Nunavut Travel Guide
Granite monoliths in Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Nunavut is Canada's Arctic: one-fifth of the country's land, 85 percent Inuit, and a culture that has thrived here for millennia. This is expedition travel, not sightseeing: vast, expensive, and unforgettable.
Auyuittuq National Park on Baffin Island offers the Akshayuk Pass between granite peaks. Kinngait (Cape Dorset) is famous for Inuit printmaking. Iqaluit, the capital, is the entry point, with the Unikkaarvik Visitor Centre as the essential first stop.
Key destinations in Nunavut
Auyuittuq National ParkThe Akshayuk Pass between granite monoliths on Baffin Island.
Kinngait (Cape Dorset)The Inuit art capital: prints, carvings and the studios.
Sirmilik National ParkGlaciers and seabird cliffs on northern Baffin Island.
IqaluitThe capital on Frobisher Bay: start at the Unikkaarvik Visitor Centre.
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Top Cities & towns in Nunavut
Getting there
Iqaluit (YFB) is reached by air from Ottawa and Montreal; there are no roads between communities. Travel is expensive and weather-dependent: use experienced Arctic operators and build in buffer days.