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A look inside FortWhyte Alive's bison safari

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From the safety of a tour bus, visitors to FortWhyte Alive can spend a summer afternoon getting up close to the centre’s bison and learning about how North America’s largest land mammal shaped Canada’s history.

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From the safety of a tour bus, visitors to FortWhyte Alive can spend a summer afternoon getting up close to the centre’s bison and learning about how North America’s largest land mammal shaped Canada’s history.

FortWhyte offers the bison safari four times a week until the end of August, then once a week in September.

RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS A bison gets up close to the tour bus during safari.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS A bison gets up close to the tour bus during safari.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Kids peer out the windows at a large herd of bison while on a bison safari recently.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Kids peer out the windows at a large herd of bison while on a bison safari recently.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Kids peer out the windows at a large herd of bison while on a bison safari recently.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Kids peer out the windows at a large herd of bison while on a bison safari recently.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Sammy Marcus fishes for minnows along the docks at Fort Whyte Centre before heading out on a bison safari with his twin brother, Sammy, and his grandparents.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Sammy Marcus fishes for minnows along the docks at Fort Whyte Centre before heading out on a bison safari with his twin brother, Sammy, and his grandparents.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Coin Dickson, 6, peers out the window at a herd of bison while on the bison safari with his family and friends.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Coin Dickson, 6, peers out the window at a herd of bison while on the bison safari with his family and friends.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Visitor can learn how bison shaped Canada’s history at Fort Whyte Centre’s bison safari.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Visitor can learn how bison shaped Canada’s history at Fort Whyte Centre’s bison safari.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Kids peer out the windows at a large herd of bison while on a bison safari at Fort Whyte Centre.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Kids peer out the windows at a large herd of bison while on a bison safari at Fort Whyte Centre.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Twins Sammy, left, and Leo Marcus grab a seat at the front of the tour bus with their grandparents Hank and Judy Seiff from Washington D.C.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Twins Sammy, left, and Leo Marcus grab a seat at the front of the tour bus with their grandparents Hank and Judy Seiff from Washington D.C.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Leo Marcus, right, and his brother Sammy board the tour bus for a bison safari at Fort Whyte Centre. The boys’ grandparents, Hank and Judy Seiff from Washington D.C., are behind them.
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Leo Marcus, right, and his brother Sammy board the tour bus for a bison safari at Fort Whyte Centre. The boys’ grandparents, Hank and Judy Seiff from Washington D.C., are behind them.
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