Trips With Wildlife Watching

Every trip here is one we took ourselves. Real distances, real costs, real stops — and honest notes on what was worth it.

Twilight view of a calm lake framed by evergreen trees and silhouetted pine branches, with distant forested shoreline and mountains under a blue evening sky

Winnipeg to Nestor Falls: Five Quiet Days by an Ontario Lake

Four hours from Winnipeg — and five days when we barely used the car. Our route to Nestor Falls, our stay on Pinus Lake, canoeing with Nika, Caliper Lake, the campfire and what we actually spent.

10 min read
22 August 2026
Anna Dryhval

Turquoise alpine lake surrounded by coniferous forest, rocky peaks, and a waterfall cascading down the mountainside under a cloudy sky

Winnipeg to Banff: An Honest 4-Day Rocky Mountains Road Trip

A 2 a.m. start, a long prairie haul, and then the impossibly blue lakes of the Rockies. Here's our honest 4-day Winnipeg-to-Banff road trip — and everything you need to do it yourself.

16 min read
9 July 2026
Bohdan Dryhval

Black dog wading in a shallow river surrounded by rocky shores, coniferous forest, and a suspension bridge spanning the water under a clear blue sky

Pinawa: The Bridge, the Channel and a Wrong Turn at Seven Sisters

We finally caught one dry, sunny day between weeks of rain and drove out to Pinawa: a bridge, a channel loop, a few too many ticks, and a hydro station where we'd expected a waterfall.

6 min read
30 June 2026
Bohdan Dryhval

Straight road cutting through a rocky canyon with steep grey stone cliffs on both sides, coniferous forest, and clear blue sky

A Day Trip to Kenora and Rushing River: Crossing Into Ontario for One Perfect Saturday

A summer day trip from Winnipeg to Kenora, Ontario and Rushing River Provincial Park — where the prairie ends, the rock and pine begin, and one Saturday holds a town and three rivers