A perfect holiday for enjoying the great Canadian outdoors, canoeing through the Algonquin Provincial Park. You’ll have a couple of nights sleeping under the stars in a tent and a couple of nights at a cosy log cabin.
We’ve built this itinerary starting and ending with a night in Toronto, and with transfers into the Algonquin Park built into the price, but you may want to hire a car to drive yourself, and then go onto explore further in Ontario. We can tailor-make this all to suit you. (JV)
Highlights
Explore the stunning Algonquin Provincial Park, filled with thousands of lakes and rivers, maple hills and rocky ridges, and the only way to explore the interior is by canoe or on foot
Learn how to paddle and navigate a canoe in twos and solo, plus enjoy a leisurely group trip in a 26 foot Voyager Canoe
Leave the modern world behind as you camp beneath the stars in tents and then stay in the beautifully situated Algonquin Log Cabin on the shores of Surprise Lake. This simple lodging has no mobile phone coverage or electricity
Itinerary Overview
Fly into Toronto 1 night - Algonquin 4 nights - Toronto 1 night - Fly home
Please note the minimum age is 6 years old, also accommodation in each tent and cabin is for a maximum of two people.
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On arrival into Toronto, transfer independently to your hotel and enjoy an evening in this cosmopolitan city
Overnight: Chelsea Hotel, Toronto or similar
Day 2
Toronto to Algonquin Provincial Park
This morning either pick up your hire car and drive out north out of Toronto for a couple of hours to the Algonquin Provincial Park. Or you will be picked up by shuttle bus at your hotel at approximately 7.00am, arriving at around 12.30pm. After lunch, the group loads their packs and departs by canoe into the Algonquin Provincial Park, receiving a lesson on paddling along the way. Camp is set on a scenic point cover in Red Pines, followed by a delicious meal cooked by a campfire. Relax under the stars before retiring to your tent (this holiday is based on two people sharing a tent).
Overnight: Tent camping in the Algonquin Park (Lunch & dinner included)
Day 3
Hiking and canoeing in Algonquin Park
After breakfast, break camp and paddle east through a series of beautiful lakes. A floating lunch provides the energy to paddle up a bog with great opportunities to see moose, herons and beaver. The final stop is on a beautiful lake with time to hike, swim, fish or simply relax. Enjoy fresh baked bannock bread cooked over the fire and listen to old stories and myths of travelling through the Canadian wilderness.
Overnight: Tent camping in the Algonquin Park (Breakfast, lunch & dinner included)
Day 4
Algonquin Park
Wake up to the smell of coffee brewing and bacon frying for breakfast, then hike through a mixed maple forest, learning about the unique mix of flora and fauna. Discover how to paddle and navigate a canoe solo, stopping along the way for lunch. Reaching the shore late afternoon, you’ll then transfer by truck to the Algonquin Log Cabin. Check into your room to freshen up and then relax over some wine & cheese, followed by dinner in the cabin.
After breakfast, explore the hiking trails around the Algonquin Log Cabin. A hike to Music Lake features a talk about the boreal forest, the beaver pond and spruce bogs. Enjoy a picnic lunch at Music Lake and then hike to Surprise Lake. Here a 26 foot Voyager Canoe will be moored, and you’ll enjoy a leisurely paddle, island hopping, back to the log cabin. The remainder of the afternoon you are free to relax, swim or take a sauna. A Canadian dinner is followed by a night paddle.
After breakfast take one last excursion, taking a wild edible walk to Lookout Bluff overlooking Algonquin Lakes, working up an appetite for lunch. Afterwards you have some more leisure time until you either drive or take the transfer back to Toronto. You’ll arrive back in Toronto about 4.00pm to check-in to your hotel.
Overnight: Chelsea Hotel, Toronto (Breakfast & lunch included) or similar
Day 7
Toronto
You’ll have the best part of the day to explore Toronto – climb the CN Tower for panoramic views of Lake Ontario, visit the Ice Hockey Hall of Fame or show off your canoeing skills on the lake. Then you can either fly home or extend your Canadian adventure with an extension to Niagara Falls, or take the train to Quebec for further explorations.
