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★★★ Worth the Journey
Meet Polar Bears Face to Face from a Tundra Buggy in Churchill, Canada
Every fall, hundreds of polar bears gather on the tundra outside Churchill, waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze so they can hunt seals. Climb into a purpose-built tundra buggy and the bears walk right up to you: mothers with cubs, big males sparring to pass the time. For the full immersion, stay overnight at the Tundra Buggy Lodge, parked right on the tundra, and wake up to bears outside your window.
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Why this one matters
This is the closest reliable polar bear encounter on Earth. No expedition ship, no lottery of sightings: from mid-October to late November the bears come to you, sometimes close enough to watch through the buggy's floor grates. Book a year ahead. The buggies sell out.