Wild Things: Free Audio Biking Tour about Natural Wildlife on the KVR route

Free audio tour: Cruise the KVR Rail Trail while learning about local wildlife

Download at DiscoverNaramata.com

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You aren't alone in the woods... This easy linear tour follows the Kettle Valley Railway, through the Little Tunnel, up to Chute Lake Road. On the way, we share stories of the most fascinating wild animals found in this area: harmless Gartner Snakes, brilliant Kokanee Salmon, spectacular birds of prey, nimble Mountain Goats, colour-changing Snowshoe Hares, shy Mountain Lions, majestic Elk, and the crafty Coyote. If you are lucky, you will see some of the Naramata Bench's furred, feathered, and scaled residents on the way. Suitable for E-bikes and bicycles.

This tour begins in the Smethurst Road / KVR intersection parking lot, above the village of Naramata, and ends in the KVR parking lot on Chute Lake Road, (known locally as Glenfir.) Along the way, you‘ll have a chance to:

• Bike along the world-famous Kettle Valley Rail (KVR) Trail
• Explore the KVR's amazing Little Tunnel
• Understand more about the fascinating creatures living in the area
• Listen to local birds and practice identifying them
• Get some exercise and your daily dose of vitamin N (Nature)

This biking tour takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the syilx (Okanagan) people, who have resided here since time immemorial. We recognize, honour, and respect the syilx lands, and appreciate the opportunity to learn about, and be in this special place. This tour references one of the red educational panels installed in Naramata, by the Penticton Indian Band and the Regional District of the Okanagan Similkameen.

This tour was narrated by Marion Barchel, written by Arnica Rowan, and produced by Terroir Consulting for Discover Naramata. Thanks to Destination BC, Wine Growers BC, the Naramata Bench Wineries Association, the Naramata Heritage Museum, the Okanagan Archive Trust Society, and photographers Jon Adrian and Caillum Smith for the beautiful photographs. Thanks to Peach City Community Radio for providing a great recording studio. Thanks to the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for the use of wildlife sounds and pictures, including contributors Kathleen MacAulay, Linus Blomqvist, Mason Maron, Carter Gasiorowski, Nick Tepper, Marc Fasol, Josep del Hoyo, Bryan Calk, Ian Routley, Paul Marvin, Evan Lipton, Gerrit Vyn, Bob McGuire, Geoffrey A. Keller, and Matt Davis.

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport.