Athabasca Sand Dunes Canoe Holiday in Canada

7 Days

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 think you've somehow ended up in northern Africa. It was a long float plane ride. Hmmm?

Bisons and Battlefields Canoeing at Batoche National Historic Site & Wanuskewin

3 days / 2 nights

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 spend the night in a tipi at Wanuskewin. Next, you'll paddle the Kisiskachiwun - ancient Cree name for the nearby "swiftly flowing" river.

Bloodvein River Canoeing Adventure: Discover the very heart of the boreal forest

8 Days or 15 Days

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 forest.

Canoe Adventure and Rejuvenation in Canada's North on the Churchill River

8 Days

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 sprinkled with tree-covered islands. The rapids are generally short and shelf-like in nature. Both novice and seasoned canoeists enjoy travel on the river because the more difficult rapids can be easily portaged by those without the skills to run them. The total trip length of the route is 105 km, which we will cover in eight days, travelling approximately 14 km per day, which is about 4 to 5 hours of paddling. Along the route are rapids, which we’ll either elect to run or portage after evaluation of conditions by the guide. There is a maximum of nine portages on the route, which average 300 metres in length.

Canoe Adventure in Canada: Fall in the north at the Fond du Lac River

7 days / 6 nights

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 flow over rocky ledges making the white water rather interesting. Other parts of the river flow through marshy areas where moose and caribou roam. Stinted jack pine with some black spruce and white birch cover the shore.

Canoe Trips in Canada: The MacLennon Lake Area

5 Days

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 rock or low and marshy. The area is remarkably beautiful. Thick forest covers the land. black spruce is the most common, but Jack pine is also quite prevalent as well. In some areas the forest is made up of aspen and birch. The MacLennan Lake area has beautiful campsites and great swimming. All this makes for an awesome region to take a canoe trip.

Canoeing adventure on Manitoba's Pigeon River

5 nights (option of 11 nights)

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 thousands of years ago.

Clearwater Heritage Canoe Trip into Rupert's Land, Living History of Canada

12 days / 11 nights

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 each of the earth's major geologic eras - all visible from a canoe. Superb natural campsites and breathtaking photo opportunities are commonplace.

Explore Canada's Historic Churchill River System on a canoeing Holiday

7 days / 6 nights

Is your imagination held captive by images of birchbark canoes and the songs of voyageurs drifting across the water? Here is your ultimate opportunity to travel the most important waterway in Northern Saskatchewan's history on a canoeing holiday. We'll take you along as we bring history alive on the river most loved by the First People who have lived here for thousands of years, by the fur traders and by today's recreational paddlers who recognize the Churchill as one of the greatest canoeing rivers in the world.

Grey Owl Canoe Quest at Prince Albert National Park

4 days / 3 nights

Archibald 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 surrounding this fascinating man.

Hayes River Canoeing Adventure: immerse yourself in the history of this land

14 nights

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 to a great northern river, characterised by steep gravel banks and long, continuous Class I-II rapids.

Healing Journey for Women in Canada

7 days

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 earth and your physical self. The route is carefully chosen to provide solitude and enhance women's experience of safety and confidence in traveling and camping together. There will be some opportunity to challenge yourself in canoeing and camping skills, as well as white water for the adventurous.

Legends of the Shield: Legendary Vacation by Canoe in Canada Viewing Pictographs

5 days / 4 nights

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 rock and its boreal forest ecology. Our ethnobotanist will acquaint us with the intriguing world of edible and medicinal plants of the Shield.

Paddling Adventure on The Manigotagan River in Manitoba, Canada

4 Days / 5 Nights

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.

Paddling with Beluga Whales on the Deer River in Manitoba, Canada

7 Nights

The 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 conditions. This river twists and winds its course through the top-most reaches of the Boreal forest.

Seal River Canoeing Adventure in Manitoba, Canada

14 nights

Polar bears, beluga whales and a depth of wilderness few can comprehend characterize this waterway. The Seal River winds its way through the venerable landscape of the subarctic before it spills into Hudson Bay.

South Saskatchewan River Canyon Adventure: A Canadian Mystical Journey

5 days / 4 nights

As the South Saskatchewan winds its way from the foot of the Rockies, it cuts deeply into the Northern Plains, creating a green belt of majestic trees that has become shelter for an amazing number of songbirds. Our guide will take you upstream above the fork where the South Saskatchewan and Red Deer Rivers merge, so that you can experience by canoe the might and magnificence of this waterway. A place so central to indigenous people, that they left in this area one of the largest concentrations of "medicine wheels" on the northern plains.

White Water Paddling Trip in Canada: Paull River

7 days

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 and Churchill are sprinkled with tree covered islands. The rapids are generally short and shelf-like in nature. Both novice and seasoned canoeists enjoy paddling on the white water river because the more difficult rapids can be easily portaged by those without the skills to run them.

Whitewater Rafting Down the Clearwater River

5 days / 5 nights

Many 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 provide full days of constantly changing scenery and the chance to actually feel the unique characteristics each bend in the river holds in store for you. Now, add to this experience the intense satisfaction and enjoyment of knowing you are visiting a pristine area, where evidence of man's intrusions is almost non-existent, and now your senses come alive!

Wilderness Canoe Trip in Canada: the Porcupine River

10 Days

Located 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. The Porcupine River flows over a number of spectacular falls and through several canyons. The camping along this river is second to none. You’ll be camping on flat, open, jack pine forests. You’ll sleep in thick, undisturbed moss.

Women's Challenge in Western Canada: Outdoor Adventure in Whitewater

4 to 7 days

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, portaging, campfire cooking, and much more! Best of all, you'll learn about confidence and self-sufficiency. Choose either a 4, 5 or a 7 day program, each with its own special theme.