Reviews of Bow Valley Canyon Tours (Travel Agency)

Aisha Porter-Christie

Did the Heart Creek Canyon Tour and it was such a special experience. Marc and Andrew were fantastic and encouraging guides and helped to make me feel comfortable every step of the way. Without them, there's no way I would be brave enough to do that last 60 ft rappel -- and I'm glad I did! Hell of an adrenaline rush.

Sheldon Ireland

Very personable guide and an all around lovely experience. Would definitely recommend ????

D Rose

Had such a great time with Mark today. It was a group of three of us and we had zero experience. Mark made it easy and fun. We had lots of laughs and thourouly enjoyed our experience!!

Justin Villeneuve

Had a great time with Mark's guidance on this trip. He has a real enthusiasm for this and a great attitude. The equipment, training, and fun was all top notch. Great for all skill levels

Katherine Penney

Our group had an awesome time on the canyoning tour with Marc and Rodrigo! We enjoyed every aspect of the trip, from the scenery and the jeep ride in to the team-building river crossings. Of course the canyoning itself was the highlight - perfect length, and we loved the variety of jumps, slides, and rappels. Would love to come back!

Kevin Martin

We had an amazing time! Andrew was a great guide.

Bill Robert

Canyoning is a very popular activity in some places of this world, but not in Canada, yet; however, there is so much potential for it. As we were spending two weeks in the rockies, we thought it would a great idea and start searching for it. We have been very lucky to find Mark and his team - most of us were complete rookies - and we had a really great trip with him. It's super professional, yet fun-oriented, we have discovered places we would never have access otherwise, and it's a great alternatives to the hikes in the Kananaskis region. We seriously recommend it to anyone looking for a cool outdoor activity, and you really can't go wrong with them!

Tracy Tee

Wonderful experience! Mark was an amazing guide. Would highly recommend a tour.

Kelsey McLeod

This tour was awesome! Marc and Rodrigo were fantastic guides, and we were able to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience in a much more remote part of Canada.

Adélie De Marre

We had a lovely time at Heart Creek Canyon with our guide Andrew. As we had done canyoning once before we felt like we could have done a more advanced journey but it was a lot of fun nonetheless. Thank you Andrew for being a super friendly and patient guide!

Antoine Michaud

Marc is a wonderful guy. We had an amazing day. He's always focus on safety while we nave fun. The activity is accessible to anyone in shape. A day we won't forget.

Chloe Lee

Mark was an incredible instructor. Canyoning was an amazing experience!

Sarah McCarthy

We did the Ghost Canyon tour and it was so much fun! By far the best excursion we did on our trip to Kananaskis/Banff. Our guide was super energetic and funny.

Emma Christina

Canyoning with Marc definitely exceeded my expectations as he provided safe measures while pushing the group to have courage when interacting with the elements of nature. This was not a 'hand-holding' experience, you get the real-deal and will have a blast doing so. Highly recommend.

James Francis

Awesome job. We had a blast doing the winter canyoning trip. Beautiful location and truly a one of a kind experience. It was like going out with good friends. The guides were professional and super friendly.

Seb Sadler

My wife and I had Marc as our guide for the Ghost canyoning tour and we could not have asked for a better experience. Marc was willing to work with our schedule, perfect to deal with and just a nice person to be around. As for the excursion it was not extremely commercialized like most other excursions which we both thought made the whole experience feel more personal. Canyoning is definitely a bucket list type activity and would recommend anyone to try it. Had an experience of a lifetime and couldn't be happier with our decision to try it out.

Blair Mitchell

My wife and I went on the Ghost Canyon tour with Marc in July. Absolute fun! Amazing views and good adrenaline with the canyon rappels. The rappels are quite unique (Waterfall!)than the climbing ones we have done. It is a full day of activity and I couldn't ask for more in an adventure day. Marc was a great guide in ensuring a safe environment and an absolute blast at the same. Recommend canyoning!

Brook & Nicole Doan

My husband and I went rappelling with Bow Valley Canyon Tours. We loved the whole experience. It was absolutely beautiful and so much fun! We hope to come back to do another tour again.

Jordana Lolland

Absolutely amazing time. We went on the half day Canyoning Trip last June and had a complete blast! What a great trip. Never done something like before. I would go again in a heart beat. The area and hike in was spectacular, and the slides and rappelling was super fun! The last rappel was a total adrenaline rush! Would come back anytime.

Jennifer Green

My family of four (myself, my husband, my 18 yr old son, and my 15 yr old son) went canyoning with Marc at Silverton Falls at the end of August 2021. We are an adventurous family and have done lots of activities all over the world (numerous ziplines, high ropes, horseback riding, deep sea fishing, scuba, ATVing, etc.) so we were up for this challenge. And it was indeed a challenge. And a bit scary. But sooooo awesome!! Marc is very capable and energetic and fun. We felt extremely safe with him. We met Marc in downtown Banff at 9am and returned to our hotel around 3pm. Marc took us to repel on “dry land” first to determine our ability level so that he knew which spot to take us to canyon (there are 2 or 3 starting points). My family members have all repelled before, but we are not practiced climbers. We agreed that canyoning at Silverton Falls suited us. There was a bit of a steep scramble to get to the top and then it’s full-on-all-in right away. About 6 or 7 falls to repel and 2 or 3 pool jumps. Not for the faint of heart, but an amazing experience!!!

Jason Guzda

We had a great experience rappelling in castle canyon. It definitely was a challenge but our guides made the tour safe every step of the way. We plan on bringing some more friends next season. I would definitely recommend Marc and his team.

Vaiva Lagunavicius

I've been emailing Marc since September for canyoneering in October. I understood that it might be too early to determine how the weather will be. As someone who is running a business he rarely answers emails and doesn't even care about his customers . He should be emailing me and calling me to confirm and he has done nothing. I checked the weather, purchased tickets and emailed him to confirm AGAIN and nothing. Right now I am waiting for my 9 am tour and NO ONE IS HERE. I've called Marc on two different phones and no one picks up. I've emailed him yet again and no answer. ** Update this isnt a scam- Marc called back almost immediately after our bank called him asking for our money back

Denis Jentsch

It was a very funny day with lots of adrenaline, water and an amazing heart creek canyon. Thanks a lot to Marc our guide to make this happen.

Alice Morris

Had a really great time hiking up and repelling down troll falls yesterday! Marc picked us up from our accommodation and returned us all included in the price. No experience was needed. Saw some of the prettiest sights I’ve ever seen! 100% recommend.

MAURA COYLES

Fantastic experience at Heart Creek Canyon, excellent instruction from Andrew, made it fun and achievable for all skill levels in our group. Will definitely go out with these guys again.

Eric J

So much fun! We did the advance course with Marc and I would highly recommend it. Very exhilarating experience rappelling and jumping into canyon pools. Definitely dress warm.

Tara de Vries

We had a great time with Mark! He was very patient with our group of 9 and he made our experience very enjoyable! Thankful he took pictures for us since we left our phones in the vehicle in case they would get wet! Could’ve taken them after all amd would recommend you take a water tight bag along!

Claire Major

What an adventure!Battered and bruised as I am???? Our guide Adam shared tons of geological info as well as natural history. We crawled, we rappelled, saw an incredible fragment of the entire Rat's Nest Cave. The culmination was the grotto with all the stalagmites and stalagtites.The drapes which is a fitting description of the panels of ice at the top.

Isabelle Duval

Our group of 4 went on the Heart Creek Canyon Tour and had the time of our lives! Marc was flexible in adapting to our busy schedule and once on the rappels; he was very reassuring and encouraging. I plan on doing this again, it was the biggest adrenaline rush I ever had and I hope to find similar locations close to my home to do some canyoning!

Ayla Moore

This was our most favourote thing from our trip to the Rockies! Marc was an amazing guide and we had a TON of fun. This is a must do adventure for anyone looking to get outside and try something new. We will definitely be going back!

Corey Wheaton

Me and a buddy went on the Castle Mountain Canyon tour with Mark. Mark was able to be flexible with us to book this intermediate/advanced course as it was very close to the end of the season. Mark was very good at ensuring that we were fully comfortable, and we were so happy that we were able to make it before next year! The canyon tour was SPECTACULAR, rappelling down waterfalls, jumping into pools, and having spectators as we traveled down the canyon made it exciting. The intermediate/advanced course is not for beginners or those with fear of heights but the entire tour was exciting. Mark was extremely accommodating, and was a great lead for our group. I would highly recommend doing this tour if you are looking for an exciting day activity (make sure you bring a waterproof camera to capture the experience!)