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Day 1

Arrive in Winnipeg, Manitoba and transfer to the Four Points Sheraton Hotel, which is a short walk from the airport. You will be met by your Expedition Leader and the rest of the group of only six people for a welcome dinner.

Day 2

Meet in the morning for your flight to Churchill. On arrival in Churchill, you will have an opportunity to explore while you wait for the 7:30pm train departure for Chesnaye. The train ride is approximately 2 hours.

At Chesnaye, disembark and transfer to the waiting tracked vehicles for the 30-minute ride to the Lodge. You should arrive at the Lodge around 10pm.

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Polar Bear Mothers and Newborn CubsBook now! March 14-22, 2013 Cost: $9000 per person Air package: $1500 Beneficiary: Polar Bears International Witness newborn polar bear cubs emerging from their dens as their mother introduces them to the world – a sight rarely seen and only by a few hundred people in the world. Adjacent to Wapusk National Park and the world’s largest polar bear denning area, this lodge-based expedition offers a unique opportunity in North America to see, virtually guaranteed, polar bear cubs and their mothers in their natural habitat. With a rare operating permit from Parks Canada, guides bring visitors as close as 100 meters to the bears, while you learn about various aspects of the bears’ dens, habits, and life cycle. Other wildlife viewing opportunities include ptarmigan, arctic foxes, caribou herds and wolves in addition to night time viewing of aurora borealis.

Day 9

Your week with mother and newborn cubs comes to an end. Leave early in the morning for the train ride back to Churchill, and travel onwards with an afternoon flight to Winnipeg. Overnight in Winnipeg.

Polar Bear Mothers and Newborn Cubs Logistics

Cost includes:

2 nights Winnipeg hotel (short walk from airport)
7 nights at Lodge
Return train ride from Churchill to Chesnaye (and transfers from airport)
All meals at Lodge
All meals at lodge and welcome dinner your first night in Winnipeg
All excursions from the Lodge

Cost does not include:

Ottawa hotels, transfers and meals

Days 3-8

Daily sorties for mother polar bears and newborn cubs. After 7:00 am breakfasts, depart in heated tracked vehicles in search of polar bear dens.

Scouts will go ahead and radio the vans where the locations of the dens are. In some cases, you will travel to known den locations, and on other days a new den might be found.

Patience will be rewarded with anywhere from one to three newly born cubs with their mother polar bear at the mouth of a den.

After dinner, take a peek at the night sky and see if the shimmering northern lights above the trees.