Newfoundland Circumnavigation
9 nights
Enjoyable for all in reasonable health.
Quality transportation and accommodation in an uncommon environment, with the chance of occasional slight discomfort. E.g. an arctic polar bear tour
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Beginning in St. John's, sail through the infamous narrows commencing what will be an unforgettable circumnavigation of the island. Since 1995, Canada vacation packages have sought treasures along the rugged coastline to bring you the very best of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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10 Days exploring Newfoundland and Labrador
10 Days exploring Newfoundland and Labrador
ITINERARY
Your Canada Vacation Begins - St. John's and the Avalon Peninsula
You will meet your vacation guides in St. John's, Newfoundland's historic, vibrant capital. Picturesque and welcoming, it has been continuously fished since 1498, allowing it to boast the designation of North America's oldest European settlement.
You join in the morning for a day program on the Avalon Peninsula that will include visitation to one of the southern shore’s abundant Atlantic Puffin colonies.
Bonavista Bay, Terra Nova National Park
Explore Bonavista Bay by first discovering Canada’s easternmost national park. Terra Nova National Park was established in 1957, and provides 400 square kilometers of pristine natural habitat to salmon, bear, moose, lynx and bald eagles. Rolling hills and sheltered inlets have supported human existence since the days of the Beothuk and early European settlers. Today, the park’s rugged coastlines and densely forested hills attract visitors from all over the world.
Enjoy the Beaches on your Canada Vacation
Artifacts from Maritime Archaic, Paleo-Eskimo and Beothuk people found in the Beaches imply the region was a favourite hunting and fishing area for thousands of years and is considered the largest of the Beothuk settlements. You’ll see evidence of its rich history as you walk sandy shores.
Your Canada Vacation Continues to Notre Dame Bay
Notre Dame Bay has been referred to as the "Caribbean of the North" due to its peaceful waters and breathtaking natural coves. The traditional Newfoundland town atmosphere is laid back in any of the communities visited here.
L'Anse aux Meadows
Visit UNESCO World Heritage Sites on unique Canada vacation packages. L’anse aux Meadows is the only authenticated Viking settlement in North America. Located at the tip of Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula, it is widely regarded as one of the most important archaeological sites globally.
Battle Harbor, Labrador
Once a bustling fishing community and the epicenter of the Labrador fishery until the codfish moratorium in 1992 forced it to cease its fishing operations, Battle Harbor has undergone extensive restoration work and is now open to curious travelers. A walking tour of this restored fishing community suggests how daily life might have been for Battle Harbour’s past inhabitants.
Your Cruise Vacation Continues to Red Bay, Canada
Red Bay is a fishing village and former site of several Basque whaling stations occupied between 1550 and the early 1600s when they hunted right and bowhead whales. The remains of three Basque whaling galleons and four small chalupas haunt the depths of the waters in this area, making it an important archaeological site and earning it a UNESCO nomination.
L'Anse-Amour - Be Seeped in History on Canada Vacation Packages
This important archaeological site, located on the Strait of Belle Isle coast was occupied between at least 5500 and 2000 BC by the Maritime Archaic people who used the area for fishing and hunting harp seals and walrus. The site contains the oldest burial mound found in North America to this day at about 7500 years old. The skeleton of an adolescent child was found underneath, his body was covered with red ochre and accompanied by several stone and bone spearpoints and knives, a walrus tusk, a harpoon head, an ivory carving and a bone whistle. The importance of L’Anse Amour Burial was recognized in 1978, when it was made a National Historic Site.
Gros Morne National Park
It has been said, "Gros Morne is to geology what the Galapagos are to biology." Spectacular scenery including Precambrian cliffs, deep inland fjords and volcanic "pillow" rocks formed as lava cooled underwater- is just one of the reasons we stop here year after year. This is bound to be a highlight of your Canada cruise vacation.
The Codroy Valley
The Grand Codroy Estuary is among Newfoundland's finest estuarine wetlands with intertidal sandbars, mudflats and islands. The Codroy Estuary is considered one of, and perhaps the most, important areas in the province for migratory birds. The estuary is home to nesting American Wigeon, Northern Shovelers, Ring-necked Ducks, and Blue- and Green-winged Teals. It is one of the only known areas on the island where American Woodcock and Great Blue herons are commonly found, and where five species of thrushes (Swainson's, Gray-cheeked, Hermit, Veeries and Robins) nest. Cordial residents help you explore these stunning regions on Canada vacation.
The South Coast (2 days)
The last of the true outport communities are found here amid dramatic and imposing rocky cliffs and wild ocean. Though fewer in number now than at the peak of the fishery, the friendly residents are no less hospitable. One of the least traveled and most difficult areas of the island to reach, the South Coast is not easily accessible by road and best experienced by the sea. We are treated to music and a dance at an authentic Newfoundland "Kitchen Party." A visit to Miawpukek (Conne River) will reveal a First Nation’s community that has the mandate of turning the community into an economically self-sufficient community guided by traditional values.
Your Canada Vacation Concludes - Placentia and Cape St. Mary's
After breakfast, you disembark you home away from home at Placentia, the old French capital of Newfoundland. On route to St. John’s you will stop at the world famous Cape St. Mary’s Ecological Reserve where you will have the chance to view Northern Gannets, Black-legged Kittiwakes, Commonand Thick-billed Murres, Black Guillemots, Razorbills, Northern Fulmars and Great Cormorants. The most wonderful part of the 64 km2 reserve is the close proximity from which the birds can be viewed. As we meander along the cliff-side the many different species can be spotted from as close as 10 m (32 ft).
Much too soon you leave the crisp air and cool colors behind as your Canada vacation package comes to an end.
Your Canada Vacation Begins - St. John's and the Avalon Peninsula
You will meet your vacation guides in St. John's, Newfoundland's historic, vibrant capital. Picturesque and welcoming, it has been continuously fished since 1498, allowing it to boast the designation of North America's oldest European settlement.
You join in the morning for a day program on the Avalon Peninsula that will include visitation to one of the southern shore’s abundant Atlantic Puffin colonies.
Bonavista Bay, Terra Nova National Park
Explore Bonavista Bay by first discovering Canada’s easternmost national park. Terra Nova National Park was established in 1957, and provides 400 square kilometers of pristine natural habitat to salmon, bear, moose, lynx and bald eagles. Rolling hills and sheltered inlets have supported human existence since the days of the Beothuk and early European settlers. Today, the park’s rugged coastlines and densely forested hills attract visitors from all over the world.
Enjoy the Beaches on your Canada Vacation
Artifacts from Maritime Archaic, Paleo-Eskimo and Beothuk people found in the Beaches imply the region was a favourite hunting and fishing area for thousands of years and is considered the largest of the Beothuk settlements. You’ll see evidence of its rich history as you walk sandy shores.
Your Canada Vacation Continues to Notre Dame Bay
Notre Dame Bay has been referred to as the "Caribbean of the North" due to its peaceful waters and breathtaking natural coves. The traditional Newfoundland town atmosphere is laid back in any of the communities visited here.
L'Anse aux Meadows
Visit UNESCO World Heritage Sites on unique Canada vacation packages. L’anse aux Meadows is the only authenticated Viking settlement in North America. Located at the tip of Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula, it is widely regarded as one of the most important archaeological sites globally.
Battle Harbor, Labrador
Once a bustling fishing community and the epicenter of the Labrador fishery until the codfish moratorium in 1992 forced it to cease its fishing operations, Battle Harbor has undergone extensive restoration work and is now open to curious travelers. A walking tour of this restored fishing community suggests how daily life might have been for Battle Harbour’s past inhabitants.
Your Cruise Vacation Continues to Red Bay, Canada
Red Bay is a fishing village and former site of several Basque whaling stations occupied between 1550 and the early 1600s when they hunted right and bowhead whales. The remains of three Basque whaling galleons and four small chalupas haunt the depths of the waters in this area, making it an important archaeological site and earning it a UNESCO nomination.
L'Anse-Amour - Be Seeped in History on Canada Vacation Packages
This important archaeological site, located on the Strait of Belle Isle coast was occupied between at least 5500 and 2000 BC by the Maritime Archaic people who used the area for fishing and hunting harp seals and walrus. The site contains the oldest burial mound found in North America to this day at about 7500 years old. The skeleton of an adolescent child was found underneath, his body was covered with red ochre and accompanied by several stone and bone spearpoints and knives, a walrus tusk, a harpoon head, an ivory carving and a bone whistle. The importance of L’Anse Amour Burial was recognized in 1978, when it was made a National Historic Site.
Gros Morne National Park
It has been said, "Gros Morne is to geology what the Galapagos are to biology." Spectacular scenery including Precambrian cliffs, deep inland fjords and volcanic "pillow" rocks formed as lava cooled underwater- is just one of the reasons we stop here year after year. This is bound to be a highlight of your Canada cruise vacation.
The Codroy Valley
The Grand Codroy Estuary is among Newfoundland's finest estuarine wetlands with intertidal sandbars, mudflats and islands. The Codroy Estuary is considered one of, and perhaps the most, important areas in the province for migratory birds. The estuary is home to nesting American Wigeon, Northern Shovelers, Ring-necked Ducks, and Blue- and Green-winged Teals. It is one of the only known areas on the island where American Woodcock and Great Blue herons are commonly found, and where five species of thrushes (Swainson's, Gray-cheeked, Hermit, Veeries and Robins) nest. Cordial residents help you explore these stunning regions on Canada vacation.
The South Coast (2 days)
The last of the true outport communities are found here amid dramatic and imposing rocky cliffs and wild ocean. Though fewer in number now than at the peak of the fishery, the friendly residents are no less hospitable. One of the least traveled and most difficult areas of the island to reach, the South Coast is not easily accessible by road and best experienced by the sea. We are treated to music and a dance at an authentic Newfoundland "Kitchen Party." A visit to Miawpukek (Conne River) will reveal a First Nation’s community that has the mandate of turning the community into an economically self-sufficient community guided by traditional values.
Your Canada Vacation Concludes - Placentia and Cape St. Mary's
After breakfast, you disembark you home away from home at Placentia, the old French capital of Newfoundland. On route to St. John’s you will stop at the world famous Cape St. Mary’s Ecological Reserve where you will have the chance to view Northern Gannets, Black-legged Kittiwakes, Commonand Thick-billed Murres, Black Guillemots, Razorbills, Northern Fulmars and Great Cormorants. The most wonderful part of the 64 km2 reserve is the close proximity from which the birds can be viewed. As we meander along the cliff-side the many different species can be spotted from as close as 10 m (32 ft).
Much too soon you leave the crisp air and cool colors behind as your Canada vacation package comes to an end.
Options & Upgrades
- Explore the wild lands of Newfoundland at your own pace by car
- Cross over to Labrador to explore another one of Canada’s untouched regions
Accommodation
Various cabin types
Various cabin types
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HIGHLIGHTS
- The beautiful scenery of Newfoundland and Labrador
- L'Anse aux Meadows, the only authenticated Viking site in North America
- An old growth forest you can step over - Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve
- Archaic, Indian, ancient Paleoeskimo, historic French and Basque sites
- Guided expeditionary stops and Zodiac cruises
- Visit some of Canada's friendliest folks in Newfoundland
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2009 Package Start Dates
June 23 - July 2
Price Notes
• Prices are per person based on sharing a cabin, please contact us for single occupancy rates
• There are 8 categories of cabin
Category 1-Triple, 1 upper 1 lower berth,
sofa bed, shared facilities, sink, desk, porthole
Category 2-Deluxe Triple, 1 upper 2
lower berths, semi-private facilities, sink, porthole
Category 3-Twin, one lower berth, sofa
bed, desk, shared facilities, desk,porthole
Category 4-Double, one lower berth,
sofa bed, desk, semi-private facilities, window.
Category 5-Double, one lower berth, sofa bed, writing desk, window, private facilities
Category 6-Superior, 2 lower berths, sofa writing desk, private facilities, window.
Category 7-Suite, double bed in separate area, TV/VCR sofa, fridge, private facilities, window.
Category 8-Suite, double bed, TV/VCR, bathtub, lounge area, fridge, picture windows
Includes
• Your complete itinerary
• Team of resource specialists- crew, naturalists & an archaeologist
• Educational program and pre-departure materials
• All meals, except occasional optional meal ashore
• Zodiac excursions
• Service charges and port fees
Not Included
• Flights
• GST
• Mandatory medical / evacuation insurance
• Personal expenses (laundry, alcoholic beverages, phone calls, onboard medical fees)
• Additional expenses in the event of delays or itinerary changes
• Optional Hotel Nights before or after your included itinerary
• Discretionary gratuities to ship’s crew (approximately $12 per passenger per day)
June 23 - July 2
| Price Per Person | ||
| June 23 2009 | USD $ | CAD $ |
| Category 1 | 2,524 | 2,852 |
| Category 2 | 3,030 | 3,424 |
| Category 3 | 3,957 | 4,471 |
| Category 4 | 4,631 | 5,233 |
| Category 5 | 5,473 | 6,185 |
| Category 6 | 6,149 | 6,948 |
| Category 7 | 6,570 | 7,424 |
| Category 8 | 6,907 | 7,805 |
• Prices are per person based on sharing a cabin, please contact us for single occupancy rates
• There are 8 categories of cabin
Category 1-Triple, 1 upper 1 lower berth,
sofa bed, shared facilities, sink, desk, porthole
Category 2-Deluxe Triple, 1 upper 2
lower berths, semi-private facilities, sink, porthole
Category 3-Twin, one lower berth, sofa
bed, desk, shared facilities, desk,porthole
Category 4-Double, one lower berth,
sofa bed, desk, semi-private facilities, window.
Category 5-Double, one lower berth, sofa bed, writing desk, window, private facilities
Category 6-Superior, 2 lower berths, sofa writing desk, private facilities, window.
Category 7-Suite, double bed in separate area, TV/VCR sofa, fridge, private facilities, window.
Category 8-Suite, double bed, TV/VCR, bathtub, lounge area, fridge, picture windows
Includes
• Your complete itinerary
• Team of resource specialists- crew, naturalists & an archaeologist
• Educational program and pre-departure materials
• All meals, except occasional optional meal ashore
• Zodiac excursions
• Service charges and port fees
Not Included
• Flights
• GST
• Mandatory medical / evacuation insurance
• Personal expenses (laundry, alcoholic beverages, phone calls, onboard medical fees)
• Additional expenses in the event of delays or itinerary changes
• Optional Hotel Nights before or after your included itinerary
• Discretionary gratuities to ship’s crew (approximately $12 per passenger per day)
