Yukon Gold Experience: Discover Klondike History

Discover Yukon Gold Experience: Pan for gold, explore Emerald Lake, and visit Carcross. Relive the Klondike Gold Rush adventure today.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • S.S. Klondike - The tour will include a visit to the S.S. Klondike Sternwheeler, a National Historic Site of Canada. Here, the guide will discuss the history of these grand boats that navigated the Yukon River between Whitehorse and Dawson City.
  • Emerald Lake - The tour will pause at the picturesque Emerald Lake, renowned for its stunning…
What's Included
  • Gold panning with guaranteed gold discovery
  • Expert Tour Guide (English)
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Lunch
Additional Information

This half-day tour is filled with some of the most stunning sights in the Yukon! The journey begins with a stop at a viewpoint overlooking Miles Canyon, a pivotal point for stampeders traveling from Alaska to the Klondike. Next, the tour proceeds along the South Klondike Highway to Emerald Lake, followed by a visit to the Carcross Desert, known as the…

Location
S.S. Klondike
10 Robert Service Way,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Anjali_l
Sep 22, 2025
Amazing - Juan was a fantastic guide snd driver. He stopped at multiple spots for taking photos. The whole experience was fantastic.
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John_s
Sep 16, 2025
Good value. Guide was... - Good value. Guide was friendly, knowledgeable and allowed the trip to run at a good and comfortable pace. Some overlap with the Skagway tour where Carcross was used as a body-break/ coffee- break stop.
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M1744uarickf
Aug 28, 2025
Highlights of Yukon with Epic North - After watching years of Goldrush on Discovery we got to experience our own Goldrush thru Epic North with our amazing guide Juan we even met Michael Beets at a coffee shop Bonus.
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Karen_y
Aug 15, 2025
Good tour around the Whitehorse Area - Great variety of sights and things to see. Mills Channel, Emerald Lake, Carcross Desert, Carcross town, The Wilderness Centre which had the gold panning, museum and dog sled demo. Thoroughly enjoyable tour
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Alfhard_b
Aug 6, 2025
This was a very nice... - This was a very nice trip. Becca was an excellent and knowedgeable guide, with interesting stories. The trip took us to the British Columbia border, along very nice lakes and included visits to Miles Canyon, Emerald Lake, Bennett Lake, Carcross and the Carcross desert. It ended with a gold panning experience which even netted me some gold flakes.
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Chrisp323
Aug 6, 2025
Yukon Gold - This is called a half day tour but it really filled most of the day. We had so much fun with our driver / tour guide Becca. She was so informative about all the stops we made. She was a great volunteer photographer for all of us. She could be a world wide guide!
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Gunilla
Jun 20, 2025
Beautiful Yukon - Becka was lovely and adjusted the trip to our preferences. We really saw great parts of Yukon. She was on time and everything went according to schedule. I can really recommend this trip
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Daveandjackie2016
Sep 26, 2024
Unbelievable Panorama! - James Major with Epic North is very knowledgeable, patient, friendly, and solicitous (I needed that as a senior!).Quick to lend an arm when I looked unsteady. Spent a week with James as our tour guide and he deserves a perfect rating! My husband, DavidO, also agrees with me and added more detail. He posted his review earlier!
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Daveob7991ji
Sep 21, 2024
Authentically Outstanding Yukon Tour with James Major from Epic North - On reading Pierre Berton's "Klondike The Last Great Gold Rush" years ago, I was sold on the worth of visiting Yukon's Gold Rush sites. This September, 2024 I acted on it and toured with James Major from EPIC NORTH. Then before James' tour, during a week on our own in Whitehorse, two incidents discouraged me. Whitehorse's S.S. Keno river boat site was closed with neither pamphlets nor a museum saying so. Then the museum underplayed Berton's book. That changed with James Major's arrival. From widespread locations, day after day, James spoke heartily and in his own language from Berton's book. My favorite was in Miles Canyon on the Yukon River where James spoke of goldrush prospectors fording highly dangerous rapids. Every day James authentically offered a goldrush living history.
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Daytrip04110566180
Aug 28, 2024
Gerne wieder - The "Yukon Gold Experience" trip was great. A very nice guide told us very interesting stories about the gold rush era. There were lovely stops to take photos and everything was very entertaining. I can only recommend it!
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