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Rendezvous time
The specific itinerary for your trip will designate the arrival date and meeting time. Your guides will be busy finalizing details until that time. Only in Fort Simpson do we meet and greet at the airport and only on the designated day. You are certainly welcome to arrive a day or more early and find your own way to your accommodation. In all northern destinations, cabs are not expensive like “the big city”. $10 or slightly more, will usually get you anywhere you need to go. The number of cabs in small communities is limited so be prepared to be patient and enjoy your new surroundings if you have to wait for a pick-up.

Early arrival
If you plan to arrive early and are wondering about activities in the area, feel free to enquire of our office by phone or Email. We can usually get you pointed in the right direction. Your guides are not available until meeting time. Most of their work is of a nature that is best handled by them alone. Similarly, following the trip your guides may have a short turn around before the next trip so they will have to leave you following the last gathering. Your indulgence in this will be appreciated by the staff.

Fort Simpson
Fort Simpson is accessible by both the Mackenzie and Alaska highways. The most direct from Edmonton (and often the most reliable) is the Mackenzie. Both offer reasonable gravel once in the NWT and require two days to comfortably drive from Edmonton. Plan to be in Fort Simpson by noon. Upon arrival, find your way to the South Nahanni Air hangar where you will find your guides or a friendly person who will direct you to them. Parking is available at South Nahanni Air. You may wish to schedule your time so as to arrive a little early and allow time for tending to last minute details in Fort Simpson.

For more driving information and conditions, please visit web: nwtparks.ca under "Highway Touring", or NWT Tourism, at 1-800-661-0788 or 403-873-7200.

Yellowknife
Accessible via the Mackenzie Highway, Yellowknife is at the “end of the road”. The highway is paved most of the distance. The population is 15,000 and has most services associated with a larger center.

Whitehorse
Whitehorse may be reached via the Alaska Highway. The road is paved most of the way for the 24-hour drive from Edmonton. An innovative “loop” journey can be created by using one of the Alaska ferries for one leg of your trip and the road for the other route. Parking may be available at your hotel or RV camp.

Inuvik
This is an ambitious but spectacular drive. Continuing north from Whitehorse, and just prior to reaching Dawson City, you will come upon the Dempster Highway. The pavement ends at this junction and vehicles should carry two spare tires beyond this point. The drive from Whitehorse to Inuvik is approximately 20 hours.

The Fort Simpson Base
We operate from the rustic float plane base belonging to South Nahanni Air, which provides efficient access to the Twin Otter aircraft. Please remember that this is a remote community and the summer season is the height of activity. At times, this base can play host to more than one group of river travellers and thus it may appear chaotic - trust that your guides have everything under control.

Nahanni River Adventures, Nahanni offers exceptional expeditions by raft and canoe on the great rivers from Alaska to Nunavut including: South Nahanni River, Tatshenshini River, Alsek River, Firth River, Snake River, Wind River, Stikine River, Burnside River, Coppermine River, Horton River, Mountain River, Yukon River, Taku River, Gataga River and Sea Kayaking and whale watching at Point Adolphus, Alaska, over-looking Glacier Bay National Park.

Our expeditions encompass Nahanni National Park (South Nahanni River), Kluane National Park (Alsek River), Ivvavik National Park (Firth River), Glacier Bay National Park (Alsek River), Herschel Island Territorial Park (Firth River).

Nahanni River Adventures operates in Alaska (United States of America), Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and British Columbia (Canada).

Nahanni.com is the online presence of the company, Nahanni River Adventures Ltd.

Nahanni River Adventures works with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society to ensure the environmental integrity of our wild places.

Neil Hartling, founder of Nahanni River Adventures, is also the author of: Nahanni, River of Gold...River of Dreams. Alaska to Nunavut - The Great Rivers. Nahanni River Guide. These books may all be purchased through Nahanni.com.

Common misspellings of the name are Nahani, Nahannie, Nahanie, Nahoni, Nahonni.
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