Birding | Spectacular Northwest Territories

Yellow Dog Lodge, Inc.

Don’t forget your cameras; there is an abundance of wildlife and flora to photograph. Bear, wolf, moose, eagles, owls, muskrats, otters, loons, upland and migratory birds all make their home around the region.

Lynx Tundra Lodge

Visit the unique barrengrounds and explore to discover a multitude of birds. Located at the headwater for the Thelon river system, Lynx lake offers an incredible backdrop for those seeking a special remote birding experience. Fully guided and self guided adventures await. Inclusive packages from Fort Smith or Yellowknife.

Yellowknife Outdoor Adventures

Guided bird watching tours on the Great Slave Lake, one of the largest lakes in the world. You will have an opportunity to see bald eagles, caspian and arctic terns, gulls, waterfowl, “peeps” and more, nesting on the many islands dotting the watery entrance to Yellowknife. Your tour is topped...

Parks Canada-Western Arctic Field Unit

Parks Canada, Western Arctic, protects several sites in the Western Arctic in the Northwest Territories. All are co-managed through land claim organizations. Aulavik National Park, Tuktut Nogait National Park, and the Pingo Canadian Landmark are managed in cooperation with the Inuvialuit. Saoyú and AEehdacho National Historic Site is managed...

Northwest Territories Adventure Company

Yellowknife Eagle Tour & Shore Lunch - Day Tour Visit various nesting sites and observe the eagles in their hunting grounds.

Chuck Gruben's Guiding and Outfitting

Customized tours available upon request.

Peterson's Point Lake Lodge

At Peterson's you have the opportunity to observe and photograph migratory birds including tundra swans, arctic terns and peregrine falcons during our annual Arctic Photography Adventure Workshop. Other migratory wildlife including barrenground caribou and grizzly bears are also commonly sighted during this time. As well, you will be able...

Watta Lake Lodge

Comfortable lodge about 20 minutes by floatplane from Yellowknife. Accommodates 12 in 6 rooms with private baths, lounge. Nature hikes include a variety of birds, animals and plants of the boreal forest. Canoeing affords the opportunity to see and photograph wildlife up close and personal. Fishing for lake trout, Arctic...

Moraine Point Lodge and Wilderness Retreat

Located on the west shore of Great Slave Lake in the Mackenzie Bison Sanctuary, this is the ideal place for wildlife viewing. Depending on the season, bird-watchers will see the Common Raven, Bald Eagles, geese, rare Trumpeter Swans, numerous species of ducks, Sharped-tailed Grouse, Spruce Grouse and Ruffled...

True North Safaris Ltd.

Spectacular photography opportunities for wood bison, the largest land mammal in North America. Stay at a trappers cabin west of Great Slave Lake in the Boreal forest. Have nightly bonfires and cook outs. Possibly see woodland caribou, black bears, wolves, porcupines and sandhill cranes.

Bathurst Arctic Services

Explore the opportunities we have available to experience the north's wildlife. Do-it-yourself camp packages at one of five remote camps or guided programs at either of our Northwest Territories or Nunavut's premier eco-lodges - Treeline and Bathurst Inlet Lodges. Prices can range from $2000 to $5000...

Yellowknife Tours

Come and watch the bird life on Great Slave Lake. You will be amazed by the natural beauty you will see.

Explorers' Corner

Join us for a trip of a lifetime backpacking, sea kayaking or dogsledding on Ellesmere, Banks Island, Greenland, Baffin Island and East Arm, Great Slave Lake. Wildlife viewing, remote wilderness, small groups, top of the line gear, gourmet food, professional guides. Licensed. Since 1986.

Great Slave Lake Tours

Some wildlife viewing is available in winter for foxes, wolves, coyotes, as well as some birds. In summer: ravens, crows, gulls, pelicans, eagles and small birds. Call for more details.

Warburton Bay Lodge - True North Safaris Ltd.

Caribou migrations, peregrine falcon nests, cliff swallow colonies, possible arctic wolves, tundra grizzly bears and muskox are part of an adventure at Warburton Bay Lodge. Catch and release lake trout and grayling fly fishing. Join us for a spectacular Arctic adventure at Warburton. Week long packages from Yellowknife $1995.

Bluefish Services

North Shore or the West Mirage Islands on Great Slave Lake are known for a variety of bird life. We will prepare a shore lunch for you on this four or six hour trip.

Bekere Lake Lodge

Fly-in lodge 135 km southwest of Paulatuk, with large living room, dining room, kitchen area, fireplace/woodstove, for 10 to 15 guests. Fishing for lake trout to 24 lb. Hiking and bird watching, wildlife photography. Open year round. Three month advance booking.

Arctic Safaris

At Obstruction Rapids in the central Barrenlands north of Yellowknife, and in camps on the Coppermine River system. Barrenlands Photography: Wildlife of the Barrenlands, including migrating caribou. Fishing. August to October. All inclusive, from Yellowknife. Permanent buildings and dining room, accommodate 30.

Bathurst Inlet Lodge Ltd.

Escape to an Arctic Oasis. One of Travel and Leisure's "World's 25 Top Ecolodges" and recipient of Nunavut Tourism's 2004 Award of Excellence. Remote wilderness lodge. Superb tundra scenery, wildlife, wildflowers, history, Inuit culture. Daily interpretive programs with professional naturalist, Arctic experts and Inuit partners/guides. For...

Canoe Arctic Inc.

Paddle the Thelon River and other pristine wild tundra rivers with Alex Hall, wildlife biologist and the Canadian Arctic's first and most experienced canoeing guide. All of our canoe trips are located deep in the Barren Lands and hundreds of miles from the nearest road or community. Unprecedented opportunities...

Taiga Tour Company

Year round cultural and leisure experiences. Sightseeing, hiking, boating, birdwatching. Camera safaris.

Arctic Odysseys

Delivering memorable experiences to northern adventurers for over 30 years. Northern lights, light hiking, wildlife viewing and birdwatching, flora, fauna, photography, native cultures, adventure! Great Slave Lake / Northwest Passage. View our web site for dates, rates and full itineraries.

Res Delta Tours/Taltson Big Pike Lodge

Boat Tours from Fort Resolution into the wildlife rich Slave River Delta. Taltson Bay area boat tours, Slave River boat tour, sightseeing. Birdwatching in major waterfowl nesting/staging area, Slave River, Simpson Islands.

Sea to Sky Expeditions

Tuktut Nogait Guided Hike - Looking for solitude? Remote wilderness? Traveled by less than 25 hikers in a season? Tuktut Nogait offers unprecedented opportunities for backcountry enthusiasts to experience the arctic. The expansive, open landscape is ideal for hiking and wildlife viewing. Tuktut Nogait consists largely of vast expanses of tundra,...

Dechenla Wilderness Resort

Remote naturalist's lodge snuggled in the Mackenzie Mountains, in the largest mountain wilderness in North America. Offering a true artist's or author's retreat with hiking, guided mountain biking tours along the Canol Trail, photography, history, many new experiences to discover.

Arctic Tour Company

Tour company offering beluga whale-watching, wildlife viewing, bird watching in the Mackenzie Delta area, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula. Customized tours available for individuals, groups, film crews.

Adventure Canada

Birding the High Arctic and Northwest Territories: King Eiders, Pacific Loons, Snowy to Great Gray Owls, Long-tailed Jaegers, Sabine's Gulls and more. Includes wildlife viewing, birding, aboriginal history and culture. Tour covers a diversity of northern landscapes including the Arctic tundra and northern Boreal forest. Package includes: accommodation,...

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