Start of our adventure trip to the north: We'll drive along the famous Alaska- and Klondike Highways and stop an route to take pictures. See the frozen Five Finger Rapids and cross some of the great northern rivers: Yukon River, Pelly and Stewart River are on our route today. We'll arrive in Dawson City (540 kms / 340 miles) in late afternoon. Walk around town and admire the many old and beautifully restored buildings from over a century ago. We'll stay at the charming and comfortable Aurora Inn.

A full day to explore Dawson City and the Goldrush history. We drive to the Midnight Sun Dome to take in the incredible vistas over the city, the Yukon River and the snow covered gold fields. We then continue up the creeks to the gold fields of fabled Bonanza Creek to visit the immense Dredge #4.In the afternoon you may participate in a guided snowmobile tour in the vicinity of Dawson City (optional). We'll spend another night at the Aurora Inn.

After breakfast we'll leave the last signs of civilization behind and drive north on the gravel surface of the Dempster Highway. We?ll stop often to take in this incredibly beautiful landscape and to take pictures. However, the low temperatures and a nasty wind may hamper our enthusiasm to stay out for very long. We drive past the Tombstone Mountains, a vast treeless plateau and cross two mountain passes before we reach the nearly endless Eagle Plains Plateau. The hotel at Eagle Plains is the only place along the Dempster Highway to eat, sleep and fuel up (460 kms / 285 miles). Do not expect a five star resort, but a functional truck stop where we?ll spend the night with truckers and road maintenance people.

Just north of Eagle Plains we'll arrive at the Polar Circle. From the monument we?ll enjoy a great view of the Richardson Mountains and the road in the distance. Soon after we?ll climb to the last mountain pass and the border to the Northwest Territories. Here we?ll change our clocks one hour ahead. We now descend into the wide valley of the mighty Peel- and Mackenzie Rivers. Here we make our first contact with ice roads as we cross both rivers over the ice. In the small native village of Fort McPherson we'll break to visit the cemetery where the members of The Lost Patrol rest. We may also visit the successful McPherson Tent & Canvas Shop where you may see - and buy - some of their product. We the continue to Arctic Red River, another small settlement and the crossing of the much wider Mackenzie River and in less than two hours we?ll arrive in Inuvik (340 kms / 210 miles). We'll stay at Arctic Chalet.

This day will be the highlight of this tour: after breakfast we'll drive onto the ice of a side arm of the Mackenzie River and head north towards the delta and the frozen Polar Sea. You?ll be amazed about the width of the road (up to 100 m / 300 ft wide) in some places and the thickness of the ice (up to 1.5 m / 5 ft). We?ll drive past remote cabins, frozen in tug boats and cut-offs to exploration camps. After 180 kms / 110 miles we'll finally reach firm ground at Tuktoyaktuk, a small Inuit (Eskimo) town of 1100 people. This is the northernmost point (69?26) on this tour and we?ll spend some time exploring the town with an old mission vessel, many old cabins and a lot of kids playing in the streets. by mid-afternoon we'll return to Inuvik (Arctic Chalet).

It's time to return to the south: we'll spend the morning in Inuvik and then transfer to the airport for our flight back to Whitehorse at 12.45. Upon arrival we'll spend our last night at the River View hotel. Time for sightseeing, shopping and a night in town.

• Meals and beverages
• 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.

• 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 Nature Tours of Yukon.
• This tour has many elements of an expedition and therefore changes in the itinerary due to weather and road conditions are a possibility. Nature Tours of Yukon explicitly reserves the right to adapt the tour itinerary. 
• Nature Tours of Yukon provides all necessary emergency equipment including satellite phone and GPS.
• Canadian law requires that you sign a ‘release of claims and waiver of liability form’ prior to participating on this trip.