Churchill: Private Northern Lights and Arctic Night Car Tour｜Canada

Begin your private evening experience with pickup from your Churchill hotel or accommodation in a comfortable heated vehicle. Leave the brighter lights of the town behind and travel along safe, publicly accessible roads towards carefully selected viewing locations around Churchill. Your guide will choose the route according to cloud cover, visibility, wind, temperature, road conditions, and the evening’s aurora outlook.

During the drive, learn how solar activity interacts with Earth’s atmosphere to produce the Northern Lights and hear about the challenges of living through Churchill’s long and intensely cold winter nights. Stop at one or more suitable roadside viewpoints with open views of the northern sky. Depending on conditions, possible areas may include coastal roads, tundra-edge viewpoints, the vicinity of the Inukshuk, or other safe locations away from the strongest artificial lighting.

Remain close to the warm vehicle throughout the experience, allowing you to step outside for shorter viewing and photography periods before warming up again. Hot drinks and light snacks may be provided in the vehicle. Your guide can offer basic assistance with smartphone and camera settings, including exposure, focus, night mode, and tripod positioning. The tour may move between several viewing points if clouds, wind, or local conditions change during the evening.

Because Churchill is polar-bear country, stay with your guide and follow all instructions. The vehicle will remain available as a heated refuge and for movement between observation areas throughout the tour. After the viewing period, return directly and safely to your Churchill hotel.