Polar Bear Alley guides have spent their lives in the wild - we know Churchill's bears. In fact, we named most of them...
Ground-based tours in peak polar bear season - October to November. Close encounters with up to 25 bears a day.
Enjoy the relaxed pace of summer (if you ignore the mosquitoes) and get up close and personal with bears as they return from the sea ice.
Churchill is the best place in the world to watch the northern lights. Sign up for our nightly watch list and join an evening trip to witness the skies dance.
In town for a short time, this day trip combines polar bear viewing and local lore for an edge of the arctic teaser.
Each year, polar bears return to the coast of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Canada—the Polar Bear Capital of the World. From July to November, these remarkable animals spend much of their time on land, giving visitors a rare opportunity to observe their natural behavior.
In the summer, as the ice breaks up, polar bears swim ashore and are often seen near fields of blooming purple fireweed and the cool waters of Hudson Bay. By fall, they shift their focus to hunting, using the newly forming ice as a platform to stalk seals. As winter approaches and the ice builds along the coast, polar bears gather in large numbers, making this location an ideal spot to witness close interactions between mothers and cubs.
Polar Bears have been a part of life in Churchill since, well, forever… From indigenous oral history to the first Hudson’s Bay trading post in the 1700s, the bears have been here – this is their territory and we respect that.But Churchill itself is still a frontier town – a rare breed on this planet – a place where people are authentic and the stories are mostly true. Our local guides are willing to share local legends along the way… from shipwrecks to aliens to atomic bombs – you’ll see that Churchill is more than bears!!
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