Day 1 Arrive to Halifax, NS 2 Nts
Arrive to Halifax International Airport. Upon your arrival, leisurely transfer to our Metro Halifax hotel. A complimentary transfer is provided by Pacific Gold Tours. This evening, join your Tour Director and fellow passengers for a “Welcome Get Acquainted Reception and Tour Briefing.”

Day 2 Naval City Sightseeing & Peggy’s Cove B
We are greeted by our tour director during our morning breakfast this morning. Welcome Aboard! Sit back, relax and enjoy the luxury of our modern motorcoach. Of course it is air-conditioned and washroom equipped, for your comfort and enjoyment. Today we are treated to a locally guided deluxe tour of the naval city of Halifax. The educational tour highlights the downtown area including the financial district, City Hall, Pier 21, Province House, the Titanic Memorial, Public Gardens and more. We enjoy a scattered lunch at the Halifax Historic Properties. After lunch, our leisurely drive brings us to the rustic charm of the famous fishing village of Peggy’s Cove. Peggy’s Cove is world famous for its picturesque lighthouse on the rocky shores of the Atlantic. Enjoy some free time for browsing and picture taking at Peggy’s Cove this afternoon. We return to Halifax for the night.

Day 3 Hopewell Rock & Anne Murray Museum B
We leave Halifax this morning and travel to Springhill, home of Canadian singing star, Anne Murray. Here we visit the Anne Murray Museum. Next we stop at the incredible Hopewell Cape where we have the opportunity to walk on the ocean floor at low tide (subject to tide conditions). We spend the night in Moncton.

Day 4 Olivier Soapery & Lobstering Cruise 2 Nts, L, B
After a leisurely included breakfast we prepare ourselves for a day of interesting and educational demonstrations. We start by visiting the mysterious “Magnetic Hill” in Moncton. Afterwards a short drive brings us to the fishing community of Sainte-Anne-de-Kent. Here we take pleasure in watching a demonstration of traditional soap making. Later on this morning we arrive in Shediac Bay where we board the town’s famous Lobstering Cruise. Learn how to fish, cook, and crack your own lobster from the best during this intriguing experience. We enjoy an included lobster lunch on board with fellow passengers. In the mid afternoon we proceed to Prince Edward Island, crossing the 13 km Confederation Bridge. We stop and take time for pictures on this Canadian landmark. We continue on to Summerside where we spend the next 2 nights.

Day 5 Full Day of Island Sightseeing B
Prepare for a full day of adventure, sightseeing and fun. We are treated this morning to a locally guided tour of Charlottetown. We tour the Province House, churches, Victorian homes, the Confederation Centre and more. After lunch, we stop at the Prince Edward Island Preserve Company on our way to Anne of Green Gables Home and the sand dunes at Cavendish Beach. We return to our waterfront hotel for the night.

Day 6 Scenic Ferry Crossing & Cape Breton Island B
Enjoy a beautiful and scenic ferry ride this morning from Woods Island, PEI to Caribou, NS. Our leisurely drive east across the Strait of Canso brings us into Cape Breton, the island of the hearty and independent Scots, the original European settlers of this historic island that also is rich in French heritage. Enjoy the most dramatic and scenic views of the cliffs and moors as we travel to Baddeck for a visit to the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site. Here is where Mr. Bell conceived and tested some of his spectacular inventions! Our short journey continues on to our hotel in Sydney. Relax and enjoy some free time using the amenities of our hotel for the next 3 nights.

Day 7 Scenic Cabot Trail B
We get started for our full day scenic adventure on Cabot Trail, named after the famous explorer who first sighted the island in 1497. Watch as we pass the meandering glens, rugged coastlines, white gypsum bluffs and the always-pounding surf. We make some photo stops enroute to make this a very special day, indeed. Enjoy the most relaxing and scenic adventure of the tour. We retire for the night back in Sydney.

Day 8 Historic Fortress of Louisbourg
Rest or catch up on personal enjoyments as this morning is at our leisure. At 1 PM we leave our hotel and visit historical Fortress of Louisbourg, the famous 18th century Fortress. It is beautifully restored with inhabitants dressed in period costume, and it stands today as it did 200 years ago. The whole afternoon is allowed to explore this monument thoroughly. After a pleasant historical adventure, we return to our Sydney hotel in the late afternoon.

Day 9 Corner Brook, NF B
This morning, we start our adventure as we board the Marine Atlantic Ferry at North Sydney, NS to Port Aux Basques, NF (subject to Ferry schedule). Sit back, relax and watch for marine life as we sail across the Cabot Strait. Our overnight stop is in the beautiful city of Corner Brook on Humber Fjord.

Day 10 Viking Trail & Plum Point, NF B
Get off the beaten path as we take a trip into Gros Morne National Park, a designated a world Heritage site with long range mountains, fjord valleys, deep glacial lakes, and wave-carved cliffs. We stop at Rocky Harbour and the park’s Visitor Centre and proceed north along the Viking Trail. At Lobster Cove we visit the Lighthouse and the fascinating marine displays. View Western Brook Pond’s glacier carved gorges on the way to Port au Choix National Historic Site. The exhibits here focus on archaeological finds that identify Maritime Indian and Dorset Eskimo settlements in this area, well before 2000 BC. After a great day, we look forward to our motel in Plum Point with world-class hospitality where we spend the night.

Day 11 Plum Point to L’Anse Au Claire, Labrador B
Today we board the ferry across the Strait of Belle Isle to Blanc Sablon, Quebec. Our Short drive brings us to Red Bay. Red Bay highlights the world’s largest whaling centre of the 16th century. A self-guided tour around Saddle Island explores this wealth of archaeological sites. Later on, we return to L’Anse-au-Clair for the night.

Day 12 L’Anse Aux Meadow & St. Anthony, NF B
We say goodbye to Labrador and catch our ferry back to St. Barbe and mainland Newfoundland this morning (subject to ferry schedule). We go far back in history as we travel to L’Anse Aux Meadows National Historic Park, the first authenticated Norse site in North America. Archaeologists have uncovered artifacts that indicate a Norse settlement was in this area about 1000 AD. It is believed that Leif the Lucky settled in this Viking Village in 1000 AD. UNESCO has declared this a World Heritage site. We tour the sod-house displays the Norse way of life. Next, we visit St. Anthony, home of the Grenfell Mission where we see the Grenfell House and browse the unique craft centre. We retrace our steps back down the Viking Trail to Plum Point for the night.

Day 13 Grand Falls, NF B
Today we journey south along the Gulf of St. Lawrence with a stop at Arches Provincial Park to photograph the two large arches carved by the pounding sea. Our leisurely southeast drive takes us through open country with patches of pine and spruce trees to Grand Falls. We stay overnight here in Grand Falls, one of the major suppliers of newsprint paper in the world.

Day 14 Clarenville, NF B
We leave Grand Falls this morning. During the “Road to the Isles” drive, the area’s amusingly named settlements such as Virgin Arm, Crow Head and Hatchet Harbour indicate the unique local nature. At historic Twillingate, we visit the Museum and the Long Point Lighthouse. We continue our journey down to Gander and on to beautiful Terra Nova National Park and its Visitor Centre. A short drive brings us to Clarenville for our overnight stay. Tonight we enjoy a “screech-in” party, the traditional Newfoundland welcome at the hotel.

Day 15 St. John’s, NF 2 Nts, B
We travel to the Avalon Peninsula. Sit back and relax as we drive through Heart’s Delight and Heart’s Desire to the small town of Heart’s Content. We visit the old cable relay station, where the first transatlantic cable was landed in 1866. We make a short stop in Harbour Grace, an old pirate town, where Amelia Earhart took off in 1932 for her pioneering solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. We continue our scenic drive through Conception Bay to St. John’s, NF. A city unlike any other, the “City of Legends” is cradled in a harbour carved from granite and is surrounded by hills running down to the ocean. Quaint side streets of a thousand colours and friendly faces await to greet you. We stay in St. John for the next two nights.

Day 16 St. John’s City of Legends Tour B, D
This morning we tour old St. John’s where we visit such National historic sites as Cabot Tower and Signal Hill, while hearing the legends of Dead Man’s Pond, Government House and the history surrounding the Colonial Building. This tour will orient us with a feel for the history, legend, and lore of St. John’s, the oldest community in North America. Our city tour ends at the downtown waterfront. We have free time until 2 pm for lunch and shopping in the heart of downtown St. John’s. Take this opportunity for last minute souvenir shopping for your loved ones. Afterwards, we drive around Cape Spear, the most easterly point in North America, beautiful Petty Harbour and the historic waterfront. This evening, join your tour director and fellow passengers for a traditional Maritimes Dinner courtesy of Pacific Gold Tours.

Day 17 Return Home
All good things must come to an end! We take with us our memories of a wonderful ‘Jewels of the Maritimes’ experience as we travel to the airport for our return flight home. Complimentary airport transfer taxi voucher is included in your tour documents courtesy of Pacific Gold Tours.