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Discover Grizzly Bears from Banff | 10 hours

123 Reviews | Banff
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Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Professional guide
  • Return transport from Banff
  • Pick up from the public bus parking located behind the Mount Royal Hotel
  • Visit to a grizzly bear refuge
  • Chairlift ride
  • Gondola ride at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort
  • Lunch at Eagle's Eye Restaurant, Canada's highest restaurant
  • Small group size (up to 24 guests per guide)
  • Optional gratuities

Overview

Animal lovers, don't miss your chance to discover the grizzly bear! Leaving Banff behind, you'll take a ride in a gondola for a great view of grizzly country, then take a chairlift to visit the grizzly refuge where you can observe an orphaned grizzly bear as it romps and plays in a natural bear habitat.

Meeting points

All guests must wait at the public bus parking located behind the Mount Royal Hotel at 138 Banff Ave. You must be ready 5 minutes prior to the tour pick-up time of 8:12am.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

  • Takakkaw Falls

    Visit Takakkaw Falls in Yoho National Park (when access permits), to see Canada's second highest waterfall tumbling 254m (830 feet) in one stretch and 384m (1,260 feet) in total. The falls can be admired from the parking area or from an optional short 0.5km (¹⁄₃ mile) walk on a paved trail from the parking area to the base of the impressive falls.

    30 minutes

  • Kicking Horse Mountain Resort

    At Kicking Horse Mountain Resort you will take an enclosed sightseeing gondola with glass windows up to 7,700 feet with panoramic views of the Rocky Mountains, the Columbia River Wetlands and the quaint town of Golden. At the top, you'll enjoy a gourmet lunch from your choice of menu items with a non-alcoholic beverage and dessert at Eagle's Eye restaurant, Canada's highest restaurant. After a leisurely lunch and enjoying the mountain top views, you'll descend back down the sightseeing gondola, and take a four-person open-chairlift chairlift partway up the mountain to the Grizzly Bear Refuge, the largest enclosed grizzly bear habitat in the world. At the refuge you'll meet Boo, a bear with paws the size of hubcaps, a mouth full of sharp teeth and enormous muscles moving beneath his shaggy fur, in his 20-acre habitat in the Rocky Mountain bush. You’ll hear his personal story and learn about grizzly bear behaviour from the knowledgeable guide while you watch him explore, hunt and forage just like his wild cousins. After the tour, you'll descend back down the open-air chairlift.

    3 hours

  • Emerald Lake

    There will be a brief stop at Emerald Lake, famous for its jade-coloured waters and surrounded by the breathtaking Rocky Mountains.

    20 minutes

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Additional Info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Early and late season bookings may be subject to itinerary changes, the Takakkaw Falls Road typically opens late June. Alternative stops are usually the Spiral Tunnels and Natural Bridge..
  • Infant rates do not include food.
  • Group bookings of 9 or more guests have a 7 day cancellation period.

Free Cancellation

September 10100% refund
September 11No refund

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  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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123 reviews

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Showing 1-5 of 93 reviews with 5 stars

Amazing

Published on Sep, 2024

This was an amazing experience to see a grizzly bear close up - Boo put on a show for us. The gondola ride and lunch in the Eagle eye restaurant was great. Our guide Bobby was very informative - i would highly recommend.

Great day

Published on Sep, 2024

Brilliant We had a fabulous day. Our tour guide Roz was excellent - gold star deserved. She was very knowledgeable and we learned a lot about the landscape and the history as well as about bears and other local wildlife, it was interesting and entertaining. We very much enjoyed all the stops and didn’t feel too rushed. The meal at Eagle’s Eye restaurant was fine, choice of beef burgers, chicken burger or a salad. 2 cake type desserts. Was great to see Boo the Grizzly Bear and the warden was knowledgeable. It’s a long day and quite pricey but we felt it was worth it and would recommend.

Grizzly bear tour

Published on Sep, 2024

Cameron was a great guide, so knowledgeable about the area and shared lots of tips and information to make the drive and the stops enjoyable. Offered to take pictures of us at each stop and really welcomed us to Banff! This was our first tour of our vacation and a great way to start the trip. Boo the grizzly Bear was our favorite.

Great Excursion

Published on Aug, 2024

We really enjoyed everything. Brook was very knowledgeable and made it so nice for all of us. The Bear exhibit was amazing and the Gondola views were so magestic

Bad weather day but great tour with great guide and driver.

Published on Aug, 2024

Jake was great in every way very informative and knowledgeable. We had a lot of rain and low clouds but the guide/ driver made things work for us.

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