Tourism Winnipeg

6 2018 TRAVEL TRADE PLANNER WINNIPEG Signature Winnipeg Located right in the heart of North America, Winnipeg is the hip, happening capital of Manitoba. The city has it all, including world-class attractions, an innovative arts and entertainment scene, historic sites and exhibits, countless tantalizing local restaurants, luxurious spas, and fabulous shopping. This itinerary points out Winnipeg's signature experiences that can't be missed. DAY 1 Throughout the year, you can take a tour and see the city through an expert's eyes with both Ô Tours and Heartland International Travel and Tours. Led by fun and informative guides, both companies can show your group the best that Winnipeg has to offer — from architecture, to attractions, to our unique neighbourhoods — all while dropping fascinating tidbits about the city's colourful history. At the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), one can spend hours ascending its 11 permanent galleries while being immersed in new media exhibits featuring ground-breaking technologies that illuminate human rights stories that span the globe across space and time. The CMHR also offers two guided tours in English and French throughout the day, including the Explore the Galleries Tour, which details the Museum's innovative exhibitions and architecture and the Discover the Building Tour, which reveals the building itself to be one encompassing metaphor for human rights. Of particular note for groups is the special Mikinak- Keya Spirit Tour (which must be booked in advance), where Indigenous guides reveal how the sacred teachings and oral histories of the region's Indigenous peoples have been presented in the Museum's architecture. DAY 2 A signature Winnipeg itinerary wouldn't be complete without heading to Assiniboine Park — it simply is something you must do. For starters, Assiniboine Park Zoo's Journey to Churchill exhibit is a designated Canadian Signature Experience (along with being the winner of multiple zoo awards), and is the world's most comprehensive northern species exhibit. Here, you can spend time watching polar bears play overhead, see movie star wolves (they starred in The Grey opposite Liam Neeson), muskox, Arctic fox, snow owls, and many more species in their massive enclosures that have been created to mimic the Subarctic region of Churchill, Manitoba. On top of that, Assiniboine Park is verdant in the summer, with splendid attractions like the lush and fragrant Formal and English Gardens, along with the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden — Assiniboine Park: Ken Gillespie Canadian Museum for Human Rights: Aaron Cohen ITINERARIES

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