15 Driving Audio Tours in Canada to Download First

1.Icefields Parkway: a Smartphone Audio Driving Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 118 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) Our pick

Drive between Jasper and Lake Louise with 45 GPS-triggered audio points covering Peyto Lake, Athabasca Falls, Columbia Icefield, mountain peaks, trails, and park history. Download the Tripvia Tours app before leaving cell range, then use your own vehicle and follow the route at your own pace. One booking covers up to 15 people.

“A great way to enjoy the drive and ensure you don’t miss any stops. Worked seamlessly with GPS. (We couldn’t go past Icefields to Jasper because it’s currently closed)”

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2.Cabot Trail: a Smartphone Audio Driving Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 118 reviews · 4 to 5 hours (approx.)

Drive Cape Breton’s Cabot Trail with a GPS-triggered audio guide in your own car. Hear stories about Mi’kmaq, Scottish, Acadian, geological, and natural history while the app points out beaches, waterfalls, lookoffs, trails, villages, and food stops. One $9 booking covers up to 15 people, and the downloaded tour works without mobile data.

“Having the audio guide really enhances the driving experience. It adds history, highlights and suggested stops. I love road tripping with my dog.”

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3.Smartphone Audio Driving Tour between Banff and Calgary

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 25 reviews · 2 hours (approx.)

Use the Tripvia Tours app as your self-guided narrator between Banff and Calgary. GPS-triggered commentary covers more than 50 points, from Banff National Park and Canmore to Lake Louise, Kananaskis Country, mountain resorts, rivers, and local history. Download it on WiFi, then drive at your own pace with optional trivia and no fixed tour time.

“Visiting Lake Louise was one of the best experiences I have ever had. This site is so pristine and full of History. my family and I enjoyed it as part of our audio tour.”

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4.Self-Guided Audio Driving Tour in Icefields Parkway

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 24 reviews · 8 to 16 hours (approx.) Top rated

Drive the Icefields Parkway with GuideAlong’s GPS-triggered audio tour, narrated by a friendly voice known as The Dude. Stories, directions, history, and stop suggestions play automatically without cell service. Use it for a half-day, full day, or several days, in either direction, for one price per vehicle group of up to eight.

“Great balance of background of area, points of interest and needed information. This area is breathtaking, historic and worth every minute of the journey”

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5.Self Guided Audio Driving Tour of the North Shore of PEI

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 24 reviews · 2 to 4 hours (approx.)

Drive from Charlottetown through PEI National Park, North Rustico, Cavendish, and Green Gables with VoiceMap audio commentary and GPS directions. You control the pace and stops in your own vehicle. The tour costs $13.47 per group of up to 12, but you must arrange your car and pay separately for attraction entry.

“App was easy to use and the directions were spot on. Excellent tour with history and facts about PEI.”

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6.Western Canada Self-Driving Audio Guide English and German

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 20 reviews · 365 days

Use your phone as a GPS audio guide while driving Western Canada. Explore Vancouver neighborhoods, Victoria, the Rocky Mountains, Banff, Jasper, Lake Louise, and the Icefields Parkway at your own pace. The guide works in English or German, plays manually or automatically, and costs $29 per vehicle for up to nine people.

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7.Icefields Parkway Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 16 reviews · 3 to 4 hours (approx.)

Drive the Icefields Parkway at your own pace with an English audio guide from Adventures with Action. More than 76 GPS-triggered stories cover Jasper SkyTram, Athabasca Falls, the Columbia Icefield, Peyto Lake, and Lake Louise. Download the app before you go, then use it offline with one carload of up to four people.

“Too complicated -never got it going. Why not send a link vs requiring to download an app, use passwords, blah blah blah”

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8.Smartphone Audio Driving Tour between Lake Louise and Calgary

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 15 reviews · 2 hours (approx.)

Use your own vehicle and phone to follow 44 audio points between Calgary and Lake Louise. Learn about Banff National Park, Canmore, Kananaskis, Moraine Lake, Three Sisters Mountain, Tunnel Mountain, and roadside sights. Download once on Wi-Fi, then listen offline, stop as long as you like, and replay the tour anytime.

“The explanation about tunnel mountain, which does not have a tunnel going through it. Very entertaining and audio would start with the geographical location. Silly quizzes were entertaining, too.”

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9.Niagara Peninsula: a Smartphone Audio Driving Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 10 reviews · 3 to 4 hours (approx.)

Drive your own vehicle through Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, the Welland Canal, wine country, Fort Erie, and rural back roads. The Tripvia audio tour uses GPS-triggered narration, works offline after download, and costs $8.95 per vehicle group of up to 15 people.

“Excellent tour! Gave us a beautiful understanding of the Niagara Peninsula! 5 star rating! This was a driving tour. It was at least a hundred mile drive around the peninsula”

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10.Smartphone Audio Driving Tour between Kamloops & Revelstoke

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 8 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)

Drive between Kamloops and Revelstoke with more than 32 GPS-triggered English audio stops. Learn about Shuswap Lake, Chase, Squilax, BC Wildlife Park, Three Valley Gap, Mount Revelstoke, Mount Begbie, and the Last Spike. Use your own vehicle, stop when you wish, and keep the tour for future trips. One booking covers up to 15 people.

“We had challenges keeping the route connected and so would regularly skip back to the beginning. We also don’t have children so the style of the commentary was annoying to us. We ended up reading it out to avoid the tone and the dropped connections. It was okay but having purchased a previous one for Joshua Tree which was great, I was disappointed in this one”

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11.Quebec City Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 7 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.)

Use the Action Tour Guide app to drive a 73-mile Quebec City route from the Saint Lawrence waterfront through Old Quebec, Parliament Hill, the Plains of Abraham, and Grande Allée. The English narration plays automatically by location, with offline maps, photos, and lifetime access. You pay $16.99 per carload of up to four people.

“we really enjoyed this tour. we actually did it two complete times and parts of it several times I especially liked the photos that came up on the screen”

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12.Smartphone Audio Driving Tour between Kamloops and Vancouver

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 5 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.)

Use your own vehicle and smartphone to follow a self-guided audio tour between Kamloops and Vancouver. The route plays in either direction, with stories and trivia at points near Harrison Hot Springs, Hope, Coquihalla Canyon, Merritt, and more. One booking covers up to 15 people, and offline access lets you listen without mobile data.

“Good information, could do without loud sound effects. While driving through the mountains, amidst curving roads and semis, the sudden opening of a new site came with a semi horn sound effect! Scared us to the point I turned off the tour!”

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13.Yoho National Park Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 4 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.)

Drive from Lake Louise toward Emerald Lake with a GPS-guided audio tour covering more than 50 miles and 27 stories. Learn about Kicking Horse Pass, railway tunnels, fossils, First Nations place names, and Yoho’s waterfalls. The app works offline, plays automatically, and lets you stop for hikes and photos at your own pace.

“The only easy part was paying. The guide never worked, the support non-existent. Waste of time and money. Dont waste yours.”

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14.Smartphone Audio Driving Tour between Huntsville & Toronto

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 4 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours (approx.)

Use the Tripvia Tours app for a self-guided drive between Huntsville and Highway 400. Audio stories cover Muskoka lakes, logging, Samuel de Champlain, Algonquin Park, Bracebridge Falls, the Mnjikaning Fish Weirs, and more. Download once, then tour without a signal at your own pace.

“Great experience , very knowledgeable and worth listening information, nice to have this, would use for my trips in future”

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15.Jasper National Park Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 4 reviews · 2 to 3 hours (approx.)

Drive more than 75 miles through Jasper National Park with an English audio guide that plays automatically as you reach each location. Visit Punchbowl Falls, Medicine Lake, Patricia Lake, Pyramid Lake, Annette Lake, and Pyramid Island. You get lifetime access for up to four people in one car, but you must provide your own park pass and download the app before leaving strong Wi-Fi.

“It was a great experience. He was a great storyteller. It allowed us to travel on our own terms and learn as we went. Highly recommended”

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