It's the great big, broad land 'way up yonder,
It's the forests where silence has lease;
It's the beauty that thrills me with wonder,
It's the stillness that fills me with peace.
...from 'The Spell of the Yukon' by Robert Service

The Yukon is a fabled land whose very name evokes archetypal images of wilderness and frontier populated by colourful characters. It is the land of untrammeled wilderness and the midnight sun, the sourdoughs of Bonanza Creek, Sam McGee, Diamond Tooth Gertie, the heroic men of the Northwest Mounted Police, and the inspiring sentiments of the bard of the Yukon, Robert Service.

On this tour we will experience both the natural and human landscapes of this fascinating and beautiful land, visiting the Klondike, the Dempster Highway, the Mackenzie Delta, and the Arctic Ocean. We will visit Whitehorse and the heritage gold rush town of Dawson City (Yukon), Inuvik and the Inuit village of Tuktoyaktuk (NWT), and Skagway (Alaska). In response to the suggestions of previous participants of this tour, Atlin, British Columbia, has been added to the itinerary of one of the tours. The tour also includes the famous, scenic railway journey on the White Pass and Yukon Railroad up the historic Chilkoot Pass.

The heart of our adventure is the drive up the Dempster Highway from Dawson City to Inuvik. The Dempster, 750 kms of good gravel, is the only public road in North America that extends north of the Arctic Circle. Along its route we cross two mountain ranges, traverse wild river valleys, muskeg and tundra, and cross the mighty Mackenzie River on a ferry. At latitude 66N we cross the Arctic Circle, and enter the Land of the Midnight Sun with 24 hours of sunlight at this time of the year. At the end of the Dempster, in Inuvik, we will explore the Mackenzie Delta by boat, and take a flight across the delta to Tuktoyaktuk, where we can dip our toes in the Arctic Ocean.

The Dempster is renowned as a naturalist’s paradise with varied and beautiful landscapes, its large mammals, myriad wildflowers, and much sought after birds such as Gyrfalcon, Willow Ptarmigan, Long-tailed Jaeger, Northern Hawk Owl, and Smith’s Longspur.

Join us on this adventure to the Land of the Midnight Sun, the big country immortalized by Robert Service....the Yukon