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YELLOWKNIFE TOURS

“2015 nwt operator of the year award” "2017 akaitcho business of the year award" "2018 citie the best outbound travel operator prize" "2020 ai business excellence award" "2021 luxlife travel and tourism awards" "2023 tripadvisor travellers' choice award".

We would like to welcome you to experience the world-class Aurora Borealis viewing in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Yellowknife & Aurora

Experience the natural spectacle

Yellowknife is the premium location to view Aurora Borealis, also known as Northern Lights.

Our Activities

Enjoy what nature has to offer

There are plenty of other fun-filled activities to complement the natural beauty of Aurora Borealis.

About Yellowknife Tours

Adventure With Us

Our experienced, friendly tour guides will make sure you get the most out of your once-in-a-lifetime adventure.

DOGSLEDDING IN YELLOWKNIFE AMPLIFIES NORTHERN LIGHTS EXPERIENCE

YELLOWKNIFE CABIN RETREAT: AN ENCHANTING WAY TO SEE THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

NORTHERN LIGHTS IN YELLOWKNIFE: DON’T LET THE COLD GET IN YOUR WAY

Five Reasons Why Yellowknife, Canada Is The Best Place To View Northern Lights

“Thank you very much for your kindness while we were in Yellowknife. We really had a good time there. We never forget the beautiful Northern lights, dog sledding, kind people etc. We have a lot of wonderful memories and hope to see you again”

Yoriko from Japan

Once in a life time……lucky and amazed Twice….fulfilled and praised Third time ?! Crazy but blessed. Stole some time and went there last weekend for two nights. Another taste, another mood, dark blue starry night. The daytime dogsled race was a bonus!  

Stephen from Vancouver

看到如此有水準的北極光下影到的大自然和人之間的和諧，告誡我們要更加愛護保護大自然。大自然偉大，而你能無私地將自己的熱情和攝影技術與過客分享，這樣的精神也是傑出偉大的！通過你的指導，在場的拍友個個學會了極光下影人的技巧，你亦師亦友、人人沒齿難忘！今我收到這些極光照片不僅快樂幸福，其留念價值則無可估量。再次向你說聲，謝謝……”  

Verda, very glad to know you and your family and thanks for your help in Yellowknife, NWT. We have a pleasant tour in NWT by your help. Actually, we learned a lot from you. If you plan to be in Vancouver someday, please let me know and I really like to be your friend in the future.

Libert from Vancouver

Verda, Angela & Law, Really have to say many thanks to you guys, all the arrangements and warmest hospitality, which made every one of us feel like home. Every day’s programme was full of excitement. Law is really a professional tourist guide, that’s why we called him a life directory of Yellowknife. Verda, you made me so warm when I first touched ground of Yellowknife. Once again thanks for the Law family, hope to see you soon in Vancouver or again in Yellowknife.

Wu from Vancouver

婷婷：謝謝你們一家親切、熱情、盡責的服務，令我們有賓至如歸的感覺，這幾天辛苦晒了！我們對你一家的服務態度非常滿意，希望在不久會再次到黄刀市找你們幫忙。希望你們的生意蒸蒸日上，成為全世界最出名觀賞北極光的旅行社。

Lucia Wang & NG from Hong Kong

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Your northern lights expedition begins with us!

Email: [email protected] | Phone: +1.867.446.7335/6

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Experience The BEST Northern lights Holiday!

With Yellowknife local expert guides

Popular Multi​-Day Hotel & Aurora Tours Packages

Summer | Winter Accommodation & Tours Packages

3 DAYS 2 NIGHTS

2 nights guided Aurora Hunting experience also know n as northern lights searching tour by bus.

Hotel accommodation in Yellowknife and round trip ground transportation from Yellowknife airport to hotel and tours.

4 DAYS 3 NIGHTS

1 night aurora hunting experience

1 nights aurora viewing experience in cabin

1 night aurora viewing experience  in tee-pee at  a boriginal camp.  

Complementary Yellowknife city tour

Hotel accommodation in Yellowknife including round trip ground transportation for airport transfers, hotel and activities.

5 DAYS 4 NIGHTS

2  nights aurora hunting experience

1 night aurora viewing in tee-pee  at a boriginal camp.

Complementary Yellowknife c ity tour

Popular Winter Tours & Activities

WINTER | SPRING 

SNOWMOBILE TOUR

1.5 hours guided Yellowknife  snowmobiling adventure.

ICE FISHING TOUR

4 h ours guided hands on ice fishing experience in heated shacks cabins.

ICE ROAD TOUR

1.5 hours guided Yellowknife - Dettah ice road adventure.

Northern Lights Viewing Experiences

Yellowknife Tours & Activities  SUMMER | AUTUMN 

CAMERON FALLS HIKING TOUR

4 Hours Guided Cameron Falls nature hiking tour that takes you an hour driveaway from busy city life to breath taking scenery of Cameron falls. Round trip group transportation and snacks included. 

YELLOWKNIFE CITY TOUR

3 Hours Guided Yellowknife sightseeing city tour by tour bus, includes stops at Legislative Assembly, Prince of Whales Northern Heritage Museum and most of Yellowknife tourist attraction places

4 Hours guided buffalo viewing experience also known as bison tour. Round trip ground transportation and snacks included.

YELLOWKNIFE NORTHERN LIGHTS PACKAGES

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WE'RE NOW ACCEPTING SUMMER 2023 & WINTER 2024  RESERVATIONS

Summer Season Packages

Aurora Season Dates

Autumn: August 13 - October 20  |   Winter: November 20 - April 20 

Winter Clothing Rentals

 RENT WINTER CLOTHING

Don't let Yellowknife winter stop you from enjoying outdoors adventures! 

We have winter clothing for you.

We're happy when you're happy. We know how important it is to have the best vacation with memorable experience. Our experienced staff goes above and beyond to provide top notch customer service to make you our guest have the best memorable experience.

Customized vacation planning, professsional guides, we will make your vacation unforgettable services we offer.

Not everyone likes same activities or hotel. At Arctic Tours Canada we listen to your trip requirements and we do our best to customize package that suite you and your group. Customized language request is provided for some tours. Some of the languages we provide translator guide on request includes; Mandarin, Japanese and Spanish. Minimum number of participants required for language translator guide.

Fun Tours & Activities

When you book our tours your fun have just began. Arctic Tours Canada provide friendly tour guides that are professionally trained photographers, First Aid certified and safety ambassadors to all task. Our guides are multi-lingual and pride in sharing culture exchange with customers from all different parts of the world.

Comfortable Accommodation

As a local Yellowknife tour operator Arctic Tours Canada know all the local things to do during regular aurora (northern lights) season months, and summer months tours and activities that can make your Yellowknife vacation count on your bucket list.  We like you to experience all the local jams that makes our destination unique. What we know we share and we will only recommend the best. 

Finding the best accommodation is one of our many expertise. Arctic Tours Canada works with all the best local accommodations. Some of our accommodation partners include; Days Inn Hotel, Quality Inn Hotel, Super 8 Hotel, Chateau Nova Hotel, Explorer Hotel, Capital Suites Hotel, Hyatt Hotel and more.

Extraordinary - every month of the year

Yellowknife is Canada's capital of cool

Here you'll find it all. Skyscrapers springing from rocky outcrops at the edge of Great Slave Lake. Sailboats gliding across Back Bay. Float planes soaring in the midnight sun. Famous events, including a cultural festival in a snow palace and a music festival on a sandy shore. A neighbourhood of bright houseboats, all aglow beneath the Aurora. Mansions built next to log cabins and teepees; and a whole bunch of friendly, offbeat locals, having an extraordinary time in the wildest little city on earth.

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2020 Visitor's Guide

View or download the 2020 Extraordinary Yellowknife Visitor's Guide: Travel Tips, Maps, Activities

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• About Yellowknife

Yellowknife Outdoor Adventures is owned and operated by Carlos Gonzalez, a 31-year resident of the Northwest Territories. Passionate about the outdoors, Carlos loves to share his knowledge of the seasons, the wildlife, the fish and the natural beauty of this spectacular part of the Canada.

An award-winning guide, teacher and restaurant owner, Carlos treasures what he calls “the outdoor moments”, the colours of the seasons, the habits of the wildlife and above all, the fantastic northern pike fishing on Great Slave Lake.

Yellowknife Outdoor Adventures offers professional certified guides speaking English, French, Spanish or Italian.

Our offices are located on Franklin Avenue, in historic Yellowknife Old Town, on the shores of Great Slave Lake.

Experiencing Northern Life – Northwest Territories, Canada

Join Carlos Gonzalez, owner of Yellowknife Outdoor Adventures, as he shares insight into the outdoor lifestyle that attracts visitors to Canada’s Northwest Territories — this includes fly-fishing, and preparing a fresh meal with friends.

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My Backyard Tours is a licensed tour operator in the Northwest Territories and 100% Indigenous owned by Tłı̨chǫ Adventures Ltd.

Book your winter clothing rentals to keep you warm and comfortable during your visit to Somba K’e (Yellowknife) and beyond for your winter adventures!

Take flight for extraordinary photo opportunities that can be only be captured above Somba K’e (Yellowknife) during your helicopter tour. Tours accommodate up to three passengers at a time for the best views.

Guests can sit back and relax in a comfortable vehicle (small group sizes of 2-6 people) while we embark on a picturesque 3 hour (250km) drive from Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories.

Perfect for first-time snowmobilers, the experience ensures your safety and confidence throughout. Available February 1st – March 31st.

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 Enjoy Yellowknife on the water with a canoe, kayak or stand up paddle rentals

Adventure awaits at back bay on great slave lake, looking for a companion we have a few good dogs looking for homes. contact us at [email protected] for more information., old town walking tour.

Join a Sundog guide on an informative walking tour of Old Town.

Home School Program

Outdoor adventures and other useful skills! Age 5- 12

Plan your next adventure with us!

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• The ranking of tours, activities, and experiences available on Tripadvisor is determined by several factors including the revenue generated by Tripadvisor from these bookings, the frequency of user clicks, and the volume and quality of customer reviews. Occasionally, newly listed offerings may be prioritized and appear higher in the list. The specific placement of these new listings may vary.

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2. 4D3N Aurora Package Including 3-Nights stay Chateau or Explorer

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Morning Star Travel  See the World in a New Light

Morning Star Travel in Yellowknife Where the Aurora viewing begins!

Yellowknife Aurora Morning Star Travel

Embark on an unforgettable journey to witness the mesmerizing Aurora with our expertly-crafted tours. Our day tours and guided round-trips offer a diverse range of fall and winter activities that cater to the needs of experiential travelers.

With Yellowknife as our base, the Aurora capital of the world, we boast a 98% viewing probability with clear skies and no obstructions from mountains or oceans. Let us help you create unforgettable memories that will last a lifetime

Fall Tours Aug 11th-Oct 30th

Winter Tours Nov 28th-Apr 11th

Canada's BEST Chinese Aurora tour opertor - - See and feel with us

The official partner of the Tourism Bureau       --   Experience the local culture 

Special Aurora viewing -- Depart every night, there are two ways to watch the Aurora every night, Aurora Teepee Lodge & Aurora ​Hunting

Yellowknife local opertor -- City-wide pick-up and drop-off, commercial libility insurance 

Aurora T eepee Lodge       --  Exclusive, First Nation Hunting Culture Show

Morning Star also provides:

city tour, driving on the ice road,  experiencing First Nation Culture in Dene village,

Dog sledding, Cameron Falls hiking, wildlife viewing, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, ice fishing and watching the Aurora  dance among the star-filled Yellowknife sky.

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8-Day Yellowknife Northern Lights & Rockies Autumn Tour | Explore the Aurora and National Parks

• Fully Guided

• Introduction
• Day 1 Home — Yellowknife — Aurora Viewing
• Day 2 Yellowknife — Aurora Viewing
• Day 3 Yellowknife — Aurora Viewing
• Day 4 Yellowknife — Calgary
• Day 5 Banff Gondola — Johnston Canyon Walk — Bow Falls — Surprise Corner — Hoodoos — Banff Town
• Day 6 Bow Lake — Columbia Icefield (ice Explorer/ Glacier Skywalk) — Athabasca Falls — Jasper Town
• Day 7 Jasper — Maligne Lake — Maligne Canyon — The Crossing — Peyto Lake — Crowfoot Glacier
• Day 8 Lake Louise — Moraine Lake — Yoho — Spiral Tunnel — Emerald Lake — Natural Bridge

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What's Included

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• Additional Services

Reviews About This Operator

• Tour Operator Calgary Tours 4.2
• Teresita · 8th October 2023 Great experience and great guides like Allan and David.
• chhaya · 6th October 2023 The navigation of trip using Tourradar was easy and helpful. The Calgary Tours arrangement of the bus trip along with... Show more
• Balkrishna · 29th September 2023 It was Fantabulous!!! Enjoyed every moment. Hotel and travel arrangements were superb. Tour guides knowledgeable and... Show more

Dates & Availability

Pay-by-instalments

Take advantage of our 0% interest instalment plan on selected departures. Learn More

• Upcoming departures
• August 2024
• September 2024
• October 2024
• Get Instant Confirmation Monday 12 Aug, 2024 Monday 19 Aug, 2024 English, Chinese Filling Fast Multiple Room Types €1,380 0% Interest Instalments Only Pay 10% Deposit Confirm Dates
• Get Instant Confirmation Tuesday 13 Aug, 2024 Tuesday 20 Aug, 2024 English, Chinese Filling Fast Multiple Room Types €1,380 0% Interest Instalments Only Pay 10% Deposit Confirm Dates
• Get Instant Confirmation Wednesday 14 Aug, 2024 Wednesday 21 Aug, 2024 English, Chinese Filling Fast Multiple Room Types €1,380 0% Interest Instalments Only Pay 10% Deposit Confirm Dates
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• Get Instant Confirmation Wednesday 21 Aug, 2024 Wednesday 28 Aug, 2024 English, Chinese Filling Fast Multiple Room Types €1,380 0% Interest Instalments Only Pay 10% Deposit Confirm Dates

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Greece launches ‘free’ holidays for tourists who fled 2023 Rhodes wildfires

Up to 25,000 holidaymakers, mainly from Britain, in line for vouchers to cover a week’s hotel stay

It has required new legislation and navigation of copious red tape but nine months after wildfires devastated Rhodes , Greece has launched the first “free” holidays for thousands of tourists forced to flee the island.

In a decision tourism officials call a world first, up to 25,000 affected holidaymakers will, as of this week, be eligible for compensation.

“The scheme is up and running as the prime minister promised,” the Greek tourism ministry’s general secretary, Myron Flouris, told the Guardian. “It’s been a very complicated process not least, I think, because we’re the first country in the world to do this.”

Under the programme , people who stayed in hotels that were evacuated because of the July fires will be able to redeem e-vouchers worth up to €500 to cover the accommodation charges of a week-long stay. The initiative will be run in two phases: between now and 31 May and 1 October to 15 November.

Take-up has already been strong, tourism officials in Rhodes say, with more than 5,000 holidaymakers enrolling on the scheme’s register of beneficiaries. “Anyone who was staying in areas that were affected by the fires is eligible,” said Yannis Papavasiliou, who heads the island’s union of hoteliers. “The response has been very good and we are told will be even stronger come the autumn.”

He said compensation would reflect the amount clients originally paid to tour operators and would range from €300 to €500. “It will apply only to hotels, not Airbnb-style private accommodation. At the end of the day Greece is making good on its promise to recompense all those who lost their holidays because of climate change.”

The country’s centre-right government, led by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, announced the initiative on ITV’s Good Morning Britain within days of thousands of stranded holidaymakers being forced to cut short their trips as the wildfires raged.

Most of those put on repatriation flights were Britons.

Visiting the island on Monday, Mitsotakis, who ordered the mass evacuation as a preventive measure, said wildfires would inevitably increase as a result of the climate emergency. “All of the Mediterranean is a hotspot for climate change. That, statistically, means we will have more fires and probably more floods,” he told a conference organised in Rhodes by the European Travel Commission under the fitting title: EU Tourism: Resilience in the Era of the Climate Crisis.

What mattered most was human life, the Greek leader said. “It wasn’t easy … to evacuate 25,000 visitors but we did it safely and we are very proud of the fact that we managed to confront this crisis essentially without mourning [the loss] of human life.”

One UK holidaymaker planning to take up the offer is Sara van Oostrum, a business owner from Hampshire, and her partner, though she said her daughter would not be joining as she felt traumatised by the experience. “We thought at the time our daughter was dealing really well, but on reflection children are funny things, they’re like sponges and take in everything and it doesn’t come out till afterwards – she doesn’t want to return,” she said.

Last August, the family were evacuated from a smoke-filled hotel in which they were handed masks and wet towels to prevent inhalation, before walking for four hours in 34C heat to another hotel, from which they were also evacuated as it became surrounded by flames. They spent the night sleeping on a floor, and the following day learned that they had to wait three days for a repatriation flight.

Since the Greek government announced the initiative last year, Van Oostrum has been messaging her tour operator, Tui, and was only recently able to get further information about the voucher. She is confused by the terms of the offer, including which hotels will be available, whether she will receive a free trip or a discount, and whether it covers children.

She said the couple had “mixed feelings” about whether to return to the hotel and beach they stayed at. “We’d probably prefer to stay elsewhere on the island to move on from the whole experience,” she said, adding: “They want to encourage people back, which is nice. We’ll take up the offer, and we’ll spend money on the island.”

Although many UK holidaymakers visit Rhodes with tour operators, including Jet2, TUI and Thomas Cook, they are expected to liaise directly with the Greek government to obtain their vouchers. TUI said its customers should individually contact the Greek government online, while Thomas Cook said the process was managed by the Greek tourist board, Rhodes authorities and participating hoteliers, rather than its team.

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