Aurora Hunting Tour in Yellowknife — Shared Bus

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1. Your guide will pick you up from a selected Yellowknife hotel or accommodation. Once everyone is aboard the heated bus, the group will leave the city lights behind and begin the evening’s aurora hunt. Approximate duration: 30–60 minutes, including multiple pickups

   30 min

2. Travel along the Ingraham Trail, stopping at dark-sky viewing areas selected according to cloud cover, weather, road conditions and aurora activity. The route may include lakes, day-use areas and other safe roadside viewing locations. Your guide may change locations throughout the evening when conditions suggest that another area could provide a better opportunity. Approximate duration: 2.5–3 hours

   3 h

3. When the officially maintained Dettah Ice Road is open and conditions are suitable, the tour may travel onto Great Slave Lake in search of the Northern Lights. The frozen lake offers wide, unobstructed views of the northern sky and a memorable opportunity to experience Yellowknife’s winter landscape. Access is seasonal, weather-dependent and not guaranteed on every tour.

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4. Prelude Lake is known for its expansive scenery and distance from city light pollution. Open areas around the lake can provide unobstructed views of the sky and, under the right conditions, beautiful aurora reflections. When official ice roads are open and conditions are safe, the tour may include seasonal viewing from a frozen lake. This part of the tour is seasonal and cannot be guaranteed on every departure.

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5. Pontoon Lake is another possible dark-sky viewing location along the Ingraham Trail. Its open lakeside setting can provide broad views of the night sky, while the surrounding wilderness creates a distinctly Northern experience.

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6. Surrounded by boreal forest and away from Yellowknife’s city lights, Madeline Lake offers a peaceful setting for aurora viewing. Depending on the night’s conditions, the group may stop near the lake to watch the sky, take photographs and enjoy hot chocolate and snacks.

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7. The Yellowknife River is one of several possible viewing stops along the Ingraham Trail. Its dark surroundings and open views across the water—or frozen landscape in winter—make it a beautiful place to watch the northern sky. Your guide may stop here when conditions are favourable.

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8. After the aurora hunt, relax in the heated bus as your guide returns you to your selected Yellowknife accommodation. Approximate duration: 30–60 minutes

   30 min

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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How it compares in Yellowknife

• Its from-price is 19% below the median of the 68 experiences we list in Yellowknife.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 30 of 68.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Yellowknife

Yellowknife, capital of Canada's Northwest Territories, sits on the shore of Great Slave Lake and is known for its gold-mining past and northern lights.

Yellowknife grew in the 1930s after gold was found on the north shore of Great Slave Lake, and it became the territorial capital in 1967. Old Town, on a rocky peninsula, holds floatplane docks, houseboats moored in the bay and weathered log buildings. The Bush Pilot's Monument on the Rock looks across the water, and the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre tells the story of the territory's Indigenous peoples.

Top-ranked sights in Yellowknife: Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (PWNHC).

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