We'll welcome you at the airport and transfer you to your Hotel in downtown Whitehorse. The hotel is located within walking distance of all attractions, restaurants, banks and stores. We will have an informational meeting and registration for optional tours at the hotel. Take your time for fitting the winter clothing (optional), shopping and dinner on your own. At 9:30 pm departure for Aurora viewing. A cozy, heated cabin or wall tent with hot drinks and snacks makes your Aurora viewing even more enjoyable. Return to hotel around 2.00 am.

Your guide will pick you up at your hotel at 10am. We will drive for approximately one hour north on the Alaska Highway towards Haines Junction and Kluane National Park. You will be able to see the front range of the St. Elias mountains west of Haines Junction. Your guide will have good historical and cultural knowledge of the area you are traveling through. We unload the snowmobiles at the trailhead. At this point we will give you pointers and hands-on instruction on how to properly and safely ride your snowmobile. Our snowmobile adventure starts right then and we travel north into some beautiful pristine mountain country. On the way in, we will be looking at  animal tracks and try to identify them.  A quick stop for a snack and hot beverage. After about two hours, we arrive at the base-camp. The camp consists of several log cabins and other outbuildings. You will have the luxury of staying in your own brand new log cabin.

Upon arrival, we will get the wood heaters going to warm up the cabins, cut a hole in the ice for water and do a few other chores. We will have lunch at this time. After that, a snowmobile trip around the lake and get you familiarized with the country.  We will serve a good hearty dinner and then spend the rest of the evening telling you about the country and stories related to the area we are living in.

Once it gets dark, your guide will show you from where you will be able to see the Aurora best. The incredible large and crystal clear northern sky is now ready to show off one of nature’s most specular phenomena – the Aurora Borealis. 

Your guide was born and raised in the Yukon and has traveled this area for over 30 years. We provide all of the equipment and food necessary for your snowmobile adventure tour. You only have to provide your own gear, outerwear, and personal items.

The next morning, we’ll have a great northern breakfast and then get ready to snowmobile to explore some new country. Our trail to the north of the cabins will be approximately 30 km (return) and will take a good part of the day. We will go as far as “the look-out” – an amazing scenic viewpoint, far above the valley floor -   mountainous country all around for many miles. You can also see the valley of the famous Dalton Trail. We will have lunch “on the trail”. If it’s very cold out, we’ll make a campfire to keep warm while we are having lunch. After we get back to the cabins, time permitting, we will either go on a snowshoe trail or go ice-fishing – your choice.  Please note that exact timing of most activities that we may do will be controlled by the weather.

There is a good chance to see and experience the Northern Lights on any clear night.

Morning at your leisure or optional half day tour. The transfer back to your hotel in downtown will be at 2pm. At 9.30 pm we will depart for another night of Aurora viewing at the Northern Tales Trading Post. Return to hotel around 2.00 am.

Transfer to the airport for your flight home.

• Meals other than mentioned
• Trip cancellation & medical insurance: We strongly recommend you purchase adequate insurance coverage at the time of booking. Your policy should cover injury, illness or death, trip cancellation, emergency medical search & rescue, flight accident, travel accident, loss of baggage and personal effects.
• Alcoholic beverages

Winter Clothing Package for 4 nights: CAD $ 140.00 + GST

• Winter outerwear pants and inner fleece liner, Winter outerwear jacket with inner fleece liner
• Winter boots (Sorel Glacier or similar), Insulated mitts, Insulated headgear / cap
• Needs to be booked in advance to ensure availability

• Average temperatures at the this time of winter are between -2° and - 24° Celsius / 28 to -31 degrees Fahrenheit, but extremes may be as low as -45° Celsius / -50 Fahrenheit. We ask you to bring adequate clothing to withstand these temperatures. You may buy winter clothing in Whitehorse or rent a clothing package from Northern Tales.
• This tour has many elements of an expedition and therefore changes in the itinerary due to cold temperature or other events are a possibility. Northern Tales explicitly reserves the right to adapt the tour itinerary.
• Canadian law requires that you sign a ‘release of claims and waiver of liability form’ prior to participating on this trip.
• For safety reasons, we do have a satellite phone so can readily communicate with the “outside world”.