Tour Type
Canadian Tours
DEPARTURE INFORMATION
Lower Mainland
August 8, 2025 – 11 Days
Vancouver Island
August 8, 2025 – 12 Days
BC Interior
August 8, 2025 – 12 Days
Activity Level 2
GROUP SIZE
TOUR SUMMARY
Klondike to the Arctic Ocean
This epic journey to the Arctic Ocean has only been possible since the road to Tuktoyaktuk opened in 2017. Come and enjoy a great variety of sights and experiences in the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Some of the many highlights are a swim at Eclipse Nordic Hot Springs, SS Klondike National Historic Site, Beringia Museum, Dawson City with a show at Diamond Tooth Gerties, the storied Dempster Highway across the Arctic Circle, the new Tuktoyaktuk road, and a locally-guided tour of Tuktoyaktuk with a visit to an Inuit home and a presentation on Inuit fashions and lifestyles. We stay 3 nights in Whitehorse, 4 nights in Dawson City, 1 night at Eagle Plains on the Dempster Highway, and 2 nights in Inuvik. What an incredible journey through the North!
WHAT’S INCLUDED
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Meals
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12 meals
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11 meals
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Transportation
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Accommodation
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Knowledgeable Wells Gray tour director
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Guides & Gratuities
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Tour Highlights (Included)
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TOUR FARES
| Departure Point | Fares per Person |
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$5,690$6,795 |
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$5,890$6,995 |
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$5,595$6,580 |
- Please add 5% GST.
- There is an additional cost to fly to/from Nanaimo or Comox Airport to join this tour.
DEPARTURE POINTS & DATES
ACTIVITY LEVEL
Level
Moderate Activity: As a traveler you like a variety of activities and walking up to 2 km with breaks such as a guided walking tour is very doable for you without assistance. You can stand for prolonged periods and can climb two flights of stairs without assistance. Some travelling days are long as hotels and towns are far apart in the north. Some communities do not have paved streets and sidewalks, so the walking surface may be uneven. There are stairs for the Inuvik and Dawson planes. Please be aware that on tours with flights you must handle your own luggage and walk longer distances in airports. You may need to handle your own luggage at hotels if luggage service is not available (Eagle Plains has no service). This tour is not appropriate if you depend upon a walker, but you may bring a cane or walking poles if needed. The coach cannot carry a scooter or motorized wheelchair. The tour director and driver have many responsibilities, so please do not expect them, or your fellow travelers, to provide ongoing assistance. If you are not capable of keeping up with the group or require frequent assistance, the tour director may stop you from participating in some activities or some days of the tour. In extreme situations, you may be required to leave the tour and travel home at your own expense; travel insurance will probably not cover you.
Tour Size
This tour is limited to 30 participants, making it a more intimate travel experience.
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Accommodation: Accommodation in the North is the best available, but it may not be up to the standard you expect in the rest of Canada. In isolated places such as Eagle Plains, there is only one motel. Since hotels in the North have a limited season and enormous operating expenses, room rates are very high, so that is why this tour costs more per day than most Wells Gray tours.
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Tour dates: This tour is scheduled for mid-August, so you can enjoy pleasantly warm days and cool nights, possibly the aurora borealis, and a minimum of mosquitoes or other insects. Some customers ask for a June tour to the North, but that is the height of bug season and some people have difficulty sleeping with nearly 24 hours of daylight.
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Passport: A passport is not required as this tour does not enter Alaska.
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Please book early!: This tour is limited because of aircraft capacity
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Food Allergies: You must notify us no later than at final payment if you have a food allergy. This tour goes to some remote places where restaurants probably cannot satisfy all food allergies. An allergy causes medical distress, a preference does not. For some allergies, please consider bringing your own snacks or food items so you are not dependent on what restaurants are able to serve.
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Flight seating: We are unable to take requests for window or aisle seating on the planes to Whitehorse or back from Inuvik. The airline will not accept them, as group seating is assigned as a block.
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Flight Changes: We visit some remote locations on this tour. Flights can be delayed, postponed, cancelled, or rescheduled for a variety of reasons that are beyond our control which could alter the itinerary.
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Payments: A deposit of $500 per person is requested at the time of booking and balance is due June 4, 2025. By paying the deposit, you agree to the Terms & Conditions, Activity Level and Cancellation Policy outlined. Payments can be made by online banking or cheque (1.5% discount on tour fare), or by Visa or Mastercard ($5,000 limit per person on credit cards).
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Early Booking Bonus: Receive a $150 discount on the first 8 seats and $75 on the next 6 seats for booking early with deposit. The discount is not offered after June 4, 2025.
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Cancellation Policy: Up to May 2, 2025, the cancellation charge is $100 per person. From May 3 to June 4, the cancellation charge is $400 per person. From June 5 to July 3, the cancellation charge is 80% of the tour fare. After July 3, there is no refund.
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Itinerary and Fare Changes: Our many suppliers may notify us about changes to the itinerary prior to departure and sometimes during the tour. We do our best to substitute a similar service if something cancels, but occasionally the only alternative is to provide a refund for the missed activity. Please note that if we are forced to cancel a tour component due to an issue beyond our control, the current penalties still apply if you choose to cancel the entire tour. Fuel surcharges and changes to taxes or other tour costs can occur at any time, therefore Wells Gray Tours reserves the right to increase fares due to such changes up to departure.
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Flight delays or cancellations: Flights can be delayed or cancelled at the last minute, sometimes causing a missed connection. Wells Gray staff will try to assist with re-booking, but the airline usually wants to talk with the individual passenger. There may be an extra payment required if the issue is weather. Wells Gray Tours is not allowed to interfere with this process. Check that your travel insurance policy has a flight delay benefit because that is usually your best recourse for recouping additional flight costs.
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Travel Insurance: A Comprehensive Insurance policy is available through Wells Gray Tours and coverage is provided by Travel Guard. Policies purchased at deposit include a waiver of the pre-existing condition clause for medical and cancellation claims, otherwise policies can be purchased no later than at final payment. This tour stays in Canada, but medical costs can vary wildly from one province/territory to another. While your BC Services Card may partly cover you for a medical issue that arises during the tour, you will probably benefit from trip cancellation and trip interruption coverage in case of illness or a mishap before or during the tour. Many other benefits such as luggage insurance are included. Medical questionnaire is not needed. Please contact us for details. If you have your own travel insurance, please read the policy carefully to be sure that you are adequately covered for medical, cancellation, interruption, and luggage.
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Photo Credits: Wikimedia (Tombstone Mountains, Dawson City, Arctic Ocean at Tuktoyaktuk), Eclipse Nordic Hot Springs, and Adobe Stock (Dempster Highway).
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Experience Points or E-points: This tour earns 129 e-points. Each time you travel on a Wells Gray tour, you earn e-points that are added to your account after the tour returns. One e-point equals $1. Redeem your earned points on select tours or accumulate enough points to earn a free tour! Redemptions offered until June 4, 2025.
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Consumer Protection BC Licenses: Kamloops 178, Vernon 655, Kelowna 588, Penticton 924, Victoria 65842