Polar Bear Tours at Churchill, Manitoba

Many have experienced polar bears limited within the artificial atmosphere of the zoo, only a fortunate couple of have experienced the exhilarating experience with seeing these fascinating and regal animals close up within their natural habitat. Every fall, the little grain port of Churchill, Manitoba around the west coast of Canada's Hudson Bay turns into a gathering point for wildlife viewers, nature enthusiasts, photography enthusiasts, and outdoorsmen from around the globe who arrived at observe among the great thrills of nature, the polar bears of Churchill. Churchill, in which the roughly 1000 citizens are outnumbered by an believed 1200 polar bears, can be found close to the southern limit of where they could live all year round and is among the most accessible places for you to observe polar bears within the wild, making Churchill a good option on the planet to see polar bears within their natural habitat.

Following the spring thaw, the Hudson Bay bear population roams the tundra, eating little but berries, grass, and ocean weed throughout the summer time several weeks. Within the fall, during pregnancy women proceed to denning areas, non pregnant male and female polar bears congregate around Churchill awaiting the waters of Hudson Bay to freeze.

The freeze enables the polar bears emigrate within the ice packs along the way for their winter seal-hunting grounds. Seals would be the primary meal source for polar bears. Based on Steve Donino, Field Director for Natural Habitat Tours, "No one is able for bears to search free-swimming seals, and Churchill is among the first places ice forms around the bay." Donino, that has been leading polar bear tours to Churchill for Natural Habitat Tours for ten years, is really a professional wildlife professional photographer who frequently works together with researchers all over the world recording their research and it has offered being an holidays development consultant for that Inuit community of Barrier Harbor within the Northwest Areas plus an instructor towards the National Audubon Ecosystem Camps in Maine.

Usually polar bears are solitary animals, but around Churchill during October and November it's possible to see large figures of these, and that's why Churchill is called the "Polar Bear Capital around the globe.Inch Based on Donino, at the moment of the year vacationers can anticipate seeing between 2 to 50 polar bears around the tundra surrounding Churchill. "Although Churchill includes a popular, there is no guarantee regarding the number of bears we'll see [on the tour]. Typically we'll see 12 approximately bears, nevertheless its wildlife therefore it is unpredictable."

Vacationers take notice of the polar bears of Churchill from the comfort and luxury of the tundra vehicle, sometimes known to like a "tundra buggy." With the home windows of the tundra buggy, vacationers possess the incredible chance to determine youthful males play fight when preparing for future competition for mates, mother bears explore the landscape using their cubs in their sides, and solitary grown ups lumber over the tundra. Frequently tundra automobiles are encircled by curious polar bears munching in the tires or sitting on their hind legs to appear in on vacationers. It is in reality a unique and remarkable wildlife experience. The bears react to the tundra buggies in 1 of 3 ways: they either completely ignore them, they approach and investigate them, or they just disappear because they do not wish to be bothered. However the bears are very curious animals based on Donino. "It is the best experience once the bears come browse the vacationers."

Natural Habitat Tours offers several journeys to see the polar bears of Churchill. Based on Donino, why is Natural Habitat Tours unique is the caliber of their guides.