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NAHANNI
WILDERNESS
ADVENTURE LTD
969A Lawrence Grassi Ridge
Canmore, Alberta
Canada T1W 3C3
1-888-897-5223
PHONE
1-403-678-3374
FAX
1-403-609-2042
e-mail
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NAHANNI RAFTING OR CANOEING FROM VIRGINIA FALLS |
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13 Day Trip Itinerary |
| Day 1
Participants need to arrive in Fort Simpson with First Air or before 12 noon with their own vehicle. Your guide will hold a pre-trip meeting and issue equipment. Personal clothing and bags not required for the trip can be left behind in Fort Simpson.
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| These will be waiting for you at Lindberg Bed and Breakfast upon completion of your trip. Charter flight to Virginia Falls. (weather permitting) This breathtaking flight takes us over the Nahanni Range, the Ram Plateau and then up the Nahanni River to Virginia Falls. We will camp at the falls for the first night and will have time to explore and take photographs from the many promontories overlooking the falls. |
| Day 2After breakfast your guides will complete the portage of camp equipment. Participants are asked to portage their own pack 2 km to the "put in" below the Falls. Most of this portage is on a board walk and down hill. Lunch is served on the cobble beach below the Falls. Following a safety talk, we load the rafts and begin our descent. Leaving the roar of the Falls behind us, we will ride high on the waves through the Painted Canyon. The excitement continues with our passage through Figure Eight Rapids. We will find our camp close to the mouth of the Flat River. |
Day 3-10Back on the river we float along the foreboding Funeral Range and enter Third Canyon (35km) where the Nahanni cuts a passage just past Mary River. You will be awestruck as we float silently between the 1200m canyon walls which rise skyward above the river. We will camp at The Gate in view of Pulpit Rock. The following day we will layover and make a short hike to a lookout above The Gate that affords a magnificent vista of the valley below. The following day we will continue on through Third and Second Canyon (15 km) into Deadmen Valley - known for its legends and mystery. This spectacular open valley offers numerous exploratory options. Following an exciting run through George's Riffle, we drift between the sky-high walls of First Canyon which reach heights of over 1400 m. This 26 km canyon will lead us to Lafferty's Canyon, a side canyon which joins the Nahanni on its east side. We will take a second layover here and spend the day exploring chasms and pools which dot the canyons floor. The following morning its down to the soothing waters of Kraus' Hot Spring. We then bid farewell to the canyons and make our way into the Splits - a maze of islands.
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| Day 11Following breakfast, we will continue on to the Native village of Nahanni Butte. (Pop. approx. 120) Remote yet surprisingly modern, a stroll into town provides insight into a culture far removed from most of North America. Following refreshments from the village store we will continue down stream to Blackstone Landing and Lindberg's rustic Bed and Breakfast by river taxi. Hot showers, delicious meals, rustic log cabin accommodation and the trip end celebration awaits. |
Day 12After breakfast a van will return everyone to Fort Simpson to catch flights home. 
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