Watch beluga whales at Cunningham Inlet on Somerset Island, one of the greatest beluga gatherings in the High Arctic. Each summer around 2,000 belugas crowd into this river mouth in Nunavut to nurse their calves and rub on the gravel in the warmer water, molting their skin. Based at Arctic Watch, the world's northernmost fly-in lodge, you watch them from shore and by kayak, best from July to mid August.
Watch beluga whales at Cunningham Inlet on Somerset Island, one of the greatest beluga gatherings in the High Arctic. Each summer around 2,000 belugas crowd into this river mouth in Nunavut to nurse their calves and rub on the gravel in the warmer water, molting their skin. Based at Arctic Watch, the world's northernmost fly-in lodge, you watch them from shore and by kayak, best from July to mid August.
Up to 95% sighting chance in Cunningham Inlet / Somerset Island (Nunavut, Canada). Best months: July, August.
July to mid August, the short summer window when belugas fill the inlet.
They come to nurse their calves, socialize and molt, rubbing on the gravel in river water that can be up to 10 degrees Celsius warmer than the sea.
By flying in to Arctic Watch, the world's northernmost fly-in lodge, on Somerset Island in Nunavut. Visits are all inclusive multi day trips.
There is no in water swimming, but you watch from shore and can paddle nearby by kayak, with belugas often coming close.
