…the real Canadian West as you’ve never experienced it before!
No other prairie experience can top our unique combination of living history and live hospitality. There’s nothing else like this in all of western Canada.
Christimas Gift Cards - Gift 2 buffalo Adventures for $99 (GST Included).
Gift Cards can be purchased at the Museum Gift Shop or contact Buffalo Adventures at P: 780-842-9247 or E: buffalobodo@persona.ca.
Our current Buffalo Adventures include:
- Parks and POWs – tour the Former Buffalo National Park and the German officer Prisoner of War (POW) camp in Wainwright, now operating as one of Canada’s most advanced military training bases. A herd of buffalo at the entry gate reflects the origins of the base, the former Buffalo National Park.
- Dig in at Bodo – uncover the true Aboriginal culture of the plains at one of the richest archaeological dig sites in western Canada.
- Buffalo Past and Present – examine an operating plains buffalo ranch, find out how today’s buffalo wranglers go about their work, see buffalo up close, and learn about their history and habitat from experts in the field. Also sample bison cuisine and see some buffalo leather products.
- Kemah Ranch Ruins – step back into the past and experience life as it was on the western Canadian prairies a century ago.
- Food from the Land – the modern agriculture industry in harmony with nature. Tour farm land and learn how grain crops and grasses, through methods of rotational grazing, are used, in today’s food production. Also visit a working cattle feedlot.
- Rails across the West – discover the origins of Wainwright and countless other prairie towns by visiting a railway interpretive park featuring authentic equipment from the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian National railways.
- Up Close and Personal with Buffalo – see grazing wood buffalo, eat bison burgers, explore the differences between plains and wood bison and learn about the story of their conservation here in Wainwright.
- Jewel of the Prairies – tour Alberta’s largest rural neo-Gothic church and cemetery, and hear stories about the German settlers who built it by hand in 1922.
- Antique tractors – climb on (count ’em) 85 historical John Deere tractors at Glen Rock Farm and learn all about life on prairie farms in the years after the horse.
Getting Started
Our Buffalo Adventures are organized, pre-packaged and pre-arranged for you.
Day Trip and Adventures start from $55 per person. All-inclusive Overnight Adventures also available. In addition to detailed interpretive maps of the area, meals and accommodations can be arranged at time of booking. And, as you are using your own vehicle, you can travel at your leisure. All you have to do is show up at each Adventure site and participate as much, or as little, as you wish.
Adventures begin at the Wainwright Museum located in the lovingly restored Canadian National Railway Station on Main Street. On your way down Main Street, be sure to keep your eyes open for the only freestanding memorial clock tower in Canada, erected in 1925 to commemorate the soldiers lost in the World Wars.
At the old train station, you will be given driving instructions to your adventures, so that you will be ready to drive out to each of them armed with suggestions for other fascinating sites to see along the route.
Here’s what you’ll do on a typical day
A typical Adventures experience is three-hours. Also factor in travel time. At most, twelve guests will enjoy an Adventure at one time, which makes the experience truly personal and even more special.
Each Adventure is led by a local resident who specializes in the field that their Adventure covers. These are true westerners with a genuine passion for their work and their way of life. You’ll have a hard time stumping these folks with your questions!
Part of each authentic Adventure takes place in the great outdoors so don’t forget to bring your all-weather gear!
Who should come?
Anyone with a desire to see the unspoiled Canadian West and learn about its people and history in an in-depth, hands-on way.
What are guests saying about Buffalo Adventures?
"The area posses a degree of peace and tranquility that immediately set the stage for a rejuvenating educational journey. Additionally, the people I encountered were truly some of the most endearing personalities I have ever had the joy of crossing paths with."
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