Household Day Enjoyable! Households that Play Collectively, Keep Collectively!
There may be a lot enjoyable available this Household Day lengthy weekend round Muskoka! With sights and festivals lined up, there can be no scarcity of recollections being made throughout our winter wonderland! Get energetic and get outdoor this Household Day weekend with some actual winter enjoyable!
You may e-book a Guided Group Tour, Household Day Tour, or a Non-public Tour, all of which give a novel alternative to see the Sanctuary’s everlasting residents, hear their tales, and learn to reside in concord with wildlife. At Aspen Valley, you could possibly see animals equivalent to moose, coyotes, bears, and wolf packs amongst others. Nevertheless, please observe that animals in rehabilitation usually are not part of these excursions.
In the event you’re thinking about reserving a tour, you may e-mail the sanctuary at excursions@aspenvalley.org. The Winter Guided Group Tour schedule is as follows:
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM
Household Day on Monday, February 19 with Guided Group Excursions at 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, and 11:30 AM.
Horse Drawn Winter Sleigh Rides
In all probability one in all our hottest household actions is a horse drawn sleigh or wagon trip by the beautiful Muskoka again nation. Again of Past Equine Centre is a superb possibility for households name forward to make sure your numbers could be accommodated. Twin Maples Farmaffords wagon rides and carriage rides for as much as 16 individuals at their farm. E-book early as a result of these spots can be snatched up quickly!
Winter Carnivals
Muskoka’s winter carnivals actually epitomize the appeal of our small cities. Gravenhurst Winter Carnival 2024 runs proper by Household Day weekend and options family-fun occasions together with youngsters occasions, demolition derby, reside leisure and a lot extra! This 12 months the carnival takes place from Friday, February fifteenth to Sunday, February 18th.
The Dorset Snowball Winter Carnival is one other longstanding custom, happening on Friday, February sixteenth and Saturday, February seventeenth over the lengthy weekend. Don’t miss the annual Snowball Parade or the Friday night time household skating social gathering.
Winter within the Wild Pageant at Algonquin Park on Saturday,February seventeenth. This family-friendly competition celebrates winter in Algonquin Park by indoor and outside occasions held at varied places all through the Freeway 60 Hall of Algonquin Park, together with many on the Algonquin Customer Centre. Get pleasure from a guided winter fowl stroll, snowshoe tour, Ice skating, campfire, barbecue and a lot extra!
Ice Fishing
Do you know that the Ontario authorities designates Household Day Weekend, February seventeenth to 18th, 2024, as a license-free fishing interval to introduce Canadians to the game? Muskoka Shores Cottages has ice huts for lease on Three Mile Lake.
Gentle the Evening on the Cranberry Skating Path
Gentle the Evening is a really magical winter expertise. Muskoka Lakes Farm & Vineyard can be lighting up their well-known Cranberry Skating Path with 400+ tiki torches on Saturday of Household Day weekend.
The ice skating path is open for daytime skating as nicely, all Household Day weekend. After your skate, calm down by a crackling fireplace whereas sipping on sizzling mulled cider or wine.
Zig Zag Escape Rooms
What higher option to join with the individuals you like, than to lock yourselves in a cabin collectively? Zig Zag’s escape cabins in Huntsville provides you with an unforgettable household expertise. Households work collectively, immersing themselves within the story, fixing puzzles, codes, clues and issues to find hidden secrets and techniques. Good for ages 10 and up.
Indoor Enjoyable
In case you are trying to burn some vitality with the little tykes within the heat indoors, plan a go to to the Bracebridge Sportsplexin Bracebridge for swimming, Supervised Play, mountaineering and extra. Or KIDZONE at Muskoka Discovery Centre in Gravenhurst the place youngsters can study and play in an interactive atmosphere. Each of those youngster centered play centres provide hours upon hours of enjoyable. Climb Muskoka is a 6,400 sq. ft indoor mountaineering facility. They supply climbers with a full vary of bouldering terrain, 33′ route partitions with prime rope, lead and auto belay stations. Open Saturday 12-9pm, Sunday 12-6pm & Monday 12-10pm.
Memorial Park Winter Village
This glorious park-like skating path is situated proper within the coronary heart of Downtown Bracebridge. The entire household can skate till their coronary heart’s content material earlier than strolling to one of many close by retailers for a spherical of sizzling chocolate. The Previous Station Restaurant is only a quick stroll away, and is residence to an awesome line-up of sizzling meals, drinks and a cushty eating space for the entire household. In case your youngsters are in a position to keep up late, go for a skate at night time. The skating path is open till 9pm and appears magical below the lights.
That is an expertise the children will all the time keep in mind, and positively an expertise they’ll be excited to share once they return to highschool. North Ridge Ranch in Huntsville affords canine sledding excursions all through the lengthy weekend, and there’s sufficient room on the paths for the entire household! E-book early, they’ll replenish quick!
Out of doors Ice Skating
There are a number of outside skating rinks throughout Muskoka for that quintessential Canadian winter expertise. Don’t overlook to load your thermos with sizzling chocolate! Earlier than skating on any outside rink, make sure the circumstances are secure.
Snowshoeing
Snowshoeing is an inclusive exercise for all ages and talent ranges and one of many best methods to deliver the complete household collectively!
When you have gear and all you want are trails, a number of of the favored treks within the space embrace Hardy Lake Provincial Parkis likely one of the most finest native tracks. In case you are in search of more difficult trails, enterprise into world-famous Algonquin Park.
Guided snowshoe excursions are a enjoyable expertise as nicely. Let a neighborhood knowledgeable take you into Muskoka’s wondrous back-country, displaying you the ropes and offering your group with fascinating data and info solely a neighborhood might know.
Hidden Valley Highlands Ski Space
There is just one place to hit the slopes in Muskoka, and households like it right here! Hidden Valley Highlands Ski Space is a family-friendly hill, difficult sufficient for the avid skier however loads of runs for the newbies as nicely. Convey your personal gear or lease from Hidden Valley Highlands Ski Space for a no-fuss day of snowboarding and snowboarding!
Fats Biking
A household fats biking journey may deliver again enjoyable recollections of instructing your youngsters how one can trip a motorcycle. Now they is perhaps instructing you how one can trip a motorcycle … within the snow!
Liv Exterior in Bracebridge has fats bike leases and trails on-site, and Algonquin Outfitters in Huntsville has bikes for lease with trails close by.
In the event you require fats bikes for teenagers, youth fats bikes can be found at Algonquin Outfitters for ages 10+, and small fats bikes can be found at Liv Exterior for ages 12+. You’ll want to name forward and reserve earlier than you go.
In case you are in search of a brand new household journey that could be a bit off the overwhelmed path, that is it!
Particular Packages:
Chalets on Lake Muskoka: Wonderful Winter Household Muskoka Getaway KIDS STAY FREE*
On-site tobogganing small and enormous hill obtainable
Snow shoe rental included
Indoor skating at The Foundry. $25 meals credit score included
Muskoka Steamships and Discovery Centre Passes KIDZONE included!
KidZone is a 4,000 sq ft household hands-on interactive engagement and discovery STEAM (science, know-how, engineering, arts, science) studying house.
*$299 per grownup mid-week, $349 per grownup weekend. One youngster 12 and below free with each grownup cross bought. 2 bed room chalet. Min 2 paid adults per keep to qualify. Be taught Extra
Bayview Wildwood Resort is providing a 3 night time all inclusive package deal obtainable to make sure nice household enjoyable!
Your Household Day All Inclusive Trip contains:
3 Nights Lakeside Lodging
Dinner on arrival, Breakfast Buffet / Lunch Buffet / Dinner on full days and Breakfast Buffet on departure
Select from resort rooms or one in all Deerhurst’s many 2-3 bed room choices the place everybody can unfold out and calm down in between winter wonderland enjoyable.
Included With Your Household Day Weekend Keep:
Inflatable Enjoyable Zone – Inflatables and different video games
Use of cross-country skis, snowshoes, kicksleds, ice skates & trails
