I GOT TO SEE AND LOVE! And I will come back - gosh, I miss the glaciers already, and Canada legit has better quality food overall. I live in flat, sprawling corn and soy fields as can be in Illinois, okay. Spent most of my childhood doing indoor activities in Chicago, enviously watching my classmates go to national parks and hike. I wanted a trip like this as a kid so badly, but never had the opportunity. I know the cold and snow rather well, but mountains? Not so much. And I am not that much of a hiker, but love trees, and am honestly trying to do more outside activities. I was a bit nervous even doing a tour of Banff, because I was not sure I would be able to keep pace with the group, even a small group. But Rahul my guide, and the owner- bless him for my mistake of an 8am pick up rather than 7 am, who called me on WhatsApp to make sure I was okay, picked me up in a Rav-4 from my rental in Bridgeland at 7:30 am, and we returned twelve hours later. So the itinerary time is true- this is not the company to advertise one thing, and provide you another, lower quality experience. Trust me on this. I did not book a private tour, nor was I expecting it to be just me and the guide, but that is the experience I had. And what! an! experience! I will never, ever, regret nor forget it. Banff National Park and the surrounding provincial parks are incredible, a must-see. I adored all the views on a mostly cloudy, misty day- but the sun poked through! We drove through glaciers and mountains, trees and trees for miles. Rahul did more than point out landmarks and provide facts, he went above and beyond anything I would ever expect from a tour guide, and I've been on a few trips in different countries. He personally guided me, helping me step onto frozen-over lakes, assisted me to not completely slip on the few steep paths to viewpoints and back, and even paused for me to take photos with my trusty, older-than-both-of-us, film camera. The company also has a phone for each guide, who will take photos and provide a link for you to download them at their fullest quality. So you can just breathe and feel at peace, rather than try to preserve the memory through your own phone/photo taking. Moose tracks were plentiful, as was ice hockey by the hotel staff at Lake Louise. I highly recommend Vista Chase! And honestly, I don't even know what to say was my favorite site, though Bow Lake was a gem and the Ice Field Road, though no cell service, was also hauntingly cool. Emerald Lake was lovely as well, when the sun came out, it was magical. The fortunes of Jake the bear at one of the pit-stops still makes me laugh, and Rahul's explanation of the trail/avalance risk map was really helpful. The Natural Bridge is really lovely to view in winter. Banff the town is, at least to me, a victim of over-tourism- I managed to find a local tea company and bought a painting of the glaciers from a just opened artist collective, but the town is overflowing with corporate, commercial souvenir traps aplenty. Any food you want there you can get, or even a Canadian Goose jacket, if you have the funds? Sure. Maybe, perhaps the company could consider a switch, depending on the season, to Canmore too? But I am not sure of the particulars when things are in high-season for them. Anyway- on the good food/bathroom/souvenir stops: Louise Village's Cafe had a lovely menu, great coffee, and a special lunch soup that was well-nourishing-though maybe I should have gotten a Canadian Doniar instead. Bring layers, gloves, and snacks. Most importantly- steady shoes and perhaps an extra filled water bottle. When I come back- and I will.... definitely book through them- I'd maybe do a two-day or three day trip to also hit Jasper, see Morianne Lake, maybe request the Toppical Falls, and probably do one day/night in Calgary and start from Canmore (not Banff, not my vibe) to cut the 3 hours roundtrip from Calgary. Hit the dinosaur fossil spot, too. The trip to/from Calgary is not a company problem, that just is what the terrain is. And I enjoyed chatting with Rahul, too- who also maintains all the vehicles for the company. I felt very safe, treated respectfully, kindly, with the Canadian spirit I've come to adore. The only stop we did not fully hike on my trip was the Canyons, but that's a me and my six-year-old Blundstones not being able to do pure melty snow/ice, and by then I honestly just wanted to see Banff, not a frozen icefall. But we viewed the water that flows there, and there's always another time, another trip with Vista Chase. Thank you Rahul and co for a trip of a lifetime!
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