Five years after leaving the ranch, I continue to embody Chilcotin Holidays' philosophy to help me achieve my goals. I kept pushing myself out of my comfort zone by continuing to face challenges and have new adventures. Through this, I aim to inspire others on their own transformational journeys of personal growth.… Read More
We are an international group of people dedicated to personal development, nature conservation and nature connection in a unique wilderness environment.
On this website, we want to empower you by sharing our adventures with you in our video library, inspiring you with empowering tales on our podcast and stories about the personal journeys of community partners on our blog.
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We lead you through a process of self discovery from interest development to identifying goals, to defining how to live life with purpose!
We facilitate your connection with nature, stewardship of the wilderness and personal empowerment through adventure trips including horse trips, training programs, hiking, fishing, wildlife viewing and much more!
We work to protect wildlife, champion responsible land management and protect the environment long into the future.
Videos
Here we feature inspirational movies about our transformational journeys.
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Lisa's Journey - Mountain Goat Survey
Watch Lisa's Journey about a trip to Eldorado to do a Mountain Goat Population Survey and find out about her purpose in life. Lisa is one of the wilderness stewards of the Wilderness Stewardship Foundation with the goal to educate people about nature and conservation.
Charlotte and Cosima's Wildlife Viewing Pack Trip
Charlotte and Cosima are two sisters from Germany that went on a wildlife viewing pack trip. During their pack trip they saw Grizzly Bears, a Black Bear and Mountain Goats! Besides this they rode on mountain tops in bad weather, got up every morning at 4:30 am and took care of the horses; no challenge was too big for them! This video is a recap of their amazing pack trip!
Dana's Hero's Journey
1. A need to make a change and find her purpose motivated Dana to come to the ranch 2. Having no purpose was Dana's challenge and this is what motivated her to begin her transformational journey, helped along the way by the wise words of others 3. Now, Dana strives to help you on your transformational journey
Podcast
Here we share inspirational talks about our transformational journeys!
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Author: Maaike
Summary: Many of us are held back by fear which stops us fully appreciating life. But breaking out of our comfort zone leads to exceptional results. Fear becomes an excuse not to act and it works against us. Facing our fears creates exceptional results as we are inspired by others and find our sense of purpose.
Author: Colette and Jason
Summary: On our hike journey, we were taught an important lesson about slowing down to enjoy the moment by one of Chilcotin Holidays’ mountain horses. The Chilcotin mountains are a place of undisturbed nature where you can have a true wilderness experience. It’s about the journey, not the destination.
Author: Lisa
Summary: WSF contributes to the sustainability of the Mountain Goat herds through population surveys. Lisa shares her trip, in which she counted Mountain Goats and explains why this is important.
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Blog
Here we present inspirational stories we wrote about our transformational journeys.
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Here, we find and define our purpose. Life in the wilderness will make you view life differently, it is a tough transformational journey, but the rewards are totally worth it. Every day, we do something new for the first time, whether that’s learning a new skill or growing in confidence. Everything we do here shapes us as we experience personal growth… Read More
My first six months at Chilcotin Holidays became the story for my first book. This is the story of how I applied everything I’d learned at the ranch to write a book about my personal development and nature connection.… Read More
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