Two days from Vancouver · With Tourism Harrison
See the wild at its peak, then slow down with Lights by the Lake.
Board the coach in Vancouver and by lunchtime you are amongst thousands of eagles, not a highway rest stop. This is a weekend built around the season of the wild: eagle viewing, the history of the valley, and the most magical time of the year at Lights by the Lake, with someone else doing the driving both ways.
In partnership with Tourism Harrison
This weekend is put together with Tourism Harrison, the destination organisation for the Harrison River Valley. They know the valley, the eagle run and the lights, and the hotels below are their partners too.
How this one works
You book your seat and your experiences with us. You book your own room with one of the hotels below. Both take about five minutes, and the second one matters as much as the first, because the coach only picks up in Harrison Village and at the Sasquatch Inn.
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Your room has to be in Harrison Village or at the Sasquatch Inn. The coach cannot collect you anywhere else.
See where to stayThe weekend
Both weekends run exactly the same way. Your times are on your ticket.
The coach leaves Vancouver at 9:00 AM and swings through Surrey at 10:00 AM to pick up more passengers. From there it is a straight shot out to the Harrison River Valley. The exact spot in each city is on your ticket and in the email we send the week before, so you are not guessing on the morning.
Lunch is included in your ticket. Once you have eaten, head out to the eagle viewing tower on your own time. This stretch of the Harrison River hosts the largest winter gathering of bald eagles in the world, and from the tower you are looking straight down at them working the shallows. Bring binoculars. You have until 1:30 to eat, wander and watch.
Twenty minutes later we pull into Kilby Provincial Park and Kilby Historic Site.
A general store, hotel and farm frozen at 1930s rural British Columbia, sitting right where the Harrison River meets the Fraser. You have two hours here, and the programming at the historic site is included in your ticket. If you would rather just be outside, you can wander the riverside around Kilby Historic Site and the Kilby Park Campground instead.
A short hop, and we are in the village by 4:30. Staying in the village? Check in and drop your bags before the lights. Staying at the Sasquatch Inn? Leave your bags on the bus, they are safe there all evening.
Get ready for a night of magic. Take photos with Santa and Sasquatch, and watch Harrison glow.
Staying at the Sasquatch Inn? Your bags stay safely on the bus all evening, we collect you in the village at 8:00 PM and you check in at the door at 8:30. Your Parkbus staff are with the group all evening and will point out exactly where the coach waits before the lights start, and it is in your email the week before too. Staying in the village, you checked in when we arrived and your evening is your own.
If you stayed at the Sasquatch Inn, the coach collects you and your bags. Everyone else makes their own way to the museum.
The museum is in your ticket. Take in British Columbia’s favourite cryptid, guided or at your own pace. Your bags go back on the bus, which is parked in the village for the rest of the day.
Booked the Shoreline Tours boat? Walk the fifteen minutes from the museum, or ride the bus for the five minute drive to the dock. The tour starts promptly at 11:00 AM, so be there fifteen minutes early. Meals can be bought on board, or bring your own.
Once you have had the museum, which is in your ticket, the morning is free. Wander the village, browse the shops, or get a dip in at the Harrison Mineral Baths before heading out. The pools at the resort are for resort guests, so the baths are the one anybody on this bus can walk into.
We roll out of Harrison Hot Springs, back through Surrey around 4:00 PM, and into Vancouver around 5:00 PM.
Two hours on Saturday
Kilby is one of the last reminders of Harrison Mills, a boom and bust town on the Harrison River. The buildings date from the 1880s on, and at the heart of it is the 1906 Kilby General Store, now a museum full of original things you are allowed to pick up. There is a café, and there are farm animals with a great deal of personality.
Your host meets the group in the car park and sets up the history of Harrison Mills, and after that the two hours are yours. Every season brings something different.
Entry and the programming are in your Parkbus ticket.
The ride
Reclining seats, big windows, heat, and a washroom on board. It is two hours out of Vancouver and you spend it watching the Fraser Valley go by instead of watching the road. The same coach carries your bags all weekend, so you are never dragging a suitcase through the village, and it is parked in Harrison on Sunday while you wander.
Eating
At Sasq’ets Burgers and Cafe, beside the eagle viewing tower. It is in your ticket.
In Harrison Village, before or after the lights. Plenty of choice on the main street, and a pub downstairs if you are at the Sasquatch Inn.
At your hotel or in the village before everyone meets at 10:00 AM.
Food can be bought on board the boat tour, or bring your own. In the village, take your pick before the 2:30 PM departure.
Step two
Book your own room, and book it in the right place. The coach picks up in Harrison Village and at the Sasquatch Inn, and nowhere else. Village hotels: check in when we arrive at 4:30 PM on Saturday. Sasquatch Inn: we collect you in the village at 8:00 PM, drop you at the door at 8:30, and pick you up again at 9:15 AM. Everyone meets at the Sasquatch Museum at 10:00 AM with their bags.
The big one on the lakefront, with the hot spring pools. A few minutes’ walk from Lights by the Lake and from Sunday’s meeting point.
Bed and breakfast deal for Parkbus travellers
Book with Harrison Hot SpringsSelf contained holiday rentals rather than hotel rooms, which is the one that works for a group or a family who want a kitchen. Book one inside Harrison Village and you walk to the lights and to Sunday morning. They are full on 21 November and have places on 5 December.
5% off stays with code PARKBUS
Book with Lifty Life
A classic roadhouse inn with a pub downstairs, out towards the eagle viewing. The coach drops you at the door at 8:30 PM on Saturday and collects you at 9:15 AM on Sunday, so you are not driving anywhere.
15% off with code PARK123
Book with Sasquatch InnMore places to stay, and more deals, are on Tourism Harrison’s own deals page. Wherever you book, make sure it is in Harrison Village.
Optional, Sunday morning
Shoreline Tours runs a three hour eagle viewing cruise out of Harrison, at $129 a head. Book it directly with them, and tell us, so we know to run you to the dock.
PARKBUS10at their checkoutIt starts promptly at 11:00 AM. Be at the dock fifteen minutes early. Food can be bought on board, or bring your own.
Not for you? The rest of the group has the morning free in the village.
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“Highly recommend them for Joffre’s Lake or even Golden Ears/Garibaldi trip. The bus service is so useful for people who doesn’t want to drive and gives return facility. They were on time and bus facility was good too. Total worth the cost if you want to avoid hassle driving/parking.”Sidhant Duggal · Facebook · Aug 2022
I just recently went on my first guided tour with a friend of mine from work. And man, was it amazing! Speaking from someone who doesn’t drive. This is a must!!Linda Ann · Facebook · Jun 2024
Came with my friend in April, our guide Mike did a great job! Nice tour, small group, everything was great! Will go again!Natalia N. · Tripadvisor · Jul 2025
I have always had excellent experiences with Parkbus. I have been to many of their destinations, and I have thoroughly enjoyed myself. The ambassadors have been knowledgeable and friendly. The drivers drive safely, and with the passengers’ comfort in mind.Sharlene Haye · Google
The drivers drive safely, with the passengers’ comfort in mind, and the ambassadors are knowledgeable and friendly. Always an excellent experience.Sharlene H. · Google
I’ve traveled with Parkbus a couple of times already. It’s easy, destinations are all great and staff is nice, polite and funny. Overall, I enjoy every trip and recommend Parkbus to everyone, especially if you don’t have a car but want to explore.Natalie Novosad · Google
Sixteen years of getting people to the outdoors without a car.
Factor in the cost of gas, parking and renting a car, it’s a lot cheaper than taking a personal vehicle.Toronto Star
Parkbus is a great option for nature lovers, whether it’s a day trip or overnight camping getaway.The Globe and Mail
21 and 22 November, or 5 and 6 December. Book the bus with us, book your room with the village.