Wildlife tours in Canada

Canada is a country blessed with immense flora and fauna. Tourists from all corners of the world, visit the country, to explore its magical lands with interesting creatures. During your wildlife tours in Canada, you can watch some of the lesser known animals, which includes grizzly bears, cougars, brown bats, prairie dogs and red fox.

The country boasts of different species of mammals, birds, reptiles, fresh water fishes and amphibians. Many of these species are seasonal attractions and may be found only during winters or summers. Killer Whale, Ord’s Kangaroo Rat, American Badger jacksoni and Pacific Water Shrew are some of the endangered animals found in Canada.

Top wildlife tours in Canada:

 

If you plan to be a part of any of the wildlife tours in Canada, you can book any of the well-known tours to explore Canadian wilderness and its creatures. Some of the wildlife tours in the country are:

 

Wildlife tour in Alberta Badlands:

Duration: 12 hours

Tour details:

Tour takes place in winter, summer, spring and summer
Tour starts from Edmonton
Visit to Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleontology of Drumheller
Check out the dinosaur skeleton collection
Watch Buffalo Jump in Dry Island
Visit the Horseshoe Canyon region

Blackfoot wildlife tour:

Duration: 6 hours

Tour details:

Explore the wilderness of Alberta
Lies close to Edmonton
Check out the wildlife collection of this area, which includes, moose, elk, deer, beaver, birds and bison
Visit to Elk Island National Park
Grab some food and enjoy eating in a countryside setting
Explore the first reserve of Canada, Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Grazing

Elk National Park tour:

Duration: 3 hours

Tour details:

Elk Island National Park lies in Alberta’s capital city of Edmonton
The Park shares its borders with County of Lamont and Strathcona County
This wildlife park was established in the year 1906.
You can watch animals such as, elk, moose, white tail, bison, beaver, Canadian lynx, mule deer, and porcupine
The Park shelters more than 250 species of birds, which includes blue herons, bald eagles, osprey, pelicans, ducks and horned owls
The Park has the second highest collection of grazing animals, which you can check out.

Wildlife tour attractions in Canada:

Wildlife tours in Canada take you to several zoos and wildlife parks, which shelter a wide variety of animals and birds. Some of the well-known wildlife tour attractions in Canada are:

• Alberta Birds of Prey Centre
• Discovery Wildlife Park
• Medicine River Wildlife Centre
• Ellis Bird Farm
• Calgary Zoo
• Sea Life Caverns
• Kerry Wood Nature Centre

Native wildlife of Canada:

If you are wondering what creatures to look out for during your wildlife tours in Canada, you need not worry much as here is a list of some of the wildlife collection of the country.

• Little brown bat
• Eastern cottontail rabbit
• Arctic hare
• Mountain beaver
• Timber wolf
• Ermine
• California sea lion
• True beaked whale
• Hooded seal
• Sea otter
• Heather vole
• Pygmy shrew
• Smooth green snakes
• Painted turtles
• Short horned lizard
• Albatross
• Crane
• Cuckoo
• Killdeer

Top wildlife tour attractions in Canada:

To watch some of the special wildlife creatures, you need to visit the well-known destinations in Canada, where they can be found.

Prince Albert National Park: Prince Albert Park is located in Saskatchewan. It is known to shelter a large collection of Pelicans. Apart from this, you can also find elk, black bear, red fox, moose and bison in the National Park.

Digby Neck: Digby Neck in Nova Scotia has a huge collection of whales. You can watch different species of whales like, pilot, sperm, blue, minke, humpback and fin whales in this region.

Vancouver Island: British Columbia region of Vancouver Island shelters various creatures like, orcas, sea lions, Dahl’s porpoises, bald eagles, harbor porpoises and harbor seals.

A visit to all of these regions during your wildlife tours in Canada will help you find out about various animals, fishes, amphibians and birds.

Last updated on 9/11/2010