Northwest Territories In Canada

Sprawling across the roof of Canada, the Northwest Territories is a patchwork of tree-less Arctic wilderness and boreal forest where rugged characters have created a unique Northern pioneer culture.

Hopscotch by bush plane across a landscape polka-dotted with lakes to canoe, kayak, fish and hike. Raft down the South Nahanni River and hear the roar of Virginia Falls, twice the height of Niagara. Whisk by dogsled to a luxury log lodge or wood-stove-warmed prospector’s tent under the shimmering Northern Lights.

Dine Arctic-style on whitefish fresh from Great Slave Lake, caribou stew or muktuk (whale blubber). Buy a sparkling Canadian diamond. Drive across the Arctic Circle on the Dempster Highway to Inuvik with its church that thinks it’s an igloo. Spot grizzly bears, caribou, wolves and muskox roaming free across vast Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary. Join Yellowknife’s colourful locals at the outdoor Folk on the Rocks music festival or grab a club for a golf tournament that kicks off at the stroke of midnight under the rays of the Midnight Sun.

Outdoor adventure

• Travel an ice road over the frozen Mackenzie River and Arctic Ocean to Tuktoyaktuk.
• Hop a helicopter to hike mountain meadows, paddle remote rivers and soak in wilderness hot springs in Nahanni National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Snowmobile across groomed trails or wild backcountry.

Arts & Culture

• Sample traditional Dene culture with a family in a modern lodge nestled in mountain wilderness.
• Choose a pristine Canadian diamond embossed with the official polar bear insignia and see it polished in Yellowknife.
• Celebrate the music and art of First Nations from across the country during Inuvik’s Great Northern Arts Festival.
• Learn about the art, culture and language of the NWT at Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre.

Nature & Wildlife

• Hop on a bush plane to a log lodge, mush huskies, skate on a frozen lake and watch Northern Lights from a hot tub.
• See bison at Wood Buffalo National Park, one of the largest parks on the planet.
• Fly a float plane to a lakeside retreat, fish for northern pike and savour your catch at a shore lunch.
• Dash across moonlit snow in a dogsled watching the Northern Lights, then learn to mush huskies with a world dogsledding champion.

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