Authentic Indigenous Tours & Experiences

From storytelling-rich walking tours at The Forks to immersive cultural experiences across Manitoba, every journey is rooted in land, history, and truth.

Learn Through Story.
Connect to Land.

Turtle Tours invites you to experience Indigenous knowledge through the places, stories, and relationships that have shaped this land for generations. Led by Indigenous guides, each experience is a step toward truth-telling, respect, and deeper connection to the land.

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Indigenous-Guided

Every experience is led by trusted Indigenous guides and knowledge keepers.

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Culturally Authentic

We partner with communities and families to ensure each story is shared with respect.

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More Than a Tour

These are opportunities to listen, reflect, and walk toward reconciliation.

Walk & Learn

Walk & Learn

Featured Experience:
Walking Tour at The Forks

General Public | Groups & Schools

Join us for a 45-minute or 1-hour guided walking experience. Exploring treaty history, place-based teachings, and stories of the land.

Land Acknowledgment 

Turtle Tours is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Treaty 1 Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation. 

We also work in partnership with communities across Treaty 2 and Treaty 4, sharing experiences that honour the land, water, and teachings of the original peoples of these territories. 

We walk with gratitude for those who came before us, and with responsibility to those yet to come.

Meet Ashley
Founder and Lead Guide

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An Indigenous entrepreneur, educator, and storyteller, Ashley founded Turtle Tours to share the stories that shaped the land and the people on it.

The knowledge she brings reflects generations of Indigenous experience and relationship with the land.

This isn’t just a tour — it’s a return to one of the most powerful gathering places on Turtle Island.

Join us as we walk the land, follow the rivers, and trace the trails of over 6,000 years of movement, meeting, and memory.

From ancient prophecies to the fur trade, peace treaties to residential schools, this tour shares truths that still ripple through these waters today. You’ll hear about the Selkirk Treaty, the legacy of Net-no-kwa and John “The Falcon” Tanner, and the ways Indigenous people have always been — and still are — part of this place.

Led by Indigenous guides, Turtle Tours is rooted in truth-telling, cultural connection, and walking gently where our ancestors once stood.

Book your experience today and walk with us.

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Ready To Book?

Our experiences book quickly — especially for school groups and private tours. Reserve your spot or reach out to plan a custom experience.