Nova Scotia Day Tours

These day tours are designed for curious travellers who don’t enjoy being yelled at through a microphone. Leaving Halifax, we run three small-group trips with enough structure to make sure you see all the good stuff with enough flexibility to actually enjoy it.

Close-up of a red boat floating on calm water, with a house atop a grassy hill and two other boats in the background along a rocky shoreline under a clear blue sky.

Nova Scotia Full-Day Tour

Looking to get the most out of one tour? Have your lighthouse, history, and drink wine too? Then this is the tour you. We’ve packed enough gems into this tour to leave you without many regrets.

  • All the must-see Nova Scotia highlights in one day. We start our day with a visit to the iconic Peggy’s Cove lighthouse, usually sneaking out on time to beat the crowds. On our way to Lunenburg, we’ll stop to dip our toes in the Atlantic and get a photo of the historic three churches at Mahone Bay, before we settle in for lunch in the colourful UNESCO town. After lunch, we’ll head over to the Annapolis Valley, where you’ll have the choice of exploring the quaint university town Wolfville or getting your pallet wet with some Nova Scotia grapes.

  • *Transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle.

    *Enthusiastic guides who know and love this place deeply.

    *Option to skip wine and spend the time exploring the town of Wolfville

    *A few surprise stops along the way ;)

  • Leave Halifax 8:45

    Peggy’s Cove 9:45-10:45

    Queensland Beach 11:30-11:35

    Mahone Bay 12:05-12:10

    Lunenburg 12:30- 2:00

    Wolfville 3:30-5:00

    Arrive 6:30pm

    *all our times are approximate, there’s a reason they call us alternative ;)

  • $220 per person

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Boats in a small harbor with a concrete pier, clear blue sky, and calm water.

Bay of Fundy Tour Half Day Tour

Want to go a little more off the beaten path? See a true geological wonder? Combine this tour with the South Shore tour to get the most out of your trip to Nova Scotia.

  • We’ll head straight to the Annapolis Valley where we’ll hit up one of many available farmers markets for any snacks we might need or a second coffee to keep you going. From there we will head over to the official hamlet of Hall’s Harbour, this is an amazing place to see the Bay of Fundy no matter if its high tide or low. We’ll bumble around this rustic dainty little place for about an hour or so, giving you time to have lunch at the lobster pound. After that we will make our way over to the Look Off where you will get to see what the Annapolis Valley is all about from an eagle’s eye view. By now it should almost be time for a glass of wine ( it’s definitely 5 o’clock somewhere!), we’ll see how many vineyards we can sneak in before heading back to where we started.

  • *Transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle.

    *Enthusiastic guides who know and love this place deeply.

    *Option to skip wine and spend the time exploring the town of Wolfville

    *A few surprise stops along the way ;)

  • 10 am - Depart Halifax

    11:00- 11:20 Farm market pit stop

    11:45- 12:45 Hall’s Harbour

    1 pm - 1:15 The Look Off

    1:35-3:00 Drink wine

    We should arrive back in Halifax no later than 4:30 pm.

    *all these times are approximate, there is a reason they call us alternative ;)

  • $190

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Colorful row of houses in pastel shades of green, orange, pink, blue, and yellow with decorative storefronts and signs, including a shoe store and a restaurant with a wine bar.

South Shore Half-Day Tour

These are the “don’t miss’” of Nova Scotia. The things people are going to ask if you’ve seen when you tell them you’ve been here: the lighthouse, the ocean, the colourfully painted houses.

*Available Nov-April Only

  • This tour to choose if you’re short on time, or want to combine it with the Bay of Fundy Tour for an in depth Nova Scotia experience. We’ll first attempt to get you to Peggy’s Cove before the crowd gets there. Then we’ll take a scenic drive down the coast, where we’ll make a quick stop to stretch our legs at the beach before in Chester. Everyone know’s we stop here for the chowder! It’s charming sea side town that get’s missed by the masses but not the film crews. After this, and a quick stop in Mahone Bay to grab a photo of the iconic three churches, we’ll stop in the UNESCO heritage town of Lunenburg.

  • *Transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle.

    *Enthusiastic guides who know and love this place deeply.

    *A few surprise stops along the way ;) text goes here

  • Depart Halifax 9:00

    Peggy’s Cove 10:00- 11:00

    Queensland Beach 11:30 - 11:40

    Chester 11:40-1:00

    Mahone Bay 1:30-1:40

    Lunenburg 2:00-3:00

    We should arrive back in Halifax no later than 4:30 pm.

    *all these times are approximate, there is a reason they call us alternative ;)

  • $190

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