Where can you see the Beluga?
Some of the best places to see the Beluga in the wild include South Spitsbergen National Park (Norway), Bic National Park (Canada) and Forillon National Park (Canada) — among 7 wildlife hotspots across Norway, Canada and Russia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Bic National Park
Rimouski, Canada
+119 birds+17 mammals
Granite cliffs plunge toward the churning Saint Lawrence River, where salt marshes and boreal forest converge in an explosive collision […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKForillon National Park
Gaspé, Canada
+131 birds+11 mammals
Where the Gaspé Peninsula meets the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, rugged cliffs plunge into churning Atlantic waters, sculpting a dramatic […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKForlandet National Park
Vera, Norway
+24 birds+4 mammals
Windswept Arctic tundra meets jagged coastal cliffs where the Barents Sea crashes against Norway’s northernmost wilderness. This sliver of protected […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorthern Isfjorden National Park
Norway
+22 birds+12 mammals
Granite peaks plunge into the fjord’s crystalline waters, their cliffs carved by ancient ice and crowned with Arctic tundra. This […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorthwest Spitsbergen National Park
Norway
+26 birds+4 mammals
Where Arctic tundra surrenders to jagged peaks and tidewater glaciers, a landscape of raw grandeur unfolds across the northwestern reaches […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSouth Spitsbergen National Park
Norway
+19 birds+5 mammals
Towering peaks of dark basalt and pale marble thrust skyward across the Arctic archipelago, their flanks sculpted by ancient glaciers […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWrangel Island Nature Reserve
Wrangel Island, Russia
+13 birds+14 mammals
Where the Chukchi Sea fractures Arctic ice beneath an unforgiving sky, a lonely island holds one of Earth’s most pristine […]
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