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Price CAN $3,823.00 pp +GST + PST Double occupancy - minimum group of 2 - DISCOVERING Discovering Kuujjuaq Trip Highlights You might wonder why Kuujjuaq is the most traveled • Explore Kuujjuaq by car and on foot village in Ungava. Adventures offers an exceptional • Learn about the daily life of the Inuit of perspective of Kuujjuaq which reveals how the whole region Kuujjuaq buzzes with activity, providing the essential services to the • Discover the organizations and services local Inuit and to the entire population of . Comfort- offered to the Inuit of Kuujjuaq and ably lodged at our co-op hotel, you will have the leisure to Nunavik spend the week ambling through town, gaining understand- • Socialize with Kuujjuaq residents ing that would have been impossible without your guide. • Meet some of the village's artists and During your stay, you will of course also have the opportunity elders to gaze upon the spectacular aurora borealis sweeping across • Decide which of our proposed activities dark blue skies. you'd enjoy To give you an idea of where the village is located, Kuujjuaq is south of . With 2,400 residents, one can say that it is Nunavik's metropolis. So if you've been dreaming of going to the Arctic, in Kuujjuaq, you're already there. There are no roads that link Kuujjuaq to even its closest neighbour. In fact, none of the 14 villages in Nunavik are linked by roads. The only way to gain access is by snowmobile, dog-sled, plane or canoe. Goods are shipped there by boat in summer or by plane year-round. In Kuujjuaq, in the summertime, days are long with only four hours of darkness during the solstice, then at the winter solstice it is the opposite, with four short hours of sun. Perhaps you will learn something new from this journey and it will inspire you to visit other villages.

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