15 Driving Audio Tours in Canada Worth a Morning

1.Icefields Parkway: a Smartphone Audio Driving Tour

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

Review of the $9 Icefields Parkway audio tour, with GPS narration, scenic stops, setup tips, value, drawbacks, and who should book.

“We downloaded the app before we left to drive the highway. Had some trouble getting it to play in the car but finally figured it out. If you like a lot of history then you would probably enjoy it. I did like that it would talk about what was coming up and the was nice because it was not always identified on the highway!”

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2.Cabot Trail: a Smartphone Audio Driving Tour

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

Review of Tripvia’s Cabot Trail audio tour, with scenic stops, local history, hiking tips, pricing, app advice, and honest drawbacks.

“Easy to install, easy to use and very informative. We were happy to have some notice about where to stop and the background information about what you were seeing. It’s an absolute bargain definitely worth the cost.”

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3.Smartphone Audio Driving Tour between Banff and Calgary

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

A flexible GPS audio tour between Banff and Calgary with Rocky Mountain history, trivia, scenic stops, offline access, and useful driving tips.

“This did not work well for us at all. To try and listen and observe along the way to Banff and navigate where we’ve never been before just didn’t work for us.”

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4.Self-Guided Audio Driving Tour in Icefields Parkway

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

Review of the Icefields Parkway audio driving tour, with route highlights, offline GPS guidance, pricing, tips, and who should book.

“A great history lesson of the area travelled. The drive itself is beautiful and the stories described provide even more life to it.”

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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.)

Review of PEI’s North Shore self-guided audio drive, with Green Gables, beaches, history, pricing, app tips, and honest drawbacks.

“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

Review the Western Canada self-driving audio guide, covering Vancouver, Victoria, the Rockies, Banff, Jasper, Lake Louise, and practical tips.

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7.Icefields Parkway Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour

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

Review of the $16.99 Icefields Parkway audio tour, with route details, stop-by-stop advice, app tips, value analysis, and who should book.

“It was a great time. Take you time and enjoy the beautiful view. Wish we had seen a bear but maybe next time”

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8.Smartphone Audio Driving Tour between Lake Louise and Calgary

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

Review of the $8.22 Lake Louise to Calgary audio drive, with flexible stops, Banff sights, quizzes, offline use, and practical tips.

“App kept stopping mid sentence. Had to close and reopen, choose which drive again over 5 times until we have up. Weird computer voice when it was working with only basic basic facts. Just not great.”

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9.Niagara Peninsula: a Smartphone Audio Driving Tour

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

Explore Niagara Falls, wine country, canals, battlefields, farms, and hidden corners with a flexible GPS audio driving tour.

“A great way to see things off the beaten path. Very interesting facts along the travel route. we saw things that were non touristy. Had a little trouble with the audio, but over all a great time.”

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10.Smartphone Audio Driving Tour between Kamloops & Revelstoke

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

Review of the Kamloops to Revelstoke audio driving tour, with route highlights, setup tips, value, drawbacks, and advice for road-trip planning.

“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.)

Review of Quebec City’s self-guided driving audio tour, with historic stops, offline maps, lifetime access, pricing, route tips, and drawbacks.

“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.Irish Loop Smartphone Audio Driving Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 7 reviews · 4 to 8 hours (approx.)

Review the Irish Loop Smartphone Audio Driving Tour from St. John’s, with Cape Spear, Ferryland, wildlife, folklore, price, and practical tips.

“Easy to follow instructions. Fantastic million dollar views. To really have the ability to enjoy the stops and scenery we did the tour over 2 days. Recommended!”

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13.Smartphone Audio Driving Tour between Kamloops and Vancouver

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

Review of the Kamloops to Vancouver smartphone audio tour, with route highlights, value, practical tips, drawbacks, and booking advice.

“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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14.Yoho National Park Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour

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

Review of Yoho’s self-guided audio drive, with GPS stories, waterfalls, railway history, pricing, stops, tips, and practical advice.

“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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15.Smartphone Audio Driving Tour between Huntsville & Toronto

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

Review of the Huntsville to Toronto audio driving tour, with Algonquin stories, Muskoka stops, flexible timing, pricing, and practical tips.

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

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