Backroads

Meet in Halifax Shuttle to Wolfville, with its shady elm trees and manicured lawns, in the picturesque Annapolis Valley Hike along Cape Split and emerge from a violet-carpeted forest onto a bluff, where views of the wild Bay of Fundy—home of the world's highest tides—await Enjoy a tour, tasting and dinner at Domaine de Grand Pré winery.

Walk along the Bay of Fundy, whose turbulent riptides and swirling eddies surge into Scots Bay At your leisure, discover shops, museums, stately tree-lined streets and historic Victorian homes in Annapolis Royal Spot whales, seals and dolphins on a wildlife-watching cruise in the Bay of Fundy  Be spooked by ghost stories on a candlelight graveyard tour through one of Canada's oldest cemeteries.

Discover the diverse and pristine ecosystems of Kejimkujik Seaside Adjunct: coastal tundra forests, salt marshes and bogs, sandy and pebble beaches Gaze at harbor seals sunning themselves on the shore at Harbour Rocks At St. Catherine's River Beach, look for endangered shorebirds such as piping plovers.

Hike along a 100-year-old pedestrian-only historic coastal cart path from Broad Cove to Green Bay Passing tiny coves and beaches, keep an eye out for sandpipers, gulls, ducks and geese, and enjoy views of the Lahave Islands and seal colonies Take a leisurely jaunt with local historian Eric Croft through the 18th-century seafaring town of Lunenburg, a World Heritage site widely considered to be the best surviving example of a planned British colonial settlement in North America.