Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut: Travelzoo Tips

May 30, 2018

Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories occupy north Canada and full of wild and rugged terrain. Occupying nearly 40% of the country's total land mass but with very small populations, much of the land is uninhabited. We asked our members for their recommendations on things to do in the truly wild north.


Go flightseeing in Kluane National Park

Leigh McAdams of HikeBikeDrive wrote a guest blog about this sensational Yukon experience. Read it here!

See the Northern Lights

Yellowknife Northern Lights. Flickr Photo by GoToVan

Travelzoo's resident Yukon expert gives some great advice on what people should know when going to view the Northern Lights. 

See Carcross Desert, the World's Smallest Desert 

"The world’s smallest desert (at 2.6 km. sq.) is near Carcross, Yukon, between Whitehorse and Skagway." -- Member Greg

Experience Colourful Dawson City, Yukon

In a guest blog, Jim Byers explains the Gold Rush history and modern-day charms of Dawson City – Home of the Sourtoe Cocktail.

Take a Floe Edge tour in Nunavut

Photo: Hans G. Pfaff/Nunavut Tourism
"See whales, seals, walruses and birds converge 'where open sea meets the frozen sea [in] one of the most dramatic and dynamic ecosystems on Earth' (Nunavut Tourism)." -- Travelzoo staffer Susan


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