The lodge runs naturalist programs from the last week in June until mid-July. Alternatively, throughout the summer you may camp at one of the lodge's more affordable outposts in the central barren lands. There are no commercial facilities in the Bathurst Inlet settlement other than the lodge, which, with the Hunters and Trappers Organization, supplies power to local homes from its generator. Guests of the lodge receive three home-cooked meals and an afternoon tea daily. The lodge accommodates 25 guests and boasts a lounge, conference room, library, and the only self-serve bar in Nunavut.
Guests help themselves, sign a log book, and pay when they leave.
Community residents occasionally sell arts and crafts to visitors. There's no scheduled air service to Bathurst Inlet. Air Tindi and First Air in Yellowknife, and Adlair Air and Aklak Air in Cambridge Bay provide charter services. The Yellowknife office of Bathurst Inlet Lodge will take calls for people in the community. You'll find no health facility or RCMP detachment here.