North Star Adventures
Canada North Experience
Canada North Experience
2025: June 13 to August 22
2026: June 13 to August 24
- Personal airport shuttle to hotel
- All tour transfer from hotel
- Small group tours, more personal
- Comfortable hotel stay in Yellowknife
- Comfortable B&B stay in communities
- Extended Day Tour Nahanni Park
- Meals & healthy snacks
- Tea and talk with Dene & Inuit Elders
- Genuine Indigenous culture
- Scenic boat trip on Mackenzie River
- Road trip on Mackenzie Highway
- See world’s biggest wild buffalo
- Visit Residential School Memorial
- Genuine Inuit culture
- Boat ride on the Arctic Ocean
- ATV ride to historic Bloody Fall site
- Tea and Talk with Inuit Elders
- North Star Memory Package
- North Star Hoodie
- Return flights to Yellowknife
- Travel insurance
- Some meals not included
- North Star Souvenir Package
- Gratuities for staff and drivers
Explore and enjoy Canada’s north!
Visit the capital of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife! See the world’s biggest wood buffalo! Boat Canada’s longest river, the mighty Mackenzie River! Experience the pristine wilderness of the Northwest Territories and and the breathtaking UNESCO World Heritage site, the spectacular Nahanni National Park! and enter into a new, untouched realm of the Canadian Arctic!
Experience life in small Indigenous and Inuit communities. Meet the local residents, community leaders, respected Elders and experience firsthand the warm hospitality of the local Indigenous peoples of the Dehcho region of Northwest Territories (Denendeh) and the kind and resilient Inuit peoples of Canada’s Arctic in Nunavut!
Highlights include a comfortable 300km drive from Yellowknife to Fort Providence where you will see the world’s largest buffalo along the way! When in Fort Providence, we will visit the beautiful Residential School Memorial constructed on the same site as the first Residential School in the Northwest Territories, which opened over 160 years in 1860.
Relax on a comfortable 65km boat ride on the mighty Mackenzie River from Jean Marie River to Fort Simpson, the same river canoed by Sir Alexander Mackenzie and his intrepid men back in 1789, over 230 years ago. Then on your 2nd day in Fort Simpson enjoy an extended day tour into the world famous and spectacular Nahanni National Park!
In each community you will overnight in relaxing accommodations including Fort Providence, Fort Simpson and in Kugluktuk on the Arctic Ocean! While in Fort Simpson enjoy a wonderful, interesting evening having tea and a storytelling with local Indigenous Elders.
Book your Canada North Experience in June or July and experience our 24hr daylight phenomenon, or book your Package in August and experience our incredible and amazing Aurora Borealis.
Maximum passengers per booking is only 8 persons so you can enjoy a more personal tour experience of the pristine, untouched wilderness, wildlife and vibrant Indigenous cultures of the Northwest Territories!
If you are looking for the full and complete northern Canada experience, then choose our 12 Day “Nahanni Arctic Plus” package and get ready to enjoy an amazing and truly a once a lifetime 4 days and 3 nights in the mystical Arctic! Walk the vast and historic barren lands under the midnight Sun, boat on the Arctic Ocean and meet and mingle with the resilient Inuit peoples who have lived here for thousands of years!
Truly a once in a lifetime northern Canada adventure with Joe and his amazing team. Add to your Package with a direct return flight from Ottawa or Toronto. Email us today where our kind, courteous and friendly staff are waiting to assist you with your Mackenzie Nahanni Arctic booking.
2025 - 10 Day Canada North Experience
CNE25-10D-01: Jun 13 – Jun 22
CNE25-10D-02: Jun 25 – Jul 04
CNE25-10D-03: Jul 04 – Jul 13
CNE25-10D-04: Jul 16 – Jul 25
CNE25-10D-05: Jul 25 – Aug 03
CNE25-10D-06: Aug 06 – Aug 15
CNE25-10D-07: Aug 15 – Aug 24
Price: $15,995.00*+GST/person
*maximum 8 persons per booking; based on double occupancy
2026 - 10 Day Canada North Experience
CNE26-10D-01: Jun 13 – Jun 22
CNE26-10D-02: Jun 25 – Jul 04
CNE26-10D-03: Jul 04 – Jul 13
CNE26-10D-04: Jul 16 – Jul 25
CNE26-10D-05: Jul 25 – Aug 03
CNE26-10D-06: Aug 06 – Aug 15
CNE26-10D-07: Aug 15 – Aug 24
Price: $17,635.00*+GST/person
*maximum 8 persons per booking; based on double occupancy
Itinerary
Day 1 - Welcome to Yellowknife!
Welcome to Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, you made it! We will greet you at the airport and check you into your hotel.
After all the guests have arrived we will gather for an orientation session of your Package for latest updates and introductions of guests and our North Star staff.
For a detailed Itinerary of your Package, please send us an email and we will be happy to send it to you. We will also schedule information zoom call sessions to provide more information and answer any questions you may have.
See you soon!
Accommodation
Welcome to Yellowknife!
For our Canada North Experience, we are happy to partner with the Explorer Hotel.
Guests will stay here on their first two days (Day 1 & 2) and last night (Day 6) of the Package.a wonderful hotel experience, as you will experience when you join our Canada North Experience!
Welcome to Fort Providence!
For our Canada North Experience, we are happy to partner with the Snowshoe Inn. Fort Providence is a beautiful community situation on the Mackenzie River. Choose a room with a view of the mighty River!
Guests will stay here on their third night (Day 3) of the Package.
A wonderful small town hotel experience, as you will experience when you join our Canada North Experience! The Snowshoe Inn was recently fully renovated and you are in for a surprise when you check into your room!