Northern Vacations

Dog Sledding

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Dog Sledding

 

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Dog Sledding

 

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Dog Sledding

 

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BY ROAD Includes:

  • Flights to and from Whitehorse to Dawson
  • All transfers from and to airports
  • Hotel room at Bombay Peggy's in Dawson night 8
  • All arctic outer wear and gear (mukluk boots, overmitts, parka, insulated overalls, Hollowfill booties, insulated bottle, thermos, headlamp etc.)
  • Arctic, double sleeping bag system
  • Personal dogteam and sled
  • All meals on trail and in camp

NOT included:

  • Flights to and from Whitehorse
  • Dinner and drinks in Dawson night 8
  • Breakfast day 9
Description
CAD Cost
Price
$4380 +6% GST

Rates are per person

Dog Sledding in the
Tombstone Mountains
9 days / 8 nights

Experience the world of Buck and White Fang for yourself! Travel to the heart of the Yukon, in the shadow of the Arctic Circle for a dog sledding tour with the Yukon’s premier dog sledding touring kennel. This exciting late winter/early spring tour takes advantage of the central Yukon’s snow-pack and relatively warm days for a spectacular dog sledding tour experience. Along the way, you’ll experience a Yukon log cabin homestead, dog sled on the famous 1000 mile Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race trail as well as the mighty Yukon River, and whoop it up with grizzled gold miners in Dawson City, home of the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush, the greatest the world has ever seen!

Travel Itinerary:

Day 1
Arrive Whitehorse Airport. Transfer to the homestead. You’ll be outfitted with personal gear and taken out for your first “Mushing 101” lesson. Dinner and free evening to relax in the guest lounge or enjoy a hot tub under the Northern Lights.

Day 2
Flight to Dawson City, transfer by road to the trailhead. Mush into camp on the famous Yukon Quest Trail on the Yukon River. Dinner, free evening. Northern Lights viewing.

Day 3
Dog sledding day tour along the frozen Yukon River. Hearty fireside lunch at a prospectors cabin.

Day 4-7
Day tours by dog sled into Tombstone Territorial Park and will follow the West Hart River Valley enjoying the ample snow, and absolutely spectacular mountain scenery. You will have plenty of time to enjoy the comfortable camp and savour the heat of the spring sun as we relax in our camp chairs, looking for wintering caribou on the flanks of the nearby mountains.

Day 8
Full day dogsled to the Demspter Highway trailhead. Return to Dawson City by road. This evening we’ll stay at famous Bombay Peggy’s – a former brothel – now a comfortable Victorian-style in, complete with clawfoot tubs (a welcome treat after a week on the trail! Evening free to enjoy the gold rush saloon after a delicious dinner, or turn in early to relax in the luxury of fresh duvets and pillows!

Day 9
Morning free to explore the boardwalks of Dawson City, once home to 50,000 miners, prospectiors, dance hall girls, merchants and sham-artists, and now a national historic site. Return flight to Whitehorse, overnight Whitehorse or depart.

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Notes:

  • Guest to guides ratio 2:1
  • While on the trail, guests and sleep in 4 person mountaineering tents (2 people/tent) that have small stoves for heat

Departure Dates:

March 28 – April 5 / April 4 – 12 / April 11 – 19, 2010