Luxury Vacations in Canada

The great outdoors is rarely greater than in Canada, its majesty and scale commanding frequent superlatives: the world’s longest coastline, largest arboreal forest, highest number of lakes.

Canadians share their vast wilderness with polar bears, elk and wolves, while their waters are home to orcas and beluga whales. Their big skies are illuminated by the celestial spectacle of the Northern Lights, while seemingly endless open road cuts through verdant valleys and vertiginous mountain ranges – not least the monumental Canadian Rockies – past freshwater lakes and rainforests shrouded in mist. Canada is best seen by road or rail, but alternatives might appeal: dog-sled across frozen lakes in the Yukon, perhaps, or glide through Whistler’s rainforest on the country’s longest zip-line. Be sure to schedule downtime in Vancouver, Toronto, Quebec – not only to seek out delicacies like poutine, ice wine and the deceptively named Rocky Mountain oysters, but to max out on cultural big-hitters such as Montreal’s Notre Dame Basilica, a vision as awe-inspiring as the cascades of Niagara Falls.