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Date: May – June Departures
Host: Local Expert Guides
Cost: Starting at CA$20,090 per person
Want to go to the best places in the Arctic for narwhal watching with added polar bear viewing? Enjoy an experience with dramatic landscapes and icebergs of Sirmilik National Park. Revel in the stunning landscapes of towering granite cliffs, glaciers and icebergs at a Tented Safari Camp with stunning views of Bylot Island, access to Sirmilik National Park and the world-renowned floe edge of Eclipse Sound.
Guided by Inuit and travelling in small groups, journey to the floe edge for days of discovery, possible narwhal watching with the chance to see a variety of seabirds, polar bears, seals as well as possibly beluga and bowhead whales.
Perfect for families, first-time visitors to the Arctic, and also professional photographers looking for the ultimate floe edge experience, watching narwhal, and chance to see polar bears in the wild.
Highlights
- If mother nature cooperates, observe the iconic tusked narwhal as they swim and feed near the floe edge
- Possible viewing opportunities for polar bears, bearded seals, ringed seals, walrus, bowhead whales, and beluga
- Visit Bylot Island, a migratory bird sanctuary, which attracts more than 200,000 birds annually
- Travel by snowmobile and qamutik to traditional Inuit hunting grounds
- Snorkel and kayak while being surrounded by sea ice
- Experience the 24-hour daylight of the Midnight Sun in the early Arctic summer
- Take in stunning panoramic views of cliffs and glaciers
- Enjoy hot, gourmet meals at our Tented Safari Camp
- Enjoy tea made of melt-water from hundreds of years old icebergs
- You may also have a chance to visit evocative ancient Thule sites, where you will see the traditional tent rings and learn about the culture and history of the ancestors of Inuit
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Itinerary
Includes:
- Round-trip flights Ottawa, ON (YOW) to Pond Inlet, NU (YIO)
- Services of Inuit Guides and Arctic Kingdom expedition staff
- Accommodations:
- 1 night in an Iqaluit hotel
- 6 nights in Tented Safari Camp on ice
- All transportation for duration of stay in camp, Pond Inlet & Iqaluit
- Meals: 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches and snacks, 7 dinners
- Use of kayaks
- Drysuit, mask, fins, hood, gloves for snorkelling
- Currently applicable taxes
Excludes:
- Accommodation in Ottawa
- Tips, gratuities, personal expenses
- Travel, medical and evacuation insurance, cancellation insurance
- Polar Clothing Rental Package - strongly encouraged
Learn more about this Arctic adventure:
Departure Dates
- May 18 - 25, 2021
- May 26 – June 02, 2021
- June 03 – 10, 2021
- June 11 – 18, 2021
Cost
Starting/Ending Ottawa
Price starting at CA$20,090 per person, based on double occupancy
Accommodation and tour are subject to availability. Please contact us for more information and pricing based on your dates and customizations.