Connect with FortWhyte Alive to help make your outdoor education wishes a reality! Whether you are looking for a program for your Scouts, Guides, childcare centre or camp we have an option to meet your needs.
Winter provides the opportunity to explore areas of FortWhyte that are inaccessible in any other season. Strap on a pair of snowshoes, and learn about the history of this incredible invention that helps us navigate the deep snow.
Gain an appreciation for the Arctic by learning about how the animals and people of Canada’s north depend on the land for survival and how climate change is altering those landscapes.
Learn the essential skills needed to be prepared for basic survival in the wilderness, including shelter and fire building, identifying edible wilds, and direction-finding.
Children will enjoy an interactive introduction to navigation and navigation technology. This hands-on program teaches basic map and compass skills, finding and travel skills, outdoor direction and landmark reading.
Bring your young naturalists for a hands-on exploration of the plants and animals that live in our wetlands. Discover the importance of clean water at FortWhyte and the entire world.
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Visit these prairie giants and discover their connection to Manitoba’s history. Discover the adaptations and behaviours that allowed them to live on the prairies, their interconnectedness to Indigenous people and how they were saved from the brink of extinction.
Spring, summer, fall and winter. Animals and plants are adapted to a constantly changing year. Understand how plants and animals meet their needs in the current season, and how they are already preparing for what’s next.
Fall is a magical time. The colours are plentiful and the sounds are…loud?
FortWhyte Alive is the ideal location to learn everything you want to know and more about migration. The sky will come to life as thousands of geese make their way to their evening resting spot on the lakes of FortWhyte.
Length of programs: 1.5 hours
Price: $11/child
Minimum number of children: 10 ($80 minimum fee)
Maximum number of children: 30
Adult/Youth Ratio: FortWhyte Alive requires a minimum of 1 adult for every 15 children or youth. A maximum of 1 adult for every 4 youth will be complimentary, over this ratio admission will be $9.75+GST per adult.
Overnights: Not available at this time.
NEW: We have moved to an INVOICE-ONLY system for payment for programs. We will invoice you after the program for the number of participants who attended on the day of. Please be ready to provide the final attendance number to our on arrival. We will not take cheques, cards, or cash payments at the desk for pre-booked programs.
Minimum fees: All of our programs have a minimum number of participants required to run the program. If your group is smaller than that number a minimum fee will apply.
Cancellation Policy
FortWhyte Alive will only cancel a program in the case of extreme weather. Our programs are all held outside, so please dress appropriately. Groups cancelling at least 14 days in advance will not be charged. All groups failing to show or cancelling within 14 days will be charged 50% of the total fee.
Explore on your own! We can supply you with things like dip nets, scavenger hunts, or orienteering maps to make the most of your visit.
In accordance with our Indigenous peoples admission policy, we do not charge for self-guided activities for Indigenous participants. All groups are asked to provide estimated numbers of Indigenous participants on booking and confirm arrival and they will be invoiced accordingly.
Fees:
$5.00 each for a half day (No lunch space)
$4.00 each for a combo w/guided program
$6.50 each for a full day (Outdoor lunch space)
NURSERY & K: ANIMAL TALES
Explore nature using all of your senses. Discover the wonders of deer and geese.
K & Grade 1: FOREST FRIENDS
The forest is a wonderful place! Trees meet the needs of people and wildlife; learn how trees grow and change through the seasons.
Grades 2 & 3: PRAIRIE PATHFINDERS
A prairie is more than just grass. Discover the plants and animals of the grassland, including spotting the FortWhyte bison herd.
Grades 2 & 3: WETLAND EXPLORERS
Wetlands are special places filled with shallow water, where turtles, ducks, and frogs make their home. Use dipnet to discover pond life beneath the duckweed.
Grades 4 & 5: WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
Discover the adaptations of animals and plants in their habitats. Visit the forest to spot birds and squirrels. Explore the underwater world of the wetland with dipnets.
Grades 1 – 6: OUR PRAIRIE PAST
Step back in time to when the bison roamed the prairies! Experience the connection between the people of Manitoba’s past and our prairie ecosystem. Visit the sod house, tipi, and bison herd.
Grades 5 – 12: SUPER SELF-GUIDED ORIENTEERING
Discover the thrill of exploring through orienteering. A pre-visit resource and an on-site introduction by a FortWhyte Alive staff will prepare you and your students to navigate our course designed by the Manitoba Orienteering Association.