Jasper Evening Wildlife Tour
Description
Experience the diversity and abundance of wildlife that Jasper National Park has to offer by embarking on this 3-hour Evening Wildlife Search. Your highly knowledgeable local guide will use their expertise to help track down many native species. From the pocket-sized squirrel to the iconic grizzly, the opportunities are plentiful with many wild animals such as elk, moose, bears, sheep and deer all calling Jasper home. Private Tours are available.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Your guide will personally greet you at your Jasper hotel where you will join a small group on board a comfortable minibus. As you meander slowly down the valley, you will gaze out large windows while passing stunning scenic views of the mountains and surrounding wilderness. You will visit seasonal locations, selected daily by your guide allowing you the best chances of seeing wildlife in its natural habitat. The evening is an ideal time for wildlife viewing with animals being most active in the late afternoon to dusk, so be sure to keep an eagle eye for anything that moves. Capture your memories through photographs from either inside the minibus or occasionally by a short walk at the discretion of your guide. Along the way you will discover valuable insights into the challenges of managing and protecting wildlife within the National Park. Your professional local guide will be eager to answer your questions, as they passionately share the magic of Jasper's wild side, bringing the stories of the animals to life. 95% of tours are successful at spotting wildlife. However, while encounters are frequent, everyday is unique. Jasper National Park is a natural environment and wildlife sightings cannot be guaranteed. The tour will finish with complimentary drop-off back at your accommodation.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
* Hotel pick-up times vary and will be confirmed upon booking. * If your pick up location is within the immediate Jasper townsite, please be ready 15 minutes prior to departure time. * For outlying properties including Beckers Chalet, Tekarra Lodge, Wapiti campground, Whistlers Campground, Patrica Lake Bungalows and Pyramid Lake Lodge, please be ready 30 minutes prior to departure time. * For pick-up from Pine Bungalows please be ready at departure time for pickup between 5-10 minutes after departure time. * For pick-up from Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, please be ready 15 minutes AFTER departure time. * Complimentary pick-up is available from selected accommodations within the Jasper Area. * Pick-up is also available from vacation rentals within the immediate Jasper townsite — please contact us directly to arrange this. * If your hotel is not listed, please select our Central Meeting Location: the Two Brothers Totem Pole, located across the street from the Jasper Park Information Centre lawn (500 Connaught Drive). All-day parking is available in the adjacent paid public parking lot (behind the washroom building). Parking fees apply and must be paid directly to the parking operator using the posted payment instructions or parking kiosk.
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Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- To request complimentary pick-up from your accommodation, please specify which hotel you are staying at. Pickup times vary therefore your exact pick-up time will be confirmed upon booking.
- If you are staying outside of Jasper, please specify Jasper Downtown Location - at Two Brothers Totem Pole across from Parks Canada Information Center on Connaught Drive. Your meeting time will be 15 minutes prior to your trip’s departure time. All-day parking is located in the parking lot.
- Viewing will be primarily from inside the minibus however, at the discretion of your guide there may be times where you have the option to step outside at viewpoints. A small amount of walking may be involved.
- Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult
- This tour is not recommended for young children: The Wildlife Tour is typically geared more towards adults, providing educational commentary along the way. While wildlife sightings are frequent, the experience differs significantly from a zoo visit. Due to the unpredictable nature of wild animals, sightings occur intermittently during the 3-hour tour and vary from day to day. Based on our observations, young children often become restless as there are no scheduled stops on this vehicle-based tour. Therefore, we recommend a minimum age of 5 years. Although not recommended, children and infants under 5 years old are welcome, provided a seat is purchased for them at the child rate (all passengers regardless of age are required to be allocated a seat on the bus). For those bringing infants, we recommend bringing a baby carrier which can be secured with the provided seat belts on our buses.
- Jasper National Park is a wild and natural habitat. Wildlife Sightings are frequent but not guaranteed.
- No Pets – Service Dogs with Valid Paperwork Only
Reviews(892)
Fun time with a lot of animals including elk and bears. Jake was a great guide with a lot of experience and familiar with the area.
Our guide was absolutely brilliant! Knowledgeable, friendly, amusing and totally went the extra mile. We saw lots of wildlife, including things we'd never have known to look for like a wonderfully close sighting of a hoary marmot and two bald eagle chicks on a nest.
Thanks for letting us know of your successful and informative outing on our Maligne Adventures Wildlife tour. Marmots a rare sighting, but really fun to watch when you are lucky enough to spot one.
We had a fantastic time on the Sunset Wildlife Tour in Jasper! Sam was an incredible guide — so knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and genuinely keen to share his wealth of information with us. We were lucky enough to see elk, an eagle, a beaver, and the highlight of the evening: a moose and her calf! Unfortunately, we didn’t manage to spot any bears, but it certainly wasn’t for lack of trying — Sam went above and beyond to help us find as much wildlife as possible. A wonderful experience with a fantastic guide. We’d definitely recommend this tour to anyone visiting Jasper!
Hi Courtney, Thank you so much for your detailed account of your recent Wildlife Tour with Maligne Adventues. Sam really does have a knack for locating and interpreting the local fauna. We will be certain to pass your comments on to. him!
I was initially unsure about this tour, having a car could we not just drive around spotting wildlife ourselves. So glad we went ahead, we saw the big 3 (elk, moose and bear) which is unusual for Aug and was entirely down to our guide's expert knowledge of when and where animals were likely to be. Sam was truly excellent and the knowledge he brought from his university studies (around wildfires) enriched the tour greatly. Thank you Sam for a fantastic evening
Hello and thank you for taking the time to review your recent Wildlife tour with Maligne Adventures. It is great that Sam was able to locate a variety of wildlife, we will be certain to pass your comments on to him.
Fantastic trip with experienced driver guide, Jake. He found us a grizzly bear and positioned the minibus such that she padded past right next to us, quite extraordinary. Then as a finalé he located 3 large male elk with the most enormous antlers. And that's not to mention marmots and mule deer. Brilliant evening.
hello Susan and thank you for your great review of your recent Wildlife Tour with Maligne Adventures. It sounds like a successful and informative evening. We will be certain to pass your comments on to Jake, he will appreciate the positive feedback.'
This was an amazing experience where we saw a Grizzly (with cubs), numerous elk, coyote, osprey & eagle. Kelli is extremely knowledgeable and really knows her stuff. She was very informative (in a fun way), and we learned much more than we expected about wildlife and their habitats. Thank you Kelli for an amazing experience!
Fantastic experience! but even though we saw Moose, large Elk, and other wildlife, we know it’s a bit random chance depending on the evening…..but our guide, Mukund (studying to be a professor in Ecology) , was Very knowledgeable and made the history of area, wildlife and ecology information enormously enriching experience despite animal sitings- and better yet, he knew where to go and asked the tour participants if they could extend the tour (for free) to allow him more time to get sitings of animals, which tends to be closer to sunset. It paid off, and we saw Moose, Elk, Deer all in the last 45 min of the tour when he extended things to help us, since the first 2.5 hrs we saw only a marmot and osprey.
Thank you for sharing such a thoughtful review! We’re so glad you had a fantastic experience with Mukund. Wildlife sightings are never guaranteed, so it’s wonderful to hear that his knowledge of Jasper’s history, ecology, and wildlife made the tour engaging throughout the evening. It certainly sounds like his patience and extra effort paid off with some fantastic sightings toward the end! We’ll be sure to pass along your kind words to Mukund. Thank you for joining us!
Fantastic experience with Sam our guide going out of his way to give us the best chance to see wildlife. He delivered with us seeing more than 1 moose, elks, deers and a grizzly! We were so incredibly lucky to have such a knowledgeable, passionate guide who went the extra mile for us! It was awesome
Thank you for the fantastic review! We’re so glad you had such a memorable wildlife tour with Sam. It sounds like you had an incredible evening with sightings of moose, elk, deer, and even a grizzly! We’re especially happy to hear that Sam’s knowledge, passion, and dedication made the experience even more special. We’ll be sure to pass along your kind words to him. Thank you for joining us!
We did an evening wildlife tour with Jake. We were a little sceptical as to what we would get to see because of the weather (rain) but he really delivered! We got to spot Elk, 2 Grizzlies, a bald eagle, Beavers & cute little marmots. He was very knowledgeable & entertaining. We got awesome pictures. He even went out of his way when we unfortunately left our rental car keys on the bus to find them and drop them back to us in town after the tour had finished. Thank you Jake!!!! Highly recommended this trip
Thank you for sharing your experience! It sounds like you had an incredible evening with Jake and an amazing variety of wildlife sightings despite the rainy weather. We’re so glad you were able to see everything from elk and grizzlies to beavers and marmots, and capture some awesome photos along the way. We’re also happy to hear Jake was able to reunite you with your rental car keys after the tour! We’ll be sure to pass along your kind words to him. Thank you for joining us and for the wonderful recommendation!
Sam was amazing. We were so lucky and saw bears, moose (including a male), and elk, amongst smaller animals. Sam was very informative about the animals but also wildfires. We learned so much and thoroughly enjoyed it. He even stayed out an hour later to ensure we got prime feeding time.
Hello April Thanks for taking the time to let us know that you enjoyed your recent Wildlife Tour with Maligne Adventures. We will be certain to pass your comment on to Sam, he really is an amazing guide.
