Icefields Parkway GyPSy Guide app for iPhone and iPad

4.6 ( 8576 ratings )

Travel Navigation
Developer: GPS Tour Guide

6.99 USD

Current version: 3.0.1, last update: 3 years ago
First release : 11 Aug 2012
App size: 183.5 Mb

GyPSy Guide GPS driving tour of the Icefields Parkway is a great way to the experience the “World’s Most Beautiful Mountain Drive". There are 150 audio points that play automatically, featuring what to see, stories, tips and advice. All the benefits of a guided tour, the freedom to drive yourself.

Visit www.gypsyguide.com for route maps, sample audio, tips and advice and what to know before you go.

TOUR GUIDE AS YOU DRIVE THE CANADIAN ROCKIES

If you like driving yourself when you go sightseeing, GyPSy Guide™ tour apps allow you to enjoy a guided tour experience while remaining totally independent. By driving yourself, youll be able to get from place to place faster, see more things and not be tied to anyone elses schedule.

DONT MISS OUT ON THE BEST SIGHTS AND STORIES

The tour apps use your device’s location abilities to play the commentary AUTOMATICALLY. All you have to do is drive, listen and decide which places you want to stop at. Our tour guides have created insightful and entertaining tours of the Rockies. We’ll recommend the best places to see and some great locations that most visitors dont get to see.

PLAYS AUTOMATICALLY

GyPSy Guide knows where you are and which direction you are heading, and plays commentary automatically about the things you are seeing, plus stories and tips and advice.

EXPLORE LIKE A LOCAL

It’s just like having a local friend to show you around. And that friend just happens to be a professional tour guide.

GREAT VALUE

The same information you would get on a bus tour or from a guide book, for just a fraction of the price. And you control the itinerary and schedule.

WORKS OFFLINE

No data, cellular or even wireless network connection needed while touring. Download over Wi-Fi before you tour. Anyone can use them with no need for roaming data – even visiting from another country.

DRIVING TOUR ROUTE

The tour includes the most popular sightseeing stops and many more:

1) Athabasca Falls
2) Sunwapta Falls
3) Stutfield Glacier
4) Columbia Icefields and Ice Explorer
5) Peyto Lake
6) Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

This tour starts at the Highway 1 exit onto 93N (Icefields Parkway) outside of Lake Louise. Join 93N from Jasper by driving south from the town. Its is popular to do this tour as a day trip by driving from Banff or Lake Louise to the Columbia Icefields Centre and back.

CANADIAN ROCKIES GyPSy Guide Tours

This tour is a part of a set of tour apps by GyPSy Guide to explore the Canadian Rockies National Parks. Other tours in the series include:

* Banff, Lake Louise and Yoho National Park
* Banff Townsite and area
* Jasper National Park

For BEST VALUE, you may prefer to download the Canadian Rockies GyPSy Guide which includes all of these too.

NOTES

Download the app on Wi-Fi from your network at home or use any free Wi-Fi network. Because the app is filled with audio commentary and maps, its larger than "normal" apps. Many phone/data networks may block the download because of size - so its important to download over a Wi-Fi network.

++ Continued use of GPS running in the background increases battery usage - we strongly recommend taking a cigarette style (DC outlet) car charger. This is much better than simply plugging into the USB port in a vehicle.

** iPad users - please note that WiFi-only iPads will not activate the commentary automatically. Any iPhone or network-capable iPad (WiFi + Cellular - whether you have a network connection or not) will work just fine.

ABOUT US

GyPSy Guide™ produce award winning audio tours along scenic drives around the world. Enjoyed by travelers who prefer to set their own pace and itinerary on vacation, but enjoy a fun, informative and educational guided experience. Our goal is to provide a great introduction to the region and perhaps inspire you to learn more and return. None of our apps include paid advertising or placements for benefit.

Pros and cons of Icefields Parkway GyPSy Guide app for iPhone and iPad

Icefields Parkway GyPSy Guide app good for

Very informative! Made a spectacular drive even more enjoyable. So good, we listened to the guide driving north and then for a second time on the drive south. Well worth the price.

This app is great. It made for a very nice drive from Jasper to Lake Louise. It would be nice to see more tours of areas in the Rockies. There is a lot to see and do. Make more of them!

The app worked great, like having your own personal guide. It came on automatically (used Ipad with cellular) and switched easily from our music playlist to the commentary when we came to one of the tour points. We only had to reboot the app once after a stop at a rest area and it quickly picked up where we left off. The commentary was informative and entertaining. Well worth the purchase.

Some bad moments

This is the same review Ive posted for all versions I bought. I downloaded this as opposed to renting the actual Gypsy guide and I regret it. It was supposed to automatically acknowledge the selected path once you drove past the start point but it didnt. I was able to play the points manually but had to guess where they were. Not to mention the danger of taking you eyes off the road to play them manually. I bought all the ones associated with Banff/Jasper national parks and it was a complete waste of money.

My wife and I used this app for our drive up to jasper. It was well worth the price and would have been worth even more. It worked flawlessly and the timing of the information was very accurate. There were 2 or 3 instances when it seemed like the recording had left and right confused, but it wasnt a big deal. Currently this only works from Banff to Jasper, but it would be nice to have this work the other way too. Also, it would be handy to have a progress bar to show you how far along the road youve made it. All in all, great app!

This app is easy to use and gives interesting and useful information about the area. Well worth the price.

Great app that requires no data connection. It added so much color to our trip last weekend. I highly recommend it for your trip.

This is a great app!! Do not drive the Ice Fields Parkway without this guide! Technical note - please add music pause and resume to allow music to play between tour commentary

This was the best $5 I ever spent. We drove in both directions, and it was spot on! Dont take the trip without it. When you got out of the car to hike or sightsee, it picked up,right where it left off, gives you a history lesson along the way, suggests places to stop,to eat, lets,you know how long a hike is, how difficult, etc. 10 thumbs up!

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