Itinerary
Dempster Highway, all the way to the Arctic Ocean
ITINERARY
SUNDAY: Start in Whitehorse. Whitehorse – Dawson City
Your driver will pick you up at your hotel in Whitehorse at about 8 am. Make sure you have a lunch with you. You will start your drive up the North Klondike Highway from Whitehorse to Dawson City through a wild remote landscape. You will get a town tour of Dawson City and then spend the night in a hotel in Dawson City.
MONDAY: Start in Dawson City. Dawson City – Eagle Plains
Your driver will meet you at your hotel, campground or airport this morning and then you will start your drive up the Dempster Highway. Today you will see the Tombstone, Ogilvie Mountains and continue on to Eagle Plains, the half-way point on the Dempster Highway where you will spend the night. There will be time to stop and take pictures at inspiring viewpoints periodically during the drive.
TUESDAY: Eagle Plains – Inuvik
Today you will travel on to the Arctic Circle Crossing where you will have the chance to walk around and take some pictures at the sign with a spectacular backdrop of the mountains. We will spend most of our time in the beautiful Richardson Mountains looking for wildlife and taking in the spectacular scenery of this wild and remote wilderness. We will cross the Peel river and the Mackenzie river by ferry boat. You will continue your drive on to Inuvik where you will spend the next 3 nights in a comfortable full-service cabin unit or in a hotel in town.
NOTE: For an extra $40/night you can upgrade your accommodations to a Premium Cabin with a queen bed, full kitchen & more space.
WEDNESDAY: Inuvik – Tuktoyaktuk
Today we will drive you on the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway all the way to the Arctic Ocean. You will receive a nice Arctic Ocean certificate. Upon arrival in Tuk you’ll get a tour of the Inuvialuit village.
THURSDAY: Add on the Inuvik town tour and/or a Flying Tour
Today you can spend a leisure day around town or you can add on a short one hour flight across the spectacular Mackenzie Delta to the little village of Aklavik and back or you can get a very informative 2-hour town tour of Inuvik that includes a visit to the Igloo church and community greenhouse.
Note: You can fly back today if you are short on time .
FRIDAY: Return flight to Dawson City or Whitehorse
This morning you can get a shuttle or take a courtesy car into town for some shopping before your airport transfer and flight back to Dawson City or Whitehorse.
What's included in my Package?
Included in the Package Tour
- Klondike Highway drive (Only if you start the tour in Whitehorse)
- Dawson City Tour (Only if you start the tour in Whitehorse)
- Two-day Dempster Highway road trip
- Hotel at Eagle Plains on the Dempster highway
- Day trip to Tuktoyaktuk on the new highway
- Village tour of Tuk
- Accommodations - 3 nights at the Arctic Chalet in a full-service cabin unit with private bath.
- Transportation to and from restaurants in town and/or a courtesy vehicle
- Airport shuttle to Inuvik airport
- Your flight from Inuvik back to Dawson City or Whitehorse
What’s NOT included in your package:
- Your meals & or groceries: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
- Travel insurance
Important Notes for Dempster Tour Packages:
- These packages are based on people sharing accommodations in a standard cabin unit with kitchenette and private bath. Let us know if you require 2 beds in your room. We have double, queen and single beds in our guest cabins. No King size beds.
- Tour groups range from 2-16 people.
- We can add on your flight from Vancouver or Whitehorse to Dawson City at a pretty good rate. If you are flying with Air North to Dawson City make sure you arrive the previous day, not the morning of your tour. (In the case of morning fog in Dawson which would prevent the plane from landing you would still have time to take the afternoon flight from Whitehorse and be ready for your tour the next day. (Air North will let you know in Whitehorse on the day of your flight if there is fog in Dawson City.)
- If your schedule is delayed in Dawson City due to weather you may request to extend your package by one day for a fee of $500 to cover changes in accommodations, transportation in Inuvik and driver fees for hotel and time lost.
- If any given tour in this package is not possible due to weather or unforeseeable circumstances we will do our best to substitute one activity for another. No refunds will be issued.
- We highly recommend that you obtain travel insurance in case of a medical emergency.
- Delays on the Dempster might occur if road conditions are poor or the ferries are unable to run. Please be flexible and patient. We will do our best to stay on schedule.
