Yukoners and tourists have a premium experience with Epic North Tours

Most national and international tourists aren’t expected back to the territory until next year.

By Whitehorse Star on March 25, 2021

Most national and international tourists aren’t expected back to the territory until next year. Epic North offers Yukoners several great ‘staycation’ options.

Whether you and some buddies want to book an arctic exploration, or your family wants to fulfill a lifelong dream of seeing northern lights, Epic North Tours offers the discerning Yukon tourist an upscale, tailor-made adventure.

“Most people visiting the Yukon have their checklist of things they want to do and see here,” says owner Tobias Barth. “Our guests are looking for a tour experience that is private, a bit more upscale, and more like touring with a knowledgeable friend rather than just a guide.”

Barth has been in the tourism business for a couple of decades, and finally realized his dream of creating a Yukon tour company that would be able to offer travellers a more intimate, private experience. A vacation that exceeds expectations.

Epic North offers Aurora hunting trips that “all but guarantee seeing the northern lights.”

“Knowing the best conditions for seeing the aurora borealis, we take guests to multiple locations until we find the best viewing opportunities for this marvel,” Barth says.

“We can’t 100% guarantee that guests will see them, but we very often succeed.”

Epic North guests are normally national and international travelers, but in the time of COVID-19, they have been catering to a more local crowd until current and prospective guests return to the territory, which Barth figures will be 2022.

“We are currently offering an upcoming three-hour Whitehorse Foodie & Cultural walking tour that features some fabulous local cuisine as well as breweries.” Barth says.

From bison stew and Yukon onion soup to local chocolate and salmon or fresh hand-made bagels, this tour promises to be a delight. epic-north.com

Despite the pandemic, some tours are still available. Visit http://www.epic-north.com, or call:1-867-457-3800 info@epic-north.com.

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Comments (4)

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JerryJerry on Mar 29, 2021 at 9:27 am

@Groucho... The point here is that the Epic story was paid for. A newspaper may publish puff pieces of its own accord, but at least it's exercising its own judgment, for better or worse. Hiding labels on paid pieces is the problem.

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JSM on Mar 26, 2021 at 1:26 pm

@groucho
Hey, while I think the newspaper should be free to publish whatever it wants, I believe if it's being bought and paid for by a third party it should be made explicitly clear at the very start of the article in very clear terms that this is a bought and paid for piece of "news." The news is free to investigate or report on whatever, and all news sources are going to have inherent biases that are pretty obvious to tell, but when a third party corporate entity is paying for something to be written about them in a certain way it rubs me the wrong way. I hope that clears it up for you? Sorry if it was unclear.

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Groucho d'North on Mar 26, 2021 at 9:36 am

@JSM
Would your suggestion extend to all the governments 'puff pieces' about this and that designed to make you feel warm and fuzzy about how they are doing such a fine job on behalf of Yukoners? Remember if they are restricted to just adverising, taxpayers pay for that too.

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JSM on Mar 25, 2021 at 10:34 am

Any ads or paid puff pieces should state as much at the very top of the ad and make it explicitly clear this this is indeed a paid piece of advertising. Not just a little hashtag at the bottom that says sponsored.

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