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Polar Bear Experience – Birds, Bears and Belugas

6 Nights/7 Days  

You’ll come for the bears and go home with so much more. The vast Arctic tundra near Churchill is home to Polar bears throughout the year and offers other spectacular wildlife viewing, including wolves, seals and Beluga whales. Begin your Polar Bear Experience in Churchill with one night’s accommodation, before traveling by helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft to Landing Lake. Enjoy a breathtaking aerial tour of the Hudson Bay coast en route to your home for the next five days at the Seal River Heritage Lodge. This luxury wilderness lodge offers a wide variety of tours and great opportunities for wildlife sightings in a pristine and remote environment. For the next few days your expert guides will lead you across tundra and sea on a variety of wilderness adventures and at the end of each day, once in a lifetime views of the Northern Lights, never to be forgotten.

  • 5 nights accommodation at Seal River Heritage Lodge
  • 1 night accommodation in Churchill
  • 6 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 6 dinners
  • Helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft return flights between Churchill and Seal River Heritage Lodge
  • Lodge activities; including marine tours, trekking/walking tours, “tundra tracker” buggy tours, whale swim, Ocean Kayaking, Bird watching and Aurora viewing
  • Churchill Tour
 

polar bears in natural environment


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Vacation Starts: Oct 17 20 26 29, Nov 1 4 7 10

Canadian Dollars
US Dollars
Hotel Rates
17 Jul-06 Aug $4,499 $5,020
Prices are per person and do not include GST.
17 Jul-06 Aug $3,883 $4,332





ITINERARY

Day 1 Arrive in Churchill

Your adventure begins from Churchill, with an exciting flight over the historic Churchill River, and northwest to the rugged Hudson Bay coast and Canada's most exclusive Polar Bear Lodge. Keep a sharp eye out en route for caribou, moose, seals, wolves, and of course polar bears. Today, discover the rugged and starkly beautiful coastline on a guided hike of the area and enjoy a gourmet lunch and dinner at the Lodge with your hosts and guides. Polar Bears are known to saunter by the lodge on a regular basis so you can often view them from the warmth and comfort of one of the lounges through the large picture windows.

Days 2-3 Polar Bear Viewing

Spend two full days experiencing the unique environment of the Polar Bears of Hudson Bay. Search for Polar Bears another local wildlife on guided, comfortably paced walks, geared towards plenty of viewing and photo opportunities. Your guides are expert in keeping bears at a safe distance without sacrificing exciting viewing.

Walking tours leave after breakfast however should there be a polar bear in camp (this happens frequently) the walking tour is delayed for picture taking. Weather permitting; lunches will be taken out in the field. Overnight at Polar Bear Lodge. Evenings are spent in the lodge around the fireplace and feature informative and exciting lectures and slide presentations by tour leaders.

Day 4 Churchill

After a hearty breakfast, travel back to Churchill on another exciting flight. Upon arrival in Churchill, you will be escorted to your overnight accommodation to check-in before joining the group for lunch at a local restaurant. Enjoy a brief tour and orientation of Churchill, and then spend the afternoon at your leisure visiting the shops, the world-renowned Eskimo Museum, or the Parks Canada Centre. Dog sledding can also be arranged for those who are interested.

Day 5 Churchill Departure

Today you will travel across the tundra in a world famous Tundra Buggy for more polar bear viewing. Lunch "with the bears" is included. Your Polar Bear Experience concludes in Churchill this evening.

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