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Advanced Wilderness Guide Training Program (Horse-Based) in Canada
Chilcotin Mountains, British Columbia
Ever increasing numbers of tourists and outdoor adventurers are seeking greater challenges and education from their holiday. Specific demands for these challenging adventures into remote regions require additional training and experience. The overall obje...
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Experience Alaska as few can ever do! Watch as a 40-ton humpback whale launches itself out of the ocean in Frederick Sound, turns gracefully in the air, then lands on its back in a thunderous cascade of water; see brown bears fishing for salmon in a......
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Boomtowns, railway towns and cities are settlements whose economies depend on the local railway, but this definition only skims the surface of how life unfolds in and around these communities. Come and experience on the ground, with an archaeologist, the ...
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Come and meet some of our friendliest neighbours on the Arm River Hutterite Colony tour near Regina. This is an agricultural community like few others, as our Hutterian friends live in a communal setting which allows them to pool their resources and incre...
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Back Alley Safari for Students in the Great Plains: archaeology in Western Canada
Saskatchewan Towns and Cities
Social Studies teachers are often looking for activities they can do outdoors with their students. This is the perfect opportunity for them to learn about achaeology and the significance of the built environment in Great Plains towns and cities, along the...
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Regina's lanes and back alley buildings merge to create back alleys, an untapped resource of the urban tourism potential. Our city has the good fortune of possessing an elaborate network of back alleys. To most city dwellers, back alleys are for garbage...
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Backpacking Wilderness Adventure Camp in the Canadian Rockies
Kootenay Mountains, British Columbia
6 Days / 5 NightsThere is perhaps no better way to experience nature than to immerse yourself into the wilderness. This backpacking adventure was created to do just this. We will hike up to a picturesque mountain destination, and then enjoy discovering all it has to offer...
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Ballade de l'Épouvante: Regina, Quartier de la Cathédrale
Quartier de la Cathédrale à Regina
90 minutes - visite guidée pour les groupesVenez explorer cette fascination que nous avons pour les frayeurs d'automne, les histoires épouvantables et fantastiques, lieux hantés et autres phénomènes paranormaux qui volent la vedette à la fin octobre et au d...
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The influences of the Canadian Pacific Railway on downtown Regina extend far beyond the obvious exquisite architectural features of 1912 Union Station. By the time Union Station was built, two successive railway stations had previously channelled settler...
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Some think of Saskatchewan (Canada) as an unending plain of wheat fields interrupted by grain elevators. The Big Muddy is anything but - a rough landscape of rugged hills and craggy buttes 100 miles south of Regina, sparsely covered with sage, cactus and ...
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The saline flats of Chaplin Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve (Lake) constitute the second largest saline water body in Canada, spanning over 15,000 acres. More than 30 species of shorebirds such as the endangered piping plover either stop to rest......
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Buffalo Pound Provincial Park is like a precious jewel at the westernmost end of the Assiniboine River watershed......
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Saskatchewan's Buffalo Pound Provincial Park provides a rich window into the diversity of the Great Plains' ancient glacial environment. This excursion takes guests from wetland to rugged hills along the Qu'Appelle River valley....
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In the vast wilderness that is northern Canada, only one year-round highway crosses the Arctic Circle. And this road, the Dempster Highway, is less a highway than a back country road. From its beginning on the North Klondike River, it traverses a single, ...
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The Churchill River is unique in its form. It is a series of lakes joined by rapids or falls. Flowing over the Precambrian Shield, it passes through a forested landscape of rock outcroppings and muskeg. The many lakes making up the Churchill are......
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The Fond du Lac River flows across northeastern Saskatchewan through picturesque gorges of sandstone and conglomerates of the Athabasca group. These sandstones are Precambrian-aged rocks dating back to about 1.7 billion years ago. Many of the rapids......
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The Cree River flows from Crethon Lake north into Black Lake up the middle of Northern Saskatchewan. The Cree River was largely ignored by canoeists until the past 10 years. Now many groups a year paddle down the river. In spite of this, you rarely......
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Bloodvein River is a pristine river on the East side of Lake Winnipeg, in Manitoba, Canada, with no logging roads nearby. Many native locals and tourists enjoy canoeing and fishing in this river, often a priceless adventure in the heart of the boreal......
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The MacLennan Lake area is a relatively small region, only about 30 kilometres square. Yet it contains hundreds of lakes that are connected with short portages. The water in these island filled lakes is crystal clear. The shoreline is either rugged......
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The Pigeon River is one of canoeing's finest whitewater rivers. It carves a boisterous course through the Canadian Shield, a vast expanse of land characterized by granite islands, sweeping forests, and waterways unchanged since the glaciers retreated......
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There is something almost mystical about viewing a caribou herd in its natural environment this far south of the Arctic Circle. Then of course, Mont Jacques-Cartier mountain on the north side of Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula in Gaspé National......
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Claybank Brick Plant and the Missouri Coteau: the Making of a National Historic Site
Southern Saskatchewan
As we leave Regina, you will see the Dirt Hills in the distance. It is clearly visible as a section of hummocky moraine area made up of glacial debris that was formed either along a large ice-front or around masses of stagnant ice. From the top you stand ...
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Conservation Bird Tour in Canada
Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area, Saskatchewan
1 day - guided group tourWe hate to brag but we have, a two-hour drive north of Regina the oldest bird sanctuary in North America... serious! Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area was born in 1887. And it happens to be the best place in the world for whooping crane......
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Located only 25 minutes from Regina, Saskatchewan, in the rolling hills of the Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, a cowboy culture experience awaits you. It takes place on a working ranch, in horse training facility owned and operated by the Clemens family....
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The Qu’Appelle Valley takes a variety of forms at various locations as it steadfastly heads to meet the Assiniboine near the Manitoba border. One of the most spectacular segments along its course is that crooked valley channel northeast of Grenfell ...
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From the white-tipped peaks in June and the rainbows of wildflowers in July, to the bright leaves and salmon runs of September, this package is a collection of great day hike excursions into the rugged and beautiful wilderness of the Canadian Rockies......
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Discover the Western Canadian Frontier and Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site
Southern Saskatchewan
The Western Canadian Frontier has a rich and multifaceted history that is best brought to light when the ground on which it unfolded is revisited. This is precisely the aim of this excursion into the past....
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This dog mushing holiday in Yukon is an adventure for the beginner musher. We will teach you all the important aspects of mushing. You will experience the untouched beauty of the Yukon wilderness while mushing the historical trails surrounding the ranch.....
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This experience centres around learning how to "mush" or drive dogs. Experience indicates that most people like their first several rides on the dogsled but then the adventurous want more! They want to drive the team and thus this package was bo...
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This 5-day dog sledding expedition is a journey through a variety of territories adjacent to Québec City that are reputed for their wilderness character, which can be attributed to some of the most innovative land and resource management solutions ...
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Few government agencies can claim to have had as much impact on the Prairie landscape as the PFRA. Following one of the harshest droughts on Canadian soil during the 'dirty 30's', the Indian Head Shelterbelt Centre has played a central role in the surviva...
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Earthworks that outlive their purpose can sometimes assume new remarkable roles. In 1924, the Canadian National Railways dammed up Boggy Creek to create a reservoir to supply water for steam engines. Today the reservoir has become habitat for waterfowl. I...
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The focus of this adventure tour is hiking and camping in Canada’s Rocky Mountains. Designed for those who want get off the beaten path and get into the park, the Rocky Mountain Explorer enables travellers to hike and walk some of the most scenic tr...
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This is a beautiful route for the beginner paddler. You will get to see some typical Precambrian Shield type terrain – granite rock out croppings and island filled lakes. You’ll paddle through some excellent examples of the disappearing northern Boreal......
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This package centers around the natural urge of our Saskatchewan ungulates to propagate their species. It is a time when the big bulls throw a bit of caution to the wind. There is a nip in the air and the smells of fall are pungent. It is great to be aliv...
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Grey Owl Canoe Tour in Canada
Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan
4 days - group adventure vacation onlyArchibald Belaney was his real name. How did an impostor become the world's most renowned conservationist? This paddling pilgrimage to Grey Owl's wilderness sanctuary has almost a meditative nature. Visit his cabin and learn about the myth and mystery......
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Taking place while spring is deepening and the weather warming with the promise of summer in British Columbia, this horseback riding pack tour coincides with the beginning of the Grizzly mating season in Canada. Catch yourself holding your breat...
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Grizzly observation in British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest in Canada
Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia
The Great Bear Rainforest is home to a significant concentration of coastal grizzly bears. During the late summer and early fall bears are drawn to the many salmon spawning streams feeding into the coastal inlets. While the local bear population reaches.....
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A guest ranch-based grizzly viewing adventure in British Columbia's Chilcotin Country, where grizzlies are truly a symbol of the wilderness. View these awesome creatures in their natural habitat as they progress through the seasons. After the long winter ...
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Grizzly Viewing Holiday Adventure at Knight Inlet on the Pacific Coast
Knight Inlet, British Columbia
Located 80 kilometres, or 50 air miles, north of Campbell River, British Columbia, is a wild and remote area of the Pacific Northwest known as Knight Inlet. As the longest fjord on the B.C. coast, Knight Inlet offers visitors spectacular scenery set again...
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Smell the fresh ocean air from the sunny deck of a classic expedition cruise vessel. Take in all the natural beauty of the coastline. Discover unique cultures in out-of-the-way places. The voyage begins... on the butterfly-shaped main island of Guadeloupe...
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Come join us for an experience of serenity and activity. Experienced guide and psychologist will travel with you to give you an experience of wilderness living that will renew and restore you. There will be daily activities to help you connect with the......
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Evidence of a 6000-year-old Plains Indian culture has been unearthed at Wanuskewin National Historic Site on the South Saskatchewan River. After a day of cultural activities and getting acquainted with life in an ancient first nation encampment, you'll......
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While paddling the Hayes you are experiencing a piece of Canada's fur trade and settlement history. Like the colourful people who explored Canada's north, the Hayes changes personality many times; from a spirited river with pool-and-drop rapids......
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This horse riding adventure will take you to the Pasquia Provincial Forest. The ranch lies on the edge of this wilderness area....
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This dog sledding trip is for the more adventurous musher. This trip offers 4 nights at the Lodge, all the basics, plus 3 days of winter camping in our wall tent camp at Dry Creek. Day trips include: Copper Haul Road (an old mining road)......
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Husky Dog Sledding Travel Adventure in Canada
Saskatchewan, Canada
8 days / 7 nights (January-February)Spend your days learning to run a dog team while exploring the southern edge of the largest forest region in Canada, the boreal forest. We use a progressive approach, day by day building your mushing knowledge, skills and comfort level with the sled dogs....
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To the discerning nature lover, spring and summer in Churchill yield a bounty of natural wonders. 3000 beluga whales and four major biomes converge on the Churchill region: the marine, the boreal, tundra and the taiga, each providing habitat for animals.....
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The Last Mountain Lake Region is unlike any other in the Assiniboine River Plain River. During the fur trade era, Last Mountain House was a busy trading post. In the early 20th Century, a steamboat took people from Valeport up to communities at the northe...
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From the Regina Plain to the Qu'Appelle Valley bottom, there is a gradual flow of ecosystems that few take the time to discover. Our day starts at the Condie Nature Refuge. In 1924, the Canadian National Railways dammed up Boggy Creek to create a reservoi...
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Can you imagine the countless stories bound up in two billion-year-old rock? This rock -- the oldest in the world -- forms the breathtaking boreal landscape of the Canadian Shield. With the help of our geographer, we'll explore stories of this ancient......
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Multi-Sport Adventure in the Rocky Mountains of Canada
Kootenay Mountains, British Columbia
4 Days / 3 NightsThe Kootenay River valley was the destination for the first ever recorded journey for pleasure through the Canadian Rocky Mountains in 1841. We created this package with this pleasurable spirit in mind. It offers the adventurous traveler, new to the area,...
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The Kazan River flows through south eastern Nunavut. To paddle the whole river would take about 6 weeks. We are travelling though only the bottom part of the river. It is an ultimate barren land canoe trip. This 12-day journey is the quintessential......
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As the South Saskatchewan winds its way from the foot of the Rockies, it cuts deeply into the Northern Plains. Come on our Mystical River Adventure in Canada....
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Sixty miles off the coast of northern British Columbia, a group of islands emerge from the ocean mist like something out of a marvellous dream. Haida Gwaii, or the Queen Charlotte Islands, have often been referred to as Canada’s Galapagos Islands......
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The native North American culture and the rich history in the Canadian Rocky Mountains are inseparable from the natural environment that surrounds us. It is in those wide expanses of nature and wilderness that the first Canadians devoted their culture to ...
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Nature Trek Day Hikes in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains, British Columbia
3 Days / 2 NightsHiking is the most popular activity to do in the Canadian Rocky Mountains for all ages and skill levels. This package is an opportunity to experience remote wilderness hiking for all nature lovers, without losing too much time from your holiday schedule. ...
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Canoeing on this heritage river in Canada is a wilderness whitewater extravaganza. Along with numerous rapids, chutes, and waterfalls are spectacular canyons and limestone cliffs. The river traverses a remarkable landscape representing features from......
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The overall objective of this training program is to provide the basic working knowledge and practical skills required by a professional wilderness guide. It includes many aspects of guide outfitting and adventure tourism such as horse handling, shoeing, ...
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This training program is intended for those wishing to specialize in guided fishing on interior lakes and rivers. The course covers all aspects of fishing including fish habitat, identification, fly fishing, tying flies, equipment, fishing regulations, an...
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Explore pristine waters and wilderness areas to see Orcas ("killer whales") and grizzlies off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island, Canada. The setting for this eco-adventure is the remote coastal wilderness that encompasses Johnstone Strait,...
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Travel to a wilderness paradise where snow-capped mountains, flanked by lush old-growth temperate rain forests, plunge into the sparkling Pacific Ocean. Here, in late spring, grizzly bears come down from their hibernation dens to the ocean to feed on......
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Wilderness encounters for women only - led by experienced, certified women guides. Paddling the path of voyageurs and Indigenous travelers on the historic Churchill River, you'll learn about wilderness travel: navigating by map and compass, stern paddling...
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With many spirited sections offering numerous opportunities for whitewater fun, the Manigotagan is often referred to as the Bloodvein's younger sister. This region of Manitoba was the location of a small gold rush during the 1920s and 1930s....
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The Paull and Churchill Rivers are unique in their form. They are a series of lakes joined by rapids or falls. Flowing over the Precambrian Shield, they pass through a forested landscape of rock outcroppings and muskeg. The many lakes making up the Paull....
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Paddling with Beluga Whales Tour in Canada
Deer River, Manitoba
7 Nights - group adventure trip onlyThe Deer River offers the thrilling experience of paddling alongside beluga whales into the Land of Little Sticks. This name alludes to the tiny, Subarctic trees found along the river's banks. Their growth is stunted due to the area's harsh growing......
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Here is your chance to partake in one of the classic agriculture events of the southern Plains. Also known as Indian Head Zero Till Field Day, it is a combination of a networking event and field trip for farmers and agriculture scientists and professional...
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Less than three hours from Calgary International Airport, nestled in the heart of southern Canada’s largest alpine meadow, and surrounded by hundreds of square kilometers of untouched wilderness, the Lodge is a place of equal parts adventure and pam...
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On British Columbia’s Central Coast, nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the coastal mountains, lies one of the largest temperate rain forests left on earth, and one of the last unspoiled wildernesses. The Great Bear Rain Forest covers over two......
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Prairie railway towns like Moose Jaw all have in common this relationship with “the steel” that makes them stand out as places where all hopes were allowed 100 years ago....
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Come enjoy Regina's Old Warehouse District through the lense of an architectural anthropologist. We propose to stage "Night Landings" into Regina's Old Warehouse District with a view to interpreting its significance to the wider public in a way......
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Polar bears, beluga whales and a depth of wilderness characterize this waterway. The Seal River winds its way through the venerable landscape of the subarctic before it spills into Hudson Bay......
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Rock Art Archaeology Vacation and Tour in Canada
Saskatchewan / Canada
5 Days - small group adventure vacationA soul-inspiring encounter with ancient Canadian Shield culture, heritage and archaeology. Spend your vacation discovering Canada's most spectacular display of Indian rock art - a breathtaking presentation on towering Precambrian cliffs in remote northern...
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This experience was designed to give those travelers in the Canadian Rocky Mountains an amazing opportunity to get off the highways and crowded park trails for a few days, and deeper into the nature of the Canadian wilderness, while not keeping you from y...
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Not far from the urban centres of Puget Sound and Vancouver, lies a group of islands that offer refuge from modern life. The Gulf and San Juan Islands lie in the dry rain shadow of the mountains and create a unique ecosystem typified by Garry oak......
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In the northwest corner of Saskatchewan, along the south shore of Lake Athabasca is an area unique to North America. The Athabasca Sand Dunes boasts the largest area of sand dunes in North America and the biggest sand dunes in North America. You'll......
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The Qu’Appelle Valley figures prominently in the Assiniboine River Watershed. Its riveting geological history; the establishment of “reserves” to which nomadic aboriginal societies of Saskatchewan were confined in a dramatic attempt......
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A winter adventure at Sawyer Lake is like having the chance to experience the best of this four season nature-based tourism operation that specializes in the interpretation of the Parkland and Boreal ecoregions. We explore the wonderful countryside by......
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This is one of the trips for which we get the most requests from around the world. Traveling through Moose Jaw, straight south into the Missouri Coteau, we will take in the essence of the Great Plains and the settlements that have been engendered over the...
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The Western Canadian Plains in French: an immersion adventure tour in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan / Canada
Is your French getting rusty? Leave it to us. How about going on an excursion in the countryside where French will be the only language allowed? Practice your French and discover a whole new world in your own backyard. This is not a class as much as an op...
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As the tour group leaves Regina , you will see the Dirt Hills in the distance: a section of hummocky moraine area made up of glacial debris that was formed either along a large ice-front or around masses of stagnant ice. From the top you stand about 220 m...
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Traditional Native Culture Teachings Adventure Tour
Canadian Rocky Mountains, British Columbia
4 Days / 3 NightsThis is a unique weekend based on traditional native teachings where adventure will take on many new and exciting dimensions - physical, mental, and emotional. In many cultures, elk teachings are those of reflection and stamina; the ability to engage with...
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This trapline experience takes place in the Porcupine Provincial Park in the heart of the Boreal forest of Saskatchewan. This particular area has a wide diversity of habitat thus allowing for a large number species of animals to live here. Long hair...
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Come explore with us this fascination we all have for the darker aspects of life when the night grows longer and daylight vanishes everyday earlier in the fall. Let archaeologist Claude-Jean Harel be your guide through the streets of Regina's Cathedral ...
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Ten thousand years of History have culminated into one of the most adaptable cultural systems on the planet. Meet the Plains Cree, an indigenous people with rich heritage and traditions living in the Great Plains of North America. Cree society is built up...
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Whitewater Raft Trip in Canada
Clearwater River, Saskatchewan
4 Days / 5 Nights - group adventure trip onlyMany images of rafting include high traffic tourist areas, with such intense action compacted into a brief period of time, that it becomes difficult to appreciate one's surroundings. Wilderness whitewater rafting is notably different. Wilderness trips......
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Wilderness Canoe Tour in Canada
Porcupine River, Saskatchewan
10 Days - group adventure vacation onlyLocated in northeastern Saskatchewan, the Porcupine River is, an unspoiled, clear-water river in a pristine wilderness setting of spectacular beauty. The river flows through numerous rapids, many of these rapids are run able by experienced paddlers......
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More than just a destination, this wilderness lodge in British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest is a departure. It is the quintessential getaway experience--an exhilarating wilderness retreat on an island paradise where time stands as still as the centuri...
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Have you always wanted to experience life on a working ranch, but just never thought you knew enough about horses? Now is your chance to saddle up and experience a week on a working ranch at Eastview Wilderness Ranch. Discover Canada's ranch hol...
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On safari, you might see—bears, beavers, bison, moose, elk, deer, wolves, coyotes, lynx, raccoons, porcupines, squirrels, hares, badgers, bear cubsotters, mink, skunks or fishers. During a wildlife viewing Vacation at Manitoba's Riding Mountai...
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Certified Hatha Yoga instructor Alerry Lavitt and Northern Soul Wilderness Adventures have teamed up with Great Excursions to bring you a sensory awakening weekend of canoe camping and Yoga......
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This exciting Yukon dog mushing and snowmobile tour is filled with fun and adventure for the outdoor enthusiast who wants to experience the true north in both the traditional and modern way of transportation....
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This tour is an amazing wilderness adventure that will take you back to the early days of transportation by dog sled. You will spend your days mushing on the training grounds of many a quest musher and it will take you winding through some of the most spe...
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Step back in time on the Trapper Trail Tour. This tour will take you on historic trails used by many trappers over the years. Spend the first few days learning the basics of mushing, forming a relationship with your dogs and exploring the untouched beauty...
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Spend 4 days traveling the Yukon Quest Trail on a guided snowmobile tour. Experience the beauty and the rugged wilderness in this area and appreciate the courage, will power and sheer determination of those who race the toughest dog sled race in the world...
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This Yukon horse back wilderness tour is packed with ruggedness and a sense of adventure, as travel on horseback is the way the firsts visitors of European stock discovered the area. The surrounding landscape will fill you with awe and wonderment as you i...
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This week features a complete and engaging wildlife viewing adventure on horseback. To make carrying much easier we use pack horses for the trip. Be prepared to catch your own lunch of fish from the streams and creeks along the way. Experienced staf...



