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Experience Type: Self Drive
Valid Period:01/12/06 - 01/03/08

12 Day Lodges of Newfoundland

Lodges of Newfoundland

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12 Day Lodges of Newfoundland

12 Days St John's - Deer Lake

Departures:
Daily (01 May 07-31 Oct 07)

Day 1: Arrive St John's
After arrival at St John’s International Airport, make your way to the Alamo rental depot to pick up your hire car, before heading to your downtown hotel.

Days 2 & 3: St John's - Swift Current
You will start your journey today, along the Conception Bay coastal drive to the charming town of Brigus, and whilst here visit the Tunnel, Hawthorne Cottage and Ye Olde Stone Barn Museum. This evening you will head for Swift Current, nestled at the headwaters of Placentia Bay. (121 miles)

Days 4 & 5: Swift Current - Trinity
Leave Swift Current and follow the Bonavista Peninsula to Trinity. Trinity is renowned for its unique architecture including the Ryan Store and Hiscock House. On your second day here take a whale-watching cruise of Trinity Bay or maybe visit the Cape Random film set. (81 miles)

Days 6 & 7: Trinity - Notre Dame Bay
Today’s drive takes you through Terra Nova National Park, with its sheltered bays, rugged coastline and rolling forested hills. Keep a watch for ospreys, eagles, lynx and moose. You will reach Notre Dame Bay by mid afternoon and here you will spend the next two nights. Spend your time here driving the coastal roads, taking a nature cruise where in spring you should see icebergs, or visit Long Point Lighthouse at Twillingate. (196 miles)

Days 8 & 9: Notre Dame Bay - Gros Morne National Park
The Viking Trail is your route today as you head west across an ever changing landscape to Gros Morne National Park, your home for two days and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Once here visit the Discovery Centre or take a boat cruise of Western Brook, for an incredible trip into a fjord with cliffs rising 600 feet above you. (212 miles)

Days 10 & 11: Gros Morne National Park - Main Brook
Continue along the Viking Trail today, through towns such as Daniels Harbour and Hawkes Bay, before reaching Port au Choix, a National Historic Site, where artefacts of sea-farers from 3,700 years ago can be seen. From here continue to Main Brook and visit North America’s only authenticated Viking settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows. Here you can learn about the ways of the Norseman and take a cruise on a replica 11th Century Viking ship. (196 miles)

Day 12: Main Brook - Deer Lake
Drive to Deer Lake Airport, where your tour concludes. (259 miles)

Prices Include:
• Accommodation for duration of the tour in characterful inns, lodges or guesthouses
• 11 days intermediate (standard) or full size (superior) car hire with Alamo on fully inclusive basis
• Meals - breakfast is included at all properties, apart from the two nights in Swift Current
• Trinity whale watching cruise

Prices Exclude:
• Airfares & park entrance fees
• Sightseeing: tours mentioned are not included unless otherwise stated

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