Day Trips from Whitehorse

Northwest Territories

Yellowknife

The other northern capital — aurora-chasing trip in winter.

Fly: 2h+ Air North

Morning
Old Town & Pilot's Monument
Culture · Old Town
Climb 'The Rock' for 360° views over Great Slave Lake.
Lunch
Wildcat Café
Northern Canadian · $$ · Old Town
1937 log cabin — Yellowknife's oldest restaurant.
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Afternoon
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
Culture · Frame Lake
Free museum of NWT Indigenous and gold-rush history.
Coffee + go
Bullocks' Bistro
Northern fish-fry · $$$ · Old Town
One last bite before the drive back — Cash-only shack legend — fresh-caught Great Slave fish, write on the walls.
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Home by dinner
Back to Whitehorse
Leave by 4–5pm and you're back in Whitehorse in time for dinner. Beat the worst of the return traffic.