Mom and cub in fireweed at Seal River Heritage Lodge. John Lewin photo. Editor's Note: John Lewin travelled to Seal River Heritage Lodge for our Birds, Bears & Belugas safari with his family in July 2023. His review from Tripadvisor.com is reposted below. Thank you John! We loved hosting you…
Winner! Hudson Bay Odyssey Trip for Two. Tammy Kokjohn. We have a winner! Congratulations to Tammy Kokjohn! Tammy was selected as the winner of a Hudson Bay Odyssey Trip For Two to Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge, from thousands of entries in Churchill Wild’s 30th Anniversary Trip Giveaway. The 64-year-old wildlife…
Beautiful polar bear. Seal River Heritage Lodge. Maggie Cole photo. by Maggie Cole I can’t express enough how happy I am to have come up here on the first Birds, Bears & Belugas departure of the summer. We saw polar bears every day, either at the lodge or out on…
Kisses for Mom. Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Christoph Jansen / ArcticWild.net photo. by Christoph Jansen The story continues… We spent more days with “our” bears, five in total! Scouts Ben (Lawrence) and Emma (Klippenstein) were always able to locate them as they slowly moved closer to the coast. Getting to…
Packing for your Arctic safari can be simple and stress-free with a little help from the Churchill Wild team. Here, you will learn how to stay warm and comfortable, save space, reduce clutter and ensure you have everything you need--and only what you need--on your summer adventure with Churchill Wild.…
Summer polar bears at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. by George Williams If you want to see polar bears in the summer, we have to start early. There’s a lot of prep work to be done! Our preseason to-do list is long, detailed and designed with one goal in mind —…
Dymond Lake Ecolodge. Home of the Great Ice Bear Adventure. Christine Hayden photo. Dymond Lake Ecolodge is the host for our Great Ice Bear Adventure. It is also where our family originally learned how to walk with polar bears. It was the first of our lodges built by Jeanne Reimer’s…
A summer walk with polar bears at Seal River Heritage Lodge. Robert Postma photo. by Vanessa Descorcy 1. Walk with polar bears From July through November, you can stay at one of Churchill Wild’s three fly-in wilderness ecolodges and participate in daily guided treks through polar bear country. Polar bears…
Polar bear Mom and cubs on gravel bar at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. If you're thinking about going to see polar bears this summer you're in luck! We're almost sold out again this year thanks to hundreds of guest referrals and some wonderful TripAdvisor reviews, but we still have a…
Courtney Horwood at Seal River Heritage Lodge. by George Williams with photos by Courtney Horwood How many 25-year-olds can say they've stomped (or walked softly on) the tundra with wild polar bears? Courtney Horwood can. She did it this summer at Seal River Heritage Lodge, while also plunging into the…