SOPER RIVER

BAFFIN ISLAND WILDERNESS AND CULTURE

DRIFTING THROUGH THE WILDERNESS OF

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TRIP DETAILS YOUR TRIP Your guides will adjust the schedule Combine the best of cultural to make the best use of water and exploration on Baffin Island weather conditions. with paddling on the Soper Join us for this odyssey on River in northeastern Canada! the Soper River and sample the best DAY 0 and most exotic of Baffin Island. SKILL LEVEL Enjoy arctic wilderness and Inuit Beginner - The guides navigate Your journey north will be a with oars & paddling by carvings. Steeped in history and rich refreshing departure from everyday participants is optional for those in flora and fauna, Baffin Island is a life. You’ll fly over the largest who want more activity! treasure of , Canada’s newest expanse of wilderness in the world, RENDEZVOUS POINT territory. pass through quieter airports, meet , Nunavut friendlier service personnel, and DURATION ITINERARY generally begin to immerse yourself 9 Days in the wilderness experience that is about to unfold. TRIP TYPE The following is a tentative itinerary Canoe/Raft and has been designed with much You should plan to arrive in Iqualuit, thought to capitalize on the most Nunavut for our pre-trip orientation scenic and exciting parts of the trip, meeting, which will be held in the while making time on other sections.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE THE FAQS AT NAHANNI.COM PAGE 1 Frobisher Inn at 8 p.m. This is also a lush growth, unparalleled on Baffin. water and moves us along. Camp recommended accommodation (not The 24-hour daylight provides is on a sandy bluff overlooking a included). constant opportunity to scan the lake-like widening of the river. horizon for wildlife. Surrounded by verdant hills, we DAY 1 watch for wildlife beneath the DAY 2 midnight sun. 8 a.m. – We will meet in the hotel lobby after breakfast. We’ll The beautiful hills surrounding DAY 4 transfer to the airport and, weather Panoramic Flats beckon us. permitting, make our Twin Otter We’ll have the option of hiking a Livingstone River is our destination. flight in to the Kiinaujaq (Mount Joy) surrounding peak or the base of This is a lovely river day of easy vicinity of the Soper valley. You’ll majestic Veil Falls. It is readily rapids. Ancient tent rings are found want to have your camera handy! apparent why the park is called near camp. While we enjoy the Initially, we fly over a barren, rocky Katannilik: “the place where there culinary delights for which we are landscape, then, all at once, we are falls”. Waterfalls cascade within famous, we can reflect on the lives descend into a lush green valley – a sight of almost every camp on this of those who have made this valley stark contrast. The flight across this river, and the addition of colourful home for the last 10,000 years. vast wilderness is the first of the wild flowers makes for a dazzling many highlights that await. introduction to the region. DAY 5

Camp will be among the willows and DAY 3 A short hike brings us to the broad wildflowers on the shore of the Soper drop of Livingstone Falls – a River. This place is appropriately Today we launch on the river. The captivating spot for lunch. In the named Panoramic Flats. Carved into initial portion is shallow, but soon afternoon we explore further up the the land by ancient glaciers, this the confluence with other streams Livingstone valley before returning to valley is a microcosm of relatively deepens the channel of crystal clear camp.

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Back on the river, we make our way We make an early start to avoid wind the informative Visitor Centre. to the Big Bend. Another spectacular on the lake. This area is yet again waterfall is the destination of an dramatically different from anything is an isolated village where afternoon hike. En route to camp, we we have seen so far. even the children are still fluent in stop at the Willow Forest to witness and where a translator will the tallest trees on Baffin Island. Soper Lake, known as Tasiujajuaq assist our communication with some to the Inuit, meaning “big lake- of the elders. We have now entered a new range of like lake.” The name refers to the crystalline limestone named the Gray meromictic nature of the lake that is Later, we will meet our home stay Hills, foreshadowing the geological families. This innovative northern highlights ahead. a mixture of fresh and salt water. hospitality pairs visitors with DAY 7 Turning into a picturesque bay, we receptive families (similar to a B&B). complete the water portion of our En route to our camp at Soper Falls, trip. A short hike brings us to an A group dinner in one of the homes we stop to explore intriguing mineral overlook revealing the charming will be the highlight of the evening. deposits of Mica and Lapis. On a short village of Kimmirut and the expanse You may have a chance to try hike we find large chunks of deep blue of Lake Harbour. traditional dishes, such as seal and lapis and sparkling mica, shimmering caribou. on the ground. This village is famous for the stone carvers who make their home All in all, the cultural experience of The gorge cut by the falls is here. These stone carvers are Kimmirut is remarkable and rich, a captivating, and after supper we internationally renowned for their rare opportunity in today’s world! explore the area and have our first artwork. The afternoon allows time view of Soper Lake. to view the many beautiful carvings

FRESH FOOD FUELS OUR JOURNEY

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Morning will allow time for a final Homeward bound. You may wish to Mailing address viewing of carvings. Later in the day add on one extra day to your stay PO Box 31203 we’ll charter back to Iqualuit with an in Iqualuit to have a thorough look Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada opportunity to explore this colourful through town. A guided tour of the town, Canada’s newest territorial Legislative Assembly is particularly Y1A 5P7 capital city. It’s a setting of extreme impressive. Those staying on to visit contrasts, but friendly hospitality. will begin the next step Toll-free 1-800-297-6927 Camp will be in the Frobisher Inn of their journey. p 1-867-668-3180 (not included). Email [email protected] Please note: The above is a tentative Web www.nahanni.com Included among the highlights agenda and has been designed with of Iqualuit are the amazing much thought to capitalize on the tidal phenomena of the bay, the most scenic and exciting parts of the legislature, arts and crafts school, river while making time on other museum, visitor centre, the igloo- sections. Your guides will adjust the shaped Anglican Church, art galleries schedule to make the best use of river and unique commercial enterprises. and weather conditions. We adhere Dinner will be in one of the local to the departure regulation system restaurants (not included) and will of the Park which works to ensure provide an opportunity to recount that all river travelers have the same upriver adventures. wilderness experience. Under certain conditions (weather, forest re, plane availability and upriver conditions) we may face a delay in flying into the river. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks are included from Day 1 lunch until the final river meal.

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