Polar Bear Fly-In Migration Safari

Arrive Winnipeg

Today you will fly into Winnipeg, where you will spend the night in a hotel by the airport, ready for your flight to Churchill the next day.

Winnipeg - Arviat Polar Cabins

On arrival in Churchill from Winnipeg, transfer to a waiting private charter aircraft for a 40 min flight to the Arviat Polar Bear Cabins. Situated halfway between Churchill and Arviat on the Hudson Bay Coast, the cabins are only a couple of miles south of the mighty Gellini River. Cabins have been strategically placed in ‘Polar Bear Alley’ for reliable polar bear encounters and amazing photography opportunities. During October and November the river is still flowing so polar bears can no longer travel north due to the river’s 5km width. You live with them, observe them and photograph them as they patiently wait for the Hudson Bay Coast and the river to freeze up.

Overnight: Arviat Polar Bear Cabins D

Arviat Polar Bear Cabins

There is deliberately no perimeter fence installed to provide a more natural interaction experience with polar bears. Your Inuit guides know these polar bears intimately; they understand their behaviour after years of living amongst them. With your guides, you will go on day hikes outside of the Arviat Polar Bear Cabin complex.

Overnight: Arviat Polar Bear Cabins B, L, D

Arviat Polar Cabins - Winnipeg

The local Quamirjuaq Caribou herd, consisting of about 400,000, at times comes within a few miles of the Arviat Polar Bear Cabin complex. On the return flight back to Churchill, we will check the up to date co-ordinates of the herd and attempt to search and locate them. Transfer to the late evening scheduled flight back to Winnipeg from Churchill.

Overnight: Arviat Polar Bear Cabins B, L, D

Depart Winnipeg

This morning, transfer to the airport for your international flight home.