While the weather outside may be frightful (right now), you can bet that in six months time you won’t be wanting to curl up on your couch with a cup of hot cocoa, but rather be busting outside to enjoy the three (more realistically two) months of summer that we get each year. That is why it makes sense to be the early bird and get the word on this offer from Parks Canada on the 2018 Discovery Pass.

If you buy your 2018 Discovery Pass now, you’ll be able to receive a discount of 20% off if you buy it before December 31, 2017. The Discovery Pass is easily the best bang for your buck, even before the discount is taken into account, but obviously once it is it becomes truly very difficult to turn this deal down.

Included in this year’s Discovery Pass is all of the following amenities:

• Admission to all national parks, national historic sites and national marine conservation areas operated by Parks Canada
• 12 months of admission
• faster entry to the parks

What’s not included in the Discovery Pass:

• Camping and other accommodations
• Canadian Rockies Hot Springs
• Northern Park Backcountry Camping and Excursion Permit
• Reservation fees
• Guided tours and hikes and programs not usually included with admission
• Some special event fees
• Firewood
• Backcountry overnight use

You should also keep in mind that provincial parks are not included in this pass and neither are territorial or municipal parks. Only parks that are designated and managed by Parks Canada – 80 parks in total from across the country – will be included in this pass.

The prices for this pass are broken down as such:

• Family or a group (with a max of 7 people in a vehicle), $136.40
• Youth between the ages of 0-17, FREE
• Adult (18-64), $67.70
• Senior (65+), $57.90

This offer from Parks Canada will only be valid until the end of this year, ending on December 31, 2017.

Click here to buy your Parks Canada Discovery Pass 2018.