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Mahikan Dog Sled Safari
7 Nights
Journey over frozen lakes and rivers and through the beautiful Saguenay forests and experience the Mahikan, a unique breed of dog which legend believes ‘fears nothing’.
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Mahikan Dog Sled Safari- 7 Nights
Prices from: £2290 per person
Price includes: Airfares with Air Canada to Montreal, services for a musher/guide, 1 dog sled per person for 5 days, extreme cold
clothing, snow suit and boots, expedition grade sleeping bag, 7 nights accommodation, meals as listed, applicable taxes.
Not Included: Meals not listed, gloves, goggles and head -Lamp, gratuities and items of a personal nature.
Dates: December to March
Day 1- Fly from London to Montreal with Air Canada departing at 1300 arriving at 1530.
Montreal - High Laurentians
Arrival and transfer from the airport to the High Laurentians region (Length: about 2h30). You will spend the night in a log-made wood cabin with shared bathroom. (D)
Accommodation : Cabin
Day 2- High Laurentians
You meet your guide and he present you the dogs and distribute the harnesses. Short travel to the entrance of Papineau Labelle fauna reserve. At the end of the morning, departure from the Pie IX
welcome site towards the first refuge. We take and old lumberjack road to get to the Leclerc refuge. This day of initiation of 20km will give you confidence and you will feel more comfortable with
your sled for the next days (B, L, D)
Accommodation : Cabin
Day 3- High Laurentians
We will go north to go around Lake Montjoie, which has a 40km circumference. After lunch (BBQ), we will go over some small streams towards Lake Pronovost to get to the Fascinant refuge. (B, L,
D)
Accommodation : Cabin
Day 4- High Laurentians
We will take an old railroad to get to Lake Ernest, going around Lake Armstrong. Snack in the woods, and we will pass in front a a real trapper log cabin of more than 100 years old! Downhill to
cross over Petit Lac du Sourd and get to our nice refuge. Time to install the dogs and a well deserved rest, in front of the fireplace. (B, L, D)
-Accommodation : Winter Cabin
Day 5- High Laurentians
Departure early this morning, on the bay of this huge lake, to follow the trail of the moose. Wild trail to Lake Binet where we will have lunch... We will cross over another part of Lake du Sourd,
north side, until the Bauchet refuge, magnificent log cabin. (B, L, D)
-Accommodation : Winter Cabin
Day 6- High Laurentians
Through the spruces, the hilly trail will bring us to the dam. We will lunch on a small island on Lake Joinvile, in the middle of nowhere, then we will go around Mount Body to get back to our
starting point. in a log-made wood cabin with shared bathroom. (B, L, D)
Accommodation : Cabin
Day 7- High Laurentians - Montreal
Early departure in the morning to Montreal. Enjoy a little time for shopping or sightseeing. Night at Hotel Les Suites Labelle (B)
Accommodation : Hotel
Day 8- Montreal
Free time to discover the city before the transfer to the airport. (B)
All tour descriptions and conditions are given in accordance with the information of Windows on the wild