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Baffin Island, Canada: 24-day Expedition in the Arctic
Your IFMGA-certified guide Bruno will guide you on a 24-day expedition of one of the great untouched, pristine, remote and wild places on earth, Baffin Island, Canada. The vast open spaces and exotic wildlife will leave you stunned as you traipse around this great arctic frontier.
Group
24 Days
Aug
Fit
Intermediate
Highlights
- Discover Baffin Island - the fifth biggest island in the world!
- Witness animals such as whales, polar bears, foxes, wolves, seals and birds!
- See humungous valleys and tundras under fjords and glaciers!
- One of the most remote areas of the arctic!
Description
The tour I lead is an epic, sprawling, beautiful and mesmerizing 24-day expedition through one of the great untouched frontiers of the arctic, Baffin Island in Canada. This desolate, isolated island is home to some truly glorious scenery, with its vast, huge and cold canyons and valleys giving way to imposing rock walls and fjords.
Baffin Island, straddling the Arctic Circle, is the fifth-largest island in the world and is largely uninhabited. There is a wide variety of wildlife that live on and around the island, and these include polar bears, whales, seals, belugas, narwhals, walruses, arctic foxes, arctic wolves and an array of migratory birds.
We meet in Copenhagen, where we spend the night in a hotel, before going onwards to Ummannaq in Greenland, where we view the mighty Ummannaq Fjord, and then 3 days of sailing to reach Baffin Island.
Once on Baffin Island, we spend the subsequent 19 days discovering every magnificent and wonderful place it has to offer, with its monumental fjords and glaciers looking out over sweeping valleys, the horizon in the distance as far as the eye can see, all looking like a landscape and terrain from another planet!
For many the highlight of the trip is the opportunity to observe and marvel at the beautiful animals and creatures that inhabit the island, and we will ge tot witness such mesmerizing wildlife as whales that live in the many bays that dot the island, polar bears, foxes and wolves that occupy the forests and countless species of birds.
The last few days are spent sailing to Sisimuit in Greenland, before we return to Copenhagen and say goodbye, knowing that we have experience something truly unique and special.
Itinerary
Day 1: Paris or Geneva - Copenhagen
Night in Copenhagen.
Day 2: Copenhagen - Ummannaq
Transfer and embark on La Louise late afternoon. Navigation in the Ummannaq Fjord.
Day 3 to 22: The Louise & Hiking
Our trip begins with a hike on the Green Coast in the Ummannaq Fjord with views of the vast Ice Sheet.
We begin the crossing to Baffin Island: 3 days sailing to Pond Inlet on the North Island where we will check in to Canada.
Throughout our exploration of Baffin Island, we will alternate navigations, cabotages and hikes along the NE coast of the island between Bylot Island and Isabella Bay.
We will discover the Bylot Nature Park where you can see polar bears and narwhals.
We will pass by the impressive fjords: Buchan Gulf and Sam Fjord, known for their huge and imposing rock walls carved thousands of years ago by ancient glaciers that make these fjords one of the most impressive sites in the world .
We will end at Niginganiq (Isabella Bay), a very special area that attracts a large number of bowhead whales. The shallow shelf at the entrance to the bay is supposed to protect the bay from orca whale predators, which explains this concentration of bowhead whales. This bay has recently been designated a National Wildlife Area by the Canadian government.
Our exploration ends with 2 days sailing to Sisimiut in Greenland.
Day 23: Sisimiut - Copenhagen
Night in Copenhagen.
Day 24: Copenhagen - Paris or Geneva
Return flight.
Details
Accommodation The Louise is a schooner built between 2003 and 2010, specially designed to navigate the Arctic regions with a French crew of great experience. It is one of the few boats to explore Baffin Island from Greenland.
The sailboat allows us to hike every day in different places while having access to our daily comfort equivalent to that of a shelter. Each evening the ship is anchored in a sheltered bay to appreciate the best landscapes. |
More info This trip to Baffin Island is more than just a trip, it's a real adventure and exploration is the key word. In the heart of the Arctic the weather will not always be lenient and the conditions of navigation can be difficult. We recommend very good hiking equipment including shoes and a marine suit for observations on the bridge. During the hikes we will move more often off the trail. |
Meeting point Copenhagen, Denmark |
Photos
About the guide
IFMGA/UIAGM mountain guide and member of la Compagnie des Guides de Saint-Gervais (Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, south-eastern of France)
I will be more than happy to guide you in the Alps for mountaineering or ski touring adventures.
I also organise beautiful trips all around the world.
Get in touch with me and let's discuss about a program answering your needs and dreams!
What people are saying about Explore-Share
Teodora Jugrin
5.00
Nov 19, 2021
I had a very good experience booking the hike through Explore-Share. Communication with the team was prompt and clear and the booking process was seamless. The trip itself was also just perfect. Uroš was a fantastic guide, highly skilled and talented. The hike felt safe at all times, even on more exposed routes, thanks to him. He was always up to date on the weather forecast and planned the days around it, checked the conditions on the route ahead of me, if needed, discussed and adapted the routes to my level and always made sure I was safe and comfortable. I highly recommend him, as well as Explore-Share.
SG
5.00
Oct 25, 2021
Explore Share is a really usefull website that has a great overview of reviewed guides for a (in our case) hiking/climbing trip. During the booking I got assigned an assistent for Explore Share that helped solve questions that I might have. Great customer service, and I will come back again.
Dan Laufer
5.00
Oct 17, 2021
Explore-share was easy to use and the staff and guide w ere very responsive. The trip descriptions were accurate and the pricing reasonable. I would definitely recommend the site for people looking to do guided hiking.
Mac
5.00
Oct 13, 2021
Excellent!! Great guide and service. I had a very good experience. Id do it again.
Amanda Gardner
4.00
Sep 14, 2021
Guide was very experienced and very patient with us. We learned a lot and he tried to fit in all the knowledge he could in one day, super awesome. A little tough going back and forth to get the trip set up hard to tell if the site is sketchy until you see reviews but all worked out. Ended up with an awesome day with an awesome guide. Overall pretty satisfied and thankful!
Meret Schädler
5.00
Sep 14, 2021
The whole experience was great! The customer service of explore-share was really good. I always got an answer very quick. I would absolutely recommend to use explore-share if you are looking for a great guide in a foreign country. 5 stars!
john mcevoy
4.00
Sep 10, 2021
What a trip, fantastic guide who picked me up and dropped me off. Would use again.
Catherine Derroitte
5.00
Aug 25, 2021
It's the 2nd time we have been booking with Explore-Share. The booking was super easy and both Explore-Share and the guide were fast in their responses. We did rafting as a family with 3 kids for the first time in Slovenia. The guide (José) was super nice. He was doing everything he could to make everyone at ease with rafting (he gave clear explanations), have a great team spirit (we were joined by 2 other girls) and have a good time. We had lots of fun and the nature there is so beautiful. Thank you Explore-share and Soca splash for the great afternoon! I would recommend this activity to anyone without a doubt. My kids immediately told me they want to do rafting again soon !"
Aditya Kumar Jha
5.00
Aug 2, 2021
Best platform for mountain sports services. Easy to use, great personalised service and support.
Ibolya Kovacs
5.00
Jul 5, 2021
I am very pleased to have booked with this group. All of my mails have been answered in no-time, I felt really safe on the rock and the atmosfere of the whole group helped a lot not to mind about stressing. Will be back for more!
Prices per person
Group of 1 | EUR 7732 Each |
Group of 2 | EUR 7732 Each |
Group of 3 | EUR 7732 Each |
Group of 4 | EUR 7732 Each |
Group of 5 | EUR 7732 Each |
Group of 6 | EUR 7732 Each |
Group of 7 | EUR 7732 Each |
Group of 8 | EUR 7732 Each |
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Price includes
- Guiding fee
- Accommodation included
- Transport during the trip
- Luggage transfer
Price details
Price is per person to join a group of 7.
Price does not include airfares.
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