Banff Hiking & Camping

The Banff Kananaskis Bear Country Wildlife Focused Guided Hike with our guide, Tibor, was awesome! We learned so much from him and really enjoyed the experience.One thing to understand about this tour is that it is focused on learning how to look for signs of wildlife while hiking, rather than primarily going out in search of animals. Tibor does drive you around to see if you can spot wildlife, but seeing animals is not guaranteed. We were lucky enough to see some sheep and a moose while driving.During the hike, we learned about the different signs that can indicate bear activity. Fortunately, we didn't encounter any bears during our hike! However, what we learned with Tibor really changed the way we looked at the trail. The next day, while hiking on our own, we noticed what looked like bear diggings along the trail. Before our tour with Tibor, we would have had no idea what to look for.He taught us to recognize signs such as bear diggings, scat, disturbed vegetation, stripped bark on trees, and carcasses. Before this experience, we would have simply been looking for the bears themselves!We would definitely book another tour with Tibor if we return to the Banff area. It was a fun, educational experience, and we came away with a much better understanding of how to recognize wildlife activity while hiking. Mel & Lisa

Very good guide. We visited several sites that we would have not visited otherwise on our own. The guide was also flexible with our Banff visit where he separated the group in two: gondola and Banff town for those that did not want to go to the gondola.

This is a great option to see a lot in the Banff area in one day. All the highlights are amazing. Our guide, Patrick, was knowledgeable, helpful and professional. There is an option for lunch at the Fairmont Banff. We elected to obtain lunch there as walk-ins. The meal of course was nice, but the views and the Chateau grounds are worth the extra expense.

This tour moved so smoothly from one spectacular site, to the next. Our tour guide Kamal was a lovely gentleman and took great care of us on the trip. It’s a long day, and very worthwhile.

Dee's guide was enthusiastic. Along the way, in addition to introducing the history of the sights, we will also introduce some plants along the way. Although only a day trip but also bringing full of knowledge home

Great tour with scenic drive and many beautiful spots to explore. Anna was a terrific guide with excellent driving skills!

Inder was very hospitable. He was also very understanding when I can do our timings from location to location. I have a 5-year-old and so we always try to stick to the timeline but we were always a few minutes over our meet up times and still found a way to make it home on time. It's an amazing experience to go on this tour and I recommend it again!

Our guide, Anastasiia, was very kind and helpful. She introduced each destination in detail and kept the trip running smoothly and on schedule.

Anna is a great guide. She provided lots of interesting information, made lots of of complementary stops . This tour was our main highlight of banff visit. We highly recommend

Great tour guide. Wonderful photo ops and highly recommended. Knowledgeable tour guide was very friendly.

Our first time to Banff, it snowed, and some of the roads were closed. We were unable to reach some of the locations on our excursion. Our guide was very accommodating with taking us to other destinations that were just as spectacular. The Gondola ride was definitely worth the experience. Absolutely gorgeous and breathtaking views from the top. Our guide, (sorry I can’t remember his name), was very very friendly, patient and kind. The trails we walked sometimes were slippery from the snow. He made sure we had safe footing at all times. It was a challenge. Thank you for keeping us safe.

We had an amazing time, our tour guide Kan, was really patient and caring, and planned everything very accurately. Recomand it with all my heart

My daughter and I had a great time! Our tour guide was Selina with Westar Travel, whom we had a great experience with. She was very kind and knowledgeable. The tour was a smaller tour, which was really cool and intimate, and gave us a lot of freedom to explore. We would definitely book again!

Don’t count on getting picked up on scheduled time and getting communicated with about changes. We were picked up two hours late and my family started our trip so negatively, they regretted coming. The only pluses was our guide was excellent. Cool Banff said they emailed us of pickup change, but I still can’t find any such email. We got up at 6:00am but weren’t picked up not until near 10:00am. This really deserved a prior call so we could have Rested after a long flight. My family was not happy until our guide made up for it by being so good.

My teens and i had a great time with our group and Kamal, our your guide!!! Breathtaking scenery, and we were so lucky to have 5 bear sightings as well as sheep and mountain goats. What an amazing day! Kamal was attentive to helping our group, made sure all could have a great experience, and i appreciated the details shared during the tour.

We had a terrific driver who took great care of us during the day. We booked the trip expecting the gondola and hot pool, however both were closed and we expected a similar experience to replace them. It was disappointing to not have that experience since it was the prime attraction that was purchased.