from $486 Churchill: tundra buggy day trip
A full day in a high-wheeled tundra vehicle in the wildlife management area east of Churchill, looking for polar bears as they wait for Hudson Bay to freeze. Autumn only.
Arctic Canada: tours & tickets
Nothing is listed for Nunavut or Tuktoyaktuk — but the gateway towns have real, reviewed tours worth booking.
Our picks
Arctic Canada: top tours & tickets
GetYourGuide had no products in Nunavut, Inuvik or Tuktoyaktuk when we checked. Trips there — floe-edge camps, park hikes, community visits, Northwest Passage voyages — are sold by licensed local outfitters and expedition cruise lines, usually as multi-day packages. What the platform does cover are three gateways: Churchill on Hudson Bay (a few polar bear products, expensive and strictly seasonal), Yellowknife (a wide choice of aurora, dog-sled and winter tours) and Whitehorse, the start of the road north. We list those here rather than pretend otherwise.
from $486 from $1478 per group Churchill: private polar bear and Hudson Bay road safari
A private guided drive along the coast roads around Churchill for bears, foxes and birds. Priced per group; a new listing without reviews.
from $68 Yellowknife: northern lights bus tour with photos
An inexpensive, well-reviewed aurora chase by bus from the Northwest Territories capital, the usual stopover on the way to Inuvik.
from $109 Yellowknife: dog sledding tour
A short ride behind a husky team on a frozen lake outside town — an easy winter add-on between flights.
from $96 Madeline Lake: aurora lodge and aurora chasing
An evening at a lakeside cabin outside Yellowknife, with the option of driving on if cloud moves in.
from $125 Yukon: aurora borealis late-night viewing
Aurora viewing from heated shelters outside Whitehorse, where most drivers start the journey up the Dempster Highway.
Prices are indicative “from” prices in US dollars and ratings are as shown on GetYourGuide when we last checked; both change often.
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Live availability in Yellowknife, the gateway
Real-time tours and tickets from GetYourGuide for Arctic Canada and its gateways.
Booking tips
- Churchill’s polar bear season is short — roughly mid-October to mid-November — and tundra-vehicle seats sell out many months ahead.
- Yellowknife’s aurora season runs from mid-August to early October and from mid-November to early April; midwinter nights can drop below minus 30°C.
- For Nunavut, use operators licensed by the territory and ask what happens if flights are delayed — it is common.
- Check where a tour starts. Some listings appear under one town but depart from another, hundreds of kilometres away.
- Northwest Passage cruises are sold directly by expedition lines or specialist agents, not by day-tour platforms.
Destinations
Combine it with
Arctic North America Arctic Alaska
America’s Arctic shore: Utqiaġvik, the northernmost town in the United States, and the long gravel Dalton Highway over the Brooks Range to Prudhoe Bay.
Iceland & Greenland West Greenland
Ilulissat and Disko Bay: a fjord choked with icebergs the size of city blocks, whales among the ice, sled dogs and the midnight sun — with Nuuk as the gateway.
The Pole & Russia North Pole
90° north: a point on drifting sea ice above four kilometres of ocean, reached only by icebreaker or by ski-plane and helicopter — the most exclusive journey in the Arctic.
Plan your trip
Book tours in Yellowknife, gateway to the western Arctic
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