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Bathurst Inlet Tours, Nunavut
Inuit Naturalist Arctic Centre Northern Canada |
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About Brathurst Inlet Lodge
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 Come to a land beyond the reach of all roads, to a land that throbs with life during the brief northern summer. Bathurst Inlet is located in Nunavut, some 360 air miles northeast of Yellowknife.
As your aircraftcircles to a landing 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle at Bathurst Inlet, the immensity of this land becomes reality. Man is dwarfed by this landscape.Huge diabase sills tower over the Inlet's dark waters; the deep gorges hold in their depths the mystery of prehistory, and the tundra stretches a thin green cape across the rocky skeleton of the land.
The Naturalist's Arctic Centre
A visit to Bathurst Inlet Lodge offers extraordinary experiences in a wild and ruggedly beautiful land, yet provides a level of personal comfort rarely found in such remote areas. Our season is short, but there is something for everyone in each week. Early in the season, the small birds are nesting and the early flowers are blooming. Any of the weeks are excellent for flowers, louseworts, bearberry, and great shows of heather, rhododendron, and mountain avens. Raptors, gulls, and loons nest throughout our season. Early in the summer, we can visit the sea ice, and later can range more freely on the Inlet, visiting ancient campsites and following the path of the Franklin expedition.
During most of the year, Bathurst Inlet residents live in the old ways, hunting caribou, musk oxen and seal, fishing, trapping, and travelling on the land and sea. A unique aspect of a visit to the Lodge is the opportunity to get to know the gentle people who make this harsh land their home.
Accommodation
You'll be lodged in a historic Hudson's Bay Trading Post and Oblate mission which have been transformed into a haven for naturalists. Bathurst Inlet Lodge provides comfortable accommodations, in a variety of buildings. You may be housed in the small church (3 rooms), in new cabins overlooking the Burnside Delta, in a 2 bedroom house called Taipana House, in a historic building that served as a warehouse in the trading post days, but now provides comfortable lodging, or in a building that was used to house radio operators during the building of the DEW-Line.
Each room is carefully outfitted for comfort, decorated with photos or northern art. Beds are comfortable, and bedding is supplied; you do not have to use sleeping bags at Bathurst Inlet. Bathrooms in some facilities are shared; some cabins have their own. Most facilities have showers, but the new cabins share a heated shower house.
Activities
In summer we travel on the Inlet in a stable and comfortable 40 ft. pontoon boat, which permits wildlife observation and on-the-spot lectures. We dock the "Blue Loo" and hike on the land, exploring, birdwatching, or watching for wildlife. We visit islands of ancient algal limestone, crowded with arctic poppies, cinquefoils and saxifrages, where glaucous, herring, and Thayer's gulls nest in safety from hunting foxes. Peregrine falcons and rough-legged hawks nest on glacier-carved cliffs, and golden eagles soar in lazy spirals against the dark summits.
The pace is casual; provisions are made for guests to hike as much (or as little) as they like. You can hike to spectacular waterfalls, or gasp in excitement as an arctic char lunges at your lure. Watch as caribou wind their way over ancestral trails, or musk oxen pound over the tundra, their hoofbeats like echoes out of the Pleistocene. Seek a perfect specimen of amethyst, or capture a "pet rock" on an arctic beach.
Guided hikes and natural history interpretation in the field combine with evening lectures, demonstrations of the traditional use of Inuit tools and clothing, and stimulating conversations. A superb library enhances on-site learning. It's an in-depth exposure to all aspects of northern life!
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RATES IN CAD$
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Adult
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3 - 8 Days
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please enquire
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TOUR DEPARTURES
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