July 10 - 17, 2020
08 Days
Tour Status - Available

Alberta is a province in Western Canada. Its landscape encompasses mountains, prairies, desert badlands and vast coniferous forests. It has more than 600 lakes, and rich mineral deposits.  You will visit an area of feedlots and vast prairie land.   Continue on to the province of Saskatchewan where you will spend time at the "Ag In Motion" Farm Show.

Tour Highlights

  • Private, air conditioned motor coach transportation

  • Accommodations

  • Meals & Attractions as Outlined

  • Multiple Farm/Technical Visits

  • Entrance fee for Sulphur Mountain Gondola in Banff

  • Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo-Jump Visit

  • Day Admission to "Ag In Motion" Farm Show

  • Flexicoil visit

  • Knowledgeable Select Holidays escort

  • Plus more...

DAY 01 - Fri 10 July - CALGARY - LETHBRIDGE (B/D)
Departing from Calgary, a visit will be made to a feedlot as well as a visit to a Hutterite Colony before checking into a Lethbridge hotel for a 2-night stay. The Hutterites are a communal people, living on hundreds of colonies throughout the prairies of northwestern North America.  On average, fifteen families live and work on the typical Hutterite colony, where they farm, raise livestock and produce manufactured goods for sustenance. Dinner this evening at a local restaurant featuring Alberta grown produce.
Due to arrival times into Calgary, you may require a pre-tour night in Calgary, at an additional cost.

DAY 02 - Sat 11 July LETHBRIDGE   (B)
Breakfast at the hotel then depart for an agriculture tour. Drive through an area known as “Feedlot Alley”. Visit many farms that grow potatoes, sugar beets and beans in this area of Alberta known for irrigation farming operations.  Return to Lethbridge for the night.    Overnight:  Lethbridge

DAY 03 - Sun 12 July - LETHBRIDGE - CANADIAN ROCKIES (B/D)
Leaving behind the prairies and farm land, travel into the foothills of Alberta where most of the cattle ranching takes place. Further west, enter the beautiful Canadian Rocky Mountains with amazing scenery.  Take a ride on the Banff Gondola up the side of Sulphur Mountain for spectacular views.  Visit Lake Louise, Bow Lake and Peyto Lake, all crowning jewels in Banff National Park.  Rugged mountains will be the backdrop of the hotel accommodations this evening.
Overnight: Canadian Rockies

DAY 04 - Mon 13 July - CANADIAN ROCKIES - RED DEER   (B)
Today travel along the scenic Icefields Parkway, one of the most scenic highways in Canada. Drive to the Columbia Icefields Discovery Center where you board an amazing SnoCoach glacier ride onto the Glacier surface.  The Columbia Icefields are situated inside Jasper National Park. Leaving the mountains behind, travel into the farming as well as oil and gas center of Alberta to the City of Red Deer. Check into hotel for a 2-night stay.
Overnight: Red Deer

DAY 05 - Tue 14 July - RED DEER   (B/D)
Today’s visits will include a dairy farm, a massive grain storage facility as well as a family farm that grows wheat, canola and malt barley. For a treat, taste a locally brewed beer using the farm-grown barley. Dinner this evening at the local golf course before returning to Red Deer for the night.  Overnight: Red Deer

DAY 06 - Wed 15 July - RED DEER, AB - SASKATOON, SK   (B)     
Breakfast at hotel then travel into the province of Saskatchewan.  This province, diagonal from west to east, is the area commonly called the "grain belt," level or gently rolling plains marked by fertile soils that make Saskatchewan one of the world's great wheat producers.  This afternoon arrive into the city of Saskatoon for a 2-night stay. Overnight:  Saskatoon

DAY 07 - Thu 16 July   "AG IN MOTION" FARM SHOW  (B)
Breakfast in the hotel then enjoy a full day at “Ag in Motion”, Western Canada’s first outdoor farm expo, and situated on 320 acres of prime agricultural land.  The annual expo will feature live demonstrations of field equipment, crop plots and interactive agribusiness exhibits showcasing the products and services relevant to the agricultural industry.   Return to hotel later this afternoon.   Overnight:  Saskatoon

DAY 08 - Fri 17 July  END OF TOUR  (B)
This agricultural visit has come to an end with a visit to the Flexicoil Seed Equipment and Manufacturing facilities then a transfer to the Saskatoon airport for your flight home.

You may wish to extend your Canadian experience by adding the Yukon and Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Call our office for details.

Land price only:  Per Person, Double occupancy - $TBD

Single ADD:  $TBD

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