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Wolves, Whales & Bears: American Safari 2013
American Safari is an epic three-month journey across the United States and Canada to see North America’s most magnificent wildlife. This is the official itinerary of American Safari. For more information visit American Safari Base Camp.
Travel For Wildlife American Safari Route Map
July
July 14
• Drive to Rodanthe, North Carolina
July 16
• Red Wolf 101 Program with the Red Wolf Coalition
July 17
• Nags Head Dolphin Watch Dolphin Tour
• Bear Necessities Black Bear Tour Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
• Red Wolf Howling
July 18
• Pea Island Bird Walk
July 19
• Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
July 21
• Drove ALL DAY LONG. slept at a rest area for three hours in Michigan.
July 22
• Drive to Upper Peninsula, Michigan. Enter wolf territory!
July 23
• Drive to Ely, Minnesota (Stay on a house boat courtesy of Timber Bay Lodge & Houseboats
July 24
• International Wolf Center in Ely, MN
July 25
• North American Bear Center in Ely, MN
• Camp somewhere cool in Minnesota (Blueberry Hill) & listen for wolves.
July 26
• Drive to Canada! Arrive in Winnipeg (stay in Winnipeg courtesy of Tourism Winnipeg)
July 27
• International Polar Bear Conservation Center in Winnipeg
July 28
• Manitoba Museum in Winnipeg
July 29
• Narcisse Snake Dens
• Camp next to Setting Lake
July 30
• Drive to Thompson, Manitoba
July 31
• Tour of the Spirit Way in Thompson & speak to Thompson Chamber of Commerce.
• Board Via Rail train from Thompson to Churchill, Manitoba. Spend the night on the train
August
August 1
• Arrive in Churchill, Manitoba (Stay at Tundra Inn Hotel courtesy of Frontiers North Adventures)
August 2
• Full day Tundra Buggy outing with Frontiers North Adventures looking for polar bears!
August 3
• Kayaking with Beluga Whales with Sea North Tours
August 4
• Rent a truck from Tamarack Rentals and drive around Churchill searching for critters
• Belugas & Fort tour with Sea North Tours
August 5
• Snorkel with Beluga Whales with Sea North Tours
August 6
• Back country hike looking for fox dens with Nature 1st Tours
August 8
• Board train back to Thompson, night on train
August 9
• Arrive Thompson, Manitoba
• Tour Paint Lake by boat looking for wolves!
August 10
• Drive south and camp somewhere cool
August 11-14
• camp Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba
• camp Duck Mountain Provincial Park, Manitoba
August 15
• Drive to Winnipeg
August 16
• Appear on Global Morning Show in Winnipeg
• Drive south toward United States
August 17-18
• Drive across North Dakota and Montana
• Camp Theodore Roosevelt National Park
August 19
• Drive over Beartooth Highway into Cooke City, Montana
• First drive into Yellowstone National Park
• Stay at Elkhorn Lodge, Cooke City
August 20-21
• Yellowstone National Park
• Look for creatures and stay in Silver Gate
August 22-27
• One week of back country camping in Yellowstone with expert wolf tracking guide Nathan Varley courtesy of Yellowstone Wolf Tracker
August 28-29
• Stay in Bozeman, Montana and get car repaired
August 30-31
• Camping Lewis & Clark National Forest, Montana
September
September 1-2
• Visit Glacier National Park, Montana (mountain goats!)
• Camp Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta
September 3
• Drive north through Frank Slide & Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve
September 4-6
• Stay in Kanananskis courtesy of Mount Engadine Lodge
September 7-8
• Banff National Park
• Lake Louise
September 9
• Lake Louise Gondola (grizzlies!)
September 10-11
• Yoho National Park
• Camp Takakkaw Falls
September 12-13
• Drive across British Columbia
• Free camping in BC
September 14
• Arrive Bella Coola, British Columbia
• Camp Tweedsmuir Provincial Park
September 15-18
• Stay at Great Bear Chalet
• Hike with Grizzly Bears
September 19
• Drive south to Vancouver
September 20
• Ferry to Vancouver Island
September 21-29
• Travel around Vancouver Island
• Bear Tour and Whale Tour with the Tofino Whale Center
October
September 30-October 14
• Nimmo Bay Wilderness Resort, British Columbia’s ultimate wildlife watching resort. Searching for whales, coastal wolves, grizzlies, and spirit bears.
October 15- 20
• Drive back to Asheville, NC