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Wild Wolves & the
Great Summer
Caribou Migration
Territory of Nunavut, Canada
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Join us in Canada's mainland Arctic to explore for wild wolves, musk-oxen, and the mid-summer southbound migration of the massive barrenground caribou herds - one of the last great wildlife spectacles in North America since the bygone days of the buffalo!
The Barrenground caribou herds of Canada's Nunavut are the largest & least influenced in the world. Every year, hundred of thousands of animals migrate from the tree-line to the calving grounds on the remote Arctic tundra, and then back again during the summer and autumn. Our wildlife camps are ideally located closeby to the calving grounds and southbound migratory routes of three of the largest herds: the Bathurst, Ahiak & Beverly; allowing us triple the chances at quality caribou migration exposure. Photo copyright Eric Peterson.
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**Click here to make your reservation on the 'Wolves & Summer Caribou' trip!
Wolves
& the Great Summer Caribou
Migration 2008 |
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Jul. 11 to Jul. 18 - 2008 |
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Single: $5,750.00
US - $5,750.00 CAD Double: $10,350.00 US - $10,350.00 CAD |
Jul. 18 to Jul. 25 - 2008 |
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Single: $5,750.00
US - $5,750.00 CAD Double: $10,350.00 US - $10,350.00 CAD |
Click here to download &
print the detailed trip supplement
for the 2008 & 2009 'Great Summer Caribou Migration' trips
in PDF format
*Click here to make your reservation on the 'Wolves & Summer Caribou' trip!
Wolves
& the Great Summer Caribou
Migration 2009 |
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Prices Rates do not include
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Jul. 10 to Jul. 17 - 2009 |
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Single: $5,750.00
US - $5,750.00 CAD Double: $10,350.00 US - $10,350.00 CAD |
Jul. 17 to Jul. 24 - 2009 |
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Single: $5,750.00
US - $5,750.00 CAD Double: $10,350.00 US - $10,350.00 CAD |
You have the choice to combine a week of 'Dance with Wolves' with a week of the 'Great Summer Caribou Migration' at a substantially reduced rate! Add on $2,800.00 USD // $2,800.00 CDN per person Prices do not include GST tax. Click here or on photo to visit the 'Dance with Wolves' trip page! |
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This special wildlife expedition offers one of the best chances for a rare opportunity to encounter the caribou herds en-masse!
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We will start this unique wildllife trip by boarding a float-equpped aircraft at our starting point which varies from season to season (see www.thelon.com/map.htm); to fly 120-240 airmiles past the tree-line, and out over the remote Arctic tundra known locally as the 'Barrenlands'. Here we will land at our isolated wildlife basecamps located at one of the most isolated regions in mainland North America!
Click here to learn more about how to get to our wilderness trips. Once at one of our unique wildlife camps located at one of the last true wild wolf ranges remaining in the world, we typically offer comfortable tent-camp accommodations including private sleeping Quonsets, dining & shower facilities. We also offer an array of equipment on site such as boats, motors, canoes & kayaks to enhance the expeditions; to explore new areas and to seek other dens & wildlife. On occasion, we set up and offer optional ground tent 'spike camps' to maximize wildlife viewing. |
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From one of the most scenic tundra locations in the world, you will enjoy daily cuisine & comfortable Quonset accommodation, and qualified trip leaders to watch for wild wolves during the secondary stage of their den cycle, to boat & hike to see musk-oxen singles and herds, and a choice of daily interpretive programs.
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In the meantime, through a series of techniques that includes aerial reconnaissance, satellite imagery, GPS positioning & traditional knowledge, we will keep monitor the movements of the caribou herds - and once they move close enough to our position (within 100 miles) we will fly out to meet them on their migratory route. |
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We will then position participants to see and photograph the summer large 'bunch' movements usually 5,000 - 50,000 animals - of cows & calves of either the Bathurst, Beverly or Ahiak herds as they traditionally migrate southward off the nearby calving grounds in July.
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Depending on the circumstances, such as how far the herd is located from the main camp, the suitability of the country, and the logistics needed to access that specific area, we will either set up an overnight spike camp, or simply spend a day with the migration and head back to overnight at the active main camp.
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Designed for photographers and wildlife enthusiasts, we will accept only a total of twelve participants on this expedition.
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While on this special departure, participants will almost certainly encounter musk-oxen herds, & tundra wolves during their secondary-stage den cycle. It is also quite possible that we will encounter moose, barrens grizzly plus a variety of nesting raptors and waterfowl - all under the summer midnight twilight of the sub-Arctic summertime! Click here to obtain our bird list (in PDF) The Summer Caribou trip is essentially the same as the 'Dance with Wolves' trip with the charter flight to see the summer migration added. Thus you can learn more about this trip by going to the 'Dance with Wolves' page. |
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Incredible wildlife opportunities
and awesome tundra vistas highlight this
very special departure
to one of the most remote
wilderness locations on earth!
**Click here to make your reservation on the 'Wolves & Summer Caribou' trip!
Wolves
& the Great Summer Caribou
Migration 2008 |
Departure
Dates |
Seats
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Prices
Rates do not include
GST. |
Jul. 11 to Jul. 18 - 2008
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Single: $5,750.00
US - $5,750.00 CAD Double: $10,350.00 US - $10,350.00 CAD |
Jul. 18 to Jul. 25 - 2008
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Single: $5,750.00
US - $5,750.00 CAD Double: $10,350.00 US - $10,350.00 CAD |
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Click here to download &
print the detailed trip supplement
for the 2008 & 2009 'Great Summer Caribou Migration' trips
in PDF format
*Click here to make your reservation on the 'Wolves & Summer Caribou' trip!
Wolves
& the Great Summer Caribou
Migration 2009 |
Departure
Dates |
Seats
Left |
Prices Rates do not include
GST. |
Jul. 10 to Jul. 17 - 2009 |
4 |
Single: $5,750.00
US - $5,750.00 CAD Double: $10,350.00 US - $10,350.00 CAD |
Jul. 17 to Jul. 24 - 2009 |
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Single: $5,750.00
US - $5,750.00 CAD Double: $10,350.00 US - $10,350.00 CAD |
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You have the choice to combine a week of 'Dance with Wolves' with a week of the 'Great Summer Caribou Migration' at a substantially reduced rate! Add on $2,800.00 USD // $2,800.00 CDN per person Prices do not include GST tax. Click here or on photo to visit the 'Dance with Wolves' trip page! |
Check out what some of our clients had to say about this incredible adventure:
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Photographer Christopher Crowley Past 2005 US client Chris Crowley had a magnificent experience on his Great Summer Caribou Migration trip. Click here or on photo to read Chris's on-line testimonial! Chris had this to say about his trip with us: "The circle of life is pretty
small on the tundra. Caribou eat lichen. Almost everything else eats the
caribou. Circles lie within circles. Every spring, large herds of caribou
(Rangifer tarandus) migrate hundreds of miles northward to the calving
grounds and return later in the summer. We watched as several groups of
caribou, hundreds in each group, crossed a river. In places they swam,
heads bobbing in the river. In shallower places they waded, stumbling on
slick rocks. The calves had to hustle to keep up with the crossing adults.
Once the herd reached land, however, they were all off and running with a
rumbling of hooves oddly muted by the soft
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Canadian Northern Lights Award for Excellence in Travel Journalism Past client & Canadian Author Catherine Senecal won the prestigious Canadian Travel Commission's Northern Lights Award for Excellence in Travel Journalism for best Internet Reporting. Well, Cathy's winning story was written about her year 2000 trip with Ecoventures on the 'Great Summer Caribou Migration'! Click here or on photo to read Catherine's' on-line article! Catherine had this to say about her trip with us: "I loved the camp and being out on the barrens-I even love saying, "when I was out on the barren lands" to people. It makes me sound so adventurous! The truth is your trip, camp and tour make this stunning land and its animals accessible to people willing to let their minds and spirits compel them to a place perhaps more wild and epiphanic than they could have predicted." |
Click here to learn about our autumn caribou photography trips!
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Phone: 1-800-667-9453 (Canada & USA) Overseas Phone: +807-727-3758 North American toll-free Fax: 866-416-5548 Email: tundra@thelon.com Request More Information |