本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛This is for your information and the route we travelled. We had a wonderful time and more than enough time to having explored all the points of interest in the Rocky regions as we wanted to see.
Attached please find a map for our touring the Rockies including Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Kelowna regions.
We had ample of time touring around the Rockies at slow pace. In fact, you need 3 days to explore the National Park, more than enough to see everything in Banff, Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, and Jasper. You may not have enough time to visit O'hara Lake due to transportation. Park pass is C$19.60 per day until 4 pm next day, therefore, you do not need an annual park pass unless your are camping in the National Park areas like in O'hara lake.
This is our itinerary last week.
July 28 Toronto (YYZ)-Vancouver (YVR) Day one
AC105 departs YYZ 10:00 am Arrives YVR 12:15 pm
Pick up rental car from Hertz at Vancouver airport, the rate is C$39.00 Corporate Rate
unlimited mileage.
13:30 Dianxin lunch at WangFujian Chinese Restaurant Richmond, Vancouver
where is about 10 minutes drive from Vancouver airport.
14:30 Purchase foods and camping materials from local Canadian Tire,
Costco and Chinese Gorcery markets near No. 3 Road in Richmond including
3 bottles of Coleman gas canisters which are not allowed as checked
baggage. .
16:00 Embarking our trip driving on Higway 1 to Harrison Hotspring Campground.
18:00 Arrives Harrision Hotspring Hicks Lake Provincial campground, cost is C$15
per site for 3 tents, no hot water shower, many empty camping sites.
19:00 Dinner at Hamburger joint just opposite the Harrison Hotspring Public pool
19:30 Take a hot shower at the hotspring pool (pool closes 20:00)
Shower cost C$3 per person due to pool closes at 20:00, regular admission is
C$8.50
http://www.britishcolumbia.com/Campgrounds/
July 29 Day 2
08:00 Breakfast at campsite, we brought two Coleman burners for cooking.
Fried eggs, cereal, sausage, bread, instant noodle and fruits.
09:00 Refuel gas to a full tank at C$1.06 per L, the fillup is C$18 then driving on
Highway 5 to Kelowna via Merrit on a toll-free picturesque Highway 5 not via
Fraser Canyon Highway 1 (Hell Gate, Fraser Canyon).
10:45 Arrive at Merrit junction, a short stop for washroom then continue
driving to Okangan city Kelowna.
13:30 Arrive in Kelowna, Purchase bottled water, fruits and foods in Wal Mart
Kelowna town then stop for lunch at local picnic park. Fruits are quite
expensive in Kelowna. Good local cherries, very sweet.
http://www.kelownabc.com/
14:30 Driving South on Road 33 to CASTLEGAR.
16:00 Camping at Nancy Green Park C$15 per site, many vacant spaces.
This little park is by a nice lake, the water is warm. Campground has no
hot shower, good spring water for cooking from a pump. Washroom and
lunch house with picnic on site. Dinner at campsite.
http://www.discovercamping.ca/
July 30 Day 3
08:00 Breakfast on campground, fried eggs, Chinese brocolis, sausage,
noodle, Garlic bread and fresh Okanaga cherries and apricots.
09:30 Driving in the beautiful town Nelson. Arrived at AINSWORTH
hotspring where is located over a hill overlooking the Kootenay lake, a nice
scenery driving alone the lakeshore. The hotpspring water from the cave is
natural, no chlorine in water.
http://www.hotnaturally.com/
12:00 Lunch at the AINSWORTH Hotspring restaurant. Excellent home cooked
hambugar, C$12.90 plus tipping. The meal was big with local fresh salad.
Good service, very friendly and polite waitress.
13:30 Driving BALFOUR pier for ferry crossing, the ferry is free and it takes 35
minutes to KOOTENAY BAY pier on the opposite side of the 92 miles long
strip KOOTENAY lake.
http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/explore/koot.html
14:30 Driving on highway No. 3A, very beautiful scenery on the lake road to
CRESTON.
15:00 Arrived in CRANBOOK, stopped for a snack.
16:00 Arrived in FT. STEELE campsite, many empty spaces for tent camping.
C$21.21 per site, 3 tents. This campground is private owned and it is
located in a tranqil valley, excellent amenites including laundromat, fresh
water at each campsite, free hot shower, power hook up for computer and TV,
very friendly people. Dinner at campground.
http://www.fortsteelecampground.com/index.html
Day 4
08:00 Breakfast at campground
Driving North via Cranbook, Fairmont Hotspring , Invermere to Radium Hotspring.
10:00 Lunch at a picnic park.
11:30 Driving on Highway 93 to Banff and purchased park pass C$19.60 one day
14:30 Arrived at Banff. Checked in Tunnel Mountain Campiste, many empty spaces.
we were even given a good campsite near washroom and shower. C$21 per site
we set up three tents.
14:30 Only 5 minutes drive to Banff town, we purchased groceris in Safeway Banff.
Dinner at campground. This campground has good amenities including hot
shower.
19:00 Dipping into Sulphur Mountain Hotspring in Banff, free parking.
Hotspring water is 39C with some chorine in pool.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/regional/sourcesthermales-hotsprings/itm2-/banff_E.asp
Day 5
09:30 Breakfast at site
10:00 Check out Tunnel Campground
12:00 Driving on 93 to Columbia Icefield, sightseeing and hiking to the glacier.
15:00 Arrived in Jasper town. Lunch at the Guangdong Chinese Restaurant,
The foods really suck!! terrible and expensive. Touring the Jasper town and filling up
bottled and groceries.
16:00 Our park pass expired at 16:00 then leaving for Mount Robson
17:30 Arrived Robson Meadows Campsite, many empty spaces. C$15 per site
19:00 Dinner at campground. Camp fire in pit not allowed due to ongoing forest fire in
BC.
Day 6
09:00 Breakfast at campgournd
10:00 Driving to KAMPLOOS for groceirs
12:00 Lunch at local picnic park, this beautiful park in the lake shore is like desert climate warm 38C
13:00 Driving to SAVONA BC Provincial campground, this beautiful site located
the the River bank, C$15 per site, 3 tents Good amenities. Excellent fishing for
rainbow and lake trout. The lake on the Southside near the campsite has a
sandy beach for swimming.
13:45 Lunch at campground
14:00 Swimming, sightseeing
19:00 Dinner with fresh cooked Sockye salmon and trout.
Day 7
09:00 Breakfast, trout, veg and rice
10:00 Driving to LILLOOET, the road condition is good but the forest fire in this town
causing foggy weather like a smoking sky.
11:00 Lunch at local picnic park, there are many beautiful campgrounds in this town.
13:00 Arrived PEMBERTON stopped for groceries (water melon, fresh sockeye salmon
chicken wings and veg etc)
13:00 Lunch at a quiet recreation park of by a small lake
14:30 Arrived WHISTLER campsite, many empty spaces C$10 per site, no hot shower
This beautiful campaground is located at the river bank in a forest. Upon arriivng
at the campground, we were advised by the Park Ranger there was a cougar
sighted in the area, we should be aware of the wild animal roaming free and it wuld hunt
for dogs and small animals.
17:00 Take a hot shower at the Sport Centre, C$3
18:30 Dinner at campsite, beautiful campsite near a running river.
Day 8
10:00 Breakfast at campground
11:00 Driving on the SQUAMISH highway, checking out some nice campgrounds for
future camping trip.
12:00 Arrived in Vancouver. Dimsum lunch at Chinese restaurant.
14:00 Checked in CANADA HOME Family hotel located at Garden City Rd, Richmond,
C$35 per room.
There is a good selection of family hotels in Vancouver, you can always find a
room at reasonable price.
Here is the list of family hotels.
*1. Maplehome family hotel 604-218-2208 Mrs. Wang
2. Richmond family hotel 778-881-5681
3. Richmond family hotel 604-772-3823 Mrs. Hui
4. Guethouse N.Vancouver Beijing family hotel 604-562-7583
5. Famil ly hotel 3075 Kingsway 604-430-3441 Single C$20
6. Family hotel Richmond single C$25 778-908-0699
18:00 Seafood dinner at HAPPY DATE Restaurant. We purchased live Vancouver seacrab and
shrimp to this restaurant for cooking., very delicious!
Day 9
09:00 Breakfast at Chinese restaurant. We bid farewell to each team members for such
a wonderful trip. We are all in high spirit, no sight of tiring. We in fact would like
to drive back to ILLOOET for camping.
10:00 AC116 Depated for Toronto
18:00 Arrived in Toronto and concluded our 8 days camping trip.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
Attached please find a map for our touring the Rockies including Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Kelowna regions.
We had ample of time touring around the Rockies at slow pace. In fact, you need 3 days to explore the National Park, more than enough to see everything in Banff, Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, and Jasper. You may not have enough time to visit O'hara Lake due to transportation. Park pass is C$19.60 per day until 4 pm next day, therefore, you do not need an annual park pass unless your are camping in the National Park areas like in O'hara lake.
This is our itinerary last week.
July 28 Toronto (YYZ)-Vancouver (YVR) Day one
AC105 departs YYZ 10:00 am Arrives YVR 12:15 pm
Pick up rental car from Hertz at Vancouver airport, the rate is C$39.00 Corporate Rate
unlimited mileage.
13:30 Dianxin lunch at WangFujian Chinese Restaurant Richmond, Vancouver
where is about 10 minutes drive from Vancouver airport.
14:30 Purchase foods and camping materials from local Canadian Tire,
Costco and Chinese Gorcery markets near No. 3 Road in Richmond including
3 bottles of Coleman gas canisters which are not allowed as checked
baggage. .
16:00 Embarking our trip driving on Higway 1 to Harrison Hotspring Campground.
18:00 Arrives Harrision Hotspring Hicks Lake Provincial campground, cost is C$15
per site for 3 tents, no hot water shower, many empty camping sites.
19:00 Dinner at Hamburger joint just opposite the Harrison Hotspring Public pool
19:30 Take a hot shower at the hotspring pool (pool closes 20:00)
Shower cost C$3 per person due to pool closes at 20:00, regular admission is
C$8.50
http://www.britishcolumbia.com/Campgrounds/
July 29 Day 2
08:00 Breakfast at campsite, we brought two Coleman burners for cooking.
Fried eggs, cereal, sausage, bread, instant noodle and fruits.
09:00 Refuel gas to a full tank at C$1.06 per L, the fillup is C$18 then driving on
Highway 5 to Kelowna via Merrit on a toll-free picturesque Highway 5 not via
Fraser Canyon Highway 1 (Hell Gate, Fraser Canyon).
10:45 Arrive at Merrit junction, a short stop for washroom then continue
driving to Okangan city Kelowna.
13:30 Arrive in Kelowna, Purchase bottled water, fruits and foods in Wal Mart
Kelowna town then stop for lunch at local picnic park. Fruits are quite
expensive in Kelowna. Good local cherries, very sweet.
http://www.kelownabc.com/
14:30 Driving South on Road 33 to CASTLEGAR.
16:00 Camping at Nancy Green Park C$15 per site, many vacant spaces.
This little park is by a nice lake, the water is warm. Campground has no
hot shower, good spring water for cooking from a pump. Washroom and
lunch house with picnic on site. Dinner at campsite.
http://www.discovercamping.ca/
July 30 Day 3
08:00 Breakfast on campground, fried eggs, Chinese brocolis, sausage,
noodle, Garlic bread and fresh Okanaga cherries and apricots.
09:30 Driving in the beautiful town Nelson. Arrived at AINSWORTH
hotspring where is located over a hill overlooking the Kootenay lake, a nice
scenery driving alone the lakeshore. The hotpspring water from the cave is
natural, no chlorine in water.
http://www.hotnaturally.com/
12:00 Lunch at the AINSWORTH Hotspring restaurant. Excellent home cooked
hambugar, C$12.90 plus tipping. The meal was big with local fresh salad.
Good service, very friendly and polite waitress.
13:30 Driving BALFOUR pier for ferry crossing, the ferry is free and it takes 35
minutes to KOOTENAY BAY pier on the opposite side of the 92 miles long
strip KOOTENAY lake.
http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/explore/koot.html
14:30 Driving on highway No. 3A, very beautiful scenery on the lake road to
CRESTON.
15:00 Arrived in CRANBOOK, stopped for a snack.
16:00 Arrived in FT. STEELE campsite, many empty spaces for tent camping.
C$21.21 per site, 3 tents. This campground is private owned and it is
located in a tranqil valley, excellent amenites including laundromat, fresh
water at each campsite, free hot shower, power hook up for computer and TV,
very friendly people. Dinner at campground.
http://www.fortsteelecampground.com/index.html
Day 4
08:00 Breakfast at campground
Driving North via Cranbook, Fairmont Hotspring , Invermere to Radium Hotspring.
10:00 Lunch at a picnic park.
11:30 Driving on Highway 93 to Banff and purchased park pass C$19.60 one day
14:30 Arrived at Banff. Checked in Tunnel Mountain Campiste, many empty spaces.
we were even given a good campsite near washroom and shower. C$21 per site
we set up three tents.
14:30 Only 5 minutes drive to Banff town, we purchased groceris in Safeway Banff.
Dinner at campground. This campground has good amenities including hot
shower.
19:00 Dipping into Sulphur Mountain Hotspring in Banff, free parking.
Hotspring water is 39C with some chorine in pool.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/regional/sourcesthermales-hotsprings/itm2-/banff_E.asp
Day 5
09:30 Breakfast at site
10:00 Check out Tunnel Campground
12:00 Driving on 93 to Columbia Icefield, sightseeing and hiking to the glacier.
15:00 Arrived in Jasper town. Lunch at the Guangdong Chinese Restaurant,
The foods really suck!! terrible and expensive. Touring the Jasper town and filling up
bottled and groceries.
16:00 Our park pass expired at 16:00 then leaving for Mount Robson
17:30 Arrived Robson Meadows Campsite, many empty spaces. C$15 per site
19:00 Dinner at campground. Camp fire in pit not allowed due to ongoing forest fire in
BC.
Day 6
09:00 Breakfast at campgournd
10:00 Driving to KAMPLOOS for groceirs
12:00 Lunch at local picnic park, this beautiful park in the lake shore is like desert climate warm 38C
13:00 Driving to SAVONA BC Provincial campground, this beautiful site located
the the River bank, C$15 per site, 3 tents Good amenities. Excellent fishing for
rainbow and lake trout. The lake on the Southside near the campsite has a
sandy beach for swimming.
13:45 Lunch at campground
14:00 Swimming, sightseeing
19:00 Dinner with fresh cooked Sockye salmon and trout.
Day 7
09:00 Breakfast, trout, veg and rice
10:00 Driving to LILLOOET, the road condition is good but the forest fire in this town
causing foggy weather like a smoking sky.
11:00 Lunch at local picnic park, there are many beautiful campgrounds in this town.
13:00 Arrived PEMBERTON stopped for groceries (water melon, fresh sockeye salmon
chicken wings and veg etc)
13:00 Lunch at a quiet recreation park of by a small lake
14:30 Arrived WHISTLER campsite, many empty spaces C$10 per site, no hot shower
This beautiful campaground is located at the river bank in a forest. Upon arriivng
at the campground, we were advised by the Park Ranger there was a cougar
sighted in the area, we should be aware of the wild animal roaming free and it wuld hunt
for dogs and small animals.
17:00 Take a hot shower at the Sport Centre, C$3
18:30 Dinner at campsite, beautiful campsite near a running river.
Day 8
10:00 Breakfast at campground
11:00 Driving on the SQUAMISH highway, checking out some nice campgrounds for
future camping trip.
12:00 Arrived in Vancouver. Dimsum lunch at Chinese restaurant.
14:00 Checked in CANADA HOME Family hotel located at Garden City Rd, Richmond,
C$35 per room.
There is a good selection of family hotels in Vancouver, you can always find a
room at reasonable price.
Here is the list of family hotels.
*1. Maplehome family hotel 604-218-2208 Mrs. Wang
2. Richmond family hotel 778-881-5681
3. Richmond family hotel 604-772-3823 Mrs. Hui
4. Guethouse N.Vancouver Beijing family hotel 604-562-7583
5. Famil ly hotel 3075 Kingsway 604-430-3441 Single C$20
6. Family hotel Richmond single C$25 778-908-0699
18:00 Seafood dinner at HAPPY DATE Restaurant. We purchased live Vancouver seacrab and
shrimp to this restaurant for cooking., very delicious!
Day 9
09:00 Breakfast at Chinese restaurant. We bid farewell to each team members for such
a wonderful trip. We are all in high spirit, no sight of tiring. We in fact would like
to drive back to ILLOOET for camping.
10:00 AC116 Depated for Toronto
18:00 Arrived in Toronto and concluded our 8 days camping trip.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net