The Itinerary USA and Canada itineraries
Day-by-day routes through USA and Canada, each 12 days — with what every trip actually costs.
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Planning a trip to USA and Canada
Pulled from the route below — so it says what it does, not what a brochure would.
When to go
Jul–Sep — the months this route recommends.
How long you need
Every route here runs 12 days.
What it costs
≈ AED 900 per person per day. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Entry on an Indian passport
Two sets of rules on this trip, and both have to be sorted before you fly.
- USA: Embassy or consulate in advance, 6 months at the officer's discretion. The B-2 interview wait in India has run to many months. Start early. Transit needs a visa.
- Canada: Embassy or consulate in advance, 6 months. A US permanent resident card can stand in. Transit needs a visa.
Checked 2026-11 against Wikipedia’s compilation of IATA Timatic entries. Entry rules depend on your passport and where you live, and they change with little notice — confirm with each embassy or your airline before you book. Check another country.
Where these routes go: Calgary · Banff · Lake Louise · Jasper · Waterton · Glacier.
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Best for: One mountain range, one road, two park systems and a border in the middle
USA and Canada in 12 days: Banff, the Icefields Parkway, Jasper and Glacier
Calgary → Banff → Lake Louise → the Icefields Parkway → Jasper → Waterton → Glacier
Lakes the colour of antifreeze, a 230km parkway along the spine of the continent with glaciers hanging over it, and then south across the 49th parallel to a park that calls itself the Crown of the Continent.
Going somewhere near USA and Canada?
North America has more to choose from, or tell us the dates and we'll shape a plan around them.