Wildlife | Spectacular Northwest Territories

Nahanni River Adventures

National Geographic Adventure has acclaimed us one of the "Best Adventure Travel Companies on Earth". See muskox, caribou migration, Dall's sheep, wolf, bear, fox, raptors and more. Each one of our rivers offers a unique selection of species to view. Contact us and discuss species, time of year and...

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.

Aurora Village

SUMMER-FALL ONLY. A drive to the Mackenzie Bison Sanctuary as we head west and down the main highway leading south. You will be able to see the herds of free roaming 'buffalos' on the roadside, or on the road. There are lone buffalos that are not shy from giving...

Reliance Airways Ltd.

Wildlife viewing for caribou, muskox, wolf, moose, black bear. Our assistance in locating the best and most suitable trip for you comes at no cost. Let us help plan your next adventure!

Hoarfrost River Huskies Ltd.

Join us for a flight seeing trip or use our air charter services. We operate an air charter company with two small bush planes on floats, skis, and tundra tires and can customize all sorts of fly-in outdoor adventures and flight seeing tours of the north. We frequently serve...

Yellowknife Outdoor Adventures

We offer a variety of wildlife viewing opportunities. Some can be delivered in a day trip while others require a 3-day trip.

North Star Adventures

View Canadian northern wildlife out in the wild! On many of our adventures, guests may see one or more of the following: buffalo, moose, black bear, fox, muskrat, eagles, hawk, cranes and many other species of birds. Whether it is one of our summer tours or our winter adventures, you...

My Backyard Tours

Join us for an exciting opportunity to develop your digital photographic abilities while capturing the stunning beauty of the North; see local wildlife, northern lights, plants and lichens. View special points of interest while in the City of Yellowknife before flying to Peterson's Point Lake Lodge and witnessing the...

Arctic Adventure Tours

Come with us on a day trip down the Dempster Highway to look for caribou, bears and wolves. The scenery alone is worth the trip anytime but the best time to view caribou, bears and other wildlife is during August. The autumn colors are also at their best near the...

Snowshoe Inn

Motel overlooking the Mackenzie River in Fort Providence.

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

One of the things you’ll love most about the North is the room to roam. The animals like it, too. When you and the wildlife are out enjoying our vast wilderness, there’s a good chance your paths will cross. But if you don’t want to leave anything...

Chuck Gruben's Guiding and Outfitting

Chuck Gruben is an active Inuvialuit hunter and trapper very knowledgeable in the Tuktoyaktuk area. Customized tours (hiking, bird watching, fishing) available on request. Equipped for small vessel business charters, MED-A certified. Big game hunting by snowmobile or boat. Barren Ground grizzly, muskox, wolf & wolverine. Sport hunts conducted from...

North Nahanni Naturalist Lodge

Wildlife viewing, birding, guided hiking, fishing, cultural activities, conferences.

Peterson's Point Lake Lodge

Discover the spectacular barrens and you will find this area is rich in vegetation, wildlife and history. You can see delicate tundra flowers, migratory caribou, grizzly bears, tundra swans and arctic terns while you follow in the footsteps of early explorers like that of Sir John Franklin. Excellent opportunities for...

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...

Great Canadian Adventure Company

Booking agent for wildlife tours - caribou, wolves, muskox. Guided wilderness tours from tent camps or comfortable lodges with modern conveniences. Cultural and historical sites, photography. Canoe and rafting trips, sport fishing, Aurora, snowmobile and dogsledding adventures. English and German spoken.

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.

Great Canadian Travel Company

Since 1981, specializing in travel to Canada's north. Offering airfares from around the world, hotels, lodges and customized tours including Aurora, Cultural, Eco and Wildlife, fishing, cruises and more.Please browse our websites: www.greatcanadiantravel.com; www.topoftheworldtours.com; www.polarbeartours.ca; www.greatcanadianlodges.ca

South Nahanni Outfitters Ltd.

In the Mackenzie Mountains we will take you to goat peaks, dall sheep mountains, caribou crossings and moose swamps. Experienced guides will bring you close to the game and amazing photo opportunies. Helicopter mobility and precision will give you access to unexplored ranges in an overwhelming and total wilderness - a...

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

You will drive down the highway into true wilderness to view these huge Northern animals. You will naturally want to photograph them, but please remember to stay inside the vehicle for safety.

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.

Modeste Outfitting

Dene guide Morris Modeste offers a lifetime of experience as a hunter, trapper and fishing guide on Great Bear Lake. World class fishing, camping, and wildlife viewing excursions. Share the Dene way of living on the land, evolved through generations of traditional knowledge. Comfortable wilderness accommodations consist of 10' x...

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.

Sambaa K'e Development Corporation

The most recent archaeological evidence indicates that Sambaa Ke (Trout Lake) has been a traditional fishing site for at least 2000 years. There is a simple reason for this fact: the size and quality of the fish. For the past 30 years, Sambaa Ke has operated a small rustic fishing...

Bekere Lake Lodge

Spring snowmobile adventures and wildlife photography. Snowmobiling to Horton River and area, snowshoeing, ice fishing. Three month advanced bookings.

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...

MacKay Lake Lodge (True North Safaris Ltd.)

Summer and winter experiences in the barren lands north of Yellowknife on world famous Mackay Lake. Fishing under the midnight sun, wildlife viewing, and photo opportunities. The annual caribou migration in July, is one of the last true spectacles of nature. Full service, all-inclusive from Yellowknife. Conference facilities licensed...

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.

Rendezvous Lake Lodge

Fish at a traditional Inuvialuit camp, 250 km (152 miles) east of Tuktoyaktuk, in the Anderson River area. Spring ice-fishing. Naturalist tours, hiking, ATV, custom designed.

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,...

Wolf Wolves are plentiful in the Northwest Territories, making their living as the main animal predators of caribou. Read More	Wildlife – What Can You See? Spot caribou, bison, Dall's sheep and bears. It all depends on where you go. Read More
Caribou Barrenground caribou migrate some 3000 km year round. Read More	Mountain Goat Mountain goats have short black horns and shaggy white coats that make them easy to spot on the high ledges of the Mackenzie Mountains. Read More
Wildlife in the Gateway Region From the highways, bison, black bears and sometimes moose can be seen. Read More	Aulavik National Park Muskox are the prime draw on Banks Island. Estimates place the island population at more than 68,000. Read More

Where Wildlife Roams Free

Wolf

Wildlife – What Can You See?

Caribou

Mountain Goat

Wildlife in the Gateway Region

Aulavik National Park