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The 2024 price for the individual tour is $522.50 (tax included) CDN per person per day. Tours are NON-REFUNDABLE and must be paid at the time of booking. We accept Visa or Mastercard for payment.
The price includes pick up at your hotel between 7-7:15 A.M. and dropped off at approximately 4:00 P.M. Lunch is included and consists of coffee or tea, stew and dessert. Please feel free to bring extra water or snacks.
Unfortunately we are not responsible for any missed tours due to missed or revised travel arrangements. We will do our best to accommodate you on a later tour.
Educational Tour Groups – please contact us for special pricing for your group.
Availability changes regularly, so please be sure to check current availability to ensure desired dates are still available.
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Explore by Polar Rover, Helicopter & Dog Sled
The Best Bear-Viewing Vehicles
Search for the Northern Lights in Comfort
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What Makes Our Ultimate Churchill Trip So Special?
- The Full Arctic Experience In addition to multiple bear-viewing opportunities, this trip includes an array of activities for in-depth exploration of the nature, culture and history of Churchill. In addition to dog sledding and opportunities to meet local Churchill residents and enjoy presentations on indigenous cultures, we add a helicopter flight over the tundra, a landing to view (and crawl inside!) a vacant polar bear den, and an evening inside heated Aurora Domes to watch for the northern lights, if skies are clear.
- Exclusive Permits to Access the Best Polar Bear Viewing Area Not every polar bear tour operator in Churchill holds permits to access the full range of the Churchill Wildlife Management Area where the best—and often only—polar bear viewing happens. Naturally, in our commitment to running the world’s greatest nature journeys, the Natural Habitat/Great White Bear team possesses this critical permit. Operators without it must turn back along the road at Halfway Point, which, as you might guess, is just halfway to the best polar bear viewing area.
- Polar Rovers: No Better Bear-Viewing Vehicles The original "tundra buggy" designed for polar bear viewing was invented in the 1980s. Since then, our partner in Manitoba, a world-renowned specialty vehicle designer, has substantially improved upon the concept by creating the world's most comfortable tundra vehicle—the Polar Rover—which we operate exclusively in Churchill. Its innovative drive train allows us to traverse the tundra with virtually no chance of a breakdown. With an advanced suspension system that smooths the ride, and onboard flush toilets (rather than smelly drop buckets), our guests enjoy the highest level of comfort and safety.
- Steel-Mesh Observation Platform for Close-Up Viewing Every Polar Rover has an elevated outdoor rear observation platform, with a feature we pioneered for optimal bear viewing—a grated steel-mesh floor that allow us to witness—sometimes mere inches away—curious bears that occasionally wander beneath our vehicles!
- The Smallest Groups for the Best Nature Experience An essential element of our nature expeditions is a small group. While it costs us more to operate trips with fewer travelers, the experience is far superior, and that's why we insist on it. By limiting our Ultimate Churchill group to a maximum 15 guests (even though our Polar Rovers can hold well over 30), we ensure that everyone gets a window seat and plenty of room to spread out, angle for photos and enjoy a personal experience with the polar bears without too much intrusion from other guests.
- Private Chartered Flights Give Us More Time with the Bears So we don't waste precious time coordinating with airline schedules or navigating long lines through airport security, we charter our own private aircraft, flying directly from Winnipeg to Churchill at a time most convenient for us. We’d rather maximize your time on the tundra, instead of sitting around airports.
- We Provide Heavy Parkas & Winter Boots for Your Use No need to go spend a lot of money buying heavy outdoor gear you may use just once—we provide Arctic-style parkas and heavy-duty winter boots for your use in Churchill, at no cost.
- The Finest Naturalist Guides on the Planet Natural Habitat Adventures is known worldwide for the highest-quality guides in the industry. Our Expedition Leaders have been guiding tours in Churchill for an average of 10-plus years, and they receive additional training resources from WWF’s top scientists. This means that our guests enjoy the best interpretive experience available! Expedition Leaders meet each guest in Winnipeg and travel with the group the entire way, sharing their wealth of knowledge at every turn. Our philosophy is simple: a nature adventure is only as good as the guide, so we simply must provide the best! See Expedition Leader bios with traveler comments regarding the quality of our leaders.
- Our Quality-Value Guarantee Ensures Your Ultimate Polar Bear Experience Natural Habitat Adventures offers an exclusive guarantee, clearly stating that we will meet the lofty expectations we set in our promotional materials. To our knowledge, this is the most ambitious guarantee made by any adventure travel company. Read our important promise.
- Feel Good About Your Carbon-Neutral Journey We care deeply about our planet, as we know you do. When you travel with us, the carbon emissions from your trip are 100% offset—including your round-trip flights from home. Natural Habitat Adventures has been the world’s first carbon-neutral travel company since 2007.
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Join Great White Bear Tours for your ultimate polar bear viewing experience in the most luxurious custom built Polar Rovers and Tundra Lodge. Travel with our guides and see arctic wildlife, including the magnificent polar bear, under the northern lights.
Get In Touch! +1-866-262-6202. Great White Bear Tours Inc. c/o 174 Kelsey Blvd. Churchill, MB R0B 0E0. Canada.
Package Tours If you are interested in a package tour, please use the form below or call 1-800-543-8917. We offer a variety of tour packages using our Polar Rovers and Tundra Lodge. Please note that lodge reservations are exclusive to package tours. Tour Details Canada's Premier Polar Bear Adventure Meet the "King of the Arctic"!
Some reasons to choose Great White Bear-. 1) They don't book all the seats in their rover so you can move from side to side to get the best views of critters. 2) They include both a guide and a driver. Koral was our guide. She provides running commentary on local history, geology, biology, animal behavior, and more.
THE way to see Polar Bears. Nov. 2022. We have been hosted by Great White Bear tours twice now - in 2013 and in 2022. The two experiences were quite different, but equally exciting. [In 2013, in October, there were mostly male bears who came up close to the vehicles. In 2022, in November, there were numerous females with cubs just heading out ...
Best way in the world to see the polar bear. Natural Habitat in conjunction with Great White Bear Tours was an A+ combination. It is best to stay out on the tundra on the train like tundra buggies. We saw a minimum of 14 bears and up to 20 bears a day. Most activity took place at our stationary location where the accommodations are spartan but ...
We would highly recommend Great White Bear Tours for the rover experience - especially if you're an independent traveller. Read more. Written November 15, 2021. This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards.
Great White Bear Tours, Churchill: See 163 reviews, articles, and 224 photos of Great White Bear Tours, ranked No.14 on Tripadvisor among 14 attractions in Churchill.
Great White Bear Tours were extremely professional in their vehicles, their driver, their food and drink and the overall experience of finding bears and watching them in the wild. We saw bears "fighting", sleeping , one running from a much bigger bear, others just ambling along to get a change of scenery maybe. Arctic hare and arctic fox were ...
Great White Bear Tours, Churchill: See 163 reviews, articles, and 224 photos of Great White Bear Tours, ranked No.14 on Tripadvisor among 14 attractions in Churchill.
General Tour Information The price for the individual tour is $522.50 (Tax included) per person per day, is non-refundable and must be paid at the time of booking. We accept Visa and Mastercard only for payment. ... Great White Bear Tours Inc. c/o 174 Kelsey Blvd Churchill, MB R0B 0E0 Canada. Quick Links. Galleries. Polar Rovers. Package Tours .
Canada's Premier Polar Bear Adventure. The World's Most Coveted Small-Group Polar Bear Expedition. 6 or 7 Days / Oct & Nov. 16. From $7795 (+air) Photo Expeditions Available. Make it Private. Carbon Data. When you're standing on the outdoor platform of our Polar Rover, the chill Arctic air feels invigorating.
Some reasons to choose Great White Bear-. 1) They don't book all the seats in their rover so you can move from side to side to get the best views of critters. 2) They include both a guide and a driver. Koral was our guide. She provides running commentary on local history, geology, biology, animal behavior, and more.
Great White Bear Tours, Inc. is a family owned and operated company... Great White Bear Tours. 2.9K likes · 106 talking about this · 2 were here. Great White Bear Tours, Inc. is a family owned and operated company incorporated in 1994.
The company's lodge and rovers are used in partnership with Great White Bear Tours. The carbon emissions from your trip are 100% offset by the company, which has been carbon neutral since 2007. Natural Habitat Adventures is the World Wildlife Fund's official conservation travel partner. Tour dates are fixed and based on double occupancy.
Great White Bear Tours, Churchill: See 163 reviews, articles, and 224 photos of Great White Bear Tours, ranked No.14 on Tripadvisor among 14 attractions in Churchill.
They are designed and constructed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada by Don Walkoski. Although massive, our Polar Rovers put down a low 4lbs per square inch in ground pressure minimizing damage to the fragile arctic landscape which is due to the large tires that we use. The machines burn an average of 12-15 gallons of fuel per day because of the low ...
Great White Bear Tours, Inc. offers custom built Polar Rovers and a mobile Tundra Lodge to view the polar bear migration and other wildlife in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area. Learn about the company's philosophy, owner profiles, memberships and how to book a tour with them.
Meet the King of the Arctic! Our flagship polar bear tour is an expertly guided small-group adventure to see and photograph the world's largest concentration of polar bears along Hudson Bay. 6 or 7 Days / Oct & Nov. From $7795 (+air) 16. Photo Expeditions Available. Make it Private.
Schedule and Pricing The 2024 price for the individual tour is $522.50 (tax included) CDN per person per day. Tours are NON-REFUNDABLE and must be paid at the time of booking. We accept Visa or Mastercard for payment. The price includes pick up at your hotel between 7-7:15 A.M. and dropped off at approximately 4:00 P.M. Lunch is included and consists
Not every polar bear tour operator in Churchill holds permits to access the full range of the Churchill Wildlife Management Area where the best—and often only—polar bear viewing happens. Naturally, in our commitment to running the world's greatest nature journeys, the Natural Habitat/Great White Bear team possesses this critical permit.
One is called Tundra Buggy Adventures, and the other is called Great White Bear. Both offer day tours from the town of Churchill on "tundra buggies" (Great White Bear calls theirs Polar Rovers), and both have tundra lodges which are located for the whole season on the tundra outside of Churchill proper.