Ciao 2017 issues JuneJuly 2017 | Page 13

ciao!travels national perks Explore Manitoba’s magnificent national park on the prairie and discover unspoiled nature you didn’t think still existed. by Joelle Kidd relaxation seekers, and lake lovers. Yet what sets it apart is the feeling that somehow, you are the first to discover its treasures; there are no tourist throngs, no sky high greens fees, and at any moment, docile wildlife from deer to bison may appear. In true Manitoba fashion, we don’t know how As one of only five national parks with a good we have it. Here are five reasons to set a resort townsite, Riding Mountain beckons every course for the province’s most stylish wilderness level of adventurer: wilderness buffs, foodies, retreat. Stretching 3,000 square km, Riding Mountain National Park is a spectacle to behold. The beauty of its lush stretches of boreal forest, aspen groves, prairie, wetlands, and lakes prompted Canadian Geographic to declare it—brace for it—better than Banff. ciao! / june/july / two thousand seventeen 11