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Black Bear Tours

This wildlife-viewing tour offers a unique opportunity to photograph and learn about the Black Bear as well as a wide variety of other animals in their natural habitat.

Riding Mountain Guest Ranch is a secluded, lakeside, Cape Cod home complete with knotty pine woodwork, Canadiana furnishings and a fireplace. Enjoy scrumptious home-cooked meals and a relaxed atmosphere. In your free time, visit the ranch animals, enjoy a canoe trip, or stroll the surrounding countryside.

Day 1
Arrive in Winnipeg and transfer to your central hotel for a one night stay.

Days 2-4
This morning you will pick up your self-drive car and head to Riding Mountain National Park, a three-hour drive from the city. Once in the park, you will check in to your accommodation at the Riding Mountain Guest Ranch for a three-night stay.

The black bears of Riding Mountain are renowned for their many color phases, and you have to keep an eye out for blonde, taupe, cinnamon, red or chocolate bears. You will have an excellent chance of seeing these secretive forest creatures close-up, from the comfort and safety of a special viewing blind. You may even spot a mother bear with cubs! Join your wildlife biologist on informative safaris and nature walks, and visit a vacant bear den. The park is home to a bison herd as well as moose, elk, deer, coyotes, timber wolves, and Bald eagles.

Guide Price: £ 695 per person (based on two persons in twin share)
Single Supplement: £ 295 per person
Deposit: £ 200 per person

Single room requested at time of booking (may not always be available)

The price includes:

• One night accommodation Winnipeg (Hotel Fort Garry or similar)
• Three day midsize rental car (unlimited KM's, pick up and drop off Winnipeg)
• Three evening sessions in bear-watching blind
• Early morning wildlife-safaris and guided nature walks
• Three nights accommodation at Riding Mountain Guest Ranch
• All meals while at Guest Ranch
• All required land transportation for wildlife viewing and natural history activities
• Hosting and guiding services of Dr. Jim and Candy Irwin
• Use of ranch facilities: canoes, kayaks, hiking trails, billiards, hot tub, horseshoe pits and natural history
• library
• Use of computer with high-speed, satellite Internet connection

The price does not include:

• International airfare
• Airport transfers
• Meals other than indicated
• Gratuities
• Insurance
• Items of a personal nature

Day 5
Return to Winnipeg, and drop the car at the airport before you head away; alternatively, why not spend another night or two in the city, and explore the many attractions that Winnipeg has to offer.