Wildlife & Polar Bear Trips
Cold regions host some of the planet's most remarkable wildlife encounters. These curated trips center on polar bears, brown bears, whales, and Arctic species with realistic logistics and seasonal timing.
Common questions
Where can I see polar bears on a trip?
Churchill, Canada is the classic polar bear destination. Svalbard offers ship-based Arctic wildlife. Cold Tourism lists both with itinerary details and best months.
When is polar bear season in Churchill?
October and November are peak as bears gather near Hudson Bay. The Churchill Polar Bears trip on Cold Tourism is a focused wildlife itinerary.
Are wildlife trips in cold climates safe?
Guided platforms, bear monitoring, and seasonal protocols are standard. Each Cold Tourism listing notes whether tours are guided and typical group logistics.
Curated trips (40)
Ilulissat Icefjord
- Country: Greenland
- Region: Disko Bay
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$3,600 / person
A UNESCO icefjord where house-sized icebergs calve and drift out to sea. Boat among the ice, sled behind a Greenlandic dog team, and scan the bay for humpbacks. The most remote, most awe-inducing trip on the list.
- Fly into: Ilulissat (JAV)
- Day 1: Boardwalk to the icefjord at golden hour
- Day 2: Iceberg boat trip on Disko Bay
- Day 3: Dog-sledding across the tundra
- Day 4–5: Whale watching + Sermermiut hike
- Est. total: ~$3,600
Banff & the Rockies
- Country: Canada
- Region: Banff, Alberta
- Suggested stay: 6 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,600 / person
Frozen turquoise lakes, powder slopes, and evergreen forests under enormous skies. Ski or snowshoe by day, then soak in hot springs as the peaks turn pink at dusk. Adrenaline and easy scenic days in one trip.
- Fly into: Calgary (YYC)
- Day 1: Transfer to Banff, walk town + Bow Falls
- Day 2: Ski Lake Louise or Sunshine Village
- Day 3: Snowshoe frozen Johnston Canyon
- Day 4–6: Ice-walk, wildlife, Upper Hot Springs
- Est. total: ~$2,600
Denali & Fairbanks
- Country: USA
- Region: Interior Alaska
- Suggested stay: 6 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,900 / person
The Interior sits under the auroral oval, so the lights are almost a nightly event. Mush a dog team, thaw out in Chena Hot Springs, and take in the sheer scale of Denali, North America’s highest peak.
- Fly into: Fairbanks (FAI)
- Day 1: Aurora orientation, first night watch
- Day 2: Dog mushing + ice art park
- Day 3: Chena Hot Springs + aurora
- Day 4–6: Denali viewpoints, wildlife spotting
- Est. total: ~$2,900
Torres del Paine
- Country: Chile
- Region: Patagonia
- Suggested stay: 7 nights
- Est. price: ~$3,400 / person
Granite towers, wind-scoured valleys, and glaciers calving into milky lakes. Walk the famous W trek past the Base of the Towers and Grey Glacier, with guanacos and condors for company. Cold comes from the wind here, not the calendar.
- Fly into: Punta Arenas (PUQ)
- Day 1: Transfer into the national park
- Day 2: Base of the Towers day hike
- Day 3: French Valley lookout
- Day 4: Grey Glacier + ice viewpoint
- Day 5–7: Refugio treks, return to town
- Est. total: ~$3,400
Svalbard Arctic Expedition
- Country: Norway
- Region: Svalbard
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$3,800 / person
Longyearbyen is about as far north as you can fly. Snowmobile across frozen valleys, crawl inside a glacier ice cave, and watch for arctic wildlife under a sky that stays dark or glows with polar-night blue.
- Fly into: Longyearbyen (LYR)
- Day 1: Town, polar museum, gear briefing
- Day 2: Snowmobile safari across the glaciers
- Day 3: Ice cave beneath the glacier
- Day 4–5: Wildlife spotting, aurora nights
- Est. total: ~$3,800
Scottish Highlands
- Country: Scotland
- Region: Highlands & Skye
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$1,800 / person
Misty glens, snow-dusted Munros, and lochs the colour of pewter. Hike Glen Coe and the Cairngorms by day, then thaw out beside a fire with a dram of whisky. Moody, dramatic, and gloriously cold.
- Fly into: Inverness (INV)
- Day 1: Loch Ness + Inverness old town
- Day 2: Glen Coe ridge hike
- Day 3: Cairngorms trek + distillery
- Day 4–5: Isle of Skye, Fairy Pools
- Est. total: ~$1,800
Churchill Polar Bears
- Country: Canada
- Region: Manitoba
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$4,200 / person
The self-styled polar bear capital of the world, reachable only by air or rail. Roll across the tundra in a purpose-built buggy to watch bears up close, then look up at night for aurora over Hudson Bay.
- Fly into: Churchill (YYQ), via Winnipeg
- Day 1: Town orientation, gear briefing
- Day 2–3: Tundra-buggy polar bear safari
- Day 4: Dog sledding + aurora night
- Day 5: Free morning, depart
- Est. total: ~$4,200
Faroe Islands
- Country: Faroe Islands
- Region: North Atlantic
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,200 / person
Grass-roofed villages, sheer sea cliffs, and waterfalls that spill straight into the ocean. Hike above the “floating” lake at Sørvágsvatn and take a boat to Mykines, where the weather changes by the hour.
- Fly into: Vágar (FAE)
- Day 1: Tórshavn old town
- Day 2: Sørvágsvatn cliff hike
- Day 3: Saksun & Gásadalur waterfalls
- Day 4–5: Mykines boat + puffin colony
- Est. total: ~$2,200
Antarctic Peninsula
- Country: Antarctica
- Region: Antarctic Peninsula
- Suggested stay: 11 nights
- Est. price: ~$9,800 / person
The ultimate cold-tourism journey. Sail from Ushuaia across the Drake Passage to a continent of blue ice, cruise between icebergs by zodiac, and step ashore among penguin colonies while whales surface nearby.
- Fly into: Ushuaia (USH), then board ship
- Day 1–2: Drake Passage crossing
- Day 3–8: Zodiac landings, penguin colonies
- Day 9–10: Return crossing, onboard talks
- Day 11: Disembark in Ushuaia
- Est. total: ~$9,800
Kungsleden (The King’s Trail)
- Country: Sweden
- Region: Swedish Lapland
- Suggested stay: 7 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,600 / person
Sweden’s great northern trail winds through glacier-carved valleys and reindeer country. Walk the classic Abisko–Nikkaluokta section beneath the midnight sun, staying in cosy mountain huts and crossing lakes by rowboat.
- Fly into: Kiruna (KRN)
- Day 1: Transfer to Abisko, trail briefing
- Day 2–6: Trek Abisko → Nikkaluokta (huts)
- Day 7: Return to Kiruna, depart
- Est. total: ~$2,600
Hornstrandir & the Westfjords
- Country: Iceland
- Region: Westfjords
- Suggested stay: 6 nights
- Est. price: ~$3,000 / person
Iceland’s wildest corner. Take a boat into the uninhabited Hornstrandir nature reserve to hike sea-cliff trails loud with nesting birds and home to arctic foxes, then unwind at the Westfjords’ hidden hot pots and Dynjandi falls.
- Fly into: Ísafjörður (via Reykjavík)
- Day 1: Ísafjörður, provisions
- Day 2: Boat in, Hornbjarg cliff hike
- Day 3–4: Reserve trails, fox watching
- Day 5: Dynjandi waterfall + hot pots
- Day 6: Depart
- Est. total: ~$3,000
Snæfellsnes Peninsula
- Country: Iceland
- Region: West Iceland
- Suggested stay: 4 nights
- Est. price: ~$1,900 / person
“Iceland in miniature” — a peninsula ringed by lava fields, black beaches, and the Snæfellsjökull glacier-volcano. Photograph Kirkjufell, walk the Arnarstapi–Hellnar coastal path, and spot seals along the shore.
- Fly into: Keflavík (KEF)
- Day 1: Drive to Grundarfjörður, Kirkjufell
- Day 2: Snæfellsjökull NP coast hike
- Day 3: Arnarstapi–Hellnar trail, Djúpalónssandur
- Day 4: Return to Reykjavík, depart
- Est. total: ~$1,900
Gros Morne National Park
- Country: Canada
- Region: Newfoundland
- Suggested stay: 6 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,700 / person
A UNESCO park where ancient seabed mountains meet glacier-carved fjords. Summit Gros Morne itself, walk the otherworldly orange Tablelands, and boat the landlocked Western Brook Pond between towering cliff walls.
- Fly into: Deer Lake (YDF)
- Day 1: Rocky Harbour, Lobster Cove Head
- Day 2: Tablelands + Green Gardens trail
- Day 3: Western Brook Pond fjord boat
- Day 4: Gros Morne Mountain summit hike
- Day 5–6: Coastal trails, fishing villages
- Est. total: ~$2,700
Cabot Trail & Cape Breton
- Country: Canada
- Region: Nova Scotia
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,300 / person
One of the world’s great coastal drives loops the Cape Breton Highlands. Hike the Skyline Trail along ocean cliffs at sunset, watch for whales and moose, and follow surf-battered headlands between Acadian villages.
- Fly into: Halifax (YHZ)
- Day 1: Drive to Cape Breton, Baddeck
- Day 2: Skyline Trail at golden hour
- Day 3: Franey + Middle Head hikes
- Day 4: Whale watching, Pleasant Bay
- Day 5: Coastal drive back, depart
- Est. total: ~$2,300
Tombstone Territorial Park
- Country: Canada
- Region: Yukon
- Suggested stay: 6 nights
- Est. price: ~$3,100 / person
Jagged black granite peaks rise over golden tundra in the Yukon’s far north. Hike in to Grizzly Lake beneath the spires, watch for caribou and bears, and camp under a sky that barely darkens in high summer.
- Fly into: Whitehorse (YXY)
- Day 1: Klondike Highway to Dawson City
- Day 2: Dempster Highway into Tombstone
- Day 3–4: Grizzly Lake backcountry route
- Day 5: Interpretive + ridge day hikes
- Day 6: Return to Whitehorse, depart
- Est. total: ~$3,100
Daisetsuzan National Park
- Country: Japan
- Region: Hokkaido
- Suggested stay: 6 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,600 / person
The “roof of Hokkaido” and Japan’s largest national park: volcanic peaks, alpine flower fields, and remote hot springs. Ride the Asahidake ropeway and traverse steaming ridgelines high above the treeline.
- Fly into: Asahikawa (AKJ)
- Day 1: Sounkyo onsen + gorge
- Day 2: Asahidake ropeway + summit
- Day 3: Kurodake traverse
- Day 4: Waterfalls, alpine flower meadows
- Day 5: Furano lavender + rolling hills
- Day 6: Depart
- Est. total: ~$2,600
Shiretoko Peninsula
- Country: Japan
- Region: Hokkaido
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,500 / person
A UNESCO wilderness at Hokkaido’s far edge, where brown bears roam and waterfalls tumble straight into the sea. Walk the Shiretoko Five Lakes boardwalks, cruise the roadless coast, and hike to the warm-river Kamuiwakka falls.
- Fly into: Memanbetsu (MMB)
- Day 1: Transfer to Utoro, harbour town
- Day 2: Shiretoko Five Lakes trail
- Day 3: Coastal wildlife cruise
- Day 4: Rausu side + Mt Rausu views
- Day 5: Depart
- Est. total: ~$2,500
Kenai Fjords National Park
- Country: USA
- Region: Kenai, Alaska
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,700 / person
Tidewater glaciers, sea otters, and breaching whales out of the fishing town of Seward. Hike the Harding Icefield Trail beside Exit Glacier and cruise a fjord full of ice, puffins, and orcas.
- Fly into: Anchorage (ANC)
- Day 1: Rail or drive to Seward
- Day 2: Harding Icefield Trail hike
- Day 3: Kenai Fjords wildlife cruise
- Day 4: Kayak Aialik / Resurrection Bay
- Day 5: Return to Anchorage, depart
- Est. total: ~$2,700
Katmai & Brooks Falls
- Country: USA
- Region: Alaska
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$3,600 / person
Watch brown bears pluck leaping salmon from the falls at one of the planet’s great wildlife spectacles. Fly in by floatplane, walk the ash-filled Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, and stand feet from Alaska’s giants.
- Fly into: Anchorage → King Salmon
- Day 1: Floatplane to Brooks Camp
- Day 2–3: Bear viewing at the falls platforms
- Day 4: Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes hike
- Day 5: Fly out, depart
- Est. total: ~$3,600
Karhunkierros & Oulanka
- Country: Finland
- Region: Oulanka, Kuusamo
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,100 / person
Finland’s best-loved trail, the “Bear’s Ring,” loops through Oulanka National Park past roaring rapids, swing bridges, and river gorges. Walk old-growth forest and sleep in simple wilderness huts along the way.
- Fly into: Kuusamo (KAO)
- Day 1: Transfer to Ruka, trail briefing
- Day 2–4: Karhunkierros trek (Hautajärvi–Ruka)
- Day 5: Kiutaköngäs rapids, depart
- Est. total: ~$2,100
Pallas-Yllästunturi & Midnight Sun
- Country: Finland
- Region: Lapland
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,300 / person
Some of the cleanest air on Earth blows across these rounded Lapland fells. Walk the Hetta–Pallas trail between the peaks under a sun that never sets, through open tundra, birch forest, and reindeer country.
- Fly into: Kittilä (KTT)
- Day 1: Transfer to Äkäslompolo
- Day 2: Yllästunturi fell hike
- Day 3–4: Hetta–Pallas trail section
- Day 5: Depart
- Est. total: ~$2,300
Kalsoy & Kallur Lighthouse
- Country: Faroe Islands
- Region: Kalsoy, Norðoyar
- Suggested stay: 4 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,000 / person
A short, steep walk on the sliver-thin island of Kalsoy leads to the Kallur lighthouse, perched on a green ridge with sheer Atlantic drops on every side — one of the most spectacular viewpoints in the Faroes.
- Fly into: Vágar (FAE)
- Day 1: Tórshavn old town
- Day 2: Ferry to Kalsoy, Kallur hike
- Day 3: Klakkur viewpoint + Klaksvík
- Day 4: Depart
- Est. total: ~$2,000
Thy National Park & the Wild Coast
- Country: Denmark
- Region: North Jutland
- Suggested stay: 4 nights
- Est. price: ~$1,400 / person
Denmark’s first national park — a wild strip of dune heath, pine plantation, and wind-blown Atlantic coast known as “Cold Hawaii.” Hike the North Sea Trail between the dunes, spot red deer, and watch the surf roll in.
- Fly into: Aalborg (AAL)
- Day 1: Transfer to Klitmøller (Cold Hawaii)
- Day 2: North Sea Trail through the dunes
- Day 3: Hanstholm wildlife reserve + Lild
- Day 4: Bulbjerg bird cliff, depart
- Est. total: ~$1,400
West Highland Way
- Country: Scotland
- Region: West Highlands
- Suggested stay: 7 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,200 / person
Scotland’s most famous long-distance walk runs 96 miles from the edge of Glasgow to Fort William, past the shores of Loch Lomond, across wild Rannoch Moor, and beneath Buachaille Etive Mòr to the foot of Ben Nevis.
- Fly into: Glasgow (GLA)
- Day 1: Start at Milngavie
- Day 2–6: Stage the Way (Loch Lomond → Glencoe)
- Day 7: Finish at Fort William, Ben Nevis foot
- Est. total: ~$2,200
Outer Hebrides
- Country: Scotland
- Region: Harris & Lewis
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,000 / person
White-shell beaches, turquoise water, and flower-strewn machair on the Atlantic edge. Hike the hills of Harris, walk the empty sands at Luskentyre, and stand among the ancient Callanish standing stones.
- Fly into: Stornoway (SYY)
- Day 1: Lewis + Callanish standing stones
- Day 2: Harris hills + Luskentyre beach
- Day 3: Hushinish coastal walk
- Day 4: Uig sands, sea-cliff trails
- Day 5: Depart
- Est. total: ~$2,000
Westfjords Sea Kayak
- Country: Iceland
- Region: Westfjords
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,600 / person
Paddle beneath towering basalt cliffs where the Arctic Ocean meets Iceland’s loneliest coast. Sea caves, nesting seabirds, and mirror-still fjords stretch under the midnight sun — a kayak trip for raw, empty northern water.
- Fly into: Ísafjörður (via Reykjavík)
- Day 1: Gear briefing, sheltered bay practice
- Day 2: Dynjandi approach paddle + waterfall
- Day 3–4: Fjord crossings, sea-cliff coastline
- Day 5: Final paddle, hot pots, depart
- Est. total: ~$2,600
East Fjords Coastal Hike
- Country: Iceland
- Region: East Iceland
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,100 / person
Waterfalls pour off green mountains into deep eastern fjords where reindeer roam and villages feel half-forgotten. Walk cliff-top trails between Seyðisfjörður and Borgarfjörður, with Hengifoss and Litlanesfoss as day-hike highlights.
- Fly into: Egilsstaðir (EGS)
- Day 1: Seyðisfjörður harbour + coastal walk
- Day 2: Hengifoss + Litlanesfoss hike
- Day 3: Stórurð boulder field trail
- Day 4–5: Borgarfjörður fjord hikes, depart
- Est. total: ~$2,100
Vágar Sea Kayak
- Country: Faroe Islands
- Region: Vágar & Streymoy
- Suggested stay: 4 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,300 / person
Paddle beneath the sea stacks of Drangarnir and along the cliff walls of Sørvágsvatn — the “floating lake” above the ocean. Short crossings between islands put you eye-level with puffins and basalt columns in the North Atlantic.
- Fly into: Vágar (FAE)
- Day 1: Tórshavn, kayak skills session
- Day 2: Sørvágsvatn cliff paddle
- Day 3: Drangarnir sea stacks circumnavigation
- Day 4: Mykines approach paddle, depart
- Est. total: ~$2,300
Vestmanna Sea Cliffs Hike
- Country: Faroe Islands
- Region: Streymoy
- Suggested stay: 4 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,000 / person
Vertical basalt walls rise 600 metres from the ocean at Vestmanna, where seabird colonies fill every ledge. Combine a cliff-top hike with a boat trip into the grottoes below — one of the most dramatic landscapes in the North Atlantic.
- Fly into: Vágar (FAE)
- Day 1: Tórshavn old town
- Day 2: Vestmanna bird-cliff boat tour
- Day 3: Koltur viewpoint + coastal ridge hike
- Day 4: Gásadalur waterfall walk, depart
- Est. total: ~$2,000
Bowron Lakes Canoe Circuit
- Country: Canada
- Region: British Columbia
- Suggested stay: 7 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,800 / person
A 116-km loop through ten lakes and seven portages in the Cariboo Mountains — one of the world’s great canoe circuits. Moose at dawn, mirror lakes at dusk, and a week of pure backcountry paddling through British Columbia wilderness.
- Fly into: Vancouver (YVR) → Quesnel
- Day 1: Bowron Lake registration + launch
- Day 2–6: Circuit: lakes, portages, camps
- Day 7: Final lake crossing, return
- Est. total: ~$2,800
Bay of Fundy Coast Hike
- Country: Canada
- Region: New Brunswick
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,200 / person
The highest tides on Earth expose sea caves and red sandstone at low water, then swallow the beach whole six hours later. Hike the Fundy Trail, sea-kayak the Hopewell Rocks at slack tide, and walk the ocean floor beneath towering cliffs.
- Fly into: Moncton (YQM)
- Day 1: Fundy National Park orientation
- Day 2: Dickson Falls + coastal trail
- Day 3: Hopewell Rocks tidal walk
- Day 4–5: Fundy Trail Parkway hikes
- Est. total: ~$2,200
Cairngorms Plateau Hike
- Country: Scotland
- Region: Cairngorms
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$1,900 / person
Britain’s largest national park holds arctic-alpine plateau, ancient Caledonian pine forest, and red deer on the high ground. Summit Cairn Gorm and Ben Macdui, walk the Lairig Ghru pass, and watch for ptarmigan above the treeline.
- Fly into: Inverness (INV)
- Day 1: Aviemore, Rothiemurchus forest
- Day 2: Cairn Gorm summit hike
- Day 3: Lairig Ghru pass traverse
- Day 4–5: Loch an Eilein, Glenmore trails
- Est. total: ~$1,900
Wild Atlantic Sea Kayak
- Country: Ireland
- Region: County Kerry
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,200 / person
Paddle beneath the Skellig Islands where gannets wheel above monastic ruins on a rock in the Atlantic. The Kerry coast offers sea caves, hidden coves, and the raw edge of Ireland where land meets open ocean.
- Fly into: Kerry (KIR) or Shannon (SNN)
- Day 1: Dingle, kayak briefing + harbour
- Day 2: Dingle Bay coastal paddle
- Day 3: Blasket Islands approach
- Day 4–5: Valentia Island, Skellig views
- Est. total: ~$2,200
Lofoten Sea Kayak
- Country: Norway
- Region: Lofoten Islands
- Suggested stay: 6 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,800 / person
Paddle between the jagged peaks of Lofoten where mountains rise straight from the sea and white-sand beaches sit beneath Arctic summits. Camp on empty islands, watch eagles overhead, and kayak under a sun that barely sets.
- Fly into: Svolvær (SVJ) or Leknes (LKN)
- Day 1: Svolvær, kayak briefing + sheltered bay
- Day 2–4: Island-hopping: Reine, Moskenes
- Day 5–6: Trollfjord paddle, depart
- Est. total: ~$2,800
Senja Ridge Hike
- Country: Norway
- Region: Senja
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,300 / person
Norway’s second-largest island is a wall of peaks above deep fjords — often called “Norway in miniature.” Hike Segla’s razor ridge, walk the coastal trail at Husfjellet, and catch spring light on one of the north’s most dramatic islands.
- Fly into: Tromsø (TOS) → ferry to Senja
- Day 1: Gryllefjord, coastal orientation
- Day 2: Segla ridge hike
- Day 3: Husfjellet coastal trail
- Day 4–5: Bergsbotn viewpoint, depart
- Est. total: ~$2,300
Sarek National Park Hike
- Country: Sweden
- Region: Laponia
- Suggested stay: 7 nights
- Est. price: ~$3,200 / person
One of Europe’s last great wildernesses: no trails, no huts, just glacier-carved valleys and six of Sweden’s highest peaks. Trek through Sarek beneath the midnight sun with reindeer, golden eagles, and absolute silence.
- Fly into: Kiruna (KRN)
- Day 1: Ritsem boat in, camp setup
- Day 2–6: Valley treks, peak ascents
- Day 7: Boat out, depart
- Est. total: ~$3,200
Arctic Circle Trail Hike
- Country: Greenland
- Region: Kangerlussuaq to Sisimiut
- Suggested stay: 7 nights
- Est. price: ~$3,800 / person
A 160-km trek across open tundra from the ice cap to the sea — musk oxen, Arctic foxes, and infinite horizons under the midnight sun. Greenland’s classic long-distance hike through one of the planet’s emptiest landscapes.
- Fly into: Kangerlussuaq (SFJ)
- Day 1: Trail briefing, first camp
- Day 2–6: Trek west across tundra (huts/camp)
- Day 7: Arrive Sisimiut, depart
- Est. total: ~$3,800
Nuuk Fjord Kayak
- Country: Greenland
- Region: Nuuk Fjord
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$3,400 / person
Paddle among icebergs calved from the Greenland ice sheet in one of the world’s largest fjord systems. Humpback whales surface beside your kayak, glaciers gleam on the horizon, and the capital feels a world away.
- Fly into: Nuuk (GOH)
- Day 1: Nuuk, kayak briefing + harbour
- Day 2–4: Fjord paddling, iceberg camps
- Day 5: Whale watching paddle, depart
- Est. total: ~$3,400
Shikotsu-Toya Lakes Kayak
- Country: Japan
- Region: Hokkaido
- Suggested stay: 5 nights
- Est. price: ~$2,500 / person
Japan’s clearest caldera lakes mirror volcanic peaks and old-growth forest on Hokkaido’s southwestern edge. Paddle Lake Shikotsu’s impossibly transparent water, explore Toya’s forested shores, and soak in lakeside onsen.
- Fly into: New Chitose (CTS)
- Day 1: Lake Shikotsu, kayak briefing
- Day 2–3: Shikotsu caldera paddling
- Day 4: Lake Toya forest shoreline
- Day 5: Onsen morning, depart
- Est. total: ~$2,500
Limfjord Sea Kayak
- Country: Denmark
- Region: North Jutland
- Suggested stay: 4 nights
- Est. price: ~$1,400 / person
Denmark’s broad western fjord is a maze of channels, sandbars, and bird-rich marshland. Paddle past shifting sand dunes, spot seals on quiet beaches, and explore the sheltered waters of the Limfjord at summer’s calmest.
- Fly into: Aalborg (AAL)
- Day 1: Thyborøn, kayak briefing
- Day 2: Outer fjord coastal paddle
- Day 3: Harbours + bird islands circuit
- Day 4: Return paddle, depart
- Est. total: ~$1,400