Canadian Masterpiece with Alaska Cruise Reviews

Absolutely lovely trip, Goldleaf on the Rocky Mountaineer was well worth it, as was the Cosmos coach trip. The Holland America Inside Passage was just amazing. A big thank you to Georgie from Global Journeys for organising this wonderful trip.

All in all I have no real complaints but a couple of suggestions for improvements. The first day in Vancouver (Sun 12/5) could have been better spent actually visiting attarctions rater than driving past them - pointing this is so & so and on the coach leg of the tour we double tracked a number of times to meet timing of attraction schedules. I think ...read more this can be better planned so we are not wasting 1/2 day travelling unnecessarily.

Departing from Vancouver early September we enjoyed perfect weather for our entire month. The Rocky Mountaineer matched the spectacular scenery with exceptional comfort. We recommend going gold leaf. Transfer to the coach to to visit glorious lakes and beautiful Banff was guided expertly by Alma who impressed us with her knowledge and good humour. ...read more Walked on a glacier and took advantage of optional excursions enroute through various attractive ski resorts. Caught the ferry to Vancouver Island - a gem of a city especially the waterfront and impressive Butchart Gardens and world class museum. Floyd the driver was highly skilled and managed luggage effortlessly. The Holland America cruise exceeded our expectations with lovely meals in the dining room, first class entertainment and attentive service. Stopping at various Alaskan ports was a highlight especially the historic train from Skagway to White Pass. Thanks to Georgie Walpole for her expertise in planning. We enjoyed such a positive experience that we have booked another journey with Cosmos next year.

We had the amazing tour director Serena who made our trip so much better. 25 in the group was a great size and everyone got along well and some life long friendships were made. I would recommend everyone to do the Canadian Rockies tour it was amazing and the sites were absolutely stunning.

I had an amazing experience with Cosmos. The experiences and incredible scenery were amazing - from the Rocky Mountaineer to our coach tour to our Alaskan Cruise. Our tour guide, Tarek Sabet was so informative and helpful, going out of his way to oblige us on tour. So many highlights to mention - seeing bears, elks and deer, glaciers, our hotel accommodation ...read more which was excellent, our coach driver Nelson who was also very obliging and an excellent driver. I would highly recommend this tour to everyone. Amazing, beautiful trip. Still raving about it. Lasting memories, would definitely travel with Cosmos again.

We had a great trip and all aspects of the tour were well organised. While there was a fair amount of information that we had to provide for each component of the trip and visas had to be sought from the Canadian and the United States governments the outcome was well worth the effort. We would certainly utilise Global Journeys and Georgie if we consider ...read more a further holiday.

It was a very friendly group and most helpful to me. The early starts were hard for Joy & I. The Ice Glacier was interesting.

The hotels were fabulous. The tour guide we had Michelle was absolutely fabulous would recommend her very highly. Nothing was too much gave a lot of information. The whole tour was wonderful. Rocky Mountain excellent silver class. Was great I thought even better than gold class, food fantastic all the crew in our carriage went out of they way to make ...read more us have a good time. Unfortunately we didn’t see and bears which was disappointing. On the Volendam on the second night on the ship the crew noticed that the spare bed slats were broken. Two nights later during the night water started leaking from the ceiling above my bed. So the next day I couldn’t go in my room most of the day due to having repairs done. The stewards where fabulous apart from that everything else was good.

The trip in general was good. Hotels good but in Vancouver the room was small though good location. Cosmos was organised. Volendam cruise was good, but, not enough entertainment during the day and food while good in variety and taste sometimes not warm or hot enough. Booking with Georgie was well organised and she emailed and helped whenever we needed. ...read more Thank you Georgie.

It was a hassle free holiday we had after a long time. The tour was exactly what we expected. We are really happy with how it was organised. We feel that we wouldn’t be able to cover what we saw during the tour if we were on our own. Thanks so much for that. The Tour Leader Jody and the driver Peter were two wonderful people who were so knowledgeable, ...read more professional and lovely to be with. We would not hesitate to book another holiday with Global Journeys.

Everything was so precisely done, except one hotel accommodation. That was the Delta hotel by Marriott, the room given to us was soooo noisy due to a faulty air conditioner, and our night's sleep was ruined. It was like a train going inside the room. The Holland America Cruise; it would have been ideal if the cost was quoted including the compulsory gratuities, so that we could do our budgeting easier. Food was nice compared to our previous cruises. Cruise entertainment was not so impressive especially one comedian out of the two, and apart from that everything was professionally done.

The tour was an adventure everyday. The train, the coach and cruise were equally memorable. The scenery was picturesque. We saw emerald green lakes, eagles, bears, orcas, seals, whales. We even saw elks in the Main Street of Banff. Even though we had a number of one night stopovers on the coach leg of the tour it was at an easy pace. Jemma at Global ...read more Journeys made the booking side of our adventure easy. She was easily contactable and always replied to any query promptly.

Our coach tour director, Judes, was fabulous. The group that we travelled with was full of fun and very inclusive. It was easy to book through Global Journeys. Hannah was very helpful and responded to questions very quickly. The trip itself was amazing! Visiting Canada (BC and Alberta) and Alaska has been on my bucket list for a long time, and this ...read more trip ticked all the boxes. I saw black bear catching salmon in the wild, went on a sled ride with the huskies, up in a float plane in Alaska and a helicopter flight in Banff. Seals, Otters, and Bald headed eagles are a common sighting in Alaska.

Everything is just so, so very beautiful. Glacier Bay in Alaska is a special experience. I would definitely recommend that people upgrade to Gold Leaf on the Rocky Mountaineer - what an experience! Thoroughly spoilt whilst travelling through some of the most beautiful scenery that the world has to offer. I would highly recommend this trip to anyone planning to visit this part of the world. Very good value for money.

For my wife, we requested a disabled bathroom (shower chair, toilets and shower area hand rails). We got them only in some hotels, and in some hotel rooms there was not enough space to use the wheelchair. There wasn’t any microwave ovens and kettles in most of the hotel rooms. When we had to make our own breakfast it was hard to do without a microwave. ...read more We are happy to mention our Tour Director Judes Douglass and Peter Smith the coach driver, they were so helpful and very professional about their jobs. Overall the tour was very good. We enjoyed it.

The trip surpassed all my expectations. Every day was a new and beautiful part of Canada that got better and better. The Cosmos tour was fantastic. It showed us so many hidden gems and I would recommend this trip to anyone wanting to experience western Canada and Alaska.

We had a wonderful, well organised holiday through Canada and Alaska. A coach full of only Australian tourists, who, apart from 2 people, all continued on the cruise. Great friendships made and good times had by all.

I enjoyed the trip. In general all was good and particularly liked the Rocky Mountaineer train and the coach trip. The Tour Director Dane Wilson was excellent. Accommodation in Jasper can be reviewed and it is not up to standard. I am not very impressed with Holland America Cruise. I have travelled by other cruises ships and Holland America is not of ...read more value for money.

Thank You Jemma for all your support in booking this tour for us. It was fantastic. We really enjoyed the Rocky Mountaineer and the Cruise. The highlights were the Bears, the whales and especially Glacier Bay. Accommodation was great except for the Sandman in Vancouver which I think needs improving. The tour director Michelle and John the driver ...read more were very knowledgeable and a pleasure to be with.

We had a wonderful tour with Cosmos on the Canadian & Alaskan Masterpiece which included the Rocky Mountaineer. The weather was perfect and quite warm in some places, we only had one rainy day on the cruise in Ketchikan.

The highlights for us were seeing the Black Bears and also the Grisly Bear feeding on the side of the road... The other standout ...read more was going down and walking on the glacier... what an experience as I have never seen snow before... The overall journey was more than I expected and the accommodation was OK although not 4 stars, Jasper would only rate 2 stars but that is only is only minor.

I would like to thank Yvonne for her excellent organisation for us through emails as we had no hiccups at all through the whole journey.

We had a wonderful trip on the Gold Leaf Rocky Mountaineer. The scenery of the lakes and the glaciers was stunning. We have taken hundreds of beautiful photos of them. The Tour Director was very good and knowledgeable. From her we know more of the places, the native plants and animals there.

However, we were a bit disappointed about the Alaska Cruise. ...read more We did not see much of the glaciers because we went in early June. It would be better if the cruise started in early May. Anyway, the service on the cruise was excellent.

We cant speak highly enough of our total experience. Jemma Rossen at Global Journeys has been absolutely amazing. We are first time travellers and she made the whole trip stress free and answered everything we threw at her. We would absolutely use her again and highly recommend Cosmos too.Daniel Wilson is the most incredible tour director - we cant ...read more also praise him enough.