White water raftingis the ultimate bonding experience as you all work together to navigate the river. This is one of the most unique ways to see the stunning natural surroundings of British Columbia.
The2-Day Rafting Wilderness Expedition, offered exclusively by Canadian Outback Adventures & Events, explores extraordinary views of the Tantalus Mountain Range with its many glaciers, spectacular waterfalls, and abundant wildlife.This all-inclusive, luxury private outdoor experience is an ideal way to reward top performers or bring your entire workforce together as a team.
Day one-is spent navigating the Class 3 – 4 heart pumping white water rapids of the Elaho River, followed by an evening of 5-star dining under the open sky. Recall the highlights of the day as you gather around a roaring fire at your campsite, located on river plains nestled in this rugged wilderness terrain, only accessible by river. Then settle in for a night of slumber beneath the stars.
Day two-begins with waking up to the delicious smell of coffee brewing in the pristine air accompanied by the sounds of nature. Indulge in a delicious breakfast followed by a scenic float along the Squamish River. As you meander through the valley, enjoy breath taking views and the opportunity to glimpse bears ambling on the shore or spot eagles soaring in the skies above.
After the adventure - upon returning to our rafting resort in Squamish, relax and look at photos of your trip, and share stories of your once in a lifetime excursion!
This distinctive rafting adventure is perfect for corporate groups looking for a unique way to provide team incentives, reward their employees or simply create the utimate retreat.
For more information, visit our website, or call our Adventure Experts at1-800-565-8735to reserve your group today.
Hi, it's Shannen from the Outback Group, and I just finished a fun 5.5km snowshoe race on Grouse Mountain, one of our local mountains in North Vancouver. I love extreme sports and adventure races and I have been competing in snowshoe races for the last 4 years.
Snow-shoeing does not have to be an extreme sport. I started snowshoeing because I wanted to enjoy winter and be active during the cold, dark months. It is a great way to enjoy mountain fresh air and embrace the outdoors (even in the snow) with friends and family.
Canadian Outback Adventures & Events offers great snowshoe tours for all ages and abilities. Snowshoe tours in Whistler range from beginner and family-friendly hikes to full day adventures. While you are out enjoying the scenic mountain trails the guides will teach you about natural medicine and traditional remedies used by the First Nations people.
Snowshoe tours are also available in Jasper, Alberta. The stunning beauty and landscape of the Rocky Mountains provides an amazing backdrop for a fun winter adventure. Grab a friend, grab your family, grab your co-workers and get outside for a snowshoe adventure in Jasper. Try something new, you will be amazed at how easy and enjoyable this winter activity can be.
One of the best recreational outdoor adventure activities on a river is
white water rafting, and the best place to do this is in Cheakamus River. Found
in the magnificent and Scenic Squamish Valley, it offers the best white water
to raft on to, with just a short drive from Vancouver and Whistler, this could
be the best river rafting adventure your family could enjoy. Rafting brings out
a thrill and excitement no theme park could provide. As its name implies, it is
usually done across a body of water, usually a river, with varying degree of
roughness. You will then negotiate and manoeuvrer through the water current,
big exposed rocks and small river bedrocks and then you will feel the wind on
your face, the splash of water on your hair, your adrenalin pumping with the
excitement with the ride and a satisfaction of getting from start to end of the
raft trail. Immersing yourself in nature through rafting can help you
become fit as well, know more about the environment and learn how to protect
our rivers and mountains.
Depending on the roughness of the water, rafting can be considered a leisure
ride or an extreme sport. With the Cheakamus splash adventure, families with
kids as young as 6 years old can enjoy by using a wide inflatable boat and
paddle through waters with small rough areas, maybe some rocks and may only require
little manoeuvring. This is a great way for children, and adults alike,
to boost their confidence joining intensity ride, reconnect with the family, experience
something that is not done everyday, and interact with nature. For those who will
help paddling across the river, this is a great way to exercise. It strengthens
the upper body and can burn 100 to 200 calories in 30 minutes and may reach to
up to 500 calories on high intensity.
Rafting is environment friendly and requires no motor to run it. It also
lets you see the beautiful scenery, especially the Rocky Mountains of Alberta,
including other surprises you might see along the riverbank. With the river
rafting expert with you, learn more about the area and know more about the
magnificence of the valley you are rafting on. By being educated how the river
flows and what fauna and flora are present there, we will know how human
interaction can affect the place and how we could help save it.
Spelunking is perhaps one of the most exciting outdoor adventures in the whole world, each cave offers unique experiences each day even if you've explored them several times already. It offers a magnificent view, an extra ordinary challenge and a sense of fulfillment once you've completed the tour of the cave.
One exceptional place to go caving is in Banff. The surrounding mountains and parks contain hundreds of cave systems which are now the home of some rats, snails, bats and other animals, especially during winter where they hibernate. Depending on the season you will see, along the way during your trek towards the cave entrances, some elks, moose and different goats and sheep. As soon as you enter the cave, signs of bigger lives diminishes with the light but signs of smaller animals and insects start to appear.
Despite the darkness upon entering the cave and as you slowly climb into the depths of the system, the lamps will light series of Stalactites and Stalagmites along the way. You will be thrilled by the tight squeezes and drops that would make you feel excited to move along and push further forward until you reach a main hall. In the case of Rat's Nest Cave, it will be the Grand Gallery and the Grotto.
This is one of the best eco-adventure you could experience which the whole family would truly love. Whether it would be a Banff Cave Tour or a Cannmore Cave Tour, you will surely enjoy and appreciate nature at its best.
This is the transcript from our
YouTube video featuring Banff Cave Tours with Canadian Outback that can be found at
http://youtu.be/Zb2mxNrv9ng.
Shannen: This is
Shannon from Canadian Outback Adventures & Events and today I’m talking
with Carla, our Alberta Adventure Expert. I know you book a lot of tours and
you get to experience a lot of different adventures, what is your favourite
adventure and what do you recommend most to our guest in Banff, Carla?
Carla: That’s a
good question and what I definitely get asked a lot. Working in the tourism
industry, it has its perks and I have gotten the pleasure of experiencing quite
different tours but I still always say “without a doubt, the coolest outdoor
activity I’ve ever done, the most unique, fascinating adventure has been
caving”.
Shannen: Where
about do you go caving?
Carla: The caving
tours that we offer take place at Rat’s Nest Cave, which is in Grotto Mountain,
and that’s just outside of Canmore. Canmore is about a 20 minute drive from
Banff so really accessible for anybody who is staying in Canmore, driving in
from Calgary or staying in Banff and Lake Louise.
Shannen: That
sounds pretty amazing! Tell me a little bit more about this caving experience,
what happens? How do you go about exploring these sites?
Carla: Definitely
in caving, it’s a very wild, adventurous activity so it is always best to go
with trained professional guides. The tours that we offer, they actually start
with about a 20 to 30 minute hike up of a mountain trail and that really is to
get us out and up towards the cave actually entrances. Once we enter inside
that cave, you really do enter a whole nether world, it’s completely pitched
black and it is a world of ancient tunnels, formations, everything is just
thousands of years old once you enter into the cave system.
Shannen: Now I
always think of caves when I think of bats. I’m sure you get that question all
the time, are there bats in these caves?
Carla: There are
no bats and I know even if it’s called Rat’s Nest Cave, there are no rats
either. There are some old fossils but when you are actually in the cave, you
don’t really come into contact with any type of wild animals. But that being
said, the cave is completely wild and undeveloped – there’s no electricity, there’s
no boardwalk, there’s no handrails, there’s no bathrooms, it really is a
completely wild world.
Shannen: Do you
have to have a certain physical fitness in order to do this adventure and or
are kids allowed to experience this tour?
Carla: Good
question! The tour itself, there is obviously the 30 minute walk first to get
to the entrance and then once you are inside, there is quite a bit of climbing
and crawling and some squeezing so we do suggest that everybody have a base
level of physicality. Anybody who’s fairly adventurous, who snow shoes, skis or
climbs and hikes, bikes, these are all people that caving would definitely be
accessible for. So we just say you should have a bit of base physicality, in
terms of the minimum age, it does vary. We offer 2 different tours: the
explorer tour is our basic introduction to caving and it’s about 4 and a half
hours roundtrip and that is great for anybody who might be a bit hesitant as
well as children as young as 10 years old. Next up we have the Adventure Tour,
this one is very similar, it’s a longer tour though, its 6 hours roundtrip, and
it also includes a 60 foot rappel. Obviously you’re rappelling in the dark
which is a really exciting experience to just descent to a dark abyss. For that
one, we do suggest that kids do need to be 12 years or older but you don’t need
to have any prior experience or rappelling experience, our trained guides will
go over everything on how to work that and operate it with you.
Shannen: Do you
need to have any special equipment when you go on a tour like this?
Carla: Good
question! No, we provide you with everything you need so in terms of what you
need to do, you just need to show up. We actually ask that everybody meet at
Soby’s in the heart of Canmore, that’s one of the grocery store chains. While
we get you to meet there, we will suggest: even if you brought your camera, go
in and buy yourself a disposable camera with a flash, because it is going to be
muddy in the cave and you are going to be in tight squeezes. Definitely you
don’t want to hurt your own camera. In terms of what to wear, just your basic
outdoor clothing even as if you’re out gardening for the day. You might get a
little bit of mud soak through but we do actually provide all participants with
coveralls which are going to cover your arms and legs, your whole body, so
that’s going to protect your clothing from the mud and silt. We are also going
to provide everybody with a harness, a helmet, a headlamp, kneepads, gloves and
backpack.
Shannen: That
sounds pretty amazing! How would somebody go about booking one of these tours
or getting more information from you about it?
Carla: Yes, we’re
always happy to speak with guests about the experiences; we have done them
first hand so it’s always good to ask if any questions. In terms of getting a
hold of us, our phone number is 1-800-565-8735 Extension 2. You can also e-mail
us as well at reservations@candianoutback.com
Shannen: Sounds
great! Looking forward to another conversation with you, talk to you again.
Since the dawn of time and when humans started walking the earth, we have tried several times to fly onto the air like the birds in the sky without the aid of any contraption or machines. But alas, we cannot do it, unless we suit up a jet pack or ride an airplane or a helicopter. We have always wanted to have that feeling of the wind on our face, soaring in 3 dimensional spaces and see the earth around us from a different point of view.We have created "Superman" and several super heroes to animate that feeling and want - to soar through the clouds and travel from places to places without touching the ground.
Even if we cannot fly, we can create the experience of that wind on your face, soaring through mid-air and span the scenery and safely go back to the ground through the use of an equipment called - Zip line. The history on how the zip line came about is not well documented but the principles behind its pulley mechanism can be dated since the invention of the wheel. Originally, it was made to transfer supplies to and from elevated places like mountains and cliffs. It is still being used the same way today, only in addition, humans traverse the Zip line for transportation and recreation.
Now that we have a contraption that could give us the experience of flying even for a short while, several places all over the globe has setup this thrilling ride, from mountain tops to cliffs and even when there are no natural elevations available, platforms are made and still give that same feel. The criteria that would spell how enjoyable and how exciting the ride would be are the distance between platforms, the height from which platform you will go to and come from, and the scenery that can be found while soaring through the sky. Nothing can be compared with the beautiful and majestic Canadian parks and mountains, most especially in Banff. Located at the outskirts of Yoho National Park, you can see the scenic Canadian Rockies and the Horse Shoe River while soaring through this outdoor activity.
This is the transcript from our
YouTube video featuring the Banff Zipline Sightseeing Tours that can also be found at http://youtu.be/R9hoPooiMpk.
Shannen: This is Shannen
with Canadian Outback Adventures & Events and today I’m talking with Carla,
our Alberta Adventure expert. Now Carla, when I was younger I always had a big
dream about flying. I thought it was going to be a super cool adventure, is
there anything that we offer or any activities that would recreate this feeling
of flying?
Carla: Ziplining
over the past 3 years has really increased in popularity and I think a lot of
that does have to do with exactly that feeling you just described - that want
and desire to fly. We can’t flap our arms, we’re not there yet but we do have a
great alternative and that is ziplining - being suspended from a cable and
getting to really soar over beautiful landscapes just as if you’re flying.
Shannen: Where
can somebody go and try this ziplining experience? It sounds pretty amazing!
Carla: We’ve got
a few different zipline courses, we’ve got one in Whistler and one in Banff as
well and today I’m going to speak a little bit more about our Banff Zipline
course.
Shannen: yeah,
tell me all about it, you said in a harness suspended from a cable but tell me
how it all works?
Carla: Our Banff
zipline takes place outside of the national park, unfortunately, you can’t have
a structure like that within the national park according to the bylaws, but
just outside the Yoho national park near field BC we’ve got our zipline course.
The course itself consist of 3 ziplines and they range in height so we actually
start you off on lower, shorter zips which really just help build the
confidence, getting you ready for the longest line of the course. The last line
is actually 40 meters high and you’re actually going to reach speeds of 70 Kms
per hour. So that’s going to be that experience like you say just completely
soaring over a landscape, wind on your face, wind in your hair, really feeling
like you’re flying.
Shannen: It
sounds really amazing! What kind of people can go and do the zipline? How old
do you have to be? Could kids go and do it or do you have to have a certain
level of fitness to try it out?
Carla: Definitely
beginner accessible so you don’t need any prior experience, you don’t need any
special equipment, we handle all that on our end. So you will be led with a
guide and we will provide you with helmets and harnesses, and our fully trained
guides are actually going to be the ones to connect and un-connect you at each
launch platform. In terms of the age, we do request that kids be at least 6 years
and everybody needs to weight a minimum of 66 pounds. Other than that, you
don’t need to have any special skill or physicality to be able to participate.
Shannen:
Excellent! How long will this tour take?
Carla: The tour
itself, I mentioned, is 3 lines and overall it takes about 45 minutes in
duration. Between each of the zipline there is a short interpretive locks on
trails and ramps so you do get that entertaining combination of a little bit of
education as well as the adventure.
Shannen: I think
we’ve got some other adventures up in that area so if you wanted to make your
day even more filled with adventure, what else can somebody do up there?
Carla: Yeah you
got it! We got our adventure base just outside of Field, BC. We also offer
ATVing in the summer and snow mobiling in the winter. The zipline itself does
run year round, on a hot sunny day or beautiful snow covered landscape, we’ll
take tours out. If you have the time, it’s definitely in your best interest to
come out visit us for an afternoon or a day. With your ziplinning you actually
have an option of doing a 3 hour or a 5 hours of riding time as well so we do
combos with both the ziplines and snow mobiles, and ziplines and ATVing.
Shannen: Sounds
like a pretty excellent way to get your fill of adventure and have an amazing
time just outside of Banff and see the beautiful landscape that Banff has to
offer. So how would somebody go about booking either the zipline tour or one of
these awesome combo tours?
Carla: If anybody
has any interest in these tours or would like to ask some more questions or
just book, we’ve got our phone number which is 1-800-565-8735 Extension 2 and
we’re also accessible by e-mail as well at reservations@canadianoutback.com
There is always something new to discover in every destination you go to, and every destination has a featured activity that it is famous for. So let us say you want to go to Jasper during winter, what activities can you do there? Answer: Icewalk
Icewalk Adventures is a great way to explore the surroundings, see the plants and animals
in winter, appreciate nature more and feel the environment without the
city lights and concrete buildings. It will make you realize that there is much more to see than all the ice around the mountains and that same ice is much different than where you're at.
However, you learn so much more and experience something much different when you do an Icewalk tour rather than watching it on television or visiting that place by yourself. Take a tour and step into the wilderness with a knowledgeable guide to learn about the history of the place, how the glaciers and canyons were formed, and see the Rockies like you've never seen it before.
Nothing spells winter wonderland like Jasper, and no other canyon can
be as comparably beautiful and magnificent as Maligne Canyon. The best
way to explore it is doing a Maligne Canyon Jasper Icewalk tour.
This is the transcript from our
YouTube video featuring the Jasper Maligne Canyon Ice Walk that can be found at
http://youtu.be/qBlrpfDXj94.
Shannen: Canadian
Outback Adventures and Events and I’m talking with Karla Haerthe our Alberta
Adventure expert, Karla how are you?
Karla: Good, how
about yourself?
Shannen: Good, I
know you get lots of clients visiting us and Jasper up in the winter time, what
type of activities do you have? What would you recommend for our clients up in
Jasper?
Karla: For sure
Jasper is definitely a beautiful place to visit in the winter time, and if
clients are visiting in the winter time, I always say they can’t miss the
Jasper Maligne Canyon Ice Walk Tour. This is easily Jasper’s most scenic and
most popular winter activity.
Shannen: They said
Maligne Canyon Ice Walk Tour, is that an extreme adventure? Or is it something
that’s going to be accessible for all of our clients?
Karla:
Definitely, it’s very accessible when you think about the Maligne Canyon Ice
Walk, it really is that, it is a walk. So it is very accessible, this isn’t
extreme Ice climbing, but there is definitely extreme beauty to be seen out
there. The Canyon Ice walk tour runs daily throughout the winter time, November
to April based on tradition and it’s accessible for participants 7 years and
older. So it is actually quite family friendly. As a matter of fact, it is a
guided ice walk so it is simply walking but we do provide you with warm
waterproof boots and tread enhancing cleats so it will help everybody warm and
feel secure on the ice. It is a really beautiful ice walk where you’ll have a
guide that’s going to lead you safely through the canyon floor to look at all
the fascinating mazes of natural ice sculptures, frozen waterfalls, you can see
an entrance to a cave system and some fossils as well.
Shannen: That
sounds pretty spectacular, I bet seeing some of those frozen waterfalls and
just the natural winter beauty out there would be pretty incredible. How often
does this tour run? Is it an all day thing? How does it work?
Karla: The tour
actually runs 3 times a day and we run a departure in the morning, the
afternoon, and the evening. It’s 3 hours in duration with 2 of those hours
spent on the trail, so we do transport you to and from the Jasper Camp site to
Maligne Canyon and that accounts for the little bit of extra driving time and
we make sure that everybody is experiencing the tour in a very safe, and fun,
educational manner. We really actually respect the natural surroundings that
we’re in as well. For anybody who might be looking for a really unique experience,
as I mentioned, we do have an evening tour and of course in the winter time its
dark out in the evening, but we provide all guests with head lamps during that
tour. It’s just a really neat atmosphere as you are walking through the canyon
and you see all these light shadow dancing on the powering ice, it’s really
beautiful and unique.
Shannen: I bet
that would make it an extra special trip to add to the beauty of the
surroundings for sure. If somebody’s staying in Jasper, how do they come out to
this trip? What part? Do they book it with us and what’s the best course of
action?
Karla: Well,
definitely, if you’re staying in Jasper, if you’re within walking distance of
our check in, we do have a check in right on Patricia Street, very accessible
by most hotels. But not a problem, we’re more than happy to pick you up from
your hotel as well and we do transport all guest from Jasper campsite to
Maligne Canyon at no additional charge.
Shannen: And how
do they book this trip with?
Karla: If anybody
is interested and they like to learn more about it or if they have any
questions, or simply just want to go ahead and book because it just sounds that
amazing, they can definitely give us a call at 1-800-565-8735 Extension 2 or if
e-mail’s best reservations@canadianoutback.com
