Tourism Winnipeg

4 2016 TRAVEL TRADE PLANNER Winnipeg Natural Beauty Situated in the geographic centre of Canada, Winnipeg is home to the unique flora and fauna that thrives where the Canadian Shield meets the Prairies. Never short in the natural beauty department, tours through our numerous parks and attractions will get your group in nature's embrace. A BIRD IN HAND One of North America's premier birding and nature reserves, Oak Hammock Marsh, lets your group interact with some of the most wondrous winged creatures on the continent — literally placing them in the palm of your hand. Gently feel the delicate rustle of feathers when expert guides show you how to capture and band birds along this important migratory route. Then, head out on the wetlands where expert guides in voluminous Voyageur canoes paddle you through all the inherent marvels of the marshlands. PARK LIFE Group walking tours of Winnipeg's crown jewel, Assiniboine Park and Zoo are available year-round. During the summer months their sprawling English gardens provide the ideal setting for a historical or horticulture based tour through one of Winnipeg's most picturesque areas. Inside the Park's Zoo awaits the world's premier Arctic exhibit, where northern-themed tours bring you nose-to-nose with polar bears at the Journey to Churchill. PRAIRIE PERSPECTIVE Step back in time and experience where the buffalo roam — all without having to leave the city — on the FortWhyte Alive Prairie Legacy Tour. This three- hour guided tour will bring your group close enough to hear bison grunt and munch on grass while revealing their importance for the original indigenous inhabitants. You'll also paddle a Voyageur canoe around cattail- studded lakes and explore a Plains Cree Tipi, along with a pioneer sod house, where wild bush tea and bannock cooked over an open fire is served. A TALE FROM TWO RIVERS At Winnipeg's number one tourist locale, The Forks National Historic Site, a costumed interpreter from Parks Canada will bring your group through 6,000 Years in 60 Minutes. You'll learn about its earliest human-inhabited beginnings as an indigenous meeting place, to its use as a European fur-trading post, to its current incarnation as an expansive, brimming and bustling area where art galleries, theatres, water taxis, a central market, a world class skateboarding park (in the summer), and one of the world's longest skating trails (in the winter) are just a few of the draws. SOAK AND STEAM AWAY THE STRESS Forested Fort Garry is where you'll find Winnipeg's newest oasis, a place where outdoor thermal pools, Finish saunas, an icy waterfall, Scandinavian steam rooms, and delicious dining makes for an environment that is the embodiment of total relaxation. Thermëa by Nordik Spa-Nature offers the ultimate experience suitable for groups where you can take pause in nature while indulging in numerous regenerative treatments under expansive prairie skies. O T LEGEND T Tours | O Outdoors | M Museums | a Galleries | P Performing Arts | G Gaming | School Groups Assiniboine Park & Zoo

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