Arctic Ocean Dream & Dempster Highway – from Tuktoyaktuk to Whitehorse
The ultimate northern road trip! On this week-long adventure, you will visit Tuktoyaktuk, an Inuvialuit hamlet on the arctic coast. This incredible road trip will make you travel through mountain ranges and alpine tundra and cross remote rivers to reach the end of this iconic gravel road. People come from all round the world to drive the Dempster Highway and make their way to Inuvik, Tuktoyaktuk and the arctic ocean, it is the ultimate arctic dream!
From Inuvik, we head South on the famous Dempster Highway crossing some important rivers, the Richardson and Ogilvie Mountains. We will travel through the immense arctic tundra and cross south of the Arctic Circle before reaching Eagle Plains where we will spend the night under the midnight sun. The next day, we will see some of the newest and rawest peaks in North America; the Tombstone Mountains.
We will reach Dawson city for a glimpse of the legendary gold rush hub where we will catch a bit of the gold fever ourselves by touring the historic town and visiting its dance halls and restaurants. On the last day of this road adventure, we will travel back to Whitehorse; Yukon’s capital.
