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| Adventure in the Wild Territories of the Canadian North |
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Home > Summer > Escorted Tours > Adventure in the Wild Territories of the Canadian North
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-Duration : 21 days / 20 nights
-Theme : Camping and hiking in the wilderness
-Begin : Vancouver or Whitehorse
-End : Vancouver or Whitehorse |
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| Wild, rugged country, like you knew it would be. During your 21-day camping tour between Vancouver, BC, and Whitehorse, Yukon, you travel stretches where the chances to meet wild animals is better than finding people. The spectacular landscapes along the primitive Campbell and Cassiar Highways are hardly touched by tourism. Kluane National Park is totally uninhabited. Exploring and hiking in these areas as well as the forests and arid hills of the high plateaus between the Rockies and coastal ranges you visit the most outstanding places in a variety of landscapes. |
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Day 1 - Vancouver:
Arrival in Vancouver, transfer to the hotel and pre trip information with the guide.
Day 2 - Vancouver / Whistler / Pemberton (160 km):
You board the bus for the drive north along the Sunshine Coast into the holiday town of Whistler, favourite summer and winter playground and site of the 2010 Winter Olympics. For the first hike you take an easy 1 km path to a beautiful lake from where you can conquer other lakes via more demanding trails. In total 11 km (7 mi) with 400 m (1332 ft) gain. Camping in a Provincial Park.
Day 3 - Pemberton / Williams Lake (320 km):
Around 1870 the Cariboo Trail was the arduous route from Vancouver into the Cariboo Mountain gold fields. Today the high plateau is ranch country where professional cowboys guard scattered cattle herds. Camping on a ranch with opportunity for a trail ride.
Day 4 - Williams Lake / Fort St. James (395 km):
Down the valley of the Frazer River past sleepy villages to the campground on Stuart Lake for the next two days. Today the former fur trading post is a National Historic Site, the old building an open air museum.
Day 5 - Fort St. James:
unless you prefer to relax by the lake you can join the guide on a 12 km (7.2 mi) loop hike with 790 m (2630 ft) gain for a grandiose panorama view of the lake and into the distant plateau.
Day 6 - Fort St. James / New Hazelton (380 km):
Burns Lake, Houston, Smithers and a few smaller towns on your north-west route through this vast country of forests and mountains. Moricetown Falls is a narrow canyon where migrating salmon can be seen during the summer months. Campground at Ksan where Native guides explain totem poles and longhouses of an ancient culture.
Day 7 - New Hazelton / Stewart (320 km):
The oldest still standing totem poles can be found near Kitwanga and Kitwancool. After setting up camp by a lake, there is time this evening for an excursion to fantastic blue tinted hanging glaciers of Bear Pass.
Day 8 - Stewart:
A side trip to Alaska. Only 3 km and an international border apart but what contrasts. Tidy, typical Canadian Stewart has the school and the bank, end-of-the-road Hyder is purely Alaskan. The plan here is an excursion past old mines and a hike to Salmon Glacier.
Day 9 - Stewart / Cassiar Highway (300 km):
Only a few hundred souls live along this rarely travelled northern route. The scenery of the high plateau, framed by rugged peaks of the Coastal and Cassiar Ranges leaves a powerful impression of vastness and solitude. Camping by a small lake.
Day 10 - Cassiar Highway:
Rent a canoe and check out the lake, bring your diary up to date, or follow the guide to the summit of one of the surrounding mountains.
Day 11 - Cassiar Highway / Faro (520 km):
Watson Lake with the „sign forest“ is already part of the Yukon. If you feel homesick you may add your town sign to the collection. The Robert Campbell is a true discovery route. Large coaches avoid this gravel road, here you experience old-time Yukon nature. Except for the Native village of Ross River you find very few settlements during today’s drive. Camp is near the mining town of Faro on the Pelly River.
Day 12 - Faro / Tatchun Lake (180 km):
By making use of some mining trails you can reach a 2060 m plateau with great views, and good chances to observe. Up to 12 km (7.2 mi) with 720 m (2397 ft) gain. Camping at picturesque Tatchun Lake.
Day 13 - Tatchun Lake / Dawson City (360 km):
Near the infamous Five Finger Rapids of the Yukon River you reach the Klondike Highway. A short trail leads to the spot where years ago many a paddle wheeler met it’s doom. Tonight you reach Dawson City and the campground on the banks of the Yukon. Don’t miss the town’s nightlife with gambling casinos and Can-Can girls.
Day 14 - Dawson City / Dempster / Tombstone Mountains (110 km):
After a visit of Bonanza Creek, a hundred years ago site of the biggest gold rush of all times, you leave the Klondike gold fields. The infamous Dempster Highway, 730 km (455 mi) of gravel, is the only road connection to the arctic ocean. Camp at the base of the Tombstone Mountains.
Day 15 - Tombstone Mountains:
Now you have choices of easy to very demanding trails in out-of-the-world settings. For example easy 4 km (2,5 mi) to a viewpoint and from there another 3 (1.8 mi) difficult but very rewarding km to a ridge where you can go on further explorations. In all 10 km (6.3 mi) with 550 m (1830 ft) gain. The black basalt mountains have a moonscape appearance but are the home of caribous which can be spotted in small groups and large herds. Each season has it’s own charm, like the coloration of the forests in late summer.
Day 16 - Tombstone Mountains / Lake Leberge (500 km):
You travel south via the Klondike Highway. Along the Yukon River old mail stations, rest houses and small settlements are reminders of the great gold rush. Larger towns on the map like Pelly Crossing (population 2800) and Carmacks (500) have a long history as fishing grounds and meeting places of the Aboriginal people, later as rest stops on the way to the Klondike. Campground at Lake Laberge.
Day 17 - Lake Leberge / Kluane National Park (180 km):
Into the land of the superlatives: Mt. Logan (5959 m, 19665 ft), Canada’s highest mountain, in Canada’s largest national park with the world’s largest glacier field (except at the north and south poles). Another attraction is the abundant fauna. Camp is set up at the border to the national park, the first excursion is near picturesque Kathleen Lake. 5 km (3 mi) with 450 m (1500 ft) gain.
Day 18 - Kluane National Park:
The Auriol-Trail is a 15 km (9.3 mi) loop with 300 m (1000 ft) gain to a maximum height of 1159 m (3860 ft) in amazing scenery at tree line.
Day 19 - Kluane National Park:
The most spectacular hike is on Sheep Mountain overlooking huge Kluane Lake. It calls for a 14 km (9 mi) 300 m (1000 ft) hike with good chances to spot the elusive white dall sheep. There is also opportunity for a white water rafting trip on the Tatshenshini River or a sightseeing flight over glaciers deep into the park.
Day 20 - Kluane National Park/ Whitehorse (160 km):
The Alaska Highway to the capital of the Yukon. Recommended visits in Whitehorse are Miles Canyon and the world’s longest fish ladder. You should also make time for the McBride- and the Beringia Museum as well as the S.S.Klondike paddle wheeler. Hotel and final get-together for tonight.
Day 21:
Transfer to the airport.
This tour also runs in the opposite direction. Please check the Departures date below. |
| Departures dates |
 June 09 (Whitehorse - Vancouver)
July 1 (Vancouver - Whitehorse)
August 28 (Whitehorse - Vancouver)
September 19 (Vancouver - Whitehorse) |
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| Price per person: |
| Occupancy |
Standard Accommodation and tent |
| double |
2262 $ CAD- Tx. Incl. |
| single |
2463 $ CAD- Tx. Incl. |
| The cost includes: |
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The cost does not include: |
· The personalized roadbook of the perfect Globe-Trotter:road map, detailed itinerary, useful infos, touristic guides, etc.
· Airport transfers
· 2 nights in hotel accommodation (twin with breakfasts)
· Other nights in spacious tents (2 pers./tent)
· Transportation in minibus
· Admission to the national parks and Fort St. James Historic Site
· Guided tour of Ksan Indian Village
· Admission Diamond Tooth Gerties in Dawson
· Camping fees
· Camping equipment (except sleeping bag)
· Hard foam mattress
· Services of an experienced guide
· The applicable taxes and the contribution to the compensation Fund |
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· Air travel (available for this program, please see the quote request form or purchase your airline tickets our website)
· The travel insurance
· Personal equipment
· meals
· sleeping bag
· food kitty app $10/day
· Tatshenshini white water rafting $110
· glacier flight from $95 |
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