Pembina Valley Passport Adventure

While you may not need a passport to travel to the Pembina Valley, the region’s Passport Adventure program offers you a chance to win after visiting participating museums and galleries.

Pick up a passport and have it stamped at every attraction you visit. At the end of the season, leave the stamped page at any attraction to be entered into a prize draw.

Five new galleries and museums have joined the program, bringing the total number of participating attractions to 18, including the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, the Pembina Threshermen’s Museum and the Pembina Hills Arts Centre.

Stay tuned at www.pembinavalleytourism.com for a full list of Pembina Valley Passport Adventure partners and more details as the program is launched.

Inviting Icelanders to Discover Manitoba’s Heritage with the Great Canadian Travel Company

The Great Canadian Travel Company has prepared a new tour to take advantage of the Iceland Express service to Winnipeg. The 11-day itinerary begins with an in-depth look at the city of Winnipeg’s history at the Manitoba Museum, River Road and Assiniboine Park.

The adventure then continues south of the border to North Dakota, visiting the Icelandic State park and some of the communities with a significant shared history in the Icelandic migration to the prairies.

The tour returns to Canada with stops at the International Peace Gardens and Spirit Sands, Manitoba’s desert, enroute to Riding Mountain National Park to witness the dramatic scenery and wildlife, including buffalo, moose, bears and elk.

Time is set aside for relaxing by the lake in the heart of the park before making the drive through Manitoba’s Interlake region to Gimli, the cradle of the Icelandic community of North America. Visitors will enjoy a free day to explore and bask in the town’s charm and then return to Winnipeg, having experienced the deep Icelandic roots in Manitoba’s heritage.

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Introducing a New Arctic Adventure starring Caribou and Wolves

Churchill Wild has put together an exciting new package, Caribou to Wolves from September 7-17, 2010. Spend 11 days and cover 20,000 sq km of the wildest regions in the Arctic, bursting with spectacular flora and fauna.

You will spend your days soaking in the wonderful fall colors of the tundra, ensuring plenty of opportunity for “shutter bugging” exhaustion while snapping photos of wolves, caribou, moose, bears, foxes, wolverines and countless birds.

The nights are reserved for the finest light show on earth, the northern lights. Fine accommodations at a luxury lodge and cozy camp along with gourmet cuisine round out this trip of a lifetime. For more information, go to www.churchillwild.com.

The Beatles! Backstage and Behind the Scenes

The Manitoba Museum brings this travelling exhibition of never-before-published photos of the Fab Four on their first North American Tour to Winnipeg.

The Beatles! Backstage and Behind the Scenes is a collection of 84 rare photos from the CBS Television archives and LIFE magazine photojournalist Bill Eppridge. This fine art exhibit revisits the early days of Beatlemania and offers a behind the scenes look at the quartet that revolutionized rock music.

Local bands will perform within the exhibit most Saturdays during its run, and the popular Beatles Wii RockBand^TM game will be available for those who really want to get into the swing of things. Relive the beginnings of the magical mystery tour at the Manitoba Museum, February 12-April 11. Visit www.manitobamuseum.ca for details.

Bloggers discover Unexpected Manitoba

Follow Travel Manitoba bloggers as they share the province’s hot (and cold) spots, hidden treasures and more at www.unexpectedmanitoba.com.

Get great ideas of things to do and see in Manitoba from Emily Baron, who is on a mission to take in every type of arts and cultural event she can find and from Jacquie Crone, who is looking for the best winter adventures across the province.