Booking live
Algonquin Park Fall Colours
A canoe lesson on a quiet lake outside the park, then a hike up onto bare Shield rock with forest running to the horizon.
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Downtown Toronto → the Canadian Shield
Outdoor adventure tours.Leaving from Toronto.
Wild, guided trips in Ontario's near north.
Hikes
Canoe Trips
Camping
Tours all year round
Leaving from Toronto
The tours
Booking live
Algonquin Park Fall Colours
A canoe lesson on a quiet lake, then a hike onto bare Shield rock.
Dates coming
Algonquin Highlands Fire Tower
A quiet Highlands loop, then a fire tower 142 m above the lake.
Trip three
In planning
Winter day trip
Snow travel on the Shield, with the route still being planned.
Trip four
In planning
Spring canoe trip
A paddling day as the ice goes out, with the lake still to confirm.
The reframe
Canada's forgotten wilderness
A few hours north of Toronto, the modern world gives way to the Canadian Shield. Impossibly huge and unbelievably beautiful.
Formed during the earliest days of the Earth, the Canadian Shield is one of the world's largest surviving wilderness areas. Home to over a quarter million lakes, unending forest and barely anyone around, it remains barely explored.
We've been helping people rediscover this area, and a sense of wonder since 2022.
More than a tour, you'll explore like a local; whether that's learning to canoe, identifying the local wildlife, or starting a fire without modern tools, all led by expert guides.
1/5
of the world's fresh water
8 Million
square kilometres of wilderness
100km
From Toronto
0
gear required
The access
We make the inaccessible, accessible
Ontario's wilderness doesn't get the attention it deserves because it's hard to access. You need a vehicle, gear and to know what you're doing. We're making it easy to explore one of the world's last great wilderness areas.
Limited time? No problem. From day trips to unique single-night backcountry camping trips, we'll show you a side of Canada that would otherwise take a flight and a week of vacation.
- Pickup and return in downtown Toronto
- Permits and campsite reservations
- Guides who have worked and loved these lakes for years, not a season
- Packs, tents, canoes, paddles and cold weather layers provided
- No car, no canoe and no experience required
The trips
Pick a date. We'll handle the rest.
Every trip leaves from Toronto and returns there. Each one is a different piece of the same ancient country, and each season turns it into somewhere else again.
Dates coming
Algonquin Highlands Fire Tower
A quiet loop through the Highlands with no guidebook entry, then a fire tower whose deck stands 142 metres above the lake.
Trip three
In planning
Winter day trip
Snow travel on the Shield, out and back from Toronto in a day. We are walking the route this winter before we put dates on it.
Trip four
In planning
Spring canoe trip
A paddling day as the ice goes out and the lakes are empty. The lake is still to confirm, and the dates go up when it is.
Booking and payment are handled by FareHarbor. Prices are per person and include transport from Toronto, guiding, permits and gear.
Who runs it
Ontario's outdoor experts
Wild Toronto is the guided trip program of Wilderness Union, which has been running more than a hundred guided trips a year across the province since 2022. Algonquin, Killarney and Temagami are not three lines on a global itinerary for us. They are the places we visit each week.
That is why we know which lakes stay quiet in August, and it is why the trip runs when the weather turns.
What people say
Loved by Locals and Tourists alike
Was expecting a tour - ended up exploring like a local and picked up skills along the way. Would 100% recommend when visiting Toronto.
Even people like me who have lived here their whole lives will be introduced to new trails and activities they didn't know about.
