Churchill, Manitoba offers the world’s most accessible and reliable polar bear viewing opportunities, with purpose-built tundra vehicles bringing visitors within meters of wild bears during their annual migration along Hudson Bay’s western shore. Every October and November, hundreds of polar bears gather near Churchill as they wait for the bay to freeze, creating a natural…
Getting to Churchill, Manitoba requires either a flight or a train ride because no roads connect this remote subarctic town to the rest of Canada. Your two options are flying via Winnipeg on Calm Air or taking VIA Rail’s Hudson Bay line, a 45-hour journey through boreal wilderness. Both methods deliver you to the edge…
The sled runners hiss across the snow, and suddenly you’re flying through Churchill’s frozen wilderness, pulled by a team of Alaskan huskies whose ancestors traveled this same subarctic landscape for centuries. This is dog sledding in Churchill, Manitoba, where the Canadian tundra meets Hudson Bay and winter adventures take on a raw, exhilarating quality you…
The last time a grain shipment had arrived in the town of Churchill was in the year 2015. It was last July 21 when the first grain shipment had appeared. Residents of Churchill were overjoyed at the sight as it marked another step of their new beginning since the repair of their railroad tracks when…
A multitude of tours is offered where you can closely observe and interact with the beluga whales, either through boating, kayaking, or even paddleboarding alongside them. You can also enrich yourself afterwards with history by going on a hike from the Sloop Cave historic site to the Prince of Wales fort where you can learn…
Get to have a majestic view of the Northern Lights inside your personal plexiglass-covered dome that’s settled 10 kilometres outside of town, only a 20-minute drive, where you remain warm and cosy as you watch the natural lights show right before your eyes overhead. You even have a wall mounted fireplace to keep you warm….
Experience in October and November an exhilarating Ididamile, a one-mile-long trail ride through the trails in Churchill’s forest. Here, you’ll be provided with custom-built sledges pulled by huskies. You will be introduced to the dogs beforehand in the dog camp where you will be taught dog sledging and arctic racing. On May and September, go on…
