Polar Bear Safari, Churchill
Polar Bear sightseeing trip at Churchill
This was absolutely amazing. Flew to Winnipeg, then took a lazy three day train trip north to Churchill. Some might say why not just fly there direct, but I liked the laid back atmosphere, meet the others on the tour, see some rugged scenery on the way there and generally chill. Once there, very cold as expected! Suggest you bring or hire heavy parkas for the trips out on the tundra buggies. I think we got fairly lucky with what we saw on our two trips out. There is an element of luck, others saw more, but we saw enough. Be prepared for quite a lot of waiting around though. When the bears did finally come right close up to the buggies and you see them nonchalantly walking by, its a great sight. We also had a mum and two cubs in tow. A once in a lifetime experience.
[edit] because of climate change, the timings of when the ice forms and the bears move out onto the ice changes, may be different from when I went two in 2004. You need to liaise with the locals or tour company to find out the best times. Also, DO THIS before the natural habitat is detroyed completely by global warming and the bears disappear. :-(
over 5 years ago
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