Escorted Tours
6 Nights - Maritime Sampler Tour
$2140
Single
$1622
Twin
$1458
Triple
Per Person + 15% HST
Included:
- 6 nights accommodation
- 8 Meals: (5 BF, 1 L, 2 D)
- All transportation as stated
- All sightseeing as stated
- Experienced guide
- Baggage handling (1 suitcase per person)
Get a taste of Canada's Maritime Provinces on this delightful tour of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. See rocky coves and rustic fishing villages, beautiful valleys and Capital cities. You'll marvel at the 'highest tides in the world', visit national historic sites and sample succulent seafood during your 7-day adventure.
Day 1
Arrive in Halifax and check in to your hotel for the night. This lovely hotel is ideally located in the downtown core*. This evening meet Your fellow travelers and Tour Director at a welcome reception. *Depending on your time of arrival, you may wish to book a Gray Line Tour of Halifax, Peggy's Cove or Lunenburg.
Day 2
Discover the rustic charm of the famous fishing village of Peggy's Cove. Next, visit the UNESCO World Heritage Town of Lunenburg where you have a choice of admission to the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic or a walking tour of this historic community. Travel across country to visit Champlain's Habitation, Canada's oldest permanent settlement. In Digby you will overnight at The Pines Resort over looking the Bay of Fundy - home of the world's highest tides. (Breakfast, Dinner) (Tour of June 5th and July 10th may stay at the Old Orchard Inn.) .
Day 3
Your journey takes you through the lush Annapolis Valley and on to Grand Pre where fact and fiction blend to reveal the romance of the Land of Evangeline. Continue past the communities of Truro and Amherst as you cross into New Brunswick, spending the night in the bilingual city of Moncton. (Breakfast)
Day 4
Your guided tour continues to Hopewell Rocks where you may walk on the ocean floor at low tide. After lunch, cross to Prince Edward Island on Confederation Bridge, the world's longest continuous multi-span bridge, and enjoy a delicious lobster supper (meat alternative available) before checking in to your Charlottetown accommodations for the next two nights. (Breakfast, Dinner)
Day 5
Enjoy a free morning in Charlottetown. (If you prefer not to join us on this afternoon tour, enjoy a free day at leisure or perhaps play a local golf course.) Your included afternoon tour begins with a tour of Charlottetown, Canada's birthplace, then visiting the red sandstone cliffs, white beaches, gently sloping sand dunes and green fields of Prince Edward Island National Park. Lucy Maud Montgomery describes the scenery in her 'Anne of Green Gables' books. Visit the home of 'Green Gables', a Mecca for people from around the globe. (Breakfast, Lunch) *Arrivals in June, July, August and September (where schedule permits) enjoy a bonus'this evening attend the musical 'Anne' at the Charlottetown Festival (Included).
Day 6
Take the ferry to Nova Scotia, and then return to Halifax on scheduled transportation for a final night in downtown Halifax hotel. (Breakfast)
Day 7
Arrangements end on check - out from the hotel.
2010 Dates:
June 5th, 19th and 26th
July 3rd, 17th, 24th and 31st
August 7th, 21st and 28th
September 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th
October 2nd
Not included:
- HST at 15%
- alcoholic beverages
- gratuities
- meals other than those listed above
- optional sightseeing
- items of a personal nature.
Quad & Child rates available on request.
Quotation subject to availability of accommodations at time of reservation
