Canada's Maritime Provinces

CANADA’S MARITIME PROVINCES NOVA SCOTIA & NEW BRUNSWICK

WONDERS OF ACADIA & THE PHENOMENAL BAY OF FUNDY August 15 - 22, 2015

There is a place where discovery lies around every corner and over every hill. Where fresh local food isn’t a fad, it’s a way of life. And the freedom to explore wide-open spaces with some of the T: 718-280-5000; 800-627-1244 friendliest people you’re ever likely to meet. Composed of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the F: 718-204-4726 E: [email protected] Maritimes offer some of the most dramatic seaside and country vistas in all of Canada. Aggressive W: www.classicescapes.com cliffs covered in thick vegetation, crashing in a tempestuous grey-blue ocean, outline a region Nature & Cultural Journeys covered in pine-forest and potato-field shades of green. Voted one of the Top 50 destinations to for the Discerning Traveler “discover, explore, experience” by Natural History magazine, the phenomenal Bay of Fundy is home to world-class cultural and coastal experiences. This is truly a journey of discovery!

Day 1 Day 3 HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA ANNAPOLIS VALLEY, GRAND PRE/ Arrive Halifax, a city rich with history, culture, natural beauty, DIGBY festivities and fun – Nova Scotia’s vibrant capital city by the Spend today touring the Evangeline Trail through the Bay sea has been delighting visitors for over 250 years. Discover of Fundy and the Annapolis Valley region which parallels Halifax’s key connection to the Titanic at the Maritime the Fundy coast, passing through some of North America’s Museum of the Atlantic. Continue to the Halifax Citadel earliest European history and delightful villages, orchards for an enlightening visit and demonstration. Stroll along and vineyards. Discover the landscape of Grand Pre, a downtown Halifax’s waterfront boardwalk past historic UNESCO World Heritage Site. Your hotel tonight overlooks sites, shops, restaurants and attractions. Centrally located in the Minas Basin in the town of Digby, home to one of the downtown Halifax, the Cambridge Suites offers the perfect world’s largest scallop fishing fleets. The Norman-style opportunity to explore all the city has to offer during your two chateau has been welcoming guests since 1929. DIGBY night stay. CAMBRIDGE SUITES HOTEL HALIFAX. (B,L,D) PINES GOLF RESORT AND SPA. (B,L,D) Day 2 Day 4 PEGGY’S COVE/MAHONE BAY/ DIGBY/BRIER ISLAND OR POND COVE OLD TOWN LUNENBURG The Bay of Fundy coast is as popular with whales as it is with Embark on a fun-filled day exploring Nova Scotia’s South people. Many species of whales, porpoises, dolphins and Shore, a landscape of coastal beauty and historic charm, seals can be found in the waters off Nova Scotia from spring strewn with wave-carved cliffs and tranquil island-studded through fall. Other marine life you might spot on your whale- bays. Peggy’s Cove is perched atop massive granite rocks watching tour this morning includes white sided dolphins, worn smooth by the pounding waves below, and the blue fin tuna, harbor seals, basking sharks, ocean sun fish, lighthouse beacon is probably the most photographed in leatherback turtles and a variety of coastal birds. Marvel at Canada. Stroll along the narrow streets of Mahone Bay, lined the spectacular acrobatics of the whales, as these massive with a unique collection of eclectic studios and captivating mammals breech, lunge and cavort as they feed, play or just galleries. A real treat awaits you in Old Town Lunenburg, show-off. Bring your cameras, binoculars, and bird books a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with settlement roots of to Pond Cove, the nature conservancy site on the island to German, Swiss, and Montbéliardais (French) pioneers. Visit experience unparalleled opportunities to study hundreds of the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic to learn about rum migrating birds and raptors. DIGBY PINES GOLF RESORT & running (smuggling over water), the severe August Gales SPA. (B,L,D) (storms), and the fascinating world of sea mammals. Try Day 5 premium spirits handcrafted from natural ingredients at FERRY FROM DIGBY TO SAINT JOHN Ironworks Distillery, located in a marine blacksmith’s shop Cross by ferry to the Bay of Fundy aboard the Princess of that once produced ironworks for the shipbuilding trade. Acadia to Saint John, founded in 1785. Known as Canada’s CAMBRIDGE SUITES HOTEL HALIFAX. (B,L,D) “original town,” Saint John has grown into a historically rich and culturally diverse city. Discover the Bay of Fundy, one and their migration. Continue to the Atlantic Salmon the eye and after this tour, you’ll know everything – from Interpretation Center, an organization preserving the wild how last night’s lobster dinner was caught, to how Cadillac Atlantic salmon. View wild Atlantic salmon and learn Mountain got its name. Visit the Abbe Museum to learn about the very latest research taking place. Learn how local about the native peoples of Maine. Enjoy your last day in salmon is smoked by a master smoker at the Oven Head Bar Harbor at your leisure, where you can hike one of the Salmon Smokers. In the evening, enjoy a lecture led by Dr. numerous trails, visit musuems, or eat one more lobster Moira Brown, Canada’s leading North Atlantic Right Whale roll. research scientist. THE ALGONQUIN RESORT. (B,L,D)

Day 7 Your Journey Includes:. HUNTSMAN SCIENCE CENTRE/ PASSAMAQUODDY BAY MARINE • Superior accommodations throughout as indicated or similar. WILDLIFE BOAT EXCURSION Spend the morning at the Huntsman Marine Science • All meals included from dinner on day 1 to Centre, a private, not-for-profit research and education breakfast on day 8. facility whose mission is inspiring stewardship through the engagement of the community in the discovery of the • Services of an experienced Canadian driver/ Oceans, and informing visitors about Canada’s east coast guide, as well as local guides joining the group as marine ecology and marine-based economy. Board a specified. vessel and discover the Bay of Fundy on a cruise to search for over 12 different species of whales, including the rare • Airport transfers. North Atlantic Right Whale (estimated to be only 350 left in of the most distinctive, unspoiled ecosystems in North the world), along with seals, porpoises, eagles and a variety • Transportation in a 15-passenger Ford minibus America, and one of only two North American finalists of pelagic and shore birds. THE ALGONQUIN RESORT. with a maximum of 12 passengers per bus. in the 2011 international “New 7 Wonders of Nature” (B,L,D) campaign, in good company with the Grand Canyon. Visit • All park and admission fees. Day 8 the New Brunswick Museum before making your way • All applicable hotel taxes and gratuities for along the Fundy Coastal Drive to St. Andrews By-the-Sea. ST. ANDREWS BY-THE-SEA/BANGOR baggage handling. End your day at St. Andrews By-the-Sea, founded in 1783, Transfer to Bangor, Maine, for your departure home. one of the best preserved examples of colonial heritage in POST EXTENSION TO • Complimentary baggage tags. North America, with some homes over 200 years old. Your CAMPOBELLO ISLAND and home is a unique historic property with a casual-elegant ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, MAINE atmosphere. THE ALGONQUIN RESORT. (B,L,D) Extend your adventure to Campobello Island where Day 6 Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt had their st. ANDREWS BY THE SEA summer home. Explore Acadia National Begin your day at the Saint Andrews Bird Banding Station Park by bus, on foot and by carriage. and learn how the station records data on local songbirds There’s more to Acadia than meets

COST: PER PERSON MAIN TOUR CAMPOBELLO ISLAND/ DOUBLE OCCUPANCY ACADIA EXTENSION

$3,995 per $1,595 per Land Cost person person

Single Room $995 $495 Supplement

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