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Adventure Itinerary for a Cross-Canadian Road Trip through Yukon Gold Outdoors!

Amazing Things to do on Your Trip in Yukon Territory

Ticked off about the Yukon Gold package tour on your list? How about have a fun road trip across Canada? We have list down 125 chances to have an adventurous road trip in the Great White North.” It would take a long time to list all of the 125 chances that can be put on your adventure itineraries when you buy a Yukon Gold package. Therefore, I am sharing with you some of the best places that you do not need to miss when you are visiting the Yukon Gold Outdoors.

Places to go in The Yukon Gold Outdoors

Yukon Wildlife Preserve: If you love wildlife, then the Yukon Wildlife Preserve is the place for you. It is a one-of-a-kind wildlife viewing property that has over seven-hundred acres of opportunities to see wildlife. The various natural habitats are home to ten species of northern Canadian mammals.

You will be able to see wildlife that you will see nowhere else in the Yukon Gold outdoors and be able to take wonderful pictures of them. During your visit through the various landscapes of steep rock cliffs, rolling hills, wetlands, and flat lands, you will have the opportunity to see wood bison, elk, Canada Lynx, woodland caribou, Alaska Yukon moose, and mule deer. You will also be able to see muskoxen, Dall’s and stone sheep, and arctic foxes. You can travel this Yukon Gold Outdoors area when you buy your Yukon Gold package as part of your adventure itineraries by taking a guided bus tour or by hiking the trail and reading interpretive panels along the way.

Takhini Hot Pools: The Takhini Hot Pools are the ideal place for you to relax and soothe your sore muscles in the Yukon Gold Outdoors. They have been operational for more than a century and a visit there can be part of your adventure itineraries when you buy a Yukon Gold package. The pools are open every day of the year and when you soak in them on a chilly winter’s night, you can enjoy the dancing northern lights (also known as Aurora Borealis). If you want to stay there a while, this property also has a campground and hostel for you to stay in when you are enjoying your 125 chances in the Yukon Gold territory.

See a Vaudeville Show: Dawson’s City’s Palace Grand is a “lavish theater in the wilderness” and is known as the “prettiest little theater north of San Francisco.” When you visit there as part of your adventure itineraries, you will be treated to a variety of live entertainment, music, comedy, drama, and film that features local talent and international performers.

This theater opened for business in 1899. At that time, it was a European opera house and a boomtown dance hall. When you visit Dawson’s today, you will enjoy vaudeville and Victorian melodramas that will take you back to the Yukon Gold outdoors Gold Rush Era.


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MacBride Museum: Have you wanted to try panning for gold? The history of the Yukon Gold outdoors is very connected to the historic gold rush. That is why the Macbride Museum of Yukon History will provide you the opportunity of panning for gold, so you can experience this old profession. This museum covers over half of a city block with exhibits that share the whole history of the Yukon. You will see First Nation beadwork and tools, learn about northern animals, learn a lot about the history of Whitehorse, and even get to go into the actual cabin owned by Sam McGee. This cabin was made popular by a poem written by Robert W. Service.

S.S. Klondike: In the beginning of the twentieth century, over 250 riverboats connected the Yukon Gold outdoors to the rest of the world by the way of water. The S.S. Klondike was restored to its original 1937-1940 appearance and it is a popular tourist attraction for people that make traveling to the Yukon Gold outdoors part of their adventure itineraries. This riverboat shows what life was like for the river’s early inhabitants. The Klondike was described as “a beast” because it weighs over 270 tons and it was typically used to transport supplies and silver lead ore to and from the mines prior to this area having any roads. You can roam the decks of this boat on a guided or self-guided tour and learn how the ship operated and what its passengers did to pass the time when they traveled on it. Look out for the geocache onboard this boat.

These are a taste of all the amazing things that you can do when you visit the Yukon Gold outdoors, buy your Yukon Gold package, and plan out your adventure itineraries. During your trip to the Yukon, you will experience things you could never experience anywhere else from seeing one-of-a-kind wildlife to panning for gold like the miners of the days past. Whatever you do while you are there, it will absolutely be fun and worthwhile.