A video of our 216km, self-guided canoe adventure down the South Nahanni River, in the Nahanni National Park Reserve, from Virginia Falls to Nahanni Butte in the summer of 2022.
I came across this video after researching the Nahanni Valley based on a Mr. Ballen story about the Mcloud brothers in 1904. This is beautiful yet slightly uneasy feeling, given how untouched and wild everything is
Ho wow ! certainly the best video about the Nahanni I have seen so far. I will paddle the Nahanni last 2 weeks of August 2023. Thanks for sharing this very good quality video.
Great video! I just missed you there by a couple days. My group started at Rabbitkettle lake on Aug. 13th and paddled down to Nahanni Butte by Aug. 24th. We really lucked out with the weather, it was incredible. You brought me right back there with this video, so I thank you for that.
Thanks for the kind message Pat and great to hear you got to paddle it as well! We had nothing but sun except for one evening - couldn’t have really asked for better weather. Happy trails!
Wow. I'm speechless. The gorgeous, inspiring images are duly matched by the vivid, expertly crafted narration. Really captured the feeling of being there in person. Definitely one of the finest documentaries I've seen on RU-vid.
Thanks for these incredibly kind words @DrRestezi - I wish I had more time to dedicate to these videos. I will be releasing another one on the Bloodvein shortly. Best wishes and happy trails to you!
Personaly i think all these. Wild remote places. Does. Something to. Peoples. Psyche. Coming from. Populated. Towns cities. Which is a far cry from. This wilderness. They cant grasp. It. !!
Thanks Richard! Guided trip will generally run you $8-9K per person, I believe (not including transportation costs to Simpson, which can add another couple thousand depending on where you’re coming from). Our self-guided trip was about $3K-$4k per person all-in from Toronto. In putting together my trip estimates I found it more cost effective to fly to Yellowknife and then drive a rental car to Simpson (flight from YK to Simpson is very expensive). There are pros to going with guided trips of course (guides know all the best camping spots/hikes, take care of all the cooking etc), but taking on the river ourselves was also a big part of the allure!
@@The.Terra.Incognita Thanks! This info is literally worth gold! My wife and I will have to do this outside of a group tour since we've been tripping for decades. Just need to find other like minded couples when we are ready. Cheers!
@@richard_west if you haven’t done so already you may wish to consider joining the Wilderness Canoe Association - as a member you can post your trip on their website and seek others who may wish to join! Please feel free to reach out at any time with questions about the route! :)
@@The.Terra.Incognita I second this advice on the car rental. My group also opted to save a bunch of money, rented a car in Yellowknife and spread the drive to Fort Simpson over 2 days staying in Sambaa deh on our way. Car rental cost us approx $2000 split between 4 people, whereas the flight from Yellowknife to Fort Simpson was approx $1000 per person per way. We rented the car from Gastown in yellowknife, that place alone was quite the experience. Try the poutine!
Most. Acessable. Places. Are. Well populated. On earth. Then. You see the. NWT. And. Then you. See the opposite. Phew! If you got lost out their. It. Would. Be curtains. It would put all survival. Skills to get out. In one piece. If possible !
Thanks for your comment. Constant, succinct and direct communication with your paddling partner is a basic and necessary element of tandem whitewater canoeing, especially in the types of scenarios depicted in this video.
Ive read. About. Albert Feily. Gold. Prospecter. And. His. Quests to find. M issing. Goldmine which he never found. He. Always travelled alone. Did all is. Portages alone. On river. He said the river kept. Changing. Difficult to navigate. But. No mention. Of strange creatures. Or any such meetings. !!!!
I did this trip when I was 12 as far as I know youngest white man to do it at that age .and there is was by David koester was a book my father wrote on Amazon .in the 70 s
