Canadian Travel Company Launches New Website for Banff National Park Sightseeing Tours and Activities

The travel company, Brewster, Inc., has created a new website that offers everything needed to plan a family vacation to explore Banff National Park and the Canadian Rockies.

Banff, AB (PRWEB) May 28, 2009 - Explore Rockies, Brewster's new website, provides information on attractions in Alberta, Banff National Park (http://www.explorerockies.com/banff-gondola/) as well as the Canadian Rockies. Activities include sightseeing tours, boat tours, gondola rides, and a glacier excursion while accommodations, travel directions, and hours/rates are also covered.

The site offers simple navigation within a visually pleasing design. Visitors wondering about things to do in Banff can easily access activities such as the Banff Gondola Ride, an 8 minute ride up 2,192 feet, to the 7,486 foot summit of Sulphur Mountain, where there is a variety of things to see, including spectacular views, photo opportunities and wildlife.

On the Columbia Icefield Glacier Experience, explained in detail on the site, Brewster offers a guided bus tour atop Athabasca Glacier. Also, visitors can find information on the Minnewanka Lake Cruise in the park, along with related information on fishing tours, boat rentals, wildlife viewing, hiking, and biking. Sightseeing tours of the park, including Lake Louise (http://www.explorerockies.com/sightseeing-tours/lake-louise-tours.aspx), a horseback riding trail, rafting, and even a helicopter tour are also described. There is even a tour of Calgary.

The activity website also includes an interactive tour booking section. Visitors may browse the site and purchase products as they come across them - or go immediately to the online booking section. Once the user selects the type of activity and location - relevant sightseeing tours and activities are available to choose from. Information on airport shuttles is also given for winter and summer schedules as well as for transfers to and from Edmonton. The user can even book individual activities directly on the site.

For all activities and locations, there are detailed maps and directions. Buses are available to all locations from most hotels in the Banff, but for independent drivers, distances and directions from major locations are provided. Each directions page also gives the exact GPS coordinates of each location to aid the modern independent traveler.

Also, the Banff, Alberta live web cam provides a spectacular view of the town and the best view of Banff National Park.

About Brewster, Inc.

Brewster, Inc., a leading travel provider in Canada for over 115 years, is owned by Viad Corp., and is an S&P SmallCap 600 Company. The business owns and operates the Explore Rockies travel website, which provides information on Banff, Canada (http://www.explorerockies.com/banff-webcam/) attractions such as the Banff Gondola, a mountaintop tram ride built in 1958, as well as others within the Canadian Rockies. Brewster also offers variety of sightseeing tours in Alberta as well as airport shuttles to and from Calgary.

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