A Gift Guide for a Memorable Experience
Shake things up this holiday season with presents that can’t be wrapped.
1. No Limits Heli Adventures Ice Cave Experience
As the name goes, the sky’s the limit with a helicopter tour. Based in Whistler, No Limits Heli Adventures offers a high-alpine flight over glaciers and a professionally guided walk-through of 12,000-20,000-year-old ice caves.
2. Book Orpheus With Unique Homestays
Ideal for the person looking for a Regency-era estate to ring in 2024, this historic manor built for high society in the early 1800s has much of its original decor. The fully renovated estate in Suffolk, England, features a pool, gym, spa, and home theatre.
3. GTA Exotics Supercar Tour
Give the gift of exhilaration with driving luxury vehicles with a professional team in the scenic countryside around Niagara, Ontario. Tours are three or six hours long, and the GTA Exotics fleet has a Lamborghini, Ferrari, and McLaren.
4. Parachute Montréal
For the adventurer in your life, skydiving could be the most adrenaline-fuelled or extraordinary experience to give them this holiday season. With three options for a tandem skydive, Parachute Montréal offers free falls from 20 seconds to one minute and 20 seconds long before the instructor deploys the parachute.
5. Antise Vancouver Pastry Class
The head chef and assistants at Antise in Gastown lead multiple classes on making desserts including afternoon tea, Italian classics, and gluten-free treats. With a maximum of eight spots, expect lots of hands-on experience and expertise for creating treats to bring home.
6. Banff Trail Riders Sundance Lodge Explorer
Roam some of Banff’s most beautiful and striking mountain landscapes in cowboy fashion on a horse, admiring natural wildlife such as elk, deer, and moose. This two-night package from Sundance Lodge includes horseback-riding lessons and a cozy cabin. When the sun sets, sit around the fire and share stories while enjoying a catered gourmet menu.
7. Dark Table Restaurant
For a truly unconventional gastronomic experience, try tasting first-class dishes and wine in pitch black at Vancouver’s Dark Table—a space so dark you cannot see your hand in front of you. Choose your courses before a blind or visually impaired professional staff member takes you inside the restaurant, providing top-notch service and hospitality. No devices or objects that produce light are allowed inside, ensuring the other senses are heightened.
