Ganaraska Forest Centre - Campbellcroft, Ontario

Jeff P.

We are here for my son's wedding this weekend and everything is going so smooth. The workers are very accommodating and the venue and ceremony site are amazing. There is a large set of stairs that go down to the ceremony site so if you have people with mobility issue's it might be a problem but they do have an gator ATV to move people back and forth. Great facility. Highly recommend.

Ruth S.

We went here recently for our church retreat, and the experience was pretty disappointing.

The showers only had boiling hot water. When we called management about it, they said that’s just how it is setup, which is wild because it was already over 30°C outside. You’d think they’d have both hot and cold water, but nope cold water wasn’t even an option.

There’s no AC in the building either, so it was unbelievably hot inside. Most of us couldn’t sleep properly because of how uncomfortable it was.

Check-in was supposed to be at 4 PM, but we ended up waiting outside until 5:30 PM for someone from management to show up and give us the keys. What made it worse is that when we requested for a 2 hour late checkout, they told us it would be $200 per hour but when they’re late, it’s apparently not a problem.

And communication was terrible. Every time we tried calling management, they either didn’t answer or were super hard to reach. Even during checkout, we couldn’t get a hold of anyone to return the keys.

The kitchen was also dirty and smelled bad when we arrived. No paper towels, no dish soap, no sponge. And there weren’t any garbage cans in the building or in any of the rooms. Like were we supposed to walk 5 miles to the garage bin outside for every time we have to throw trash.

Overall, not a great experience. Unless you’re okay with boiling showers, no AC, and zero communication from management, I’d look somewhere else.

CltoLaFerne P.

Fun and educational centre for a trip. Staff is amazing. I went on a school trip and they certainly know how to keep little ones engaged with activities like mapping and pretending to be different animals in different seasons. Very entertaining

Prateek S. B.

It's a great place for hiking. The trail has lot of mud as some parts of the trail are also used by Horses and it can be difficult to walk when wet.

Overall the trail is good. There are no specific view points. It's all the same and can be nice place at the time of fall.

Markings are helpful but can be improved for even better experience 👍

Chi

Online website was super difficult to navigate. Couldn’t find where I could download the map so when we went off roading it was very difficult to know where we were and where we were headed. Lots of the off road trails leads back out to country roads and doesn’t loop back to the forest centre. But trails were easy and good for beginners

markis S.

A few of my friends and I decided to check out these trails over the weekend and we were pretty impressed. Overall a nice level of difficult/fun. Nothing to extreme but also nothing too basic.

We did have trouble paying for the entrance, the machine wouldn’t print out receipts and we had to jump through hoops to make the online tickets actually go through.

At first we were a little put off by the $30 entry fee however seeing how well the trails are maintained did make it worth it at the end of the day and it was nice that there were parking areas where we could have a little bbq when we took a break. I would definitely come back!

Leslie D.

Beautiful, well kept trails. I love coming here during the week as it’s usually pretty quiet - I bring the dogs and they love it! There’s a good variety on the trails: different loops to choose from that offer different distances, double track and single track, and tons of hills to keep it interesting. Perfect for walking/running or mountain biking.

M P.

Big residential area can accommodate about 90 people. Good for summer camp activities and wedding and functions. For summer camps and activities the area is small. Kitchen needs improvement. Residential area is very good. Good place for tree tracking.