Coverage
The map below shows the routes where GyPSy Guide provides commentary. To learn more about each route, roll the pointer over the roadway or over the yellow dot for city and town tours. Click through for more extensive information about each section and to listen to samples of audio commentary from GyPSy Guide.
Kamloops - Hope: Highway #1 through the Fraser Canyon
This tour is available in
Driving time: approximately 3 1/2 hours plus stops.
Follow the original TransCanada Highway route number 1. The Fraser River is your companion into the Fraser Canyon and its rushing waters. Stop and ride the Hells Gate Airtram and see the feirce whitewater and steep climbs salmon have to battle during their spawn run. Visit important historical sites that led to the development of Canada’s west. This route is extremely dramatic with steep cliffs. Keep your camera nearby and take advantage of the pullouts at viewpoints.
This route is a slower way to travel between Kamloops and Hope than the Coquihalla but is definitely more scenic and has more points of interest. So if you have a couple extra hours to spare and you don't want to pay the toll on the Coquihalla - the original Highway #1 route is the way to go.
At its northern end, Highway 1 joins Highway 97 about 40 minutes west of Kamloops.
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Also look at the Vancouver to Hope and Cache Creek to Whistler sectors which link to this driving tour. From Hope there are several choices of routes to continue. Continue east toward the Canadian Rockies from Kamloops to Revelstoke. You can also drive north from Cache Creek to Prince George or Kamloops to Jasper from the northern end of tis drive
Click on the titles below to hear sample commentary from this sector.
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Hells Gate |
Fraser Canyon |
Siska Bridges |
Sagebrush |