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Enchanting Islands Escorted Tour

  • Halifax
  • Charlottetown
  • Baddeck
  • 7 nights from
  • £3,129 per person
  • Trip Code: ES-1391

Holiday Overview

Canada’s Maritime islands stand ready to welcome all visitors to explore one of the East Coast’s most beautiful regions. Enjoy fresh salt air, sandy beaches, mountain vistas and much more. Pass through fields of green, dine on succulent seafood, and travel the world famous Cabot Trail on this journey to Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton Island. Spend time in the Oak Island area to learn of the treasure hunters that have ventured to Nova Scotia for hundreds of years. Get ready for a truly memorable island adventure in the Atlantic maritimes.

2025 Departure Dates

Departure Months Price From
June - 22nd £3129pp
July - 13th, 27th £3249pp
August - 10th, 31st £3289pp
September - 7th, 21st, 28th £3289pp
October - 12th £3129pp

Price based from a London airport, call our Canada Experts for regional  departures. 

Enchanting Islands Escorted Tour includes:

  • Return Flights from the UK
  • 7 Night first-class (or best available) accommodation
  • 7 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 4 dinner (including 1 lobster dinner)
  • Land transportation by modern tour coach with an experienced tour driver
  • Local Atlantic tour director throughout dressed intraditional kilt
  • Baggage handling (1 piece per person)
  • Welcome Reception
  • Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
  • Glooscap Heritage Centre & Mi’kmaq Museum
  • Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island
  • Anne of Green Gables Heritage Place
  • Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site
  • Cabot Trail touring
  • Cape Breton Highlands National Park
  • Provincial Taxes and Federal HST
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Day 1 - UK to Halifax

Arrive in Halifax and transfer independently to your centrally-located hotel in this vibrant and cosmopolitan urban centre on the Atlantic Ocean. Meet your tour director and fellow travellers this evening at a welcome reception.

Hotel: Cambridge Suites Halifax or similar

Overnight in Halifax.

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Cambridge Suites Halifax

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Day 2 - Halifax

A day of local touring awaits! Discover the rustic charm of the renowned fishing village of Peggy’s Cove where we will enjoy breakfast. Afterwards we journey along Nova Scotia’s South Shore to the UNESCO World Heritage Town of Lunenburg, home to fleets of Grand Banks fishing schooners. Take a walking tour to fully experience one of the most remarkably preserved colonial settlements in the New World, and visit the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic to learn about the town’s famous seafaring heritage.

Hotel: Cambridge Suites Halifax or similar

Overnight in Halifax. Breakfast and dinner included.

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Cambridge Suites Halifax

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Day 3 - Halifax to Charlottetown

En route to the bridge crossing to Prince Edward Island, we learn about Mi’kmaq culture at the Glooscap Heritage Centre & Mi’kmaq Museum. Once only accessible by ferry, we cross over to Prince Edward Island via the Confederation Bridge - the world’s longest continuous multi-span bridge. We are treated to true Maritime hospitality this evening at a traditional hall-style lobster supper before checking into our hotel for the evening.

Hotel: Rodd Charlottetown or similar

Overnight in Charlottetown. Breakfast and dinner included.

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Rodd Charlottetown

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Day 4 - Charlottetown/Prince Edward Island

Enjoy a free morning in Charlottetown or join a complimentary walking tour of the city. This afternoon, our tour of the island drives by red cliffs, white beaches, gently sloping sand dunes and green fields as we make our way to Prince Edward Island National Park. Before returning to Charlottetown, we visit Green Gables Heritage Site, the alluring inspiration of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic Anne of Green Gables books. We take in a theatre performance this evening by local entertainers at the Confederation Centre of the Arts (a substitution activity may be necessary due to the theatre schedule.)

Hotel: Rodd Charlottetown

Overnight in Charlottetown. Breakfast and dinner included.

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Rodd Charlottetown

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Day 5 - Charlottetown to Baddeck

After breakfast we board a ferry to cross over the Northumberland Strait back to Nova Scotia and proceed to ‘the Scotland of North America’, Cape Breton Island via the Canso Causeway. We visit the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site in Baddeck to learn about the many accomplishments of this genius who made his home on the island. Afterwards, we arrive at the Bras d’Or Lake and check into our hotel for the evening.

Hotel: Inverary Resort or similar

Overnight in Baddeck. Breakfast and dinner included.

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Inverary Resort

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Day 6 - Baddeck/Cabot Trail

Today’s journey takes us along one of the most stunningly picturesque drives in North America. The Cabot Trail winds around the rocky splendor of Cape Breton’s northern shore, ascending to the incredible plateaus of Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Look-outs offer unforgettable vistas of Cape Breton’s rugged coastline, creating perfect photo opportunities. Afterwards, we travel to the coast where we enjoy a Baddeck Boat Sightseeing Tour (weather permitting) before returning to Baddeck for the evening.

Hotel: Inverary Resort or similar

Overnight in Baddeck. Breakfast, picnic lunch and dinner included.

Featured accommodation

Inverary Resort

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Day 7 - Baddeck to Halifax

We get a look into the early days of colonial life with a visit to the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site. The vivid history of the region comes alive in this accurate reconstruction of one of the major settlements of circa 1744 New France. Roam the streets and chat with authentically costumed guides. After our visit we proceed along the shore of the Bras d’Or Lake to the mainland before continuing on to Halifax for one last night in the Maritimes.

Hotel: Cambridge Suites Halifax or similar

Overnight in Halifax. Breakfast included.

Featured accommodation

Cambridge Suites Halifax

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Day 8 - Halifax to UK

A time for last minute shopping and farewells. Independent transfer to Halifax International Airport in time to check in for your flight home.

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