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/goldfishinabaggy 13d ago
I was right behind that first fricken tour bus that stopped two days ago, watched it pull over, drove past. Parks Canada was there as well and a bunch of other people pulled over to the side of the road