My wife and I are planning an anniversary trip in early June. I was originally planning on Banff but I work with several folks from Calgary who have suggested Kelowna as well. My wife will enjoy the scenery in the Banff area but she is not going to be interested in any hard core hiking as she likes a relaxing pace on vacation. I don't know a ton about Kelowna other than it's known for wine and the lake. Looking for some input. Would 2-3 days in each be enough or should we pick one and spend the who time there? We are planning on 5-7 days including travel.

There are a lot of low-intensity hikes in the Banff area. For example, the "hikes" (if you can even call them that) at Johnston Canyon and Marble Canyon are not really hard at all. You can also easily walk around most of the perimeter of Lake Louise and it's pretty much flat. Moraine Lake isn't really a hike, either. I think the only one that is might be Peyto Lake, and I don't remember that being hard at all. Basically, you can hit all of the beautiful sites without doing anything strenuous.

It is a fair amount of walking. But it's not strenuous.

Thank you, how much time would you schedule for the Banff area?

We've stayed there a full week and not run out of things to do. But you can hit the highlights in 3 days.

they are different but Kelowna/Peachland is amazing!

We drove an RV from Calgary to Vancouver - I copied and pasted our itinerary with some items removed including the RV stops - I'd suggest time in both but Revelstoke and Kelowna are their own stops if you can bounce along the drive.

Drive 135 KM Banff National Park 1.5 hrs go to Banff Info Center and buy National Park Pass and get trail updates!
Go to Brewster Tour (1) Banff Gondola ride 1.5 hour tour closes at 9 pm. Hike to the platform for nice views- fun! Book exact times for the Glacier Tour while here.
Drive 25 KM to Campsite Johnston Canyon - #78
Website https://reservation.pc.gc.ca/Home.aspx http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/map.html


Hike Lower and Upper Falls on the Johnston Canyon Hike (photo w/ bent tree!)
Drive 25 KM on Bow Valley Parkway (1A) to Lake Minnewanka for picnic lunch. Hang out throw rocks in the water, and then go to the 5.6 KM Stewart Canyon Hike was awesome do it!
Two Jacks Lake we skipped and stayed at Lake Minnewanka maybe do www.bluecanoeing.com

Check out Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel be sure to walk behind and see the waterfall and scenery. 30-60 minutes.
Drive 17 KM to Peyto Lake early am. From Lake parking lot, follow paved trail 15 mins to platform to get a great photo!

Drive 26 KM south to Lake Louise - Hike around the lake BEAUTIFUL!!
Drive 15 KM to Moraine Lake. Hike up the rocks to an amazing views DON'T MISS BEAUTIFUL!!
Head to Yoho NP Drive 39 KM to Takakkaw Falls or drive 56 KM to Wapta Falls hike (2.4 km 45 mins each way) We missed those 2 falls but did go to Emerald Lake BEAUTIFUL!
Drive 36 KM to Golden, BC for groceries
Drive 95 KM (1 hour) to Glacier Nat Park Hike the Hemlock Grove Boardwalk Trail don't miss Rock Garden Trail!
Drive 27 KM to hike Giant Cedars Boardwalk

Drive 25 KM to Revelstoke have dinner in Grizzly Plaza (between Mackenzie and Orton Ave's) free live music in evening!
o Eat at The Village Idiot. Great!

Drive 49 KM (40 mins) West to www.skytrekadventurepark.com at 9 am (arrive early!) then maybe Enchanted Forest

Drive 52 KM to Shelter Bay. Take the 20 minute Upper Arrow Lake Ferry to Galena Bay (leaves on the hour).
Drive 48 KM to Nakusp. Then drive 8 KM east to Nakusp Hot Springs 250-265-4528


Day 6 July 28 Tuesday Vernon, Kelowna, Peachland, Total Drive 280 KM
Drive 43 KM down Hwy 6 to Fauquier take Ferry across and head to Vernon
Drive 137 KM (2.25 hrs) to Vernon O'Keefe Historical Ranch and Planet Bee Honey Farm 250-542-8088 5011 Bella Vista, Vernon, BC www.planetbee.com working honey farm. 11 am for the '20 minute tour'… Bee Farm was a nice visit.
Drive 75 KM (1.25 hrs) to Peachland eat at the Blind Angler Grill (GREAT!!) Hang out in this region then drive 7 KM to ZipZone Peachland Canada's highest zipline www.zipzone.ca BOOKED FOR 2 PM
www.discovernaramata.com for vineyards (maybe Red Rooster?) La Frenz? Penticton VQA Wine Shop (97 and Eckhardt)
UPDATE I would skip Osoyoss it's hot we went back to Peachland this evening and stayed at www.Toddsrv.com park

Thank you, this helps. We have decided to do both and will check out your recommendations.

For one thing there isn't really any skiing in June in Banff. My wife and I went in early June several years ago and did all the hikes we wanted to. Albeit some trails still had some snow on them. Not bad though.