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Wonderful Winnipeg Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg, August 14 - 18, 2018 (5 days) MAP AT A GLANCE HIGHLIGHTS Manitoba Historic Fort Garry Hotel in Downtown Winnipeg Winnipeg Hutterite Colony Tour & Home-Cooked Lunch Minnesota Winnipeg City Tour with Local Expert Guide “Beauty & the Beast” at the Outdoor Rainbow Stage Canadian Museum for Human Rights The Forks at Leisure The Royal Canadian Mint Polar Bear Exhibit A special visit to the Hutterite Colony Assiniboine Park Folklorama & Cultural Dinner English Gardens at Assiniboine Park Fort Gibraltar R&J extends a special invitation for YOU to come & see why we feel Winnipeg is truly a special gem of a city that is often overlooked! Join us, we promise you’ll be pleasantly surprised! Croatian entertainment at Folklorama 28 Discover the REAL “Winnie the Pooh” Fort Gibraltar - Traveler hatchet throwing! Royal Canadian Mint - Testing weights! Yes, that’s a Polar Bear foot above us!! Day 1 - Home to Winnipeg With excitement, we’ll be on the way to Winnipeg and check into our hotel and freshen up before an included welcome dinner. For the next four nights we are guests at the Historic Fort Garry Hotel with modern-day style and conveniently located in the heart of Downtown Winnipeg & within walking distance to The Forks. Included Meals: Dinner Hotel: Historic Fort Garry Hotel (4 Nights) Lovely wildflowers at St. Boniface Cathedral Day 2 - Winnipeg Have you ever wanted to visit Churchill and see the polar bears? Day 4 – Winnipeg Today we’re special guests at The Starlite Hutterite Colony for a We will have an opportunity to visit the new exhibit “Journey home-cooked lunch and tour. This will be a memory you will long to Churchill” at the Assiniboine Park Zoo, a unique and inviting remember as this personal visit reflects their ways, beliefs, and destination where warm spaces welcome you as you come face progressive farming. Tonight we attend “Beauty & the Beast,” a to face with polar bears! Inside the Sea Ice Passage, you will be live musical production at the Rainbow Stage, Canada’s longest- thrilled by polar bears and ringed seals swimming overhead and running outdoor theatre! Witness the story of a cold-hearted prince darting amongst the ice. Next a local guide joins us as we explore who has been magically transformed into an unsightly creature this beautiful city with its cosmopolitan and unique sights. We’ll as punishment for his selfish ways. To revert into his true human visit beautiful Assiniboine Park, boasting 376 acres of lawns, form, the Beast must first earn the love of a bright, beautiful young trees, and a beautiful English Garden. Sights include the Historic woman whom he has imprisoned in his enchanted castle before it Exchange District, the Legislative Building, and the “French is too late. Quarter” with the St. Boniface Cathedral. Return to the hotel and Included Meals: Lunch enjoy some free time before attending Folklorama and experience delicious food, song, and dance at three Super Gourmet Pavilions. Day 5 – Winnipeg to Home Included Meals: Lunch, Dinner Enjoy our last meal together before our journey home begins. We’ll stop at the border for some duty-free shopping and then reminisce Day 3 - Winnipeg together about our exciting experiences as “World Travelers.” After breakfast we tour the Winnipeg Royal Canadian Mint, a Included Meals: Breakfast state-of-the-art manufacturing facility established in 1976. They say that money makes the world go ‘round’ and here’s our chance Wonderful Winnipeg to see first-hand where it all begins. Then we visit Fort Gibraltar on the banks of the Red River, where colorful characters living 2018 Dates & Prices to the “beat” of 1815 greet us & take us to a world away. Once Dates: August 14 - 18, 2018 (5 Days) a North West Company fur trade post, Fort Gibraltar reflects the lifestyle of the settlement and the roles played by the Metis, settlers, $1,399 Double $1,699 Single Price Per Person: explorers, aboriginal people and the adventuresome voyageurs. $1,299 Triple $1,249 Quad Visit the Trading Post, Workshop, Blacksmith’s Shop, and more 7 Meals, Lodging & Activities as stated in before enjoying a traditional French lunch at the Fort. Next we Price Includes: brochure, Luxury Motorcoach head to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, which will take us on a journey of education and inspiration unlike anything we’ve Deposit Due $100 per person deposit at time of reser- experienced before. Afterwards we’ll have some free time at the Per Person: vation. Full payment due 30 days prior to Forks, Winnipeg’s number one tourist destination, located at the departure. Optional Travel junction of the Assiniboine & mighty Red Rivers. The Forks has $93 Double (per person) / $129 Single been a meeting place for over 6,000 years for early Aboriginal Protection p/p: trading, fur trading, Scottish settlers, and tens of thousands of R&J Travel Bucks $25 Travel Bucks Earned with this Tour immigrants. Rich in history and natural beauty, it now has an array Tour Pace: of dining and shopping experiences. Moderate Walking at your own pace PASSPORT: Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch A Valid PASSORT is Needed! REQUIRED 1-800-758-6877 or www.rjtoursonline.com 29.