Tundra Buggy Lodge
Travel Blogs from Churchill
My last adventure - Polar Bears
The most amazing three days in Churchill. In a way it was the Churchill Polar Bears that started all this because seeing the polar bears was the first thing that made me decide to go to Canada. What an adventure.
On Wednesday 14 October I flew to Winnipeg. I had hoped to see a little of Winnipeg but by the time I got settled into the hotel …
Back to Winnipeg, sadly
... over the 8 days we probably saw close to 75 bears. Amazing. Some words that trigger great memories of this trip: Coyote fur on our huge parkas Liquid soap freezing in the loo on the buggy Ice on the inside of the windows as well as the outside Bears sparring and the snow flying Mums and cubs The lost cub The logistics of setting up on the first night in a blizzard. We were OK inside but the ground crew were working until 3 in dreadful conditions The vastness of the landscape ...
Cape Churchill, Thursday
... right up to us. Got some terrific pictures. One stood up to a buggy near us but we haven't had one do that to us yet. You have too be very quiet when they approach and the sound of a window be opened will scare them off. We are constantly reminding ourselves where we are - out in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by polar bears. The company we are with is the only one liicensed to come to Cape Churchill. Just 3 buggys are allowed to go out. The logistics of this adventure make ...
The weather won the day....
... broke up and settled down a fair bit. The sun even managed to peek through for an hour or so!
Four of our tour group had booked a helicopter flight for day 1 but that never eventuated as we had a massive snow storm back then too....so it was organised for the helicopter to come meet the buggy and pick up the four passengers while the rest of us made our way back to the launch.
We arrive at the launch, cold as a mother ...
Out On The Tundra
Day 6
Today started around 6:30am, getting showered, changed, breakfast in the dining car, some light banter as to what we are hoping to see out on the tundra then a final packing of the camera bag then out to our tundra buggy for the day.
We were all set to go and left our base at the lodge and we had not gotten more than 20 metres from the dock when we discover four bears hanging around. We stop and observe them and of ...
Location
More great choices in Churchill
Search for more deals in Churchill
TripAdvisor Reviews Tundra Buggy Lodge Churchill
