Great Excursions Home Aug 21, 2008
Western Canadian cultural tourism experiences are just emerging as an international product. Our historical holidays in Canada include interpretative archaeological experiences, ethnological tourism, canadian heritage explorations in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba. They are more and more popular because they involve prairie life, rural discovery, cultural evolution; not to mention plains archaeology and Plains history.

 

Ancient Lifeways at Buffalo Pound Provincial Park: pre-historic/historic settlement

Half a day

Saskatchewan's Buffalo Pound Provincial Park provides a rich window into the diversity of the Great Plains' ancient glacial environment. This excursion takes guests from wetland to rugged hills along the Qu'Appelle River valley.

 

Forest House Eco Trek: A Journey to Saskatchewan's Boreal Environment

4 days / 3 nights

This ideal location for a corporate retreat is the setting of an outdoor adventure in the pristine Precambrian landscape of Northern Saskatchewan. Stay at Saskatchewan's newest, premiere, solar-powered eco-lodge tucked away on a remote boreal forest lake and surrounded by unique terraced gardens.