Hello, coastal Canada! This tour of the Canadian Maritimes and Cape Breton Island has cooked up plenty of unique experiences in this picturesque part of the world. Direct your focus on Canada’s most photographed lighthouse in Peggy’s Cove, your windbreaker zipped for the highest and wildest tides at Hopewell Rocks, and your taste buds ready for a traditional Maritimes breakfast, sugar camp lunch, and fresh lobster dinner. Visit the world of a red-headed girl in a straw hat and braids to meet one of Canada’s most loved fictional characters, Anne of Green Gables. Throughout Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, tiny fishing villages, giant whales, and the grandest of scenery will be calling your name, as will Cape Breton’s historic Alexander Graham Bell Museum. PLUS, your tour includes your choice of excursions in Halifax, so you can plan your day your way.
9 DAY TOUR FROM HALIFAX TO HALIFAX
June 3–11, 2027
Starting from $5,573 per person*
Groups Exclusive - Save $300 per person*
*Prices are based on Double Occupancy, CAD, and include gratuities, all taxes & port charges.
Travel insurance, extra nights, airport transfers, and airfare are additional. Please inquire.
Deposit amount is $250 per person and nonrefundable. Final payment due on April 4, 2027.
Itinerary
ARRIVE IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA Welcome to Halifax!
At 6 pm, meet your travel companions for a welcome drink.
HALIFAX. EXCURSION TO PEGGY’S COVE & LUNENBURG Spend your day your way in Halifax
Visit Peggy’s Cove, one of Canada’s most charming fishing villages. Enjoy a traditional Nova Scotian Breakfast. We then venture to Lunenburg, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for a walking tour with a Local Guide.
During your free time, explore the quaint downtown, shop for souvenirs, or spend time at the Fisheries Museum to learn more about this major fishing port. Explore more of Halifax with your choice of included Globus Choice excursions.
TALL SHIPS - Raise the sails for a fun afternoon aboard a historic three-masted schooner in the world’s second-largest natural harbor. Enjoy the scenic sailing cruise and views of important Halifax landmarks from the water, including Georges Island National Historic Site, the lively waterfront, Citadel Hill, and scenic Northwest Arm.
MARITIME HISTORY - Immerse yourself in the area’s rich maritime heritage with a guided visit to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
Continue to Citadel Hill and the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site to tour the early 19th-century star-shaped fort. Learn from the military interpreters and stroll on the tree-shaded walks of the public gardens, ending the afternoon in the harbor area, evoking the port’s former strategic importance.
The rest of the day is at leisure. Perhaps tour Alexander Keith’s Brewery, which has been making the home-grown favorite since the early 1880s, or stroll the Halifax Waterfront Boardwalk, view the Tidal Beacon sculpture, and enjoy dinner in Queen’s Marquee neighborhood.
LOCAL TASTES & TRADITIONS - Discover the tastes and traditions in the charming fishing village of Peggy’s Cove to select from local specialties, including fish cakes and a traditional Nova Scotian breakfast. You’ll find many magnificent views for taking photos of the famous lighthouse and panoramic sea views.
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HALIFAX–SUGAR MOON FARM– MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK Nova Scotia Treats & Treasures
Take an orientation tour of Halifax, including the public gardens and harbor area. Before arriving in New Brunswick, we’ll stop at Sugar Moon Farm to enjoy a Maritime sugar camp lunch, along with a guided tour and traditional sugar camp treat. Spend the evening in Moncton, originally founded by a group of Acadians and then Pennsylvania Dutch immigrants from Philadelphia. Your Tour Director will have suggestions for the best way to spend your evening.
LOCAL TASTES- Indulge in the sweet tradition of Nova Scotian sugar shacks! Each year, when maple syrup is produced, locals frequent “sugar shacks” for sweet treats and hearty meals that really stick to the ribs! Join a Maritime sugar camp lunch at Sugar Moon Farm in the woods of Nova Scotia and see why locals love it. True comfort food!
Meals (Breakfast, Lunch)
MONCTON–HOPEWELL ROCKS– CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI Low Tides & Local Treats
Travel to Hopewell Rocks for a guided tour and to explore the dramatic sculpted landscape by the sea. Then, drive across the 8-mile-long Confederation Bridge, the longest of its kind. Cross onto Prince Edward Island, stopping for a local treat at Cow’s Ice Cream Factory before continuing to Charlottetown. Tonight, enjoy a lobster supper at a local restaurant this evening.
SEA TREASURE - For more than 150 years, Prince Edward Island lobster fishers have been waking up before dawn to set their traps and haul in the sea’s bounty of delicious, red-shelled crustaceans to share with guests around the world. More than one thousand hearty island lobster fishers continue the tradition today out of more than 40 ports to share these sea treasures as they have for generations. Put on your lobster bib and get your butter ready to dive into a cracking good feast!
NATURAL WONDERS - Discover the ever-changing seascape on the beaches of Hopewell Rocks. Learn about the highest and wildest tides in the world, which rise and fall up to 52 feet each day. Time and tide have carved from the cliffs and coves distinctive sandstone formations topped with trees.
Meals (Breakfast, Dinner)
CHARLOTTETOWN Folk Songs & Sand Dunes
A tour of the island includes a drive to the fishing port of North Rustico Harbour to learn about lobster fishing, the sand dunes and lovely beaches of Prince Edward Island National Park, and a visit to the Green Gables Heritage Place with a Local Guide. Later, enjoy lunch and local music at Prince Edward Island Preserve Company. The rest of the day is at leisure to explore on your own, do some shopping, or relax in one of Charlottetown’s fine restaurants.
LEGENDS & LORE - Visit the world of a red-headed girl in a straw hat and braids to meet one of Canada’s most loved fictional characters, Anne of Green Gables. Relive her mischievous escapades and mishaps within the nostalgic rooms of her home at Green Gables – where local author Lucy Maud Montgomery drew inspiration from the idyllic woodland farmstead.
Meals (Breakfast, Lunch)
CHARLOTTETOWN–BADDECK, NOVA SCOTIA Inventions of New Scotland
This morning, board a ferry that whisks you across the Northumberland Strait from Prince Edward Island to Nova Scotia.
Arrive in Caribou and continue to Pictou, known as the “Birthplace of New Scotland,” where the first ship of Scottish Highlanders landed in Nova Scotia in 1773. Visit the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site to learn about the famous inventor.
LEGENDARY LIVES - Explore the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site, where fascinating exhibits trace the life and achievements of the iconic inventor of the telephone, who spent his last years on Cape Breton Island.
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BADDECK. EXCURSION TO CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS NATIONAL PARK Legendary Landscapes
Travel along the Cabot Trail, considered one of the most scenic drives in the world. Proceed along the coast, savoring magnificent vistas of the rocky shoreline and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Enter Cape Breton Highlands National Park, a landscape that strikingly resembles Scottish coastal regions.
NATURAL WONDERS - Discover one of Canada’s most enchanting natural landscapes by the sea, where the mountains meet the ocean in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. As you hug the world-famous Cabot Trail coastline, you’ll wind through Cape Breton Highlands National Park, where lush, forested river canyons carve into the ancient plateau, edged by rust-hued cliffs. Keep an eye out for wonderful wildlife that lives here, including moose, bald eagles, minks, or even pilot whales breaking the surface of the Gulf of St. Lawrence!
Meals (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
BADDECK–HALIFAX Strongholds & Celebrations
Cross over the Canso Causeway and continue across Nova Scotia to Halifax and visit the Citadel Hill National Historic Site. Tonight, join your Tour Director and new friends at a farewell dinner—the perfect finale to your Maritimes vacation.
HISTORIC SPOT - Visit the Citadel National Historic Site in Halifax with its early 19th-century, star-shaped fort, majestically commanding an expansive hill overlooking the city. A series of forts highlight an evolution of defensive designs that protected Halifax Harbour from 1749 to 1906 - and never once attacked!
Get a fascinating look at the region’s colonial past, where the 78th Highlanders keep watch in their period uniforms. The call of the bagpipes and rhythm of the drums harken back to a spirited Scottish tradition.
Meals (Breakfast, Dinner)
HALIFAX
Safe travels until we meet again!
Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning.
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