We offered this trip for the first time this year (2018), uncertain of how much interest there would be. It sold out very quickly. We already have a waiting list. But we hope you'll check back next year, when we'll offer more dates.
A century ago, the two most visible creatures in the prairie state may well have been American bison, 2,000 lbs and 6 ft tall at their hump, and regal fritillary butterflies, weighing in at a fraction of an ounce, with a wingspan of 4 inches. Bison were too big to be missed. Fritillaries were just common, and brilliantly colored, prairie butterflies clad in dazzling orange and black. Both bison and fritillary butterflies came very close to extinction.
The Kankakee Sands preserve in NW Indiana is one of the only places where both can still be found. Bison were reintroduced there in 2016, and a fragile remnant population of regal fritillaries has exploded in recent years as the Nature Conservancy has restored a landscape of grassland flowers.
$95/canoe or tandem kayak (2 people); $65/person in single kayak;
A child riding as a 3rd person in a canoe would be an additional $35. Please let us know in a note as part of your reservation.