we were there in July/August, 2015. Not only Banff, but we went on to Jasper, and on the way to Icefield parkway,had a lovely trip onto the Athabasca glacier, walked on the ice! Went up the Whistler by the skytram, walked along Mount Edith Cavell, and so on!! It was an unforgettable and amazing experience, impoosible to forget.
I am so lucky to live so close to this beautiful place! Banff is one of my favourite places in the world. Of course the list of things to do is way bigger but you saw some of the iconic views in the park. My perfect summer includes camping for a few days here and go around in the car taking photos and spotting wildlife, of course, adding a few hikes.
I'll add #16: If it's wintertime, bring your skis or board and hit the slopes! 😎 I've only been there in winter but it was some of the best skiing of my life!
I bet!! That's the one thing I've been dying to do - ski somewhere with REAL snow. I've only gone skiing on the east coast in the US, and the snow wasn't legit. I bet skiing in Canada is amazing.
Banff was the most incredible place I've ever been and I stayed in the Banff hotel and I had a view out my window of the Mountain. Lake Louis was great but on the drive though the Rockys the water streams where insane I put my hand in the water life changeling trip
Nic Garry Yeah it's crazy that so much natural beauty exists in one place. I underestimated Canada! I'd love to go back and explore more of Canada. I wonder if there are any other places as breathtaking as Banff.
Lake Louise is one of those places that leave you with such wonder and admiration.Love your tip number eleven!!We'll do that for sure when we go there.The price of admission for the hot spring was really good!! $6.30 CAD!? That's awesome!
Yep! Just slightly cheaper than Banff Hott Springs. And less people go there, because most tourists just go to the Banff Hot Springs one. Radium is much bigger and less crowded.
My girl and I followed your trips literally. 😂 we went to Hong Kong last October and just came back from Peru. Now we're thinking to go to this place. What a coincidence!
Banff looks so majestic, I can't believe it's real! The view from the Sulphur Mountain looked like a movie set, so gorge! I love your voice so soothing, definitely felt like I was watching the travel channel!! Putting Banff on my to-visit list asap! ^^
The sulphur mountain gondola is 10/10 view and if you walk all the way up the stairs to the little shed that is up there you will see a rock pointing out of the boards and that is the very top of the mountain!
Thanks for sharing so beautiful I was there 20 years ago and 15 years ago!! No time to hike as we are on a tour then rented a car the 2nd time. Love to return but hotels is $$$$
If you go to Lake Louise you absolutely have to do Devil's Thumb. The view from the top is amazing and you can actually get both lakes in the same picture.
Rozita Fatemi I think you will absolutely love it during the summer! The snow melts, the glacial lakes sparkle, and the weather is perfect. I'd like to visit during the winter like you did one day to experience a different season =)
Yes!!! Thank you so much! I'm going to write a blog post about it this week so stay tuned for that! And I'm going to start uploading photos from the trip to instagram in either later September or early October, so look out for the tag. So excited ❤️❤️
This one's already saved in out Canada playlist ready for our trip there next year! (Along with your Calgary video) WooAnd thanks for the tip... Definitely taking a hammock and finding a hot spring! HahaAwesome video Ashley :)
Yay!! I hope you guys have an amazing time. I'm excited for you - because I know you will LOVE it. I can't believe it's taken me so long to visit Canada.
Hehe, my brother helped you at the gates!! Glad you got to visit Beautiful Banff, I never realise how lucky I am to live so close until people point out how stunning it is. ♥️
I live here and just so you know it depends on when you visit Banff in regards to seeing Lake Louise there are times of the year it’s frozen over and you’re not gonna see that beautiful blue
@@jl7662 in regards to the late being frozen it really depends on the year but most years it is fully thought out by the end of May. If it is fully thought out I would recommend renting the canoe you can rent it by the hour you can easily paddle from one end to that order and back again in an hour it is a nice to sit out there floating in a canoe and seeing the valley from a completely different perspective. The hot springs are very nice and relaxing a little touristy. There are some small little hot springs hidden gems unfortunately I can't tell you where they are. As for your concern about leeches well they tend to like very slow moving water preferably still in fact the only life you will find in a hot spring other than yourself would be single-celled organisms not going to bother you too much. If any fish leeches or frogs or anything along those lines were in Hot springs they would be pretty much well cooked.lol
Love the streetnames :D The surroundings are amazing, really stunning!!! I would love to see Lake Louise in real life too :) And nr. 6 is really my thing definitely: hiking! Whahaha, that toilet ;) Keep up the good work my friend! Really love your editing (again) :)
We were lucky enough to do the rocky mountains on a 15 day trip with scenic tours before this pandemic and were so fortunate to stay at the beautiful Fairmont hotels including Banff Springs and chateau lake Louise ,on Vancouver island we also got to stay three nights at Fairmont grand empress and the other Fairmont hotels included whistler, Jasper park, sun peaks and Fairmont Vancouver, my advice to anyone planning this trip , don't hesitate to book with scenic tours, they have local tour guides and they just take all the worry out of your trip , they organise everything and let you just enjoy your holiday
+Travel Lushes actually it was BC but I remember looking at this place... But maybe this was the one that was too far from Victoria and Vancouver. So wasn't sure if I could do both... I won't plan until after South Africa
Snow in August!! Reminds me of Glacier National Park, Montana. I love your voice with the narrations, do you have a background in broadcasting? Lake Louise... jesus. No photo shop required;)
Aww thanks! Video is my passion and my background. When I was in high school, we had a little news show that I worked on. I loved it so much that i majored in "Film and Video" - but was disappointed when I realized it was mostly film theory, not hands-on video production lol. But then I got an internship at The Weather Channel, and ever since I've been working for video teams in a corporate setting. 1st The Weather Channel, then homedepot.com, and now I work on videos for webmd.com.
Your video had me hooked from the beginning! I love your editing style and everything looks great! Your personality is adorable and shines really bright on camera! What software do you use to edit?
I'd really love to visit Banff in the future. that's cool that the streets are named after animals! the lake in #5 looks cool too! do you always bring a hammock with you when you travel? the gondola ride looks fun!
+Look Who's Blogging there's a story behind the hammock! My coworker let me borrow his hammock because I really wanted to bring one on the trip. But I accidentally left it at home I was so sad. In a twist of fate, there was a couple who set up a hammock in the exact same place I imagined putting mine up! When we climbed up to where they were, they kindly offered to let me sit in it. And i didn't even ask! I was so elated.
Hey Ashley...how are you..love all your videos.. I am watching your south africa videos..lol..I just wanted to shout out that your videos are awesome and I fell in love with Banff ..omG..soooo beautiful. .my whole family loves to travel..after I showed them your video of banff..now our next family vacation hopefully will be banff...God willing :) you have to go to dubai and make series of videos..trust me you will love it...and I am from india..saw your videos from there..India is a good place but a women should never go alone to india to travel..always have a male companion...it's good you had one..looking forward to more videos..and subscribed...
You like the scenery etc in Banff? Pretty much the whole province of British Columbia is like that. It's about 30% larger than Texas and is almost all wilderness.
Yeah, those national park charges soon add up don't they! Coming from the UK, the novelty of driving through a time zone was so great that we turned around in the road and watched the clock update itself twice! Great trip though, we did West Coast HWY99 last summer; I put together a really short edit of my videos on my channel.
i spent 2 while months in banff just to take a break from the world, it was the absolute best 2 months i’ve ever had.
Banff is spectacular. Saw it when my husband and daughter began the great divide bike ride
we were there in July/August, 2015. Not only Banff, but we went on to Jasper, and on the way to Icefield parkway,had a lovely trip onto the Athabasca glacier, walked on the ice! Went up the Whistler by the skytram, walked along Mount Edith Cavell, and so on!! It was an unforgettable and amazing experience, impoosible to forget.
Subrahmaniyan Rb wow you did a lot of cool things while you were there! Now I need to go back and try some of the things you did ❤️
Thst trip is spectacular. Not lovely.
can't wait to go to Banff! it's been on my bucket list for a while! it looks gorgeous!
I'm glad it's on your bucket list! I know so many people who have never heard of Banff. Hopefully my vids and photos inspire them to go :)
Ashley Renne: Travel Lushes my mum is up the mountains as we speak 🙂
me too
Love that this video is 6 years old, but still so timeless and well done!
I am so lucky to live so close to this beautiful place! Banff is one of my favourite places in the world. Of course the list of things to do is way bigger but you saw some of the iconic views in the park. My perfect summer includes camping for a few days here and go around in the car taking photos and spotting wildlife, of course, adding a few hikes.
I love Canada and It's a so much beautiful country
That hammock is such a good idea..that looks so romantic.
I love Banff, I go 3 times a year from MB still so much left to explore!
I'll add #16: If it's wintertime, bring your skis or board and hit the slopes! 😎
I've only been there in winter but it was some of the best skiing of my life!
I bet!! That's the one thing I've been dying to do - ski somewhere with REAL snow. I've only gone skiing on the east coast in the US, and the snow wasn't legit. I bet skiing in Canada is amazing.
Or buy skates and go out and skate lake louise
This video is spot on! Banff is an amazing place and everyone should see it at least once in their lives
Thank you! And I agree. I'm from the US, and I can't believe it's taken me this long to visit Canada.
Amazing videos. I really like your videos, you gave a lot of tips on to do things in Banff. Thank you s I can't wait to go this summer
Banff was the most incredible place I've ever been and I stayed in the Banff hotel and I had a view out my window of the Mountain. Lake Louis was great but on the drive though the Rockys the water streams where insane I put my hand in the water life changeling trip
Nic Garry Yeah it's crazy that so much natural beauty exists in one place. I underestimated Canada! I'd love to go back and explore more of Canada. I wonder if there are any other places as breathtaking as Banff.
Lake Louise is one of those places that leave you with such wonder and admiration.Love your tip number eleven!!We'll do that for sure when we go there.The price of admission for the hot spring was really good!! $6.30 CAD!? That's awesome!
Yep! Just slightly cheaper than Banff Hott Springs. And less people go there, because most tourists just go to the Banff Hot Springs one. Radium is much bigger and less crowded.
I go to these places at least 10 times a year, the most beautiful place in the world!
It totally is...
My girl and I followed your trips literally. 😂 we went to Hong Kong last October and just came back from Peru. Now we're thinking to go to this place. What a coincidence!
A truly beautiful place
I don't think I'll ever get enough of banfffff.. Crazy beautiful place, mate
Same here! What an unreal little place.
Banff looks so majestic, I can't believe it's real! The view from the Sulphur Mountain looked like a movie set, so gorge! I love your voice so soothing, definitely felt like I was watching the travel channel!! Putting Banff on my to-visit list asap! ^^
+Star Lengas for sure, you'll love it! Thanks for watching. Haha and for complimenting my voice =)
Star Lengas m
My wife's and I are in Calgary right now and starting the Rocky Mountaineer trip tommorow.
Thanks for your vid, its looks brilliant.
Great video thank you. We are heading up this August and your video is very helpful.
Excellent video! Going there next month and taking some notes from the video.
The sulphur mountain gondola is 10/10 view and if you walk all the way up the stairs to the little shed that is up there you will see a rock pointing out of the boards and that is the very top of the mountain!
I'm going to banff next week for about 5 days and I can't wait!! Thank you for this nice video, I think we'll visit these places while we're there ;)
Yay! I hope you have an amazing time 💙
STUNNING!
Chrissie Graboski ❤️
Thanks for sharing so beautiful I was there 20 years ago and 15 years ago!! No time to hike as we are on a tour then rented a car the 2nd time. Love to return but hotels is $$$$
That’s beautiful!!!
Im so excited to go back here in Banff
Been there twice, nice drive from Vancouver! That said, a tourist from Switzerland said it was as spectacular as the Alps, and same kind of lakes!
Banff is a pretty magical place, I recommend going :)
Thank you 🙏 for this
We love your energy and personailty, such good videos :) Banff looks amazing, we can't wait to vlog there/ do loads of adventure sports!
Nat & Damo sorry, don't know how I missed this comment =) thanks so much for watching! When are you going to Banff?
i agree
Beautiful nature
If you go to Lake Louise you absolutely have to do Devil's Thumb. The view from the top is amazing and you can actually get both lakes in the same picture.
I'm going on a trip to Banff soon and this video is really helpful. thank you
V Gandhi I'm so jealous :) I'd love to back. You'll have a great time!
Y’all is a word! 🤣. Excellent tips. Thanks!!
I’m going in 3 days!! This video was helpful
Thank you for sharing y'all's travels! This has inspired my GF & I to go there! Thanks again :)
what a stud at the gates @00:36 !
Tory Smith Hello again! 😂😊
Wow after seeing this, I feel the need to go to Banff even more. great video!
DinaSoaring thanks so much 🙏🏽
Banff is beautiful. I have done all that every other year
Oh that lake is so beautiful 😍
Awesome video as always. It's great to hear that the lake really is that blue. It looks like an amazing spot to visit and I really liked your list.
I was happy too! I'm glad it didn't disappoint. It doesn't seem real when you look at it in photos.
The scenery is beautiful🇰🇷👍🤭
Bringing a hammock could be on every top 15 list.
I’m a resident of Banff!!! Proud of my town 💛
Nice lake
WoW! Exceptional places. Cheers for sharing. Please leave out 4:35 next time. Thank you
Bad idea. More of 4:35 is what the people want.
Hi Ashley and thanks for this gorgeious video.
I Love Banff it's so beautiful.I visited on March and hope can visit it on next summer,
Rozita Fatemi I think you will absolutely love it during the summer! The snow melts, the glacial lakes sparkle, and the weather is perfect. I'd like to visit during the winter like you did one day to experience a different season =)
Very nice place thanks for sharing
Loved this video! My hammock made it into the video too! Awesome!
Yes!!! Thank you so much! I'm going to write a blog post about it this week so stay tuned for that! And I'm going to start uploading photos from the trip to instagram in either later September or early October, so look out for the tag. So excited ❤️❤️
Awesome! I'll keep a lookout for that!
We took an almost identical holiday in 2011. So funny to see how we're all alike as tourists, lol.
ahh lake louise is a must!! big beehive is def the way to go, love your video!!
Love your style of vlogging! 😎 Planning to go here in August so this video was perfect! Thanks :)
This one's already saved in out Canada playlist ready for our trip there next year! (Along with your Calgary video) WooAnd thanks for the tip... Definitely taking a hammock and finding a hot spring! HahaAwesome video Ashley :)
Yay!! I hope you guys have an amazing time. I'm excited for you - because I know you will LOVE it. I can't believe it's taken me so long to visit Canada.
Amazing!
I go to Banff like onetothree or even four times a year but not usually for I go there to see my grandparents who live in Kenmore
going here in a couple weeks and this was so helpful! def bringing hammocks!
Glad it was helpful! Did you enjoy Banff?
You should have visited Lake Louise at winter, they made a giant ice castle.
I went here in Summer 2017 and made two videos! SO BEAUTIFUL! :D
Hands down, one of my favourite places in the world.
Aishwarya one of my favorite places too! 💙
YASSSSSS I WANT TO GO THERE IN NEXT SUMMER!!!
Best thing about Banff... you don't have to walk too far off the main road to visit most of the attractions!
Hehe, my brother helped you at the gates!!
Glad you got to visit Beautiful Banff, I never realise how lucky I am to live so close until people point out how stunning it is. ♥️
Danica Power Banff was sooooo amazing! Haha yeah your brother was cool 😊
I live here and just so you know it depends on when you visit Banff in regards to seeing Lake Louise there are times of the year it’s frozen over and you’re not gonna see that beautiful blue
Is the lake frozen in end of may/ early june? Also what hot springs do u recommend? I hope there arent any leeches lol!
@@jl7662 in regards to the late being frozen it really depends on the year but most years it is fully thought out by the end of May. If it is fully thought out I would recommend renting the canoe you can rent it by the hour you can easily paddle from one end to that order and back again in an hour it is a nice to sit out there floating in a canoe and seeing the valley from a completely different perspective. The hot springs are very nice and relaxing a little touristy. There are some small little hot springs hidden gems unfortunately I can't tell you where they are. As for your concern about leeches well they tend to like very slow moving water preferably still in fact the only life you will find in a hot spring other than yourself would be single-celled organisms not going to bother you too much. If any fish leeches or frogs or anything along those lines were in Hot springs they would be pretty much well cooked.lol
Y'all is a word
Garret Miller haha I know right! I'll have to show him this comment 😂
Love the streetnames :D The surroundings are amazing, really stunning!!! I would love to see Lake Louise in real life too :) And nr. 6 is really my thing definitely: hiking! Whahaha, that toilet ;)
Keep up the good work my friend! Really love your editing (again) :)
Thank you! That toilet was so gross haha! Glad I used the bathroom before I started hiking!
We were lucky enough to do the rocky mountains on a 15 day trip with scenic tours before this pandemic and were so fortunate to stay at the beautiful Fairmont hotels including Banff Springs and chateau lake Louise ,on Vancouver island we also got to stay three nights at Fairmont grand empress and the other Fairmont hotels included whistler, Jasper park, sun peaks and Fairmont Vancouver, my advice to anyone planning this trip , don't hesitate to book with scenic tours, they have local tour guides and they just take all the worry out of your trip , they organise everything and let you just enjoy your holiday
Really well done! I actually might go here next year so really great tips. So professional. Wonderful job.
Nice! You're thinking of going to Banff or just somewhere in Canada?
+Travel Lushes actually it was BC but I remember looking at this place... But maybe this was the one that was too far from Victoria and Vancouver. So wasn't sure if I could do both... I won't plan until after South Africa
I’m in Kenmore right now we don’t live here but we’re visiting our grandparents I went to Banff is fun I got a knife there
How many days did you stay in Banff? How many days is recommended?
Hi, so i used to live in Banff. I would stay a little under a week, so you have enough time to do everything but not to much.
Thanks for the tips and destination 😊 I'm thinking about taking a trip over there next year with some friends of mine
crystal222 you're very welcome 💙 I hope you and your friends have a great time
Thank you!
Nice
I went to Banff 2 times
I love canada - I really need to go there... maybe next year, not that much time atm :(
You'll get there! Just keep saving up those pennies
Snow in August!! Reminds me of Glacier National Park, Montana. I love your voice with the narrations, do you have a background in broadcasting? Lake Louise... jesus. No photo shop required;)
Aww thanks! Video is my passion and my background. When I was in high
school, we had a little news show that I worked on. I loved it so much
that i majored in "Film and Video" - but was disappointed when I
realized it was mostly film theory, not hands-on video production lol.
But then I got an internship at The Weather Channel, and ever since I've
been working for video teams in a corporate setting. 1st The Weather
Channel, then homedepot.com, and now I work on videos for webmd.com.
Beautiful..
This video will be so useful! I'm hoping to go and make videos of this in August! :D
Aishwarya ooh I bet August will be nice! I'm curious what the weather is like during that month! I'd love to see your videos when you are done.
Definitely! :)
Great video... thanks for posting
Thanks for watching! 💙
Good video I love Banff
Lol last time I went there I took a bottle of water from lake Louise as a souvenir
This is amazing! What month did you visit?
Your video had me hooked from the beginning! I love your editing style and everything looks great! Your personality is adorable and shines really bright on camera! What software do you use to edit?
Aww thank you Gina! That's so sweet of you. I use Adobe Premiere for the editing and After Effects for the graphics.
Travel Lushes You rock! Stay awesome! I bet it takes forever to do all this!
Haha thanks! Yeah it does lol! But it always feels so rewarding the moment I finish and hit that upload button.
Travel Lushes Yes! It's not easy, but I have so much respect! This was awesome!
I could not find the next episode I looked I went in through your site so oh well
I love gondolas
The Big Train me too :)
Thanks for pretty video.
Candace Jackson thank you for watching :) 💙
I'd really love to visit Banff in the future. that's cool that the streets are named after animals! the lake in #5 looks cool too! do you always bring a hammock with you when you travel? the gondola ride looks fun!
+Look Who's Blogging there's a story behind the hammock! My coworker let me borrow his hammock because I really wanted to bring one on the trip. But I accidentally left it at home I was so sad. In a twist of fate, there was a couple who set up a hammock in the exact same place I imagined putting mine up! When we climbed up to where they were, they kindly offered to let me sit in it. And i didn't even ask! I was so elated.
lake moraine is bluer in my opinion great video tho!!
I visited banff last week.
You should make more videos like this, it's awesome)
Thank you! I shall =) glad you like it
Hey Ashley...how are you..love all your videos.. I am watching your south africa videos..lol..I just wanted to shout out that your videos are awesome and I fell in love with Banff ..omG..soooo beautiful. .my whole family loves to travel..after I showed them your video of banff..now our next family vacation hopefully will be banff...God willing :) you have to go to dubai and make series of videos..trust me you will love it...and I am from india..saw your videos from there..India is a good place but a women should never go alone to india to travel..always have a male companion...it's good you had one..looking forward to more videos..and subscribed...
WOW! I must say that Water looks Carribe Blue,
Ouch!
Yes very blue and beautiful!
How many days do you need to do that 15 things in Banff ? and what's your recommendation to stay at ? I'm planning to go to Canada
You like the scenery etc in Banff? Pretty much the whole province of British Columbia is like that. It's about 30% larger than Texas and is almost all wilderness.
helpful video. which month did you go?
how good was that box shot!
Yeah, those national park charges soon add up don't they! Coming from the UK, the novelty of driving through a time zone was so great that we turned around in the road and watched the clock update itself twice!
Great trip though, we did West Coast HWY99 last summer; I put together a really short edit of my videos on my channel.
Christian Luff haha yeah those charges really do add up like crazy if you aren't careful!
That outhouse made me gag...yeah, I'd be peeing in the woods.
It's healthier 🐻🦌 in the woods.😎
I live in Calgary but I've only been to Banff twice
I think that's actually pretty normal. There are plenty of beautiful places near where I live that I don't think about visiting.
hey hi ! beautiful video . how many days long was it ?