National Geographic Adventure offers an exploratory and invigorating trip through the Tuktut Nogait National Park in the Northwest Territories in Canada. This park takes up 10,000 square miles of the tundra and is 105 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
Led by two guides, this vacation takes you on a canoe trip on the Hornaday River to its major canyon. There you hike on foot through the barren tundra. Expect to see caribou, musk oxen, gorgeous wildflowers and countless other birds and wildlife.
Black Feather
The Wilderness Adventure Company
250 McNaughts Road
RR#3, Parry Sound, Ontario
Canada P2A 2W9
888-849-7668
blackfeather.com
The Tundra Buggy Lodge is world-famous for giving guests the ability to immerse themselves in the heart of the polar bear habitat. The lodge is mobile with specialized capsules suited for 18 to 20 guests per module. The entire structure is 325 feet long and allows you to get up close and personal with the magnificent bears throughout their daily routine, protected and warm inside the capsules. There are also open decks for viewing the bears outside along with the Northern Lights.
Frontiers North Adventures
Box 40063 RPO Lagimodiere
Winnipeg, MB
Canada R2C 4P3
800-663-9832
tundrabuggy.com
This adventure is more relaxed as it takes place in the form of a bus tour through Denali National Park in Alaska. You have the opportunity to see bears, wolves, moose, caribou, dall sheep and more.
This is a photography-based trip, along with explanations of the historical and geographical significance of the Tundra.
Alaska Tour & Travel
Box 221011
Anchorage, AK 99522
800-208-0200
alaskatravel.com
In late August, the greenery of the north turns into a beautiful sweep of gold, crimson and orange southward from the Arctic Ocean. Blueberries and cranberries grow along the ground and snow appears high on the mountain tops.
This trip offers a series of lovely driving routes beginning on the Dempster Highway, then through Tombstone Park. You can also take the Top of the World Highway mountaintop views or the Campbell to Canol through the mountains and alpine tundra.
Department of Tourism & Culture
Government of Yukon
Box 2703
Whitehorse, Yukon
Canada Y1A 2C6
1-800-661-0494
travelyukon.com
