Sundance Lodges

Top choice in Banff & Jasper National Parks


For that authentic Canadian experience, try the hand-painted tipis and old-timey trappers' tents at this privately run campground. As you’d expect, facilities are basic – sleeping platforms and a kerosene lantern are about all you’ll find inside – so you’ll need the usual camping gear, but kids are bound to lap up the John Muir vibe.

This is billed as a family place and quiet-time rules (from 10pm to 8am) reflect this.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Banff & Jasper National Parks attractions

1. Big Head

13.81 MILES

At the end of Main St, half-buried in gravel by the Bow River, sits the impressive sculpture known as the Big Head (for reasons that will quickly become…

2. North West Mounted Police Barracks

13.82 MILES

The oldest surviving barracks in western Canada was built in 1893 and used by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) until 1929. Today, this itty-bitty…

3. Canmore Museum & Geoscience Centre

13.99 MILES

Exhibits at this small museum cover the region's coal-mining past and the community's survival following the mine closure in 1979. Check out the 160…

4. Banff Gondola

23.14 MILES

In summer or winter, you can summit a peak near Banff thanks to the Banff Gondola, with four-person enclosed cars that glide up to the top of Sulphur…

5. Upper Hot Springs Pool

23.39 MILES

Banff quite literally wouldn’t be Banff if it weren’t for its hot springs, which gush out from 2.5km beneath Sulphur Mountain at a constant temperature of…

6. Mt Assiniboine Provincial Park

23.76 MILES

Between Kootenay and Banff National Parks lies this lesser-known and smaller (39-sq-km) provincial park, part of the Rockies' Unesco World Heritage site…

7. Fairmont Banff Springs

24.01 MILES

Looming up beside the Bow River, the Banff Springs is a local landmark in more ways than one. Originally built in 1888, and remodeled in 1928 to resemble…

8. Surprise Corner Viewpoint

24.09 MILES

About 1.2km east of Banff Town, the Surprise Corner viewpoint looks out over the rushing white water of Bow Falls.