DESTINATIONS ROAD TRIPS | CANADA
Canada is there’s always somewhere new to explore. Manitoba is rarely a first-time destination, but it has plenty to entice repeat visitors with its unique cultural mix. Winnipeg alone has more than 100 languages and nationalities and you’ll see many of them in evidence at The Forks, a designated historic site that has evolved over centuries from a rest stop by the Red and Assiniboine rivers into a fur-trading post, train terminus and now home to galleries, festivals, public art exhibits and a huge indoor market. Top sights include the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and Qaumajuq, the world’s largest collection of Inuit art at Winnipeg Art Gallery. From there, it’s almost 100 miles to Whiteshell
ABOVE: Exterior and interior views of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg
see, and not just one, but two Unesco World Heritage Sites, plus with the dinosaur capital of the world, it’s great for a family holiday.” Add biking or kayaking at Cypress Hills
Provincial Park; go west along the Red Coat Trail to see rock art at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park; and stop along the return leg to Calgary at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump to learn about traditional hunting practices with an Indigenous guide, for a journey that is as educational as it is enjoyable.
Book it: Jurassic Adventures in Southern Alberta costs from £3,239, with flights from Heathrow, 10 nights’ accommodation, car rental, plus entrance to Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump and Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.
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BEST FOR… HISTORY If clients have already roamed the Rockies or clocked up miles along the Cabot Trail, one of the many selling points of a country the size of
Provincial Park, where the Mennonite Heritage Village displays original barns, houses and even a working windmill used by this immigrant community. Compare it with the Icelandic influence farther north in Gimli and Hecla, both on Lake Winnipeg, which wear their Viking heritage with pride during the Icelandic Festival of Manitoba each August. And finish with a visit to Riding
Mountain National Park on the way back to the city. Book it: Canadian Affair’s self-drive, Manitoba The Heart of Canada, costs from £1,999 including flights, 11 nights’ accommodation and 12 days’ intermediate car hire with insurance, based on a September 16 departure.
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SEE THE WORLD FROM A DIFFERENT VIEW IF THE TRAIN GOES THERE, SO DO WE
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