August 9-12, 2010
Experience More -
Wilderness Excursions included in your Tour Package!
THE JAMES BAY FRONTIER —
This is where the real wilderness begins. It’s a place of unchanging, uncompromising splendor of stark beauty, of true solitude. Come experience Ontario’s Northern Frontier with us!Day 1: To Cochrane, ON
We depart Ottawa this morning traveling up through the North, making a stop at the Cobalt Mining Museum before, continuing on to our overnight destination of Cochrane where our hosts at the Westway Inn will welcome us for the evening.Day 2: To Moosonee, ON
Here’s your chance to experience one of the greatest four hour rail excursions of the world - the famous Polar Bear Express, a true frontier experience. Enjoy breakfast on the train while we travel through this uninhabited region of the Arctic Watershed with sparsely populated land of forests and tranquil lakes to the end of the line - Moosonee. Tonight we will have dinner and spend the night at the Polar Bear Lodge. Following dinner, we will board the motorized freighter style canoes for a one hour boat ride around the islands of the Moose River, communities of Moosonee and Moose Factory, before sunset. (B,D)Day 3: To Cochrane, ON
After breakfast your true frontier experience continues as we travel by motorized freighter style canoes on a Wilderness Excursion to the mouth of the Moose River, on the shores of James Bay (weather permitting). Breathe in the crisp air of the Arctic as you travel the salt waters enroute to Moose Factory. We’ll learn about Moose Factory Island on a bus tour followed by lunch. At Moose Factory see and touch the relics of the fur trade that date back more than 300 years ago, visit the Centennial Museum, and the Anglican Church built in 1860 by the Hudson’s Bay Company. Later this afternoon we’ll be transported back to the train for our return excursion to Cochrane and the Westway Inn. Enjoy an included dinner and entertainment aboard the train. (B,L,D)Day 4: To Ottawa, ON
Today enjoy an early morning visit to the Polar Bear Habitat and Heritage Centre, the only polar bear rehabilitation facility in the world. Later this morning we continue our journey home with many fond memories of your Northern Ontario Adventure Getaway.
Twin $879. Triple $839. Quad $819. Single $1019.
Cost per PersonYour Ultimate Holiday Experience Includes:
- Transportation aboard Deluxe Motorcoach
- 3 Nights Accommodation
- 2 Breakfasts
- 2 Dinners
- 1 Lunch
- Visit to Cobalt Mining Museum
- Polar Bear Express Train Excursion
- Wilderness Excursion to the mouth of James Bay and Moose Factory Island
- Sunset Boat Tour
- Visit to the Polar Bear Habitat and Heritage Centre in Cochrane
- Bellman’s Gratuities for 1 piece of luggage
- Services of an Ottawa Valley Tour Director
- All Taxes
