Aurora Borealis Tour from Yellowknife

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VACATION FEATURES:

Accommodations
- 3 nights hotel accommodation

Sightseeing Excursions and Tours
- Guided Aurora Borealis Viewing (3 nights)
Transfers
- Round-trip transfers between the Yellowknife Airport and your Yellowknife Hotel

Documentation
- Winter Clothing Rental
- Itinerary, brochures, maps and vouchers
- Hotel luggage handling

ITINERARY:

DAY 1 - Arriving in Yellowknife

Upon your arrival in Yellowknife you will be met by a local guide and transferred to your hotel. Enroute you will stop to suit-up into your winter attire and given an orientation of the local area. After dropping off your luggage, join the tour to the Aurora Viewing Facilities located in an authentic teepee village. This site is ideally situated to observe the maximum brilliance of the Aurora. Listen to the interpretive commentary while taking in the beauty of the electrically charged night sky. Also included is your choice of soup and hot beverages.

DAY 2 - Exploring Yellowknife

Today enjoy a three hour sightseeing tour of the local attractions and historic sites in Yellowknife. This evening, return to the viewing site to see the Northern Lights, this striking natural occurrence of the Canadian North. Normally there are curtains of white, blue, and green light in this natural light show. They may also form a corona and seem to burst. Your guide will also be able to tell you some of the Inuit folk tales and scientific facts that are associated with this spectacle. A choice of soups and hot beverages are once again included.

DAY 3 - Sightseeing in Yellowknife

Today is a free day in Yellowknife. Check out Old Town with its unique buildings dating back to Yellowknife's gold rush days as well as the ski-plane bases, ice highway and colourful houseboats on the lake. Tonight is your final night to view the Aurora Borealis. A choice of soups and beverages are included.

DAY 4 - Departing Yellowknife

This morning you will be transferred to the Yellowknife airport.

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