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| Distance: 2100 kilometers Length: 7-21 days Start & Finish: Vancouver |
This tours offers endless outdoor adventures. Spend a day by a lake, explore a ghost town, visit a winery or perhaps a brewery, soak in hotsprings, or strap on a backpack and hike through the mountains and hills. With so many places to see and things to do, this circle tour can be easily adapted for any length of trip.
Click on the map to view a larger print-version of the route.
Points of Interest & Activities
The numbered points of interest and activities correspond to the numbered stops on the map.
- #2 Manning Provincial Park
- #3 Tulameen Provincial Park & town of Princeton
- #4 Osoyoos
- #5 Christina Lake Provincial Park
- #6 town of Nelson & Kootenay Lake
- #7 town of Kimberly & Cranbrook
- #8 Radium Hotsprings
- #9 Historic town of Golden
- #10 Salmon Arm & Shuswap Lake
- #11 Kelowna
- #11 Merrit
- #12 Lytton
- #14 town of Harrsion Hotsprings & Sasqatch Provincial Park
- #15 Vancouver
- town of Banff, Alberta
- town of Lake Louise
- town of Creston & Kokane Beer Brewery
The YELLOW route marker indicated a possible detour. For those who wish to spend more time in the Kootenays and avoid the busier towns of Lake Louise and Banff, follow Highway #23 north from Nelson, passing through the beautiful town of Nakusp, well-known for it's hotsprings.
Activities:
- Hiking & backpacking
- Canoeing & kayaking
- Hangliding & paragliding
- Horseback Riding
- Houseboating
- Mountain Biking
- Whitewater Rafting
- Winetasting & Vinyards
- Fruit-picking & Orchards
- Hotsprings
- Ghost-towns
Camping:
BC Parks contain some of the most beautiful and most varied protected areas in North America. Rainforests, glaciers, tidal pools, plains and deserts; all form part of this mosaic. Our stewardship role encourages visitor appreciation of these special places. Many of these parks offer camping facitilies in addition to trails, day use areas, interpretation facilities, canoe circuits, back country huts and boating facilities offer access to visitors of all ages and skills. And no matter where you go in British Columbia, these provincial camgprounds are beautiful and affordable!
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Find at Park at BC Parks & Recreation Website
