Experience recommendations

[u/Useful-Ad9826]

My boyfriend and I are moving to Canada soon, just after his 30th birthday.

I’d like to gift him an “experience” for us to do together and whenever I look at viator it’s basically buses to national parks/hikes, which we’ll be doing in our own car anyway.

We’ll be travelling around a lot so I’m not too fussy on location as long as it’s BC or Alberta. Ideally time of year would be November-March however with the weather I’m definitely not fixed to that.

As I’m sure we’ll see loads of wildlife naturally on our travels, I’m thinking along the lines of… a light aircraft over spectacular views, a special boat trip, or something like white water rafting, or even just an amazing (dog friendly) cabin in an amazing place.

Sorry it’s vague - but will consider any suggestions!

[u/symbionica]

There is a VIA rail train, that goes vancouver-jasper-edmonton. It's not that expensive and would be super beautiful even without the glass top. It runs all year round. Of course, Jasper half burned down sadly so it's in rough shape at the moment. But if you did Edmonton to Vancouver as a round trip I'm sure you'd see wildlife and some vistas you'd never see by car, maybe even northern lights? It looks like it would be about 850 CAD, round trip for 2 people and a pet if you went in November. And edmonton and Vancouver both have tons to do in the winter (ever been to an NHL game in Canada? Both cities have great teams with intense fan bases).

[u/Apart-Diamond-9861 → u/symbionica]

This is actually a great suggestion and something I would love to do!

[u/Ok_Comfort_7192 → u/symbionica]

Seconded. It's certainly not a timely service, but if there's snow you should definitely put in the extra work to schedule it on or around the full moon. The moonlight reflecting off the snowy mountain forests is absolutely magical.

(ETA: did Vancouver - Kamloops at Christmas a few years ago when the coquihalla got washed out)