Reviews of Yellowknife Vacations (Travel Agency)

Jenny MINI

I booked a planned vacation for 3 in March 2020 with Yellowknife Vacations last year and paid full amount in January. The unexpected global pandemic put this vacation in the air. I lost all the flights booking. You think the airlines have better financial support and customers service, but no refund and no other options due to nothing have changed with rules in timely manner. I believe a local tour company is no where can compare to a big airline company financially, therefore, I requested a credit instead. They responded quickly and offered the credit is valid till Apr 30/2021. After I consulted with my group and decided the trip has to be canceled for the safety concern on Dec 11/2020. I sent an email to them right after our decision and received a response within 1/2 hour. Their reliable attitude and kindness not only refund me the full amount but also offered $249 value voucher for 3 guests till Mar 31/2022. I had another slightly similar case needed to deal with other company during pandemic, the experience was as awful as the airline. A good business is based on responsible service and excellent reputation. I am looking forward to safe travel again and I definitely will give my business to Yellowknife Vacations.

Jungsun Moon

There's no word I can explain this aurora hunting tour. It was my first time seeing the aurora and It's my pleasure to see these beautiful sights with this wonderful Yellowknife Vacations. The staffs are all kind and they all make their effort to let us feel comfortable. They also provide some cookies and hot drinks, such as water, hot chocolate, and tea(btw, the maple syrup cookie was super great). You should try this aurora hunting tour.

HaiQing Chen

Great tour with reasonable price. There’s two tour guides with us, Emmet and Emily. Emmet is very knowledgeable and shared a lot of information about the area and aurora, Emily is a very good photographer whom is very patient and takes good pictures of the me and the aurora.

Kathy Perlow

We had an Amazing Aurora night what a show but on top of that the knowledge of Yellowknife and the culture, the awesome camera tips, great tour bus and could not have had a better tour guide and the hot cocoa & cookies nice added touch! Oh and the pictures came out fabulous❤️

Wei-Jean Chung

We were a group of 11 people and were guided by Amit (English) and Vikki (Mandarin Chinese) in a private van. We visited three lakes along the Ingraham trail and Amit and Vikki provide unlimited photography service. They were professional and made for a relaxing, awesome, and amazing night. We highly recommended Yellowknife Vacations for your Aurora experience!

Maxim Besser

Great tour with approachable, informative and really friendly guides. Was driven to multiple beautiful locations and had an amazing view of the northern lights. Plus the hot chocolate which was provided, was tasty.

Mike Cheung

You must join this tour! Yellowknife Vacations does it right. Amit and Nikki were very friendly and very knowledgeable. We went to a total of 4 locations that night (Dec 15th) and it got better with every location we went to. The highlight of the Aurora tour was when we stopped at Prosperous Lake (third location) and there was a huge Aurora wave in the sky. It was called a "dancing aurora" as per our tour guides. They had a DSLR to take pictures of us. We also had hot chocolate and cookies. It was such an awesome experience. Definitely recommend them for Aurora tour.

Chris King

We had a wonderful experience in November 2019 Hamid and his team are knowledgeable and go all out to to provide a great experience and ensure that you see the Aurora borealis We visited 3 locations as they searched for a location with no cloud cover Finally around 12:30 at the 4th viewing location we saw the northern lights . Numerous photos were taken and sent to us the next morning Will plan on going out another night with Yellowknife vacations this week

Maleja Yepes

(Translated) We were in Yellowknife on August 21 and 22 of this year. We decided to stay two nights to increase our chances of seeing the dawn. The first night was cloudy so the dawn was dim, however, the second night the sky was totally clear and allowed us to live a wonderful experience and fulfill the dream of watching "the dancing Aurora". Amit is an excellent host who, in addition to telling us about the Aurora, worrying that we could see her from several locations and take some very nice photos, shared some experiences of life in the city and recommended several places that we could visit. I highly recommend Yellowknife Vacations services! (Original) Estuvimos en Yellowknife el 21 y 22 de agosto de este año. Decidimos quedarnos dos noches para aumentar nuestras posibilidades de ver la aurora. La primera noche estuvo nublada por lo cual la aurora estuvo tenue, en cambio, la segunda noche el cielo estuvo totalmente claro y nos permitió vivir una experiencia maravillosa y cumplir el sueño de ver "the dancing Aurora". Amit es un excelente anfitrión que además de hablarnos de la Aurora, preocuparse porque pudiéramos verla desde varias ubicaciones y tomarnos unas fotos muy lindas, nos compartió algunas experiencias de vida en la ciudad y nos recomendó varios sitios que podíamos visitar. Recomiendo los servicios de Yellowknife Vacations totalmente!

shuang hu

(Translated) Very magical experience N years ago, I did not catch the aurora in Northern Europe. Yellow knife made up for this regret! Gorgeous and fleeting, this beauty is waiting for you to discover ⌛️Thank you very much to the tour guide and photographer Tingting & Amit for making the journey more perfect ????☕️ Looking forward to meeting Huangdao again ???? Oh, the soup here is great, every one is good, you really need it in the cold winter ???? (Original) 非常神奇的体验 N年前在北欧没有追到极光，yellow knife 弥补了这个遗憾！ 绚烂 转瞬即逝 这个美好等待你去发现⌛️非常 感谢导游兼摄影师 婷婷&Amit 让旅途更加完美 ????☕️ 期待再次相遇黄刀???? 哦这里的汤很赞哦 每一家都不错 寒冷的冬季你真的需要????

Jonathan Swift

We joined this tour to see the aurora in the last week of September 2019 & were lucky to see a pretty strong aurora. For the tour itself, we had a very great & memorable experience thanks to Amit & Nicky (Sorry if there's any misspelling). Not only they are friendly, they also provided English & Chinese tour, took us to 4 different locations in the Ingraham trail to see the aurora, provided nice snacks/beverages & managed to pick us up from a BnB in the uptown part of the city. On top of that, Nicky patiently took free unlimited photo of us with the aurora amidst the cold temperature! (Which is very nice because it helps us capture & keep memorable moments that would otherwise be difficult to do on our own). Once again, many thanks to Amit & Nicky! Highly recommended tour to see aurora in Yellowknife!

Yi He

I booked the tours 2 days before we travel, Amit (speaks English) and Verda (Speaks Mandarin, Cantonese and English) are Awesome guides and we became friends after the trip. Amit basically became our private guide the whole trip, very good, highly recommended. We four (kids 10, 14) experienced all stuff we can do in this season, everything was so exiting, even my picky teenager thinks this trip is unbeatable. She cut fish during the aboriginal trip to Bob's cabin in Datah, Played with carefully cared dogs in Enodah Kennel (dog sledding), snowmobile hiking in the bushes to the hills to view the frozen lake (the young fellow named Quntun (sound) was super super nice). And the Aurora tour by bus with Verda was a great experience for my kids, to see the Aurora is by luck, but Verda taught my kids how to play in the snow and took all kinds of pictures for us when we were waiting in the -30 cold night. All in all, great great experiences, absolutely recommended. (avoid Beck's Kennel in any chances, they are the worst!)

Abi Baker

Brilliant night. Highly recommend!!

chou eason

(Translated) The tour guide was very hard and very hard. Everyone was lucky to see the aurora ???????? ????????????????❤️❤️???????? Very nice experience, tour guides are very thoughtful. And luckly we saw the aurora borealis. ???????? (Original) 導遊很辛苦，很用心，大家很幸運的看到極光 ???????? ????????????????❤️❤️???????? Very nice experience, tour guides are very thoughtful. And luckly we saw the aurora borealis. ????????

Rechah Rivera

I was so pleased with the trip! Our guide and driver were outstanding, very knowledgeable, friendly and safety conscious! I will definitely be recommending your tour and will also be taking another in the future! ???? ????????

Mandy Pearce

Fantastic tour. Small group, bi lingual Comfortable bus, hot chocolate & biscuits provided. Photographer Nicky took amazing pictures of all guests Four locations, fortunate to see dancing aurora .Thankyou Amit & Nicky Company also arranged hire winter clothi g which was new and clean *Highly recommended

Raymond Yue

Highly recommend their aurora tour. The driver and the guide are very experienced and patient. They know where to capture better northern lights and help you take good photos.