Nature Grande Slam in North America: Grizzly, polar bears & beluga whales.
Meet and greet at Vancouver International Airport and transfer with Le Reve van to Vancouver.? Accommodation for one night in a 5 stars hotel (Westin Bayshore or Fairmont Waterfront?), breakfast included.
This beautiful west coast city considered is what awaits you in the areas that are considered among the most uncontaminated in the planet: the wild British Columbia coast and semi-arctic Canadian tundra r with visit to downtown Vancouver, Stanley Park and Anthropological Museum.?In the afternoon, transfer to the airport for the flight to Campbell River. Accommodation in a 4 stars Boutique Hotel, breakfast included?.
In one hour and a half flight you will reach, by seaplane, your deluxe lodge and be accommodated in a double room, full board treatment for 3 nights. You will be then ready to start your grizzly tour adventure with different guided excursions and killer whales and bears watching in their habitat. ?You will be introduced to the rich environment, fauna, flora of this area with the help of our guides, expert ethologists and photographers.
You will go back to Campbell by seaplane and then reach the airport for your flight back to Vancouver.? Night in the same hotel of your arrival.?
In the morning you will go to the airport to take a flight to Winnipeg. Here, you will be welcomed by our “Tour Belugas and Polar Bear representative”. Then, you will reach Churchill, by seaplane in order to start your arctic tundra adventure. In Churchill you will be accommodated at the Tour Belugas & Polar Bear Hotel. ?In the morning, after an abundant breakfast, you will be ready to take off on board a seaplane for your first arctic tundra adventure in order to discover this wonderful nature. You will fly over herds of caribous and see polar bears running toward you as your seaplane flies by.? Then, you will get to your deluxe lodge on Hudson Bay and be accommodated with a full board treatment. You will meet guides, ethologists and expert photographers that will be able to give you many useful advices. There will be an orientation briefing on arctic tundra habitat and environment and about Hudson Bay’s flora and fauna, particularly about polar bears and belugas. After a Wild Style gourmet lunch you will continue your excursion and discover the tundra’s environment around the lodge, which is strategically located and a wonderful bay view in front of you. In the evening, you will get a good rest that will allow you to go on with the next five intense excursion days.
NB. Every day, during this itinerary, you will be able to choose the most appealing excursions. Many and different expeditions experiences will be available to you. Have a look at the following options.
1) Sea expedition: you will sail to explore the marine and coastal fauna, including polar bears. You will go watching white belugas, by using an hydrophone to listen to their chanting and will be also able to see a large variety of big and small birds and sea eagles.?
2) Climbing expedition: this program is regularly done and it will make you taste the tundra environment giving you the chance to get close to the large caribou herd, polar bears and many other animals.?
3) Buggy trucker tundra expedition: this one will be the most amusing and dynamic expedition as will allow you to explore the wide stretch of coastal territory with its fauna, while being confortably seated in the big self-propelled vehicle?.
4) Naturalistic photography’s workshop: Lesson on the field. An expert photographer will give you many useful advises to take memorable photos of this wonderful and rare nature.
5) Naturalistic lessons: Experienced guides will make you discover the naturalistic beauty of this fantastic corner of the world?.
6) Hudson Bay’s exploration & immersion with Belugas: Using a dinghy you will go after the white belugas together with an expert guide who will explain you the fantastic world of these white giants. Time and weather conditions allowing, you will then have the extraordinary experience of swimming among belugas.?
7) Kayak coastal exploration: Weather conditions allowing, this excursion must not be missed. You will fly back to Churchill by seaplane and then on a regular airplane, to Winnipeg to enjoy an unforgivable kayak coastal exploration.
Today, you will go to Vancouver or Toronto airport to take your flight back home.