CANADA WILDERNESS DESTINATIONS
RIGHT: Cycling in Edmonton
FAR RIGHT: Sonora
Resort, BC
ASK THE EXPERT
Guy Theriault, External Relations and Visitor Experience Directorate, Parks Canada:
“Once you’ve had an urban experience in some of Canada’s great cities, you don’t have to go very far to connect with nature. La Mauricie National Park is only 124 miles from Montreal yet it’s home to lakes, forests, mountains and waterfalls. Even closer to a city is Rouge National Urban Park, located in the city of Toronto. The Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is your gateway to the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island. You can connect with nature on a one-hour walk or hike along the legendary West Coast Trail.”
It’s also just a 30-minute hop by seaplane to explore historic Victoria, or a short drive up the Sea-to-Sky Highway to dive into the outdoor adventure centres of Squamish and Whistler.
Clients can add a slice of wilderness
adventure to their holiday by booking a stay at a fly-in lodge deep in BC’s protected Great Bear Rainforest. Stay in comfort in one of the all-inclusive floating lodges surrounded by
Clients can snorkel with salmon, explore remote glaciers by helicopter, or just soak in hot natural mineral pools
mountains and untouched forest in the home of BC’s largest concentration of grizzly bears. View bears feasting on the annual salmon run either by boat or on a special viewing platform, enjoy wilderness hikes with a knowledgeable guide or paddle out in a kayak with nothing but the sound of your oar splashing in water. Wildlife Worldwide offers The Bear
Essentials from £2,795, including one night in Vancouver (room-only), one night in Campbell River (room only), four nights’ full-board accommodation at Knight Inlet Lodge, guiding and excursions. If your client’s idea of ‘wilderness’
needs to come with a hefty dose of luxury, look no further than Sonora Lodge, one of Canada’s most upper- crust wilderness properties that’s part of the Relais & Chateaux group, with a full-service spa, top-notch restaurant and lavish lodge-style accommodation. Clients can snorkel with salmon,
LEFT:
The northern lights in
Whitehorse, Yukon
explore remote glaciers by helicopter, or just soak in hot natural mineral pools. North America Travel Service offers a four-night excursion package (Sunday to Thursday) including return flights from Vancouver and Gold accommodation from £1,740. Clients seeking off-the-beaten-track wilderness adventure may want to get completely off the grid by adding a Yukon component to their winter break. Just a two-hour flight from Vancouver, Whitehorse offers frontier excitement, the northern lights, dog-sledding and gold rush history in the great white north. Kuoni offers a Northern Lights of the Yukon trip for four nights from £926 for two people.
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