Arctic Discovery Tour

• ADT 01/2015

  Feb 7 2015 to Feb 14 2015
• ADT 02/2015

  Feb 14 2015 to Feb 21 2015
• ADT 03/2015

  Feb 21 2015 to Feb 28 2015
• ADT 04/2015

  Feb 28 2015 to Mar 7 2015
• ADT 05/2015

  Mar 7 2015 to Mar 14 2015
• ADT 06/2015

  Mar 14 2015 to Mar 21 2015
• ADT 07/2015

  Mar 21 2015 to Mar 28 2015

Day 1
We'll greet you at the airport and transfer you to the Hotel in downtown Whitehorse. Meet your guide and the other participants for an information meeting. The rest of the day is at your leisure. (No meals included)

Day 2
Start of our adventure trip to the north: We’ll drive along the famous Alaska- and Klondike Highways and stop an route to take pictures. See the Five Finger Rapids and cross some of the great northern rivers: Yukon River, Pelly and Stewart River are on our route today. We’ll arrive in Dawson City (540 km / 340 miles) in late afternoon. There is time to visit the Dredge #4 and the Midnight Sun Dome and walk around town and admire the many old and beautifully restored buildings from over a century ago. Overnight in the Aurora Inn. (Lunch included)

Day 3
We're off on the road less traveled! We'll leave the last trappings of civilization behind (we are well equipped) and head north on the Dempster Highway. with its unsurpassed views, overwhelming beauty and magnitude of the landscapes. We'll stop at various spots to marvel at the immense landscape. We reach Eagle Plains in late afternoon. Here we'll find the only hotel, gas station and repair services along the entire highway. Don't expect a luxury hotel, but practical and clean accommodations that we'll share with highway work crews, ice road truckers and worldwide travelers. (Lunch included). Overnight at Eagle Plains Hotel

Day 4
Just a half hour outside of Eagle Plains we'll reach the Arctic Circle Interpretative Display, with panoramic views of the Richardson Mountains. Shortly after, we'll cross in to the Northwest Territories. We may take a hike near the border (optional). Once through the last mountain pass, we'll descend into the seemingly endless Mackenzie River valley. We'll cross the Peel River over the ice bridge before arriving in Fort McPherson, a small First Nations community. After visiting the village, we'll continue to the Mackenzie River which we'll also cross over the ice bridge. Another hour and a half gets us to Inuvik and our hotel for the next nights. (No meal included; you can order a packed lunch from the Eagle Plains restaurant.)

Day 5
This will be another fascinating day! We'll join the ice road truckers and drive onto the ice of a side arm of the Mackenzie River and head north towards the frozen Polar Sea. (Trip option: Drive your own car over the ice road!  $500) You’ll be amazed about the thickness of the ice (up to 1.5 m). We’ll drive past remote cabins and frozen in tug boats. After 180 km we'll make landfall at Tuktoyaktuk, a small Inuit town. In "Tuk", the Inuit (Eskimo) population lives a partly traditional life style with hunting, trapping and fishing but the oil and gas industry is also very evident in and around the town. The town is nicely situated in a sheltered bay on the Beaufort Sea. You can take photos of the old mission ship, cabins, small boats and the many tied up dogs. By mid-afternoon we'll return to Inuvik. (Lunch included)

Day 6
Today we’ll drive on another ice road through the Mackenzie Delta to the small Inuit settlement of Aklavik (120km). This ice road follows the smaller arms of the Mackenzie, there is a good chance of seeing wildlife on this ice road. In Aklavik we have time to look at the houses and have a hot chocolate at the local store before returning to Inuvik. (Lunch included)

Trip option: Complete your arctic experience with an unique dog sledding trip. You can mush your own dog team and enjoy the arctic landscape from a  whole different perspective. 
Full day or half day options. Also in combination with snowmobile. Ask us for prices and possibilities.

Day 7
We depart Inuvik for Whitehorse. At the airport you will be picked up and transferred to your hotel in downtown Whitehorse. (No meals included)

Day 8
After breakfast, you'll take off on your next adventure! (No meals included)

• Meals and beverages other then stated. 
• Trip cancellation & medical insurance: We strongly recommend you purchase adequate insurance coverage at the time of booking. Your policy should cover injury, illness or death, trip cancellation, emergency medical, search & rescue, flight accident, travel accident, loss of baggage and personal effects.

• With our uncompromising small-group policy, we limit the number of guests in each vehicle to below capacity, ensuring a more comfortable and more personalized experience.
• Average temperatures at this time of winter are between -2° and - 24° Celsius (28 to -31 Fahrenheit), but extremes may be as low as -45° Celsius (-50 Fahrenheit). We ask you to bring adequate clothing to withstand these temperatures. Upon request you can rent a clothing package from Nature Tours of Yukon.
• Nature Tours of Yukon provides all necessary emergency equipment for traveling in winter conditions, including satellite phone.
• On this tour there is a possibility that there may be last-minute changes to the itinerary due to the nature of the excursion. We may experience unforeseen delays due to weather or other reasons. We'll do our best to provide an alternate program of equivalent importance and value, and of a similar nature. 
• You will be required to sign a 'release of claims and waiver of liability' form prior to the departure of this tour.

• Be an ice road trucker for a day. Drive your own car over the ice road: One 4wd SUV per 2 persons. For your safety our guide and SUV with all emergency equipment will accompany you on the ice road. Price: CAD $500 per person.
• Be a dog musher for a day. Complete your arctic experience with an unique dog sledding trip. You can mush your own dog team and enjoy the arctic landscape from a  whole different perspective. Full day or half day options. Also in combination with snowmobile. Ask us for prices and possibilities.