Remarkable Canadian tours, thoughtfully planned.

For travellers who want to reach Canada’s remote and beautiful places on escorted tours, with clear pricing, thoughtful pacing, and warm Canadian hospitality.

Expert guides, right-sized groups, and time to roam.

Escorted tours within Canada | Travel arrangements managed

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British Columbia (BC) licensed, final published price, gratuities included, and travel arrangements managed with thoughtful planning from start to finish.

BC licensed | Final published price | Gratuities included | Travel arrangements managed
Headline photo: Guests aboard the catamaran Inside Passage enter the protected fjord waters of the Khutzeymateen on the one-day Grizzly Bear Tour from Vancouver, in calm water, beneath snow-capped peaks, with one of British Columbia’s most distinctive bear-viewing settings ahead.

A more thoughtful way to see Canada.

We design and operate thoughtfully planned escorted tours within Canada, shaped by access, sound judgement, and the care with which they are run.

Access, without the friction.

Some of Canada’s most memorable places are also the hardest to reach well. Our escorted tours manage the routing, timing, local coordination, and practical details with care, so guests can focus on the journey rather than the logistics behind it.

The Aspire standard.

  • The published tour price is the final price. Gratuities for guides and drivers are included.
  • Our guides are hand-picked educators, not salespeople. We do not accept commissions or kickbacks.
  • We maintain a cheerful culture and a purposeful pace.

Aspire Canada Tours draws on more than 25 years of experience across tours, tourism, and commercial aviation, and is licensed by Consumer Protection British Columbia as a travel agent and travel wholesaler. Guests can book with confidence.

 

Three escorted tours, now open for booking.

Explore our first collection of thoughtfully planned Canadian tours, including one-day expeditions and multi-day journeys. Review dates, inclusions, and pricing, then book with confidence.
Inside Passage catamaran approaching a rocky shoreline in Khutzeymateen Park, British Columbia, with a grizzly bear on the bank; inset photo shows a mother grizzly and two cubs drinking at the water’s edge.

Grizzly Bear Tour

Same-day return from Vancouver to the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary

Fly from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) by private non-stop charter to British Columbia’s North Coast, then continue aboard the stable twin-hull catamaran Inside Passage into protected grizzly bear habitat in the Great Bear Rainforest. The July 4 departure is planned around favourable tide conditions, when lower water can improve shoreline viewing opportunities. Aspire Canada Tours manages the flights, transfers, meals, timing, and local coordination, with wildlife viewed responsibly.

Sold out for 2026. Guests may still join the wait list in case space becomes available, or be added to our 2027 call-out list when the next Grizzly Bear Tour departure is released.

One-day expedition | Departure: Saturday, July 4, 2026

Pace: Easy, with minimal walking | Guests: 98

Suitable for: Solo travellers and many multi-generational families with children about seven and older

Solo travellers: No single supplement

Start and end: Vancouver International Airport (YVR), same-day return

Destination: Chatham Sound and Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, British Columbia’s North Coast

Couple watching a can-can show at Diamond Tooth Gertie’s in Dawson City, Yukon.

Yukon Tour

7 days in Dawson City and Whitehorse, with Kluane, White Pass Rail, and Klondike history thoughtfully planned

See Yukon properly on a small-group escorted summer tour with three nights in Dawson City and three nights in Whitehorse. The itinerary connects Tr’ondëk-Klondike, Tombstone Territorial Park, Kluane National Park and Reserve, Kathleen Lake, Carcross, Bennett, Fraser, and the White Pass & Yukon Route railway, with the July 17 to 23, 2026 departure overlapping with the Dawson City Music Festival. Aspire Canada Tours manages the flights, transfers, hotels, selected admissions, local touring, and on-the-ground coordination, so guests can focus on the story, scenery, and character of Yukon.

Sold out for 2026. Guests may still join the wait list in case space becomes available, or be added to our 2027 call-out list when the next Yukon departure is released.

Multi-day journey | Departure: July 17 to 23, 2026

Duration: 7 days, 6 nights | Guests: Up to 12

Pace: Easy, with optional easy to moderate walking choices on selected days

Route: Dawson City, Whitehorse, Tombstone, Kluane, Carcross, Bennett, Fraser, and the White Pass rail corridor

Gateway airports: Vancouver (YVR), Kelowna (YLW), Calgary (YYC), or Edmonton (YEG)

Connecting guests: Travellers from outside Air North’s gateway network are recommended to connect through Vancouver International Airport (YVR)

Northern lights over downtown Whitehorse riverfront, with city lights reflected on the Yukon River.

Yukon Northern Lights Tour

4 days in Whitehorse, with three consecutive aurora-viewing evenings

Travel north on a thoughtfully planned escorted Yukon tour based in Whitehorse, where Gold Rush history, northern wildlife, Southern Lakes scenery, and three late-night aurora-viewing excursions give the journey substance by day and atmosphere by night. The aurora is never guaranteed, so the itinerary is designed to be rewarding whether or not the lights appear. Aspire Canada Tours manages the flights, transfers, hotel, selected admissions, local touring, and on-the-ground coordination, so guests can focus on the quiet character of the North.

Sold out for 2026. Both the September 4 to 7 and October 15 to 18 departures are now fully booked. Guests may still join the wait list in case space becomes available, or be added to our 2027 call-out list when the next Yukon Northern Lights departure is released.

Multi-day journey | Departures: September 4 to 7, 2026 and October 15 to 18, 2026

Duration: 4 days, 3 nights | Guests: 25 per departure

Pace: Easy, with limited walking and optional participation in evening aurora viewing

Highlights: Three aurora-viewing evenings, MacBride Museum and Sam McGee’s Cabin, Yukon Wildlife Preserve, Whitehorse, Carcross, Emerald Lake, and the Southern Lakes route

Gateway airports: Vancouver (YVR), Kelowna (YLW), Calgary (YYC), or Edmonton (YEG)

Connecting guests: Travellers from outside Air North’s gateway network are recommended to connect through Vancouver International Airport (YVR)

In the Media

Independent coverage of Aspire Canada Tours

Aspire Canada Tours has been featured by the publications below. This coverage offers outside perspective on our approach to thoughtfully planned escorted tours within Canada, including one-day expeditions and multi-day journeys.

Two distinct ways to explore.

The One-Day Expedition

The Logistics of Access. By aggregating 100+ like-minded travellers, we create an economy of scale that allows us to operate efficient, direct flights to remote locations. We turn a complex, three-day ordeal into a single, seamless day.

The Multi-Day Journey

The Human Scale. We cap our multi-day groups at 24 to 28 people. We stay in hotels chosen for their management, cleanliness, and local character. We move as a group of friends, not a crowd.
Comparison graphic showing Aspire Canada Tours’ two escorted-tour formats: one-day expeditions and multi-day journeys.

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Photo, left: A guide leads a small tour group across the sand dunes of the Carcross Desert in Yukon, one of the distinctive landscapes featured in ACT’s Yukon tour collection.