• Buffalo Nations Museum - Experience a guided tour through your smartphone as you explore the wonders of Banff!

Embark on this 5 km (round trip) sightseeing tour to discover Banff’s rich history and vibrant present. You’ll encounter historical buildings, sculptures, sights, and attractions.

Highlights include the Banff Administration Building, Luxton Home Museum, Central Park, and the Cascades of Time Gardens!

Don’t just witness Banff’s beauty; listen to its stories!

A live GPS map shows your location and guides you to the next stop. As you approach, the tour guide’s commentary will play automatically.

The tour also features an engaging location-based trivia game. After the commentary, check your device and tap your guess for the answer.

Enjoy a professional tour guide experience without the crowded groups, strict schedules, or high costs.

Available anytime, not just on your booking date. Pause and resume anywhere along the route.

Note: The number of travelers you select determines the number of devices you can download the tour to.

• Banff National Park Administration Building - Be amazed by this stunning building. While you admire it (it’s perfectly fine to stare), we’ll share its story!

• Cascade Gardens - Explore this enchanting 4-acre park from the 1930s, featuring gardens terraced into the picturesque hillside. You’ll discover two points of interest: the Cambrian and Devonian pavilions.

• Banff Pedestrian Bridge - As you gaze over the majestic Bow River from the pedestrian bridge, we’ll tell you all about the man known as Mr. Banff!

• Buffalo Street & Muskrat Street - Try to find the elevation marker (it looks like a coin) embedded in the sidewalk. While you search, we’ll explain its significance!

• 514 Buffalo St - We’ll highlight the Crandell Peck Cabin, one of Banff’s oldest buildings, constructed by Edward Henry Crandell in 1907 using mostly local materials.

• Buffalo Street & Otter Street - Curious about what an inukshuk is? We’ll point one out and explain its meaning.

• 525 Buffalo St #521 - Stroll by the Banff Powerstation and learn how it powered the town’s streetlights and homes in 1905.

• Ken Madsen Path - As you wander down this scenic path, we’ll share some history about Banff.

• 117 Grizzly St - We’ll point out the Tarry-a-while residence, a historic Canadian site. This was the home of Mary Schaffer Warren, known for her early explorations, writings, and paintings of the Canadian Rockies.

• Otter Street & Caribou Street - As you walk to the next point of interest, we’ll keep things ‘cool’ by discussing Banff’s climate!

• The Historic Luxton Home Museum - Visit this historic home for a glimpse into the life of a pioneer family and Banff over nine decades.

• Caribou Street & Banff Avenue - Discover Caribou Corner as we recount when the Brewster family arrived in Banff in 1886 and established their business here.

• 204 Banff Ave - We’ll point out the four sentries sculpture, a staple on Banff Ave.

• 214 Banff Ave - We’ll highlight a large mural on Banff Ave depicting the Cave & Basin site, providing the perfect opportunity to tell you all about it!

• Banff Visitor Information Centre - We’ll direct you to the visitor center for more information on the area’s amazing activities.

• St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church - Learn about this beautiful church built in 1930, with a history dating back to 1887 when St. Paul’s church was established.

• Banff Avenue & Elk Street - Take a seat by the fire and warm up! Well, it’s made of stone, so we’ll just tell you about the monument instead.

• Caribou Street & Bear Street - See the old Cascade lodge, home to the Banff Freemasons.

• Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies - Discover the museum’s mission to preserve and share the history and culture of the Rocky Mountains.

• Central Park - Stroll through Central Park, and we’ll tell you about a significant pile of rocks in the middle. Seriously.

• Banff Park Museum - Learn about this National Historic Site of Canada, established in 1895 to house an exhibit of taxidermy specimens of animals, plants, and minerals associated with the park.

• 107 Banff Ave - Visit Harmony Lane, a prominent commercial building in the rustic National Park style, featuring beautiful river stone pillars.

• Rundle Memorial United Church - Hear about the man behind the church’s name, from our tour guide Don doing his best Mr. Rundle impersonation.

• Beaver Street & Buffalo Street - See the Superintendent’s Residence and learn about the Park Superintendent’s responsibilities, who lived here.

• Royal Canadian Legion Col. Moore Branch 26 - Finally, see the Banff Legion and the cenotaph built out front in 1920!

• Parks Administration Building - Marvel at this amazing building!

• All In The Wild Gallery - Not a tour point of interest, but feel free to spend as much time as you like here.

• Banff Avenue - Walk up and down this famous avenue during the tour.

• Canada House Art Gallery - Not a tour point of interest, but feel free to spend as much time as you like here.

• Cascade Shops - Not a tour point of interest, but feel free to spend as much time as you like here.

• Ink Pots Hiking Trail - Not a tour point of interest, but feel free to spend as much time as you like here.

• Surprise Corner - Not a tour point of interest, but feel free to spend as much time as you like here.

• Tunnel Mountain Drive - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Spray River Trail Loop - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Fenland Trail - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Banff Gondola - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Lake Minnewanka - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Bow Falls - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Sunshine Meadows - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Bow Valley Parkway - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Tunnel Mountain Trail - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Parker Ridge Trail - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Cave and Basin National Historic Site - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Two Jack Lake - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Vermilion Lakes - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Hoodoos Trail - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Banff Legacy Trail - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Johnson Lake - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Cascade Ponds - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Helen Lake Trail - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• Cascade Waterfall - Not a tour point of interest, but it’s nearby, and you can spend as much time as you like here.

• No time constraints, take as long as you like to complete the tour
• Download on WIFI before (no signal required or data used during tour)
• Live GPS map shows route & your location
• Flexible dates - tour is yours to keep and enjoy anytime on Tripvia Tours
• Tour guide commentary automatically plays at each point of interest

• Smartphone or tablet
• Headphones (optional - audio will play from device speaker too)
• Attraction tickets
• **Recommended attractions may be closed/inaccessible due to season or reasons beyond our control.

Listen to a tour guide through your smartphone as you explore incredible Banff!

On this 5 km (return) sightseeing tour, you’ll explore Banff’s past and present as we point out historical buildings, sculptures, sights & attractions.

Highlights include the Banff Administration Building, Luxton Home Museum, Central Park & the Cascades of Time Gardens! Don’t just see the beauty of Banff, hear what it has to say!

GPS map shows where you are and where to go next. As you get close, tour guide commentary automatically plays.

The tour also comes with a fun location based trivia game. After the commentary plays, look at your device and tap your answer.

Keep the professional tour guide experience, ditch crowded tour groups, tight schedules & high prices.

Enjoy anytime, not just on your booking date. Stop & start anywhere along route.

The number of travelers you select is the number of devices you can download the tour to.

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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.