Yukon Winter Aurora Viewing

Duration: 2 + nights

This is a great program if you always wanted to see the Northern Lights, also called Aurora Borealis. You can stay how long you prefer. During the day, you have different activity choices which you can add on to your Aurora viewing tour.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Whitehorse Arrival
You will be welcomed at the airport and transferred to the River View Hotel in downtown Whitehorse. The River View Hotel is located next to the Yukon River and within walking distance of all attractions, restaurants, banks and stores. Information meeting and registration for optional tours at the hotel. Fitting of winter clothing, time for shopping and dinner on your own. 09:30 pm departure for Aurora viewing. A cozy, heated cabin or wall tent with hot drinks and snacks makes your Aurora viewing even more enjoyable. Return to hotel around 2.00 am.

Day 2: Whitehorse
Sleep in the morning.10.30 am city tour with Main Street, Train Depot of the White Pass and Yukon Route,
Log Skyscraper, Log Church, Sternwheeler SS Klondike, Fish ladder, Schwatka Lake and some residential areas. Afternoon optional tour. 09.30 pm departure for Aurora viewing. Again, in a warm-up cabin hot drinks and snacks are provided. You may sit around a roaring fire and share stories. Return to hotel around 2.00 am.

Day 3 (and Day 4): Whitehorse
Morning at your leisure. Afternoon optional tour. 09.30 pm departure for Aurora viewing. Return to hotel around 2.00 am.

Day 4 (or Day 5): Departure
Transfer to the airport for your flight home.

Inclusions, Dates & Rates

2007 Rates
Length of Stay	Single	Double	Child
2-nights	$620	$495	Request
3-nights	$780	$595	Request
4-nights	$1020	$775	Request
6% GST is not included & will be added to your invoice total.

INCLUDED ARE:
All hotel accommodation in Whitehorse; All transfers by van including English speaking driver / guide; Guide for airport transfers, introduction, city tour, Aurora viewing and assistance; 2, 3 or 4 nights of Aurora watching including hot drinks and snacks; Information meeting and City tour; Key chain thermometer; Aurora Borealis Certificate.

NOT INCLUDED ARE: Beverages; meals other then mentioned, optional activities other then mentioned. Gratuity. GST tax.

DATES OF OPERATION: Tours start Thursdays, Fridays & upon request from 1st of November 2006 until middle of April 2007.

MINIMUM NUMBER OF PERSONS: 2 people minimum required to operate this tour.

OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS:
WINTER ADVENTURE ACTIVITY PACKAGE: $ 260.00 per person (GST is included)
The ultimate winter experience at one modest price! Be prepared for an afternoon filled with great activities.
Snow Shoeing: We try to walk like the old-timers and trappers do. You'll find out soon that this mode of transportation is lots of fun - and hard work. So work up a sweat and go into the deep snow to break trail.
Dog Sledding: Ride with an experienced dog musher and enjoy the ride on the sled pulled by a strong team of well trained huskies. Experience the beautiful winter landscape from your sled.
Snow Machine: Again, let yourself be introduced to these fun machines and drive on a groomed trail. You'll be amazed, how easy it is to get hooked to the fun of a snow machine.
Surprise Events: We will offer you other entertaining activities like snow tobogganing, inner-tubing or snow-canoeing.
Included are transfers, activities and individual instructions, snacks and hot drinks

SNOWMOBIL DRIVING: $ 281.00 per person (GST is included)
We drive you to the site and introduction to the safety of driving a snow machine. After instructions and a trial run with your
instructor you’ll be driving your own machine over prepared trails through the incredible winter landscape of the Yukon.
Includes transfers, instruction, the use of a snow machine, snacks and hot drinks.

DOG SLEDDING: $ 265.00 per person (GST is included)
Drive by van to the dog musher outside the City of Whitehorse. Here you'll learn how to harness the dogs, hitch them to the sled and then ride for a short distance in the basket. The highlight of this excursion will be when you'll run your own dog team for approximately 1 hour. Includes transfers, instruction, use of dogs and sled and hot drinks.

ICEFISHING AND SNOWSHOEING: $ 175.00 per person (GST is included)
After a short drive to a frozen lake we will show you how to walk on snowshoes. With our fishing equipment we'll walk on to the ice of the lake where we'll fish through a hole in the ice. With some luck we catch a Lake Trout or Grayling and pull it up through the hole. Includes transfers, snowshoes, angling equipment, instruction on how to use snowshoes and on how to fish, blankets, snack and hot drinks.