Day 1 Arrive Halifax
Arrive in Halifax and check in to your accommodations, which are ideally located in the downtown area of this vibrant and cosmopolitan urban centre on the Atlantic Ocean. Meet your Tour Director and fellow travelers this evening at a Meet & Greet.
Option: You may wish to add additional nights in Halifax to your vacation package. Bursting with culture and rich history, Nova Scotia’s capital city has much to offer.
Day 2 Halifax to Moncton
Explore the Bay of Fundy and learn about the world’s highest tides as you meander its colourful coastline to New Brunswick. En route, explore the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where you will see magnificently exposed layers of rock revealing the world’s most complete fossil record of life in the “Coal Age” of 300 million years ago. After crossing into New Brunswick, an unforgettable culinary experience awaits as you enjoy a scrumptious lobster dinner on a lobster boat (a substitution may be necessary due to scheduling). Continue to Moncton and check into your downtown hotel for the night.
(Continental breakfast, lunch & dinner are included today)
Day 3 Moncton to Saint John
Experience a true natural wonder this morning at the Hopewell Rocks on the coast of the Bay of Fundy. Marvel at these massive flowerpot-shaped formations sculpted by the highest tides on the planet. Travel through Fundy National Park on to Canada’s first incorporated city, Saint John, on the southern New Brunswick coast. Enjoy a brief city tour, including Reversing Falls where twice daily the Bay of Fundy tides force the Saint John River to reverse its flow. Check into your Saint John accommodation for a two-night stay.
(Breakfast & lunch are included today)
Day 4 St. Andrews by-the-Sea Touring
Enjoy a day trip to picturesque St. Andrews by-the-Sea, where the quaint charm of this coastal town is sure to captivate. After a Whale Watching Boat Tour, the afternoon is yours to experience the friendly people, beautiful architecture, and rich marine life of this seaside gem at your own pace.
(Breakfast & lunch are included today)
Day 5 Saint John to Digby
Ferry back to Nova Scotia today and arrive in Digby, the scallop capital of the world, where the fresh sea air and passionate Acadian culture combine to form an enchanting and historically rich town. Check into the Digby Pines Golf Resort & Spa overlooking the Annapolis Basin on the Bay of Fundy.
(Breakfast & dinner are included today)
Day 6 Digby to Halifax
At the reconstructed Port Royal National Historic Site, learn about life in this early 17th century French colony. Travel the lush Annapolis Valley, where the French Acadians of Grand-Pré first settled. Learn about this landscape’s designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as fact and fiction blend to reveal the romance of the Land of Evangeline. Visit a local winery for a tour and tasting before returning to Halifax for a two-night stay.
(Breakfast is included today)
Day 7 South Shore Touring
Discover the rustic charm of the renowned fishing village of Peggy’s Cove, where you will enjoy breakfast overlooking one of the most photographed lighthouses in the world. Travel the South Shore and on to the UNESCO World Heritage Town of Lunenburg, renowned for her fleets of Grand Banks’ fishing schooners. Take a walking tour to fully experience one of the most remarkably preserved colonial settlements in the New World and visit the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic to learn about the town’s famous seafaring heritage.
(Breakfast is included today)
Day 8 Halifax to Charlottetown
Learn about the Mi'kmaq people at Millbrook Cultural & Heritage Centre before crossing Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island. Check into your Charlottetown accommodation for a two-night stay. Experience true Maritime hospitality this evening at a traditional hall-style lobster supper.
(Continental breakfast & dinner are included today)
Day 9 Prince Edward Island Touring
Enjoy a free morning in Charlottetown, known as the Birthplace of Confederation, or join a complimentary walking tour of the city. This afternoon, tour the scenic North Shore of the island. Drive by red cliffs, white beaches, gently sloping sand dunes and green fields of Prince Edward Island National Park and visit Anne of Green Gables Heritage Place, the alluring inspiration of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic books. Enjoy a theatre performance by local entertainers at the Confederation Centre of the Arts (a substitution may be necessary due to the theatre schedule).
(Breakfast is included today)
Day 10 Charlottetown to Baddeck
Ferry over the Northumberland Strait back to Nova Scotia and proceed to Cape Breton Island, the Scotland of North America, via the Canso Causeway. Visit Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site to learn of the many accomplishments of this genius who made his home on the island. Spend the next two nights in the charming village of Baddeck.
(Breakfast & dinner are included today)
Day 11 Cabot Trail Touring
See the beautiful Bras d’Or Lake from the water as you board a unique sightseeing boat tour. Next, experience one of the most stunningly picturesque drives in North America today as you tour the Cabot Trail, which winds around the rocky splendor of Cape Breton’s northern shore, ascending to the incredible plateaus of Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Look-offs offer unforgettable vistas of Cape Breton’s rugged coastline, so be sure to have your camera on hand.
(Breakfast, lunch & dinner are included today)
Day 12 Baddeck to Halifax
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site awaits today, and words cannot do justice to this reconstruction depicting one-fifth of the settlement of 1744 New France. Proceed along the shore of Bras d’Or Lake to the mainland, and back to Halifax for one last night in the Maritimes.
(Breakfast is included today)
Option: You may wish to continue your Atlantic Canada vacation and join us today on our Circle Newfoundland & Labrador tour.
Day 13 Depart Halifax
Arrangements end upon check-out from the hotel.
(Continental breakfast is included today)
