Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary is a non-profit animal sanctuary located east of the Rocky Mountains near Cochrane, Alberta. Our mission is to …
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Jan 24, 2025
Do the interactive tour if you like animals. You get to feed and pet the dogs if the dogs let you. The sanctuary is beautiful!Full review by Trey B
Nov 21, 2024
We really enjoyed our visit to the sanctuary and coming from the UK, it was something really different for us. We loved seeing the wolfdogs and reading about their characteristics as we went round. W…Full review by CherylDale
Sep 24, 2024
We did the interactive wolfdog tour. It was absolutely brilliant - we were given multiple chances to feed the wolfdogs and interact with them up close. Everyone working at the sanctuary are clearly p…Full review by morgang06
If it's raining can we use umbrellas on the self-guided tour?
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I'm sure it wouldn't be an issue on the self-guided tour, although it may deter the dogs from approaching the fences. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be allowed insire any of the pens if you …
I'm sure it wouldn't be an issue on the self-guided tour, although it may deter the dogs from approaching the fences. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be allowed insire any of the pens if you do a led-tour. It was raining lightly the day we attended & I don't recall us being warned about umbrellas - were about food, furs, backpacks,
Does the opening hours/days change during the summer months? Trying to plan a summer trip and only Tuesday/Wednesday would work unfortunately.
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I didn't see any 'alternate' opening times displayed when we were there. I'd imagine it's a fairly standard working hours they have despite differing seasons.
Could anyone recommend return transport from Fairmont in Banff to Sanctuary, we will be there in December and don't want to drive. The only quote I have is for $700. Thank you
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Yes it's quite a long way from Banff - hence the $700. Try emailing the sanctuary or the tourist office in Banff. We were staying in Cochran so not so far and we had transport. …
Yes it's quite a long way from Banff - hence the $700. Try emailing the sanctuary or the tourist office in Banff. We were staying in Cochran so not so far and we had transport. The sanctuary is quite interesting but I think you could spend your $700 on more interesting places. Maybe cheaper to hire a car. There's likely to be a lot of snow in December.
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