Featured are northern lights, autumn colors, musk-oxen herds, and caribou everywhere!
Your Itinerary
Day 1:
We will meet all clients at the airport on arrival, and transport them to the floatplane base at the assigned departure time to board charter aircraft for 2 hour / 250 airmile charter flight to the camp. Accommodation assignment (2 persons per 1/2 unit), followed by lunch served at the dining tent. Afternoon meeting and briefing with the trip leaders on-site, and then out onto the land for a afternoon hike and introduction interpretive and caribou viewing. After dinner, we will offer a campfire and northern lights watch - reading of northern tales.
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Day 2:
Each days activities are dictated by weather conditions, ice and wind, animal movements, and the specific interests of the clients themselves.
A choice of daily programs are offered - written on the chalkboard displayed outsite the dining tent each morning. Itineraries following are examples of activities - but may not nesessarily occur in the order as presented.
Following breakfast, we will embark an a choice of daily programs, with 3-5 persons maximum with a trip leader. Another group will head off on a day long interpretive hike and instructive photography macro and wildlife session into the sandy esker systems to explore the beautiful springtime tundra flower bloom, watch for wildlife, and locate active gyfalcon and merlin nests. Field lunches are served with all groups. Return to camp late afternoon for siestas and showers. Dinner served, followed by evening campfire, northern tales and northern light watch.
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Day 3:
Over the week in groups of 2s and 3s, we will utelize the aircraft on-site for a flightseeing trip to locate herds of wild musk-oxen. Once located, we will land and stalk to photograph the wild pre-histoic beasts. Return to the comforts of the camp for dinner and evening. Wolf watch continues! Evening campfire, northern tales and northern light watch.
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Day 4:
in a small group of 3-5 persons, we will embark by boat for a four mile ride down the lake to another caribou wwater crossing on a sandy esker system, for a interpretive guided walk to explore a ancient archaeological site, complete with tent-rings, and where stone arrowheads and spearpoints often litter the ground. We will have field lunch served, and then everyone can try a hand at catching a lake trout for our fresh fish dinner at camp! Wolf watch continues... Evening campfire, northern tales and northern light watch.
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Day 5:
We will embark with a small group for a full-day hike / canoe paddle / hike to visit a old abandoned turn-of-the-century Indian village and cabin ruins. Explorations along the way will visit a waterfall, check out a traditional wolf denning site, photo session with yet another caribou water crossing; and macro photography with beautiful autumn colors/esker scenery. Field lunch, with dinner served back at camp. Evening campfire, northern tales and aurora borelias watch.
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Day 6:
Lake conditions permitting, we will either boat or fly to another beautiful esker system 15 miles out and check out a traditional wolf denning area.and major caribu / muskox crossing. Here we will visit an old trappers site complete with sleds and tent frames. Field lunch, fishing (optional), dinner back at camp. A interpretive media presentation is offered in the camp library. Evening campfire, northern tales and northern light watch.
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Day 7:
On the final full field day, particpants will have a choice to pick their own acitivy, or to get set out by boat and spend a day to themselves to explore the tundra in their special own way, and apply what they have learned during the week. Guided programs also offered. Special evening campfire, northern tales and final northern light watch!
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Day 8:
Following breakfast, we will offer the closing interpretive walk, and then pack up to leave for home. Afternoon charter flight back out to civilzation, where all ground transfers and airport farewells are included.
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Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Commercial carrier fares and Yellowknife accommodations are not included. Price includes all ground tranfers,charter flights, guides, meals and accommodations while on the field.
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