Snowy Owl Viewing Tours near Saskatoon

Saskatoon Custom Bird Tours

Snowy Owl Viewing Tours

Private Half Day & Full Day Snowy Owl Viewing Tours:

These Snowy Owl Viewing tours are NOT designed for Photography.

CLICK HERE for our Snowy Owl Photography Tours.

You may book the above Snowy Owl Photography Tours at any time via that link.

We only accept  bookings for here for Half Day Tours after December 1 if we know these owls are currently in the Saskatoon region.

Daily: Many days from December 2025 – February 2026

To request a quote on a private Snowy Owl viewing tour, please email your name and phone number to
birdtours [at] sasktel [dot] net after December 1.

Private Half Day Snowy Owl Viewing Tour Times: 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM
CAD $390 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons.

Full Day Snowy Owl Photography Tour Times: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
From CAD $590 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons. See details below.

Extended Full Day and multi-day Snowy Owl and/or
Great Gray / Hawk Owl Photography Tour Times
: 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM **Recommended**
From CAD $690 per vehicle with 1- 4 persons.  CLICK HERE for details.

Special Half Day Public Snowy Owl Viewing Tours:

CAD $290 per vehicle with 1 – 4 persons
Charitable Tax Receipt issued for $145

Advance Registration Required.

  • Date December 7, 2025
    2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Saskatoon region
    5 individual owls found on December 3.
    No guarantees about numbers on December 7.

If interested, please phone 306-652-5975 or email your name and phone number to birdtours@sasktel.net

Snowy Owl Viewing Tour
Snowy Owl perched by Harish Rengarajan

Tour Guide

Tour Guide: Stan Shadick. Click for more information about your tour guide.

Gift Certificates Available Now

GIFT CERTIFICATES: Click here for information about purchasing a gift certificate for this tour or any of our other tours.

Guiding Fees

Half Day Private Snowy Owl Photography Tour Fee: CAD $490 (about US$355,  £265) for a party of 1 – 4 persons. Taxes included.
Fee includes guiding services and use of spotting scope. The person paying for the tour will receive a tax receipt for 50% of the tour fee. Clients drive their own personal or rented vehicle.  Meals, transportation, accommodation and other costs are NOT included. This option is only available when owls are near Saskatoon.
Trip begins at your hotel about 2:00 PM and ends about 5:30 PM. This option available only when owls are near Saskatoon.

Half-DAY Public Snowy Owl Viewing Tour Fee: CAD $290 per vehicle (about US $200,  £160) for party of 1 – 4 persons. Taxes included. 
Fee includes guiding services. Meals and accommodation and transportation are NOT included.
Trip begins in Saskatoon at 2:00 pm and ends about 5:30 pm. You will be part of a car convoy with no more than 6 vehicles. (Not suitable for photography)

SPECIAL 1-DAY Combined Saskatoon Birdwatching / Snowy Owl Public Viewing Tour Fee: CAD $390 per vehicle (about US $275,  £215) for a party of 1 – 4 persons. Taxes included. .
Fee includes guiding services. Meals and accommodation and transportation are NOT included.
Morning Saskatoon Birdwatching Tour begins in Saskatoon at 9 am and ends about 12 noon.
Afternoon Snowy Owl Tour begins in Saskatoon at 2 pm and ends about 5:30 pm.

TAX RECEIPT: A tax receipt for 50% of the tour fee will be issued to the person paying for the tour.

Tax Receipts

CANCELLATION POLICY: Refunds less a $50 administration fee will be given if cancellation notice received 60 days before date of tour.
No refunds if cancellation notice received less than 60 days before date of tour unless another client takes your place.

How to get to Saskatoon

Air: Saskatoon International Airport (YXE) is served by Porter, Air Canada, Westjet and their U.S. partners United and Delta.

Air Canada Star Alliance partners also include Aegean, Air China, Air India, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana, Austrian, Avianca, Brussels, Copa, Croatia, EgyptAir, Ethiopian, EVA, Lot, Lufthansa, SAS, Shenzhen, Singapore, South African, Swiss, TAP, Thai, Turkish, United.

Westjet international partners include AeroMexico, Air France, Air Transat, Azores, Cathay Pacific, China, China Eastern, China Southern, Delta, Emirates, Hainan, Hong Kong, Japan, KLM, Korean, LATAM, Philippine, Quantas, Virgin Atlantic, Xiamen.

Train: Saskatoon’s  Train Station is served by Via Rail’s Canadian train serving Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Jasper and Vancouver.

Bus: Saskatoon – Edmonton and Saskatoon – Regina bus service

Car: Saskatoon is located on Canada’s Yellowhead cross-country highway plus 6 other major highways connecting with all cities in Canada and USA. If you drive, you do not need to rent a car for our tours.

Entering Canada

CLICK HERE for government regulations for entering Canada.
My recent fully vaccinated international clients tell me there are no significant delays at the border provided they have fully completed the ArriveCan app in advance.