
The Canadian Rockies is the most beautiful place we have seen. It has the best that nature has to offer with amazing lakes, snow-capped mountain peaks, great waterfalls and rewarding hiking trails.
Seny Sengupta
Credits: This trip was planned and executed entirely by my wonderful wife, Mallika Rai Sengupta. My role has just been to enjoy and document this amazing trip.
Disclaimer: The ratings for each of the spots indicate our individual likes and/or dislikes, and as such should not be used as general criteria for planning your trip. Please do your own research as well.
Tips
- Install GypsyApp on your phone. It is very helpful for tips as you are driving through. Once you are inside the park, it is recommended to keep it on in the background. The apple store for the iPhone has a bundle deal for 4 apps together, Banff, Lake Louise, Icefields and Jasper, which is what we did. It also gives a free Calgary to Banff app if you install the bundle, although we did not use it. You can have multiple of these apps running together on your phone, which is helpful at times.
- When visiting Banff downtown, a good parking place is between Banff Avenue and Bear Street at Buffalo Street. This is on the other end of Banff Avenue. So, after exiting on Banff Avenue, drive down all the way on Banff Avenue and take a right on Buffalo Street. Walking from here you can cover entire Banff Avenue. You can check out Caribou Street and then Bear Street as well.

- Going towards Jasper from Banff/Lake Louise, best to have a full tank of gas. Also, there is no cell service for most of the way until you are close to Jasper. Thank You, Sirius XM Radio!
- My advice would be to pay attention to the posted speed limits. They change a lot (specially in Jasper) to make sure that animals are safe, as at times they cross the highways. The police are alert around here, and I have seen quite some folks stopped by them. The speed on highways at times goes as low as 50 km/h. In Jasper there is some construction going on as well and hence the reduced speeds.
- Try to get in a few hikes/trails in your trip. We did not do so many, but the ones we did were worth it. The trails around here seem to have good rewarding views. The one that we should have done was Johnston Canyon lower falls, which is probably around an hour round trip.
- Try to start your days early. For us our days would usually start late between 10 AM and 11 AM. This is the reason why we missed out on some of the trails. Also, if you start early, chances are that you will get access to parking for some of the most popular spots (Lake Louise, Moraine Lake).
- If you have kids, it works out better if you have a hotel with complimentary breakfast (or where they serve breakfast). That way you don’t have to stop some place to get breakfast. I understand that this is a lifestyle choice, as some folks want to try out the local cafes. For us having breakfast in the hotel works out the best as we are not early risers, so we have a heavy breakfast and then can either skip lunch or have a late lunch/snack.
Banff
Day 1
Banff Sign (***)
The first thing we did was to take pictures at the Banff sign. Directly to the left of the sign is a parking lot for the Banff Recreation Centre. You can park here and then cross the street to take pictures at the sign. There is nothing much to do at the Recreation Centre unless you want to compete in Curling at the next winter Olympics!

Vermilion Lakes (****)
After lunch we went to Vermilion lakes. It’s a nice area where you can drive by. There are 3 lakes and each one has view points and small piers. It is very beautiful and picturesque. One of the lakes has a canoe moored next to the shoreline. Make sure to take pictures with your family inside the canoe!


Mount Norquay Viewpoint (*****)
Next, we went up Mount Norquay Road (towards skiing). The GypsyApp recommended a view point under the ski resort and it was worth the trip for the views, and we got to see a BEAR!
True story: We were taking pictures on that same tree branch where the bear is pictured below! Another 5 minutes and the bear would have photo-bombed us!😊


Banff Gondola (*****)
We drove through downtown with the GypsyApp in the background that gave us good tips around the areas that we drove through. We took the Ultimate Explorer pass that has 4 activities, Gondola, Lake Minnewanka Cruise, Icefields Parkway and the Skywalk. You have a choice of picking your days and times for the other activities, but we did not want to be locked in with specific days and times, so we did not do that. We did the Gondola that day. Once on the top, they have an observation deck on the 4th floor, restaurants on the 3rd floor, a small theater on the 2nd floor (5-minute movie on rotation), and a gift shop and the Sulphur Mountain deck on the 1st floor that has a trek up to the top most point. We did the trek (about 15 – 20 minutes). The Sky Bistro was already completely booked for that day, so we went to the Northern Lights Cafe for dinner. It is recommended to book the Sky Bistro in advance. The Northern Lights Cafe with good views, was good as well and had a buffet with a dessert counter.


Surprise Corner Viewpoint (****)
After the Gondola, we started heading back towards our hotel in Canmore (next town outside the park) and the GypsyApp made us stop at a great viewpoint called Surprise Corner Viewpoint that has an amazing view of the Banff Springs Hotel. There was definitely an element of surprise with this Viewpoint!


That was the end of Day 1. We went to our hotel in Canmore called the Malcolm Hotel by Clique about 20 minutes from Banff.
Day 2
We started the day at 11 am. I think if we had started maybe around 9:30 am the timing would have worked out better for the entire day.
Lake Louis Visit 1 (*****)
We used the GypsyApp again and it took us via a detour that goes via Johnston Canyon. We did not stop here but this is a scenic route and has the potential of wild animal viewing. At Johnston Canyon you can do a hike of lower falls, which the GypsyApp mentioned will take about an hour round trip. However, we did not do that as we wanted to reach Lake Louise. We did not see any animals unfortunately (but we saw a baby bear cub on our return journey). We reached Lake Louise around noon. Around then they were directing traffic and had signs that said, “Parking Lot Full”. They have “Park and Ride” parking lots where they have shuttles taking you to Lake Louise. However, we decided to take a chance and go to proper Lake Louise and we got lucky. My advice is to try that first as there are always folks leaving as well. Once parked, we walked to Lake Louise and took some great pictures.




Lake Agnes Trail (****)
The Lake Agnes Trail starts next to Lake Louise. It is 3.4 km to Lake Agnes and the Lake Agnes Tea House. This trail is moderately steep. It took us 90 minutes to reach Lake Agnes with a few breaks. In between there is Mirror Lake as well where you can take pictures. Halfway through the trail it becomes more of an obstruction course with it becoming steeper and having to avoid horse dung! 😊 (The horse path joins the same path). Funny Story: We, as a family, hardly do any hikes, although we like them; we just haven’t made it part of our family routines. So, when we do these hikes, we always ask folks coming down; “How much longer?” I guess it puts us at ease or something (even though, we know coming down usually is far easier than going up!). This time we got reasonably accurate answers, however we did not interpret one of them correctly. Someone told us about “800 meters more to Lake Agnes”. After about 15 minutes or so we realized, he literally meant “meters” and not steps! 😊 So yeah, anyways after this hike, the kids did not want to do any more hikes for the rest of the trip!




Lake Agnes Tea House (****)
Right next to Lake Agnes is the famous Lake Agnes Tea House. They serve tea, coffee, sandwiches, hot chocolate and some other stuff. There is no electricity in here and only cash payments are accepted. It is quite crowded, but we got lucky and got a table. We ordered soup, sandwiches and hot chocolate. Fun fact: The workers in the Tea House carry the food and supplies up the trail every morning hiking; and carry the garbage down in the evening. That’s quite something!

Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise (****)
After coming down from Lake Agnes (downhill was about an hour), we went in the historic hotel Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. We had coffee and pastries inside and spent about 30 minutes in there. The views from the hotel rooms look out into Lake Louise.

Bow Valley Parkway (****)
We again took the scenic route that goes via Bow Valley and Johnston Canyon. This time we were rewarded by a BEAR sighting! We saw a baby bear (cub). Right about now, the kids (15-year old boy and 11-year old girl) started getting more excited about the trip! In their words, “We saw 2 bears in 2 days! That’s so cool!”


Downtown Banff (*****)
We then headed towards downtown and went to Banff Avenue where all the restaurants are. We spent some time walking down the streets and then we had dinner at Tony Roma’s. Pay attention to the portion size at Tony Roma’s, it’s huge, or at least for what I ordered. Pictured below is “Not Your Mom’s” Fried Chicken. I could have definitely fed my mom as well! 😊 We finished with the famous Cows ice-cream, which is right next door to Tony Roma’s.



That was the end of Day 2 at Banff. We drove to our hotel and went to sleep early as the plan was to get up by 4 am next morning to go to Moraine Lake to see the sunrise.
Day 3
We woke up at 4 am as we wanted to check out the sunrise from Moraine Lake. Since we started early, we got parking at all the places we visited.
Moraine Lake Visit 1 (*****)
We reached here around 5:20 am before the sunrise. There is a short (10 minute) hike on the left side at the entrance called the Rockpile. We went up to a nice clearing with a great view of Moraine Lake during sunrise. Even though, we did not get to see all the rays of the sun illuminating the peaks, the views were simply awesome!



Yoho National Park, British Columbia (*****)
The Lake Louise GypsyApp took us to this National Park that is in British Columbia and you also cross the Continental Divide. This was a great recommendation from the GypsyApp and we thoroughly enjoyed about 3-4 hours of amazing spots! The next few spots (Emerald Lake, Natural Bridge, Meeting of the Rivers and Takakkaw Falls) are all within Yoho National Park. I highly recommend Yoho National Park and it’s only about 20 minutes from Lake Louise.
Emerald Lake (*****)
This was the best spot in this National Park. The color of the water is the reason for the name of the lake. We reached here around 8 am and got parking easily. Once you cross the bridge, you reach the Emerald Lake Lodge. A short walk via some of the lodges brings you to the Registration. They serve a Continental breakfast buffet here and this was perfect for us as we had a very early start and did not eat much. Because of this heavy breakfast we could skip lunch and continue sightseeing. After breakfast we went canoeing on the lake. The canoes here allow at most 3 adults or 2 adults and 2 small children. So not all 4 of us could do this and I went with the kids. They have canoeing at Lake Louise and Moraine Lake as well. But this place is less crowded and a lot cheaper ($125/hour at Lake Louise vs. $70/hour at Emerald Lake). This was truly a great spot to visit.



Natural Bridge (****)
This is a bridge above the flowing Kicking Horse River. It is a nice spot and the water flow is quite rapid here. The GypsyApp has a nice story about how the river got its name.


Meeting of the Rivers (**)
A nice turnout where there is a view of the Yoho River and the Kicking Horse River meeting together. The colors of the 2 rivers are different and you can notice that where they meet. Yoho River is milky white because the water comes from the glaciers and the Kicking Horse River is the turquoise that you find all around in the Canadian Rockies.


Takakkaw Falls (****)
This was an amazing sight to visit. After parking you can walk to the base of the falls and feel the force of the falls and take great pictures. It’s about a 20-minute walk to the base of the falls.

Siesta Time (*****)
Because we woke up very early in the morning, we decided to come back to our hotel to catch up on our sleep. We reached the hotel around 2 pm. Since we had a heavy breakfast in the morning, we skipped lunch. After the nap we went to the pool and spent some time in the Jacuzzi.

Banff Springs Hotel (*****)
We went back to Banff downtown and started the GypsyApp tour. The first stop was this historic hotel with it’s amazing architecture. There is parking behind the main statue. We paid $10 for 1-hour parking and we went inside the hotel and checked it out from inside. There is a patio area where you have nice views. There are restaurants and shops as well. We had coffee and some pastries at “Stock”, which is a coffee shop inside the hotel. This all took about an hour and was well worth it.



Bow Falls (****)
Right after the Banff Springs Hotel, the GypsyApp takes you to the Bow Falls. This has really great views. On the left side there is a view of the falls and on the right side you can see the calm Bow river. Worth the stop and this is right in the middle of Banff downtown.

Banff Springs Golf Course Loop (***)
This is a nice 20 minutes drive around the golf course. We took this because the GypsyApp mentioned about animal sighting and sure enough we saw some deer!

Downtown Bear Street (****)
It’s the other main Street in downtown Banff, parallel to Banff Avenue. We parked on one end (free public parking) and walked down.
Dinner at Masala (****)
They have Indo-Chinese as well! The food was great, even the Indo-Chinese. Recommended. “Indo-Chinese” is basically a fusion of Chinese food with Indian flavor/feel (e.g. there will be more gravy in some of the dishes and so on). I am a fan of Indo-Chinese food, so wherever it is available I make it a point to try it out, even if my family complains that we ordered too much food, which we did here as well!😊
Day 4
Having done most of the sights, Day 4 was planned to be a light, leisurely day. It was also my birthday.
Canmore and Spring Creek (***)
In the morning, we spent some time roaming around the town where our hotel was. The main town is called Canmore and our hotel was in a newer development called Spring Creek. I took a short walk around our hotel and Spring Creek and then after that we walked around the Main Street of Canmore.


Lake Minnewanka (*****)
We reached Lake Minnewanka around 12:30. We went on the 1 pm cruise. This is a 1 hour cruise around Lake Minnewanka and there is a tour guide giving a lot of useful information and history. Apparently, there is a lost city under the lake called Minnewanka Landing where in the winter, divers go down by breaking the ice at certain spots to take pictures on a potty! (Yes, I looked it up and it’s true). We also got to feel the lake water and it was quite cold!


Downtown Banff (*****)
We headed towards downtown to have a late lunch and celebrate my birthday. We went to the restaurant Saltlik on Bear Street. The restaurant is excellent. It’s mostly a steakhouse but they also have chicken and fish variety. We also had a chocolate lava molten cake with ice-cream for dessert that was amazing!


Lake Two Jack (***)
After some shopping in downtown, we headed back in the direction of Lake Minnewanka where that area has two other lakes, 1st one being Two Jack. There is an interesting story behind the naming as the GypsyApp will explain. This is also a very beautiful lake and if you want, you can drive all the way to the waterfront. The walk from the main parking lot is only 3 minutes anyways.

Lake Johnson (***)
The second lake in this area is Lake Johnson. Apparently, this is the only “beach” that Banff has. Even though the water is cold, Banff residents come to swim here during summer as the source of the water is from springs instead of glaciers keeping it a little warm. This is also a nice picnic area. The views are awesome from here as well.

Moraine Lake Visit 2 (*****)
We wanted to check out Moraine Lake during sunset as well. We could not capture all the rays of the sun due to clouds, but here is a good one (first one) just before sunset, with some of the rays on the left mountain peak.




Jasper
Day 5
We did a quick breakfast and started our drive towards Jasper. The plan was to do some of the sights on the way to Columbia Icefields Parkway and Jasper. The Icefields Skywalk and Athabasca Glacier take about 3-4 hours, so plan accordingly. This drive will take about 8-9 hours (including the 4 hours break at Icefields Parkway). At the Icefields, make sure to do the Skywalk first and then the trip to the Glacier, because the Skywalk is not that great, and you don’t want to end with the Skywalk. Once you cross Lake Louise and enter 93N to go towards Jasper and Columbia Icefields, there is no cell service. Cell service comes back close to Jasper. Also fill up on gas (full tank) before getting into 93N. There is a gas station at Saskatchewan River Crossing so you can still fill up there as well. If you follow the GypsyApp Icefields App and stop at most of the stops recommended by it, then this will be a whole day tour. We passed Banff around 11 am and reached Jasper around 9 pm and our hotel was in Hinton, which is another hour from Jasper. If you can, get a hotel in Jasper (not easy, may need to book way in advance, we did a week or 2 before, so only got at Hinton)
Crowfoot Glacier (***)
As you take 93N to go towards Jasper, the GypsyApp is a great guide for turnouts and viewpoints. This was one of them.

Bow Lake (****)
This was the second viewpoint. You can go down to the edge (a minute or so walk down) of the lake for pictures.

Peyto Lake (*****)
It’s about a 10-minute walk/hike to the viewpoint from the parking lot. It’s worth the views, don’t miss this one. Once you are at the viewpoint you can go down further to take some great pictures.


Saskatchewan River Crossing (**)
We stopped here for lunch. This is also the last stop for gas for an hour so if you are low on gas, fill up.

Bridal Veil Falls (Turnout), White Goat (**)
This is a turnout and you can see the Bridal Veil Falls. This mountain is called the “White Goat” and funnily we saw some mountain goats!


Columbia Icefields Adventure (*****)
Since we already had the tickets we went in the line to book the times. We opted to not book the times before because we did not want to be tied to a specific time. There is an Icefields Parkway tour and a Skywalk tour. Make sure to do the Skywalk first and then the Icefields tour, as the Skywalk is not that great, and you don’t want to end with it.
Skywalk (***)
We did the Skywalk first. It’s a 10-minute bus drive and then the tour is self-guided. If you want, you can get one of those talking guide devices. The Skywalk was OK, not that great.

Athabasca Glacier (*****)
This was amazing, a highlight of the trip. You are literally standing on top of the glacier with clear glacier water flowing. You should take a bottle with you to take some of the glacier water. You can also taste the water to feel how fresh it is, but don’t drink a lot. It does get cold so definitely wear layers and carry gloves and beanies.



Tangle Creek (***)
This is another turnout that comes as you are driving towards Jasper from the Icefields Centre and right after you cross the Skywalk.

Sunwapta Falls (****)
The falls viewpoint is just a 2-minute walk from the parking lot. The view is worth it. This is on the way to Jasper from the Icefields Parkway.




Day 6
We had breakfast in our hotel and headed out around 11 am. We turned on the GypsyApp for Jasper. Keep in mind, cell service here is patchy, but the GypsyApp works fine as it uses GPS.
Maligne Canyon (*****)
This is a nice area and has different trails going from easy to medium to hard. We did the easy loop that is about 20 minutes and has good views of the falls and the canyon. We had lunch at the “Wilderness Kitchen”, which is next to the parking lot and at the beginning of the loop trail. This restaurant used to be a Tea house before. An interesting dish (first time for us) that was in the kid’s menu and my daughter tried was a Mac N Cheese Croquet (picture below) We also saw a Mule Deer here, right before the entrance of the parking lot (picture below). There is still some debate in our household if we saw a Caribou, but since Caribou(s) are becoming very rare in the Canadian Rockies, we contend that it was a Mule Deer (a local told us that it was).




Medicine Lake (***)
This lake can only be seen during summer as during winter, the lake dries out as the water goes under the caverns and the water from the Mountains is not enough during winter as it’s all frozen. The GypsyApp gives good details about how all this works.

Bear Sighting (*****)
As we crossed Medicine Lake and made our way towards Maligne Lake, we saw 3 black bears, a mama bear and 2 Cubs. This was a very up close and personal sighting. This was right before (2 minutes’ drive from) Maligne Lake. After the encounter, our 15-year old teenage boy who did not even want to make the trip with us (not wanting to do anything with nature) goes “That was so cool!”


Maligne Lake (*****)
This is the most popular lake in Jasper. If you don’t find parking in the main lot, there is an upper parking lot as well, which usually has available spots, and it’s only a 2-minute walk down. There are some restaurants and a gift shop here. There is a Lake Cruise and rental boats here as well. The cruise goes to Sprint Island and stops there for about 20 minutes. Since we had done the Lake Minnewanka Cruise in Banff, we skipped this one.


Lake Annette (***)
This one has picnic areas and a trail along the lake that takes about 40 minutes. We did not do the trail.


Lake Edith (***)
Just next to Lake Annette is Lake Edith. This one has boat rentals from noon to 6 pm.

Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge (*****)
5 minutes from Lakes Edith and Annette, this is the main hotel/lodge in Jasper with a golf course and restaurants and shops in the main Lodge.

Downtown Jasper (*****)
Nice downtown. The GypsyApp for Jasper gives suggestions for the most popular streets. They are the main street Connaught Dr. (where the GypsyApp downtown tour starts) and then Patricia Avenue. If you find parking anywhere here that’s great. We found one next to the post office on Patricia Avenue. We roamed around a bit, then had dinner and headed back to our hotel in Hinton.



Day 7
We had breakfast and then headed out for sightseeing around 11 am. Today was planned as a light leisurely day.
Miette Hot Springs (*****)
This is the 1st stop when you get into the park from the Hinton/Edmonton side. It’s a swimming pool where they have directed the natural spring water for park visitors. They have lockers and changing rooms and you can stay until it closes (late night). The price to get into the pools is cheap (came to around $20 for a family of 4). There is a cafe right by the pool deck. They also have other restaurants next to the parking lot. We opted to eat outside in the restaurant of the Miette Hot Springs Bungalows. We really enjoyed this, like a nice time by the pool, except natural warm water. The water is nice and warm. They also have 2 cooler pools if you need them. It’s about a 1 km hike to see where they catch the hot water and redirect to the pool area. We did that after the pool and after lunch. It may be a better idea to do that first and then relax by the pool (if you also plan to do the 1 km hike). The hike is 1.2 km round trip. The source can be seen to the left on the decked pathway just after you cross the old bathhouse building. There are 2 pipes and there is a sign (picture below). If you keep walking beyond the source, it’s another 15 to 20 minutes nice trail and then it ends when you reach a small bridge over the Fiddle river. We did not realize, that what we saw on our way up was the source, because we reached there within 10-15 minutes! So, we thought we missed a turn and then on our way back we saw the source 😊. So, keep in mind, the source is where the decked pathway ends to the left.



Patricia Lake (***)
After Miette Springs, we headed towards Jasper Downtown, and started the GypsyApp from Connaught Dr. First stop was Patricia Lake. Nice view of mountains with the lake.

Pyramid Lake (*****)
Next stop was Pyramid Lake. We parked at the turnout at the bottom of “The Pines” restaurant. A 15-minute trail from there takes you to Pyramid Island (or you can also drive there). Once you are on the island you can roam around and check out the views. It’s quite beautiful from the island.



Jasper Downtown (*****)
We went back to the downtown, had dinner and that was the end of our Jasper tour! We drove back to our hotel in Hinton. We skipped the Jasper Tramway as it is like the Banff Gondola in terms of the overall experience.
Day 8
This was our last day with nature, as we were heading back to Calgary. We planned to stay in Calgary Downtown 1 night and our flight was in the evening the next day. We wanted to make the best of our last day in the National Parks area, so we had a quick breakfast and headed out early, around 9:30 am.
Horse Shoe Lake (*****)
The GypsyApp guided us to this lake. There is no sign calling it out. It will come to your left when you are going back towards Lake Louise and Banff from Jasper. So, if you miss it, you can turn back after you visit Athabasca Falls. You can do this when you are coming in to Jasper after the Icefields as well. The short walk up is about 15 minutes, goes over rocks, etc. This is an isolated area. There are 2 paths left and right. It doesn’t have any signs there as to which path to take. We took the left path that goes up and you get a decent view of the lake from above. The right path stays low and is longer, but it goes closer to the horse shoe part and may have better views.



Athabasca Falls (*****)
This is a great fall with a lot of force. It’s a short walk from the parking lot, about 2 minutes so definitely worth it. This was probably the best falls we viewed on the entire trip. You can take a lower canyon, river and the pothole tour that goes right and down the steps. It’s only a 5-minute walk. Once you are down you can see the water flowing through the lower canyon into the Athabasca river. It is a pretty sight and you can spend time on the river. You can do the Athabasca Falls when you are coming into Jasper from the Icefields, but we decided to do it on our way back as we were late after the Icefields.




Toe Hill of Glaciers (***)
We took the right turn (on the way back from Jasper) to go to the Toe hill of the glaciers. As you go towards the Toe hill in the right they have “year” markers to indicate where the glacier was on those years and how much it has receded now. Folks can hike up to the glacier from here but since we already had gone to the Glaciers we did not do that.

Lake Louise Visit 2 (*****)
We had to stop one last time at Lake Louise to get the beautiful view of it and the color of the water. We also went to the Fairmont Chateau again to have some snacks and coffee. The deli/coffee shop in there has a chocolate mousse pastry (pictured third) that is out of this world, according to my wife, and she is a baker, so she would know, and I agree 😊! The lemon-raspberry tart (pictured fourth) was great too!




Calgary
Day 9
Downtown (*****)
On our last day we booked a hotel in downtown Calgary to check it out. We parked in the hotel and then walked around downtown. If you plan to stay in Calgary, check out Stephen Avenue. It’s a part of 8th Ave SW and starts at the intersection of 1st Street SE. It’s a nice promenade with stores on both sides. After 6 pm traffic can go through it, but even in the evening it’s a nice part of town. After walking a bit, a mall/office complex called Bankers Hall will come to your left that has a food court and another inter-connected high-end mall beyond the food court with a greenhouse garden with fishes in a pool right in the middle of the mall! There was also “Calgary Stampede” happening during our stay in Calgary, however we did not go as usually these are entire day events and we had to catch a flight in a couple of hours. You can look it up online and if you are visiting in the 1st 2 weeks of July, this may be an option.




That was it! We took our flight back home in the evening after having spent an amazing 9 days in the Canadian Rockies. But, a blog about the Canadian Rockies is incomplete without talking about the Canadian people, “Eh?!” They are one of the nicest people we have met, and are very helpful! A heartfelt Thank You to them! If you have followed the blog all the way, Thank You! I hope this is helpful when you plan your trip to the Canadian Rockies! If you have just checked out the pictures, oh well, they should be inspiring enough to want to come to this beautiful place! So, what are you waiting for? Start planning and share your wonderful experience as well! Need more convincing?! I leave you with one of our happiest moments from the trip.
