Yellowknife Vacation Rentals

Yellowknife vacation rentals let you explore the wild, remote beauty of the Northwestern Territories, see the Northern Lights, and visit frozen lakes. Return to comfortable, homey accommodation at the end of the day.

Learn About Yellowknife’s Unique Hunting and Mining History

Yellowknife is the best place to learn about northern Canada's unique history. From the First Nations to salty sealers, and frost-bitten prospectors to diamond miners, Yellowknife's cultural history is rich. Learn about it at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, the Government of the Northwest Territories' official museum. The centre, right beside Frame Lake in downtown Yellowknife, gives a rich account of Yellowknife's past through its artifacts, displays, and archives.

Bush Pilots Monument, just a short walk from Yellowknife's centre, is also worth visiting. It offers the best views in town, looking over Yellowknife and the frozen lakes and landscapes beyond. Yellowknife Old Town, with its log cabins and historic buildings, gives an interesting image of Yellowknife during the Gold Rush. It's also home to many of the best cafés and restaurants in town!

Kids Can Join You in Exploring Remote Areas of the Northwestern Territories

Tours in the Northwest Territories aren't just for extreme adventurers. Yellowknife provides the comforts of a well developed, modern city, especially if you have your own family vacation home. And it's the ideal starting point for exploring the area with the little ones (or the little-bit-older ones). You can find family accommodation from condos and cottages to 5-bedroom vacation houses.

Kids of all ages love dog-sled tours. Meet the dogs and see how they are raised and trained before venturing on a long-distance tour across frozen lakes or a shorter tour around open fields near Yellowknife. To see Yellowknife from a different perspective, take a helicopter tour – you'll be rewarded with stunning panoramas of wild landscapes in every direction.

See the Northern Lights and More

Having a vacation home or bed and breakfast booked in Yellowknife gives you a comfortable, convenient base for exploring the stunning natural wonders of the Northwest. Chief among them are the aurora borealis or Northern Lights. Choose from a huge selection of tours to see these phenomena from Yellowknife, ranging from a few hours to overnight and multiday tours. Some tours offer pickup straight from your accommodations.

There are also plenty of other ways to explore the backcountry in comfort and warmth, with access to hot drinks, washrooms, and amenities. Take an ice-road tour to one of the frozen lakes, and spend the night in a yurt or igloo. You can also go out on Yellowknife Bay, which freezes over in winter, to see floatplanes take off and land. Nearby Cameron Falls Trail, just a 47km drive east of Yellowknife, is a popular hiking route, even in winter.

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