8 days / 7 nights
750 km of snowmobile
The Trappers’ Trail
The snowmobile raid in Canada of your dreams
- 1 night at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel (downtown Montreal)
- 1 day of snowmobiling with a trapper
- 1 day dog sledding
- Discover and visit Montreal
- Outdoor jacuzzi and sauna, Nordic bath, tube slide, sledding, wildlife observation, games room, billiards and table football
- Accessible for everyone
Highlights
- All transfers between Montreal and Mekoos
- Family welcome
- Full board and tasty meal
- Travel that can be adapted to your needs
Itinerary
Arriving at Montreal
Day 1
- Saturday
Welcome and transfer Montreal Airport to the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in Montreal
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A representative of the Aventure Mekoos team warmly welcomes you to the Montreal airport. It will take you to your hotel in downtown Montreal: the Double Tree By Hilton.
Ideally located, you are close to all the activities offered by the metropolis. Want to relax after your long trip? A luxury experience in a city adorned with its festive attributes Dinner and free evening.
In the heart of nature
Day 2
- Sunday
Transfer from your hotel to Pourvoirie Mekoos and introduction to snowmobiling
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Free lunch in Montreal and around 8am a bus takes you north about 3 hours from Montreal. An authentic log inn surrounded by cottages bordering Lake Iroquois. Sébastien, owner, welcomes you with a welcome cocktail, you settle in your chalets where a good fire is already blazing, then you are given your equipment Great Cold.
After lunch, your guide explains the safety instructions and how snowmobiles work. You crisscross the territory of Mekoos by snowmobile, just to get in touch with your machine. In the evening, 4-course dinner, proposed by David, the Chef and first night in the North.
The adventure continues
Day 3
- Monday
Snowmobile from Mekoos outfitter to Club Notawissi (170 km)
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Today, you get up, get dressed, have lunch in the excitement of continuing your snowmobile adventure. Head south then turn north! Let’s go ! Nowhere else will you find a larger frozen expanse: it is the Kiamika Reservoir. The trail passes over the reservoir with a length of 18 km long and 5 km wide.
Enough to offer beautiful driving sensations, wonder too. Ice and snow have taken over nature to offer you a pure and invigorating spectacle. Wildlife is an integral part of Quebec’s universe. This is how you go up to Chutes-Saint-Philippe to contemplate the largest deer ravage in the region.
To get over it, head to St-Anne du lacs for lunch. Satisfied, you then restart for the outfitter Notawissi which is located on the beautiful and majestic Lake Notawissi. You will spend two nights at this place. After a first dinner and a good night in your cottage, happiness seems simple and easy.
Day 4
- Tuesday
Snowmobiling and visit of the Snake Falls (165 km)
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After a lumberjack lunch, you will discover the Gatineau River sector, your exploration of this limitless boreal nature. Two words to describe your day: immensely big!
Stop at the Serpents Falls with its 9 meters high and the Caesar Falls, a little smaller and just as magical. Going down to Rabaska Lodge for dinner. Then you get back on your snowmobiles for your return to the Notawissi outfitter. Dinner and overnight at the Notawissi
Day 5
- Wednesday
Notawissi snowmobile at Mekoos Outfitter (170km)
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You leave the Notawissi outfitter to return to your starting base: the Mekoos outfitter, where Sébastien awaits you tonight at the ice bar with a surprise! But not right now ! Your raid of the Hautes-Laurentides would be incomplete if you did not visit a must in the region: the Montagne du Diable.
It is therefore by snowmobile that you climb the summit. There, we turn off the engines and… Be quiet. Here, nature is king. The view is breathtaking, it is also the most beautiful place to experience the great outdoors of Canada. Stop at the top for lunch, then visit the Windigo falls, they never freeze. Back tonight at Mekoos where, as promised, Sébastien awaits you at the ice bar. Dinner and night at Mekoos.
Day 6
- Thursday
Dog sledding with your Musher
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Before the advent of snowmobiling, dog sledding was the only way in winter to get around almost inaccessible places.s. Your musher explains the techniques for driving your team. They are waiting for your order “forward” to take you through lakes and forests at the pace of their steps.
The excitement of departure then gives way to calm. You help them in steeper hills, which gives birth to a beautiful complicity between you and Man’s best friend. Lunch is taken in the forest with a wood fire on the territory of the Mekoos outfitter. Dinner and night at Mekoos.
Day 7
- Friday
Snowmobile day with a trapper (130 km)
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This day is placed under the sign of the discovery of an activity once widely practiced: the trap. Highly supervised in Quebec, trappers are trained in responsible and efficient activity and advocate the sustainable use of wildlife resources. It is by snowmobile, with your guide-trapper that you go to collect beaver, otter, marten and fisher traps.
Lunch in the trapper’s cabin. The afternoon gives rise to the crossing of lakes located on the territory of Mekoos (there are 135!). You test the technique of driving in the powder and discover the immensity of the exclusive territory of 346 km2 and 500 kilometers of snowmobile trails. In short, it is a territory as far as the eye can see! Return in the evening to the main Lodge where you relax in the outdoor jacuzzi before a 4-course dinner. Night in your cottage
Day 8
- Saturday
Back to Montreal
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At breakfast, for this last morning in the North, you enjoy the warm atmosphere of the Mekoos dining room with log furniture. Your suitcase is ready, time to say goodbye to the Mekoos team and the bus resumes its journey around 10am, towards Montreal.
In the space of a few days, you have traveled miles of snowy trails. You will have answered the call of the Hautes-Laurentides. See you very soon and with all my heart, thank you for coming up to see us!
Jour 1
Reservenow!
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Prices
Group of 5 people
2 people per snowmobile : 3890 .00 $CAD (2602.00 €) per person (2 people per room)
1 person per snowmobile : 4590.00 $CAD (3071.00 €) per person (2 people per room)
Group of 4 people
2 people per snowmobile : 4195.00 $CAD (2806.00 €) per person (2 people per room)
1 person per snowmobile : 4895.00 $CAD (3275.00 €) per person (2 people per room)
Group of 3 people
2 people per snowmobile : 4590.00 $CAD (3071.00 €) per person (2 people per room)
1 person per snowmobile : 5290.00 $CAD (3539.00 €) per person (2 people per room)
Group of 2 people
2 people per snowmobile : 5195.00 $CAD (3475.00 €) per person (2 people per room)
1 person per snowmobile : 5795.00 $CAD (3877.00 €) per person (2 people per room)
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The price includes
- Welcome at Montréal Trudeau Airport
- Transfer between the airport and your hotel in downtown Montreal
- Transfer at 8am from the hotel to the Mekoos outfitter and the transfer at 10am from the Mekoos outfitter to the airport
- Night at the Double Tree By Hilton on the first night in double occupancy
- 6 nights in double occupancy per room at Mekoos Auberge de la forêt 5***** and/or in other relays
- Full board (6 lunches, 6 lunches and 6 evening meals)
- The welcome cocktail
- Services offered by the 5***** forest hostel and included in your stay: outdoor jacuzzi & sauna, Nordic bath, games room, billiards and table football;
- 1 BRP Ski-Doo Expedition 900 cc ACE snowmobile for 5 days
- All the necessary equipment: helmet, Mekoos hood, two-piece cold suit (jacket and overalls), mittens (mittens) and boots and a waterproof bag for your personal belongings during the snowmobile raid
- 1 day of dog sledding (2 people per team)
- 1 satellite phone, first aid kit and survival equipment per group
- Your snowmobile’s gasoline and oil
- The FCMQ’s permit to travel on federated trails
- Service of trained and professional guides throughout your stay
- Guarantee of a maximum of 8 snowmobiles per departure
- Mekoos professional liability insurance
- Liability insurance for snowmobiles
- L’assistance dépannage mécanique de votre motoneige
- Taxes
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The price does not include
- Air transport
- Meals in Montreal
- Your drinks other than water, coffee or tea which are already included with your meals
- Tips for the guide(s) (between $10 and $15 per day per person)
- Credit card deposit for snowmobiling
DEPARTURE DATES 2023
January
January 06 to January 13, 2024
January 13 to January 20, 2024
January 20 to January 27, 2024
January 27 to February 03, 2024
February
February 03 to February 10, 2024
February 10 to February 17, 2024
February 17 to February 24, 2024
February 24 to March 02, 2023
March
March 02 to March 09, 2024
March 09 to March 16, 2024