Tuktut Nogait

The park (pronounced took-tut nog-guide – caribou calves) is 16,340 square km. Here, in one of the most remote parks in North America, is your opportunity to experience the pristine Arctic, with its unique vegetation, wildlife and culture. From vast expanses of tundra and deep canyons, to scenic waterfalls and crystal clear rivers, Tuktut Nogait is a spectacular location for hiking and paddling.

Explore the Wild in Our Parks

If you are seeking a connection with authentic wilderness, the Northwest Territories should be at the top of the list. Here, in an area about the size of France, Spain and Germany combined, is a range of landscapes to suit every taste. We have immense river valleys, raging rivers and quiet streams, mountains where wild sheep and goats can be found, and vast plains and tundra, where bison, caribou and muskoxen still roam untamed.

60th Parallel

Located on the Waterfalls Route, it features a visitor centre, with highway and attractions information as well as displays, including a massive mounted Polar Bear. Enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee before heading North along the highway. Camping and a boat launch are available.

Twin Falls Territorial Park

60th Parallel

Aulavik National Park

Nahanni National Park Reserve

This is one of the world's most spectacular and difficult hikes. Once a wartime pipeline route, its 372 km (231 mi) run through the Mackenzie Mountains and up to Macmillan Pass on the Continental Divide, and into the Yukon. You can begin your trip at Norman Wells in the east. About 48 km (30 mi) in, you'll find yourself scrambling in rocky Dodo Canyon and several unpredictable river crossings follow.

Kite Skiing

Watch the kites blossom each spring on Great Slave Lake, when determined kite skiers take to Yellowknife Bay on skis and snowboards. Kite skiing combines a bit of skiing technique, some sailing skill, and some kite flying expertise with plenty of snow, some wind and wide open spaces. It's growing in popularity in Yellowknife in the warm days of spring, till the ice melts in late May.

Climb the Unclimbables

The very name is a dare to climbers from around the world. In 1955, the legendary mountaineer Arnold Wexler came across a spectacular series of remote cliffs in the Logan Mountains just outside what is now Nahanni National Park Reserve. Frustrated by their sheer granite walls, he named the jagged monsters the Cirque of the Unclimbables.