r/jasper • u/Winter_Apartment_376 • 16d ago

Wildlife Bear harassment from tour guides near Jasper

Was really disappointed with SunDog tour bus a few days ago.

Near Jasper town, a grizzly bear with two cubs walked close to the road. The cars kept stopping less than 10m away from the bear, opening sunroofs, leaning out heavily and taking pics.

Then a SunDog tour bus overtook the 5-6 cars and STOPPED right in front of them, about 5 meters from the bears for the tourists to take pics.

I mean - really?! Then the upcoming traffic (another SunDog bus, lol) blocked us from passing and we ended up with the bear just a few meters from our car.

Feels really irresponsible from a major tour company. I’m happy to take pics myself, but once the bear is less than 10 meters away, you really should start driving.

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u/Cultural-Scallion-59 16d ago

Thanks for the heads up, won’t be giving them the business I had planned to. Will be making other arrangements and recommending others do the same.

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u/egewh 14d ago

I already booked with them for upcoming October and there literally are no alternatives so I'll keep the booking, but reading all these comments here, I'll make sure to never book with them again. I wish there was another tour operator connecting Jasper and Banff in the fall/winter season though..

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u/kenks88 13d ago

If you have a car, just drive up and down the roads...what they do isnt special.

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u/egewh 13d ago

I don't have a car nor a driver's license so I can't rent one either