Native Longhouse Experience Daytrip or Overnight

Spend an unforgettable day or overnight with Squamish Nation native elders and learn their ancient ways of gathering food and making beautiful implements.

Make stone and wood tools. Learn cedar bark weaving. Learn to cook with red-hot stones. Drum and sing sacred songs with the Elders, hear their stories. Spend unforgettable time with British Columbia Squamish Nation Native Elders in Paradise Valley amid the glorious Coast Mountain Range near Vancouver and Whistler. Receive your own native name, live for a day in the old native way.

Perfect for groups of 8 to 25

You will enter the traditional territory of the Squamish Nation as you walk by a glacier fed river with a native guide. The Elders will then formally greet you with a naming ceremony when you will be given your Squamish traditional name and participate in a sacred dance and song of welcome.
Your group will be split into the five traditional family groups of Fishers and Hunters, Food Gatherers, Wool Weavers, Cedar Bark Workers and Wood Workers. Once in your groups you will learn the techniques and secrets of living from the land in the style of our First Peoples.

The experience begins as you learn ancient cooking practices incorporating heated stones and bentwood boxes, weaving with cedar bark taken from culturally modified trees, making stone-age tools and learning about the foods the forest and streams provide . You will be guided in the moss draped rainforest and learn about the abundance of the land around you and of the ways native peoples lived from the land.

Your day will end with a traditional salmon feast with wild salmon cooked over hot coals with nature all around you.

Should you choose the overnight experience, storytellers will enter the Longhouse after the salmon feast and share stories and legends with you from long ago in the mists of time. Then, as the elders leave, slumber in your sleeping bag on a comfortable palette close to the fire.

Close to Vancouver, Whistler and Squamish, this experience is a must for anyone interested in an authentic native experience. Perfect for adult groups or families we cater this experience to your individual group. The best group size is 8 - 25 persons.

A seventy-minute drive from Vancouver or Whistler will propel you into a traditional day in the life of a real native tribe in the beautiful and rugged Coast Mountain range of British Columbia. Close to Squamish.

The spectacular setting of Paradise Valley enhanced by the mystical and inspiring knowledge which will be shared with you by the Squamish Nation Elders will remain with you as a wonderful and inspiring memory.

Call us now to book your traditional Squamish Nation day or overnight adventure. We will be pleased to vary the experience to fit the needs and imagination of your group. Suitable for groups from 8 to 25 and of all ages this experience can be yours at any time of the year.

home Luxurious Iconic Canadian Experiences Igloo Adventures Igloo Building Native Longhouse Group Experience Contact Official suppliers	Native Longhouse Experience Daytrip or Overnight Spend an unforgettable day or overnight with Squamish Nation native elders and learn their ancient ways of gathering food and making beautiful implements. Make stone and wood tools. Learn cedar bark weaving. Learn to cook with red-hot stones. Drum and sing sacred songs with the Elders, hear their stories. Spend unforgettable time with British Columbia Squamish Nation Native Elders in Paradise Valley amid the glorious Coast Mountain Range near Vancouver and Whistler. Receive your own native name, live for a day in the old native way. Perfect for groups of 8 to 25 You will enter the traditional territory of the Squamish Nation as you walk by a glacier fed river with a native guide. The Elders will then formally greet you with a naming ceremony when you will be given your Squamish traditional name and participate in a sacred dance and song of welcome. Your group will be split into the five traditional family groups of Fishers and Hunters, Food Gatherers, Wool Weavers, Cedar Bark Workers and Wood Workers. Once in your groups you will learn the techniques and secrets of living from the land in the style of our First Peoples. The experience begins as you learn ancient cooking practices incorporating heated stones and bentwood boxes, weaving with cedar bark taken from culturally modified trees, making stone-age tools and learning about the foods the forest and streams provide . You will be guided in the moss draped rainforest and learn about the abundance of the land around you and of the ways native peoples lived from the land. Your day will end with a traditional salmon feast with wild salmon cooked over hot coals with nature all around you. Should you choose the overnight experience, storytellers will enter the Longhouse after the salmon feast and share stories and legends with you from long ago in the mists of time. Then, as the elders leave, slumber in your sleeping bag on a comfortable palette close to the fire. Close to Vancouver, Whistler and Squamish, this experience is a must for anyone interested in an authentic native experience. Perfect for adult groups or families we cater this experience to your individual group. The best group size is 8 - 25 persons. A seventy-minute drive from Vancouver or Whistler will propel you into a traditional day in the life of a real native tribe in the beautiful and rugged Coast Mountain range of British Columbia. Close to Squamish. The spectacular setting of Paradise Valley enhanced by the mystical and inspiring knowledge which will be shared with you by the Squamish Nation Elders will remain with you as a wonderful and inspiring memory. Call us now to book your traditional Squamish Nation day or overnight adventure. We will be pleased to vary the experience to fit the needs and imagination of your group. Suitable for groups from 8 to 25 and of all ages this experience can be yours at any time of the year.