Kootenay is situated just west of the Rocky Mountains, and has also an impressing scenery (with mountains and glaciers) to offer, for example at Mt. Revelstoke ...

... or in Yoho National Park.

We spent a night in Thompson right at the beginning of our tour. Most of our time in that region, though, we spent in Wells Gray Provincal Park during an overnight canoe trip.

In Lower Mainland, we spent one and a half days in and around Whistler.

Our next stop was in Vancouver, the only larger city in the west of Canada – and at the same time, one of the most beautiful cities on the north-american continent.

Finally, we spent a few days in Vancouver Island which is – thanks to its rainforest and its beaches – very much unlike the Rocky Mountains. However, that does not mean that it is less interesting.