Where wolves and bears are travel companions
March 16, 2016 - Travelers who consider nature and wildlife adventures the ultimate in luxury have a few new options for their bucket lists.
In Norway’s Polar Park, the world’s northernmost wildlife park, the recently opened Wolf Lodge enables guests to literally spend the night with wolves and interact with the socialized animals for a supervised wolf kiss.
The lodge is set inside the park’s wolf enclosure, with guests separated only by the wooden walls and oversized windows. This means guests can spend the night safely tucked inside the lodge and watch the wolves in action.
The stay includes the company of a wolf expert and guide, who during the day takes guests outside and introduces them to socialized wolves, where they can also get a supervised face-to-face wolf kiss.
The pine lodge’s design is like that of a modern Norwegian farmhouse, featuring an open floor plan that includes five guest rooms, a fully equipped kitchen and handcrafted dining table and a living room that looks out on the wildlife. In addition to the wolves, the park is home to a variety of native Arctic animals, including wolverine, Arctic fox, bear, lynx and reindeer.
Polar Park is located about 45 miles from the harbor town of Narvik, in the heart of the Salangsdalen Valley.
A four-day, three-night “Night with the Wolves” itinerary to Narvik with Off the Map Travel is priced from $3,150 per person, excluding airfare. The package includes transfers, one night at the Wolf Lodge with dinner, the guide, two nights in a four-star hotel with breakfast, a boat trip along the fjord to search for wildlife and a “Lights at the Lodge” gondola trip up Narvik Mountain to view the northern lights.
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