Tour Arctic Summer Explorer | Road To The Arctic Sea

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Flight Inuvik - Whitehorse

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Expert guidance on the entire trip

Accommodation

6 nights hotel accommodation

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All overland transportation.

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7- days trip from Whitehorse/Inuvik 6 nights hotel accommodation Expert guidance on the entire trip City sightseeing tour in Whitehorse and Dawson City Guided Gold Panning Tour Historic First Nation City Tour in Tuktoyaktuk Inuit Cultural Experience and traditional Lunch Arctic Circle ceremony Flight Inuvik - Whitehorse Whitehorse Airport shuttle (Pick up: 4am-8pm)

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Day 1 Arrive Whitehorse
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Arrive Whitehorse

Meet and greet and transfer to your downtown hotel. En route, your guide will offer a city highlight tour that includes SS Klondike National Historic Site, the Old Log Church and the Log Cabin Skyscraper. You’ll meet your fellow travellers and your guide will review the itinerary and your equipment at our group meeting this afternoon. The remainder of the afternoon and evening is free to explore the city and do any last minute shopping. Accommodation: Whitehorse
Day 2 Whitehorse - Dawson City
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Whitehorse - Dawson City

Prior to the late 1950’s, the only way to travel to Dawson City in summer was on a majestic paddlewheeler like the SS Klondike. Today, we’ll cover the 550km distance in just a few hours. Our route today takes us through the heart of the Yukon interior more or less along the Yukon River valley. We’ll stop for a coffee in the morning at Braeburn Lodge, famous for its massive cinnamon buns, then continue northbound on the Klondike Highway passing through several small native villages and settlements including, Carmacks, Pelly Crossing and Stewart Crossing. Near Carmacks, the road offers great views of famous Five Finger Rapids and about an hour outside of Dawson, we’ll stop at the Tintina Trench overlook for views of the expansive Yukon interior with the Ogilvie Mountains beyond that we’ll pass through the day after tomorrow. After a relaxed dinner a visit to Diamond Tooth Gerties Gambling Hall offers poker games and Cancan-Dance-Girls. Accommodation: Dawson
Day 3 Dawson City
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Dawson City

After breakfast, we discover Dawson City. A visit to the Jack London and Robert Service cabins and the museum are on the program. A highlight is the drive into the Bonanza and Eldorado Creeks where we visit the historic Dredge #4 and an active gold mine. You have the chance to try your luck panning for gold in the Klondike. In the late afternoon we travel up the Midnight Dome Road for fantastic views of Dawson City and the Yukon River. After a true northern dinner you have the time to explore the city yourself by foot. Overnight accommodation in Dawson City.
Day 4 Dawson City - Eagle Plains
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Dawson City - Eagle Plains

We’ll get an early start today and travel to the Dempster Highway. The Dempster is one of the truly great Canadian roadways. Completed only in the late 1970’s, the Dempster is still the only fully public road in North America to cross the Arctic Circle. Today’s drive is considered most scenic; Tombstone Territorial Park encompasses the jagged peaks to the West that give the park its name and further along, the Ogilvie Mountains offer superb scenery and stunning vistas. Wildlife is often spotted along the roadsides, so keep a good watch for foxes, the occasional wolf and caribou. We’ll stop for a picnic lunch at a creek-side campground, where gray-jay’s, or ‘camp-robbers’ as they’re known locally will keep us company always happy to help with leftovers. As we arrive at Eagle Plains in the late afternoon/early evening, the modest hotel, fuel station, and highway maintenance station – the only civilization for approximately 300km in either direction - feels like an oasis! Accommodation: Eagle Plains
Day 5 Eagle Plains - Inuvik
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Eagle Plains - Inuvik

Departing Eagle Plains, our first stop is at the Arctic Circle crossing, where we’ll enjoy a celebratory glass of champagne to commemorate this special occasion. After crossing a mountain range and two rivers (the Richardson’s and the Mackenzie and Peel Rivers), we’ll visit the First Nations community of Fort MacPherson. The famed Lost Patrol, found after they perished by RNWMP Corporal Dempster - for whom the highway is named - is laid to rest here. A former Hudson Bay trading post, some native elders still wonder the village in Hudson Bay print dresses. Inuvik is a relatively young community with an ancient history. The Canadian government commissioned the building of the town in the 1950’s when it became apparent that the nearby traditional village of Aklavik, was slowly sinking into the delta. Inuvialuit people (Inuit, once referred to pejoratively as Eskimos) were also moved down from various points on the Arctic coast. Appropriately, the name Inuvik means Place of Man in the Inuvialuit language. We’ll take a short tour of the village on the way to hotel and you’ll have time to explore the town on foot in the evening. Accommodation: Inuvik
Day 6 Inuvik – Tuktoyaktuk
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Inuvik – Tuktoyaktuk

Today will be a memorable; we’ll travel along the expansive Mackenzie River delta towards the Arctic coast. At the rivers entrance into the Arctic Ocean, the road turns northeast and travels along the coastline of Arctic Ocean toward the village of “Tuk” as it is known by residents. Not far from town, you’ll see the first of several ‘pingos’. These are mountains literally made of ice; heaved-up season after season with the annual freeze and thaw. The tallest is over 100m! We will be met by local guides who will take us on a tour of their unique village. Stops along the way include the historic Lady of Lourdes schooner and some of Tuk’s famous community buildings such as sod houses and churches. You’ll also see the Northern Early Warning site (formerly DEW Line) and even get a chance to dip your toe in the Arctic Ocean! We’ll be invited to a traditional lunch and inuit cultural experience at a local resident’s home. Return to Inuvik in the late afternoon. Accommodation: Inuvik
Day 7 Inuvik To Whitehorse
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Inuvik To Whitehorse

Transfer to Inuvik Airport, check in, board southbound aircraft. Tour services end on arrival at Whitehorse

Airport. Optional evening in Whitehorse or connecting flights
Day 8 Inuvik - Whitehorse
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Inuvik - Whitehorse

Transfer to Inuvik Airport, check in, board southbound aircraft. Tour services end on arrival at Whitehorse Airport. Optional evening in Whitehorse or connecting flights.

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Arctic Summer Explorer | Road To The Arctic Sea

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Itinerary of your trip Arctic Summer Explorer | Road To The Arctic Sea

Arrive Whitehorse

Whitehorse - Dawson City

Dawson City

Dawson City - Eagle Plains

Eagle Plains - Inuvik

Inuvik – Tuktoyaktuk

Inuvik To Whitehorse

Inuvik - Whitehorse

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