Discover Lake Louise and Yoho In Winter

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Banff, Canada

7 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Embark on a winter adventure from Banff to the stunning landscapes of Lake Louise and Yoho National Park. This small-group tour starts with a scenic drive, with stops for photos and short walks to hear tales of the Rockies’ history and wildlife. Discover Lake Louise’s Victoria Glacier and Fairmont Chateau, then head to Yoho’s Natural Bridge and Emerald Lake for a gourmet lunch and s’mores around a cozy fire.

Reach Lake Louise and Yoho National Park with ease from Banff
Informative commentary from your guide on route
A hot chocolate and maple cookie snack are included
Convenient hotel pickup enhances your stress-free transport

What's Included

Guided tour to Lake Louise and Emerald Lake
Hot chocolate
Pick up from the public bus parking located behind the Mount Royal Hotel
Lake Louise lakeshore walk
Lunch

Gourmet Lunch at Emerald lake lodge
Snacks

S’mores & campfire: A Canadian Tradition

Gratuity

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

Every pickup point has a unique pickup time. Guests must be ready at their selected pickup point 5 minutes prior. Banff Rocky Mountain Resort at 8:25 AM Canalta Lodge at 8:30 AM Banff Caribou Lodge at 8:31 AM Fox Hotel & Suites at 8:32 AM Red Carpet Inn at 8:33 AM Douglas Fir at 8:40 AM Banff Ptarmigan Inn at 8:42 AM Mount Royal Hotel (Public Bus Parking behind hotel) at 8:50 AM Rimrock Resort at 8:55 AM Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel (Motorcoach Entrance) at 9:00 AM Banff Train Station at 9:00 AM Juniper Hotel at 9:05 AM If no pickup is selected, your pick up will be defaulted to meet at the public bus parking behind the Mount Royal Hotel at 8:50 AM.

Operating hours
.9:00 am

Itinerary

Bow Valley Parkway

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Lake Louise

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Emerald Lake

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Natural Bridge

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation

Most travelers can participate
Don't forget warm clothes! Guides can turn you away if your attire isn't suitable.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 24 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.8

based on 73 reviews

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Most amazing tour...

Ziara_U, Dec 2025

Most amazing tour experience! We had Emma as our tour guide; she was super knowledgeable and friendly. Overall, would recommend everyone do this tour. Nice to see Lake Louise and Emerald Lake. Lunch was deliciously good, and the s’mores were a nice wholesome touch. Very happy with the tour!!

Lake Louise and Yoho

Valerie_E, Jan 2025

It was an excellent experience. Lake Louise and Emerald Lake were stunning. Our tour guide, Anik, was friendly and knowledgeable. We had many opportunities to stop and see the beautiful views. Crowds were small and the weather was perfect!

Snow showing not included

Jo_H, Mar 2024

Very knowledgable and informative guide on the journey. Drink and biscuit provided before leaving. Nice view down the lake but lots of people on it which took the edge off a bit. We chose this tour so we could try snowshoeing but the driver said they had stopped doing that a few years ago. Bit disappointing overall.

Great experience, amazing guide, few suggestions

Soma_N, Jan 2024

Timothy was a great guide. Extremely knowledgeable and comfortable travel back & forth to Lake Louise. I have started to really love travelling with Discover Banff tours. Wonderful job team. Suggestions: It will be amazing if the trip can be extended by 30 mins or an hour. Even if we wanna hike the frozen lake or the trail around, it take’s atleast 90mins to 2 hrs, we were given 1 hour and 10 mins which wasn’t entirely sufficient. We travel to such exquisite locations once in a lifetime, we would like atleast 30 mins more.

Good fun

Christina_J, Feb 2023

We had a good laugh snow shoeing . The scenery was beautiful . Had a hot chocolate in the ice bar at the lake .

I enjoyed Eli’s knowledge...

Deborah_W, Jan 2023

I enjoyed Eli’s knowledge of the history of the area and helpful points on other places to visit and activities to enjoy Banff. It would have been nice to have enough time to snowshoe and visit the hotel instead of deciding to do one or the other.

Absolutely GREAT

Dorothy_R, Jan 2023

Our guide was informative and really a great resource . Beautiful area …bus ride was scenic with added information and stops along the way for picture taking …once at Lake Louise we were able to snowshoe across the lake to watch ice skating …back on the bus our guide met us with hot chocolate …I can’t say enough how wonderful this experience was …this is one you don’t want to miss…

Easy way to get to lake Louise

Peter_S, Dec 2022

The drive there was informative and comfortable. Once arrived you basically have an hour or so to walk around yourself then back on the bus for the drive home.

Amazing

Jessica_B, Feb 2022

The driver/ tour guide was fabulous, she is an amazing story teller. I really enjoyed every bit of the trip

Snow shoe extravaganza

Arlene_L, Feb 2022

Wonderful afternoon leaving how to snow shoe with Lake Louise as the backdrop. So much fun and our guide was just the best.

Awesome

Clarence_D, Dec 2021

Andrew and his team were. Very knowledgeable and made the experience worthwhile. I would def suggest going on the tour and the hike

Excellent tour guide Nicole waa super nice

Janet_V, Mar 2020

Our guide nicole was very knowledgeable and super nice.Lake louise 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼.I would recommend this tour.

an awesome experience

docmau99, Feb 2020

Linda was very helpful, friendly and very Informative. She made sure we were all enjoying our tour. Highly recommended!

Discover Lake Louise Amazing Tour!

raagudo, Dec 2019

We were very happy with this tour. Our guide, Hugh was amazing! He made sure we were well-taken cared off during the entire time. We were served up some nice hot chocolate & cookies while watching the view at Lake Louise. He also made sure we were well-informed and encouraged us to ask any questions about anything concerning Lake Louise. It was well-coordinated from start to finish, from the pick-up at our hotel to the drop-off back from the tour. The day went by so fast as were we just blown away by the beauty of the Canadian Rocky mountains & Lake Louise. I would highly recommend Discovery Tours to our friends. The service, great customer service, warm welcome & informative tour exceeded our expectations.