Category Archive: Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

Road Trip

Yukon

Top 5 Epic Gravel Travel Highways In Canada’s North

I like off the beaten track places, places where not everybody goes. Since travelling has become available almost to everyone and many awesome travel destinations are packed with tourists, I started to look closer to home. With Canada as my home, I don’t have to go halfway around the world to experience wilderness, culture and natural beauty at its best. […]

Manitoba

Northwest Territories

Travel Tips

Yukon

10 Best Wildlife Viewing Sites In The North

Wildlife is a big part of Canada’s wilderness. Find out about the 10 best Wildlife Viewing Sites in Northern Canada before planning your trip. Polar Bears Easily one of the best viewing places is around Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba. The perfect time to visit is in October and November when the bay is about to freeze over for winter. […]

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Yukon highways, iconic roads to adventure

Fast, wild and beautiful – a road trip on Yukon’s iconic highways. Get behind the wheel and get ready for a road trip of a lifetime, driving the Yukon highways. There is no better feeling than driving the northern highways and having the roads to yourself. Forget about traffic jams, busy roads and driving stress. Enjoy the fantastic scenery from […]

Road Trip

Solo Travel

Special Places

Yukon

Keno City Yukon, the end of The Silver Trail

(This article was published in the July 2020 edition of Globerovers Magazine) Here I am, back again, driving the Silver Trail gravel highway on the way to Keno City. A small dot on Google maps marks the existence of this tiny, nearly forgotten, old Gold Rush town in the mountains of central Yukon, northern Canada. Despite its name, Keno City […]

Outdoor Activities

Road Trip

Wild Food

Yukon

Memorable Morel Mushroom Hunt in Central Yukon

Morel mushrooms are a delicacy and a sought after food in kitchens worldwide. My first introduction to morels I remember the time growing up in Switzerland when each spring my dad got on his old bicycle and went to some secret spot in the forest to harvest a bagful of morels. Centuries later I came across morels while hiking on […]