My Backyard Tours

Introducing MBYT!

newmedia — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:54:11 +0000

My Backyard Tours offers fun and informative tours. Guided by local experts, our tours show you the highlights in and around the City of Yellowknife as well as give you the opportunity to fly to Peterson’s Point Lake Lodge to spend time on the tundra. Our tours also offer you the chance to enjoy local foods, develop your photographic abilities and capture the wildlife, plants and lichens that shape the intricate beauty of this region. Guests will learn about the history and culture of the people that make the North unique. New

My Backyard Tours Brochure (PDF)

Watch our Video:

Viewing Caribou on the Tundra

newmedia — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:29:39 +0000

Ann Timmins, one of our tour guides, is an artist who lives in Yellowknife. She’s also visited our lodge on the barrenlands at Point Lake, destination of two of our custom trips. Ann was completely taken with the tundra at the lodge: “There are times in my life when I have realized that I am living completely in the moment. Our journey to Caribou Bay at Peterson’s Point Lake Lodge was an entire week of being absorbed minute by minute, on the land. The everyday distractions were eliminated; I felt only the peace of walking on the warm carpet of tundra, searching the horizon for wildlife, and being captivated by the miniature colour world of each lichen and flora patch.”

Ann continues: “As I painted Caribou Bay back in my studio in Yellowknife, I realized how the image in my memory came together so effortlessly. The caribou appeared watching us as we landed on the shore, the caribou were engulfed by the gold, orange and red bushes, and as the caribou headed towards the hills, I became a small being alone on the land.”

Cameron Falls

newmedia — Wed, 12 May 2010 18:00:42 +0000

Close to Home – Cameron Falls Tour

Approx 4 – 5 hours, $90 plus gst, (minimum two persons, includes beverage)
Hiking shoes are recommended
Tours offered Sunday, Wednesday, Friday

Departs Northern Frontier Visitors Centre at 1:15 P.M.
4807 49th Street, across from the Explorer Hotel
Please arrive 15 minutes early.
Advance booking is required
Call 920-4654 to book your tour, today.

Yellowknife City Tour

newmedia — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:00:30 +0000

Yk Directions -Yellowknife City Tour

Approx two hours, $50 plus gst (minimum two persons, includes beverage)
Tours offered: Monday – Saturday (May and June)

Departs Northern Frontier Visitors Centre at 10:00 A.M.
4807 49th Street, across from the Explorer Hotel
Please arrive 15 minutes early.
Advance booking is required
Call 920-4654 to book your tour, today.