experience wild Canada and find more meaning in your life with Wilderness Trails
Wilderness Trails is a place for people who want more than a holiday.
Our experiences are for those ready to step away from passive travel and into a real adventure with meaningful participation: caring for horses, helping with camp life, learning wilderness skills, contributing to a shared community, and discovering what they are capable of.
Participants join our wilderness experiences for the learning, the lifestyle, the challenge, the relationships, the contribution, and the transformation that happen when they take responsibility for their own experience.
Whether you come for a wildlife tracking horse adventure expedition, an immersive ranch life program, a training program, a wilderness horseback ride or a wilderness basecamp stay, we have tailored opportunities to meet your unique interests. In turn, you take responsibility, initiative and ownership, to show up with a positive attitude and get the most out of your experience and make a positive contribution to our community and the wilderness.
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Our agreement for a true wilderness adventure:
- You are an active participant, from saddling your own horse, taking part in camp chores, to approaching challenges with flexibility and a positive attitude and taking responsibility for your own needs
- We share our Six Principle philosophy of Nature Connection, Nature Conservation, Personal Development, Self-Sufficiency, Empowerment and Consciousness & Awareness with you
- We provide guidance, essential logistics, horses, training, and a framework for meaningful participation
- Meaningful simplicity, authentic wilderness living
- Our Pre-Booking process includes questionnaires, video-calls, online courses and books to prepare you for your wilderness experience and participation
- This isn’t a holiday and we’re so much more than a conventional guest ranch, it’s a hands-on wilderness learning environment where you are a full participant and take responsibility for all aspects of your experience
Discover why thousands of people from all around the world have participated in the hands-on wilderness experiences with Wilderness Trails in the mountains of the Chilcotin Ark, British Columbia.
We have the privilege of operating in the internationally ecologically important Chilcotin Ark, one of the most unique areas in the world. That’s why 5% of each trip supports conservation efforts in the Chilcotin Ark. Find out more about the work we do on the Chilcotin Ark Institute’s website.
Take a look at the ways you can join our community and participate in an immersive ranch life experience:
Testimonials
From sampling wild harvest breakfast and snow in July, bonding with our horses and of course spotting bears. Thank you!"