Narwhals & Polar Bears: Pond Inlet Reviews

4.8 Rating 29 Reviews

Jun 6 - 13, 2025 | On our Narwhal and Polar Bear tour, we travel from Pond Inlet, Baffin Island to the floe edge where we will have close encounters with Narwhal and opportunities to see polar bear and other northern wildlife. This is a unique opportunity to camp near the floe edge and includes cultural experiences as we travel with our local Inuit guides.

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“The staff from Eagle-Eye (organized tour) and Tagak Outfitters (company in Pond Inlet that kept us safe on the ice) were fantastic. They were attentive, enjoyable, shared their knowledge, and overall made this a fantastic experience. The folks living in Pond Inlet were very kind and patient with the tourists. We saw amazing wildlife, particularly the birds coming in for the summer breeding season. But also a polar bear, walrus, bearded seals, spotted seals and more. The tour is set up more for birding, which I hadn't fully appreciated. This experience was a bit casual - we did spend time waiting for tent set up/break down for instance and this seemed to reduce animal viewing opportunities a bit. But if you are okay with a more casual experience and looking for some great connections with wonderful people who know the ice, the animals, the weather and will keep you safe and sound... this is it.”

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Posted 10 months ago

“Great times on the ice. The return was not great. A lot of sitting around while the camp was being broken down.”

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Posted 11 months ago

Hi Jay, thanks for your review! We're so glad to hear that you enjoyed your time on the ice. All trips have to spend some time packing up tents so they aren't damaged while the camp is empty. We apologize for the inconvenience and we'll try to be clearer about that in the future on our website, as well as work with our local guides to try to provide some more time at the floe edge at pack up times. We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review and hope to see you on another tour in the future!

Posted 6 months ago

“This was an amazing trip. Ken and the local Inuit guides were able to consider our specific interests as group members, even given the nature of wildlife! It's blurry, but I got a picture of a tusk!”

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Posted 11 months ago

“The tour was amazing and wonderful! It was more interesting then I had thought possible.”

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Posted 11 months ago

Robert B Tallyn

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“Wonderful place to visit. Ken is a professional and hard working tour leader.”

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Posted 11 months ago

“This was definitely an adventure with lots of wildlife. Our leader Steve did a great job. My only disappointment was not seeing a Narwhal with a tusk. But at least we saw them.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Overall it was a great experience, specially for me that I am not used to snow and ice... Steve the guide gave the best of him. We had a great guide. The local personnel of the organization had always a smile with them for us, but needs a bit of training to be better prepared to assist the tour participants. Consider: Bring a real cook; plan a menu for the meals for the whole tour. As it is a tour where we know wildlife will not be close, consider bringing a drone to record the tour. I can mention that one out our tour participants had a drone and made incredible footage of a group of whales feeding. We could see the whales from the flow edge, but from above was an unbelievable what we saw. The same happened with the first polar bear, it was 2.5 km away. Having that footage will complement the experience and will constitute a beautiful souvenir. Small things like a container of hot water always available for coffee or tea; better toilet tent and accessories; better furniture like chairs and table, tablecloth, cups, glasses...I am not meaning new or classy, but standard... Cheers,”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Unique location, unique wildlife, local inuit camp. Patience is a key word here and also adventure due to unforeseen storms. But this is all worthy to really experience what the arctics are like! And getting to see a pod of narwhals so close by is magical.”

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Posted 1 year ago