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Authentic Cultural & Eco Experiences

Talaysay Tours offers you an authentic Aboriginal cultural and eco-tourism experiences in and around Vancouver, Squamish and the Sunshine Coast. We also offer on-line virtual tours via Zoom. Our First Nation guides will share ancient and contemporary stories, legends, and our Aboriginal ways of living as we take in the sights of old growth forests, wildlife, beautiful northwest coast views and the flora and fauna of the season. Join us as we share our knowledge, and delve into the rich history and landmarks of our remarkable west coast.
First Nations Owned Since 2002
Virtual Talking Trees Experience

Virtual Talking Trees Experience

This virtual experience will include the rich Squamish and Salish history of Stanley Park, Vancouver and or the Sunshine Coast of our stories and history. Tour is via Zoom - COVID friendly and you can join from anywhere!

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Talking Trees Tour - Stanley Park

Talking Trees Tour - Stanley Park

Explore beautiful locations in and near 
Vancouver with a local First Nations guide and cultural ambassador. Along the path, your guide 
will point out local plants that were harvested by Skwxu7mesh Uxwumixw - Coast Salish people. Talking Trees shares the stories of people, the land and the harmonious ways of living.

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Talking Totems Indigenous Art Tour - Stanley Park

Talking Totems Indigenous Art Tour - Stanley Park

We invite you to join us for a culturally enriched Talking Totems Indigenous Art Tour in Stanley Park. This select, in person, signature tour is designed for the art enthusiast and appreciator of the immensely diverse, both historical and contemporary, Indigenous art community. Your guide, cultural-ambassador, also a trained Indigenous artist, and a member of… 

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Spoken Treasures Tour - Stanley Park

Spoken Treasures Tour - Stanley Park

This tour includes the rich Aboriginal Indigenous history of Vancouver and Stanley Park and is completed at the renowned Stanley Park Totem Poles where the guided tour will conclude with the stories of the totem poles and the Indigenous peoples who carved them.

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Sunshine Coast Pride Month Celebration

Sunshine Coast Pride Month Celebration

Talking Trees is a leisurely walking tour that explores how our people connected to the land and utilized the forest for food, medicine and technology. This event is a community event to celebrate Pride, our rich diversity and togetherness.

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Sail the Salish Sea Tour - Group

Sail the Salish Sea Tour - Group

Explore the Salish Sea with a Talaysay guide and cultural ambassador. As we leave the tranquil Gibson’s harbor and enter into South Howe Sound we will set sail to explore the Salish Sea and listen to the stories of both ancient and contemporary times.

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Talking Trees Corporate Tour

Talking Trees Corporate Tour

Talaysay Tours, owned by Candace and Larry Campo, Shíshálh (Sechelt) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) First Nation, offer you an enriched cultural outdoor experience. Our Indigenous Cultural Guides will share with you our ancient and contemporary stories, legends and Indigenous ways of living.

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Candace Campo

Candace, ancestral name xets’emits’a (to always be there), started her company in 2002.  Trained as an anthropologist and school teacher, sharing outdoor education and culture was a dream made possible by growing up on the land and being taught the stories and history of her people by her parents and elders in the community.  Candace is a head kayak guide, storyteller and educator-facilitator.  During the school season, Candace enjoys working with both educators and students teaching First Nations history, ecology, kayaking, canoeing, cultural protocols, art.

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