Nova Scotia & Newfoundland Expedition: St John's to Halifax
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Highlights
- Enjoy a local brew at Alexander Keith’s on Halifax’s atmospheric waterfront, learn the unusual aviation history of Gander, and spend time in one of the oldest cities in North America – St John’s.
- Cruise the Western Brook Pond in Newfoundland’s World Heritage-listed Gros Morne National Park, then Take in jaw-dropping views of steep cliffs and deep river canyons in the Cape Breton Highlands.
- Explore the serene landscapes that beloved author, Lucy Maud Montgomery, called home and inspired her classic novel – Anne of Green Gables.
- Discover the ever-changing Hopewell Rocks in the Bay of Fundy. During low tide, you can walk among the ‘flowerpot’ rock formations carved by tidal erosion, and at high tide, it’s possible to see whales from the shore!
- The picturesque crayon-coloured wood houses of Lunenburg not only make the Old Town the best surviving example of a British colonial town in North America, it makes it incredibly photogenic.
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- Terra Nova National Park
- Gros Morne National Park
- Gros Morne NP - Western Brook Pond Boat Tour
- L'Anse Meadows Historic Site
- Cape Breton Island - Lighthouse Visit
- Cape Breton Island - Louisburg Fortress admission
- Ferry to Cape Breton Island
- Cape Breton National Park
- Prince Edward Island - Seafood Dinner
- Prince Edward Island National Park
- New Brunswick - Hopewell Rocks
- Halifax - Peggy's Cove
Itinerary
Welcome to the Maritimes! Your adventure begins with a welcome meeting at 6 pm where you’ll meet your group leader and fellow travellers. St John’s is Newfoundland’s capital and the oldest city in North America. After meeting with your travel crew, why not get together for an optional introductory dinner downtown along the waterfront or at one of St John’s’ many pubs.
Lucky you – you’ve got the full day to check out this slice of Atlantic history. Vaguely resembling San Francisco due to the colourful wooden row houses perched on a hill – known locally as Jelly Bean Row – St John’s definitely has a small-town feel. Spend time explor...
This morning, make tracks for Gander and stop by Terra Nova National Park on your way (total driving time today is 3.5 hours). You may have time of going for a hike on one of the parks many trails, so keep an eye out for wildlife that resides within the rolling forest...
Today, you’ll set off for a 3.5-hour drive to begin exploring Gros Morne National Park. The 1805-square kilometre park is a World Heritage-listed site, and it’s not hard to see why. Shaped by colliding continents and grinding glaciers millions of years ago, Gros Morne...
Continue your adventure through Gros Morne National Park with an included two-hour cruise on Western Brook Pond. This land-locked body of water is Gros Morne’s largest lake and is home to Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Arctic Char as well as a colony of cliff nesting g...
After stopping for breakfast this morning, continue on your way to explore the L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site. Sitting at the northernmost tip of Newfoundland, L’Anse aux Meadows is thought to be the first place Vikings settled in North America. This is the...
Take the 3-hour drive to Port aux Basques on the south coast of Newfoundland. You’ll arrive in Port aux Basques for an afternoon free to explore at your own pace – you might like to stroll the hiking trails of Grand Bay West beaches, check out the Railway Heritage Cen...
Be prepared for a very early morning and long day of travel as you make your way to Nova Scotia. Your 7-hour ferry journey will leave Port aux Basques at around 6.30 am (plus you’ll have to be there a couple of hours earlier to check in and get settled). Though the bo...
The mountain-covered national parks in western Canada tend to hog the limelight (think Banff and Jasper), but Cape Breton Highlands National Park should be on every nature-lover’s radar. The place where the mountains meet the sea will leave you in awe. Today, you’ll h...
Like other parts of the Maritimes, the landscape has been carved by wind and wave to fascinating effect, and you’ll get to see it all when you travel the Cabot trail today (total driving time approximately 2 hours). The park boasts serene and unspoiled nature, a serie...
Leave Cape Breton Island in your dust and travel approximately 4.5 hours to catch a ferry over to Prince Edward Island. Head to Charlottetown – PEI’s picturesque capital city with a charming small-town feel – for another free day. Compact and easy to explore, you migh...
Enjoy some free time to explore the rocky red cliffs, wind-sculpted sand dunes and sandy beaches of Prince Edward Island National Park. Stretching across the island’s north shore and facing the Gulf of St Lawrence, the park boasts miles of hiking trails that lead thro...
Today, drive a few hours’ south, crossing the water via Canada’s longest bridge, Confederation Bridge and into New Brunswick to visit the eerily beautiful Hopewell Rocks Park. Here, you will find an unusual twisted ‘flowerpot’ rock formation as tall as 20 metres (70 f...
Head out of New Brunswick to visit some of Nova Scotia’s best sights, starting off with a visit to Peggy’s Point Lighthouse. Situated in the picturesque fishing village of Peggy’s Cove, the striking white and red lighthouse is an enduring image of Canada’s east coast....
With no activities planned for today, you are free to leave the accommodation at any time, provided you comply with the hotel’s internal check-out policy. That doesn’t mean your adventure has to come to an end! Once the gateway into Canada for over a million European ...
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