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Invermere Valley Echo, May 26, 2009 FHS Resort offers eco tour programs By Dave Lazzarino Fairmont Hot Springs Resort is aiming at education for vacationers through its eco tours this summer. DAVE LAZZARINO/ECHO PHOTO Visitors to Fairmont Hot Springs are being offered an education along with their vacation through an eco tours program. The activities offered through the Fairmont Hot Springs Resort (FHSR) are aimed at giving people the B.C. outdoor experience while benefitting the natural surroundings. “People are learning while seeing. I find it’s the best way for kids and adults to learn,” said Andi Dzilums, an Eco-Adventure guide at FHSR. “It’s a huge family friendly program, we’re getting everyone from two-year-olds to 85-year-olds participating.” FHSR has recently set up a teepee to house some of their activities. The Amazing Bear Presentation is set up to inform people about bears in the area in hopes of dispelling some myths and teaching people what to do to avoid confrontations with them and what to do if they do see them. “We have about three bears shot every year in Fairmont just because they have become nuisance and problem bears and we’re really trying to stop that,” said Dzilums. Also included in the programming are guided tours, campfires and astronomy. There is a Hoodoos hike that introduces participants to local geology and one of the newer and much talked-about activities, geocaching. Equipped with a GPS device, some comfortable shoes and an adventurous spirit, geocachers make their way to designated locations to find hidden surprises. It is a sort of digitally enhanced treasure hunt that has so far been a hit with both parents and kids alike. The events are open to anyone and prices range from the free bear talks to $54 guided canoe tours. The Eco-Adventures team of Dzilums and Jocelyn MacGregor take care of all the activities between them and are looking forward to expanding on hiking and biking trails in the area as well as building the geocaching to possibly covering more ground.
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