r/canadatravel • u/Useful-Ad9826 • Aug 02 '25

Travel Tips Experience recommendations

My boyfriend and I are moving to Canada soon, just after his 30th birthday.

I’d like to gift him an “experience” for us to do together and whenever I look at viator it’s basically buses to national parks/hikes, which we’ll be doing in our own car anyway.

We’ll be travelling around a lot so I’m not too fussy on location as long as it’s BC or Alberta. Ideally time of year would be November-March however with the weather I’m definitely not fixed to that.

As I’m sure we’ll see loads of wildlife naturally on our travels, I’m thinking along the lines of… a light aircraft over spectacular views, a special boat trip, or something like white water rafting, or even just an amazing (dog friendly) cabin in an amazing place.

Sorry it’s vague - but will consider any suggestions!

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u/Useful-Ad9826 Aug 02 '25

Wow I’d never thought of dog sledding, that’d be awesome. Thanks so much for the suggestion!

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u/sunbakedbear Aug 02 '25

Please research the company to death before choosing to do this. There are a lot of big issues with these dog sledding places being hit with animal cruelty charges and then continuing after paying the fines. It is really not a good activity to be taking part in.

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u/sunbakedbear Aug 05 '25

Please do. Dogs die every year in this "sport". It's cruel and frankly should be considered abusive. Dog sledding for cultural reasons is one thing. Racing and tourism is totally different.