Polar Bears

Canada is an excellent place to view polar bears and Frontier Canada offer a variety of trips tailored to include polar bear spotting, from a one day trip to fit in with your holiday to longer breaks. We also offer opportunites for visitors to get up close and personal with the polar bears, and have trips tailored for photographers and naturalists.

Please click on the links below for more details on the individual polar bear holidays.

1-day Weekend Polar Bear special
October to mid November. Fly on the special Day Tripper from Winnipeg to Churchill early on Saturday morning. Transfer straight to the Tundra Buggy for a full days viewing. Return to Churchill at dusk for dinner and explore the town before departing for Winnipeg at 8:00pm....more



2-4 Nights Polar Bear tours from Churchill (FN)
The 'Adventurer Tour' includes 2 or 3 nights in either hotel or Tundra Buggy Lodge. The 'Enthusiast Tour' is longer, includes dog-sledding and can combine time at the Lodge with time in Churchill. The 'Escorted' is a guided 4-night hotel based guided tour with 2 buggy trips, plus a Churchill sightseeing tour. The 'Specialist' tour is designed for photographers and naturalists; either lodge or town based, with an experienced photographer or naturalist accompanying the group...more

GREAT ICE BEAR TOUR
This remarkable tour is for those who want to get really 'up close and personal' with the polar bears.

Spend 3 nights at Dymond Lodge, a 15-minute flight from Churchill and watch the bears on foot with your experienced naturalist guide. You stand a good chance of seeing mothers and cubs and Northern Lights. The last night will be in Churchill, where you can take an optional Buggy tour...more

Polar Bear Adventure (GC)
See the polar bears in their natural habitat - an awe inspiring and beautiful animal who reigns supreme in his chosen envirmonment.

This tour provides not only excellent value but a good all round view of the bears and the Churchill area. £1755 pp pof 2 sharing a room including flights from Winnipeg to Churchill and all hotels and excusions listed below. ...more

Polar Bear Adventures including helicopter ride (Churchill)
Migration - not just across the African plains but across the northern reaches of the Hudson Bay, Canada. Churchill is referred to as "The Polar Bear Capital of the World", but the bears are not the only attraction. You can explore the arctic tundra along the Hudson Bay coast and venture into the treeline of the vast Boreal forest of the Canadian Shield. Caribou, Arctic Fox, Wolf, Arctic Hare and Lemmings are other wildlife youo might see, as well as Snowy Owl, Gyrfalcon, and other arctic birds....more

Polar Bear Capital of the World Adventure (CNT)
You'll encounter one of the world's wonderful natural phenomena, as the annual Polar Bear "migration" occurs along the Hudson Bay coast.

Churchill is referred to as "The Polar Bear Capital of the World", but the bears are not the only attraction. You can explore the arctic tundra along the Hudson Bay coast and venture into the treeline of the vast Boreal forest of the Canadian Shield....more

Polar Bear Lodge Tour (CNT)
Polar Bear Lodge is a series of tundra buggies joined together to create a comfortable lodge. ...more

Polar Bears at Churchhill
At Churchill there are many ways to see them, usually involving a tundra buggy, which is like a large bus on enormous wheels, with picture windows, a washroom and a viewing platform at the back. Sleep in a hotel and take day trips onto the tundra, or for an even more unforgettable experience, sleep out on the ice in the Tundra Buggy Lodge; a combination of five buggies, providing accommodation and facilities interspersed with viewing platforms...more