Custom Tour Canada
Eastern Canada
Explore Eastern Canada with stops in the Maritimes (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) and Newfoundland-Labrador. From the scallop capital of the world in Digby, Nova Scotia and the world’s highest tides on the Bay of Funday to icebergs (and ice-erg beer) in Newfoundland including the Viking village of L’Anse Aux Meadows, you will visit some of the most unique destinations in the Western Hemisphere.
Nova Scotia
Halifax
The tour beings in Halifax, Nova Scotia (New Scotland) with several relaxing days viewing local scenery and overcoming jet lag.
After relaxing for a day or two in Halifax in a Marriott Courtyard hotel adjacent to the harbour boardwalk (the longest paved coastal boardwalk in the world), you will travel by car to picturesque Lunenberg, Nova Scotia for a two-hour cruise aboard the famous sailing yacht Bluenose II. The legendary Bluenose I, built in Lunenburg, was a Canadian fishing and racing schooner famous for being undefeated in international sailing competitions, it was simply the fastest schooner in the world. Bluenose II is an exact replica.
Lunenburg
And after the cruise on Bluenose II, we will lunch in this beautiful town hailed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Newfoundland
Newfoundland West Coast
Your tour of Newfoundland begins with a short flight from Halifax to Deer Lake. Highlights of the trip will include close-up, iceberg viewing, a boat tour of the nearby fjord at Gros Morne National Park featuring sheer, billion year-old rock walls that rise 600 metres, and even a kitchen party (a Newfoundland tradition) at the Anchor Hotel in Rocky Harbour.
Gros Morne Fjord
And don’t be surprised if somewhere in Newfoundland you will be expected to kiss the cod!! If you kiss the cod, you will automatically become an honorary Newfoundlander!
Following Gros Morne National Park you will drive up the coastal highway to the north western tip of Newfoundland for a stay of several days in the former home of the American-born writer and Pulitzer Prize winning author E. Annie Proulx. Born in Vermont, USA and educated at Montreal University, Annie Proulx lived for many years in St. Lunaire-Griquet, Newfoundland where she wrote “The Shipping News” a novel that was turned into a Hollywood movie. You will be staying in her former residence.
The house is ocean-front and don’t be surprised if you see the occasional moose. There are more moose in Newfoundland than dogs.
And while in June, it’s unlikely, but you may even see a polar bear. The polar bears winter in Newfoundland before returning across the straight to Labrador in May and early June. In May 2026, security video captured a polar bear tobogganing down a hill in nearby St. Anthony’s.
So, if there is any snow left, we suggest you don’t go tobogganing!!
L’Anse Aux Meadows
While you are staying in St. Lunaire-Griquet, you will visit the famous Viking village at L’Anse Aux Meadows, the first known evidence of a European presence in the Americas.
Iceberg Viewing Close Up
And last but not least, maybe the highlight of the tour, a chance to go out to view icebergs! And then to return back to the house to drink some iceberg beer or go to the local restaurant for an iceberg ice cocktail.
New Brunswick Add-on
Either on the same tour or later in the summer, you will have a chance to visit St. Andrews-by-the-Sea in New Brunswick. You will drive from Halifax to seaside Digby, Nova Scotia where you will experience the highest tides in the world on the Bay of Funday.
You will stay overnight in Digby before boarding the Funday Rose ferry to New Brunswick, an approximately two hour ferry ride across the bay.
Upon arriving in New Brunswick you will drive to St. Andrews-by-the-Sea for a restful stay at the Algonquin Resort. In town, you will walk past 18th and 19th century shops and homes some of which were the homes of sea captains.
And you are guaranteed to see deer in St. Andrews! They are everywhere!
