By Skipper Bob Canada has whale watching on three coasts; Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic. British Columbia is unmatched for orcas. Quebec’s Tadoussac is extraordinary for blue whales and belugas. But if your goal is humpback whales in volume, with the chance to see icebergs on the same tour and puffins nearby, one province answers the
By Skipper Bob Bay Bulls is the most accessible option if you’re staying in St. John’s and it has great puffin colonies. Twillingate is Newfoundland’s iceberg capital — go there if icebergs are your priority. Trinity gives you the most serious whale watching experience on the island and the option to see icebergs, and puffins
Most places that call themselves historic have a museum, a plaque, and a gift shop. Trinity has those too.
It also has professional theatre, one of the best hiking trails in the province, whale watching with a 98% sighting rate, and cocktails made from 10,000-year-old iceberg water. For a town of 200 people, it’s a lot to absorb.
By Skipper Bob Bartlett | Trinity Bay, Newfoundland | 30+ years welcoming guests to the peninsula. St. John’s to Trinity is a 3-hour, 10-minute drive. Take the Trans-Canada west to Clarenville, then Route 230 north to Trinity. If you can’t get a rental car, your three best alternatives are the A Time in Trinity package
People come to Trinity Bay for the whales. They come for the icebergs. But I’ll tell you something, some of the happiest reactions I’ve seen on the water, bigger than a humpback breaching fifty feet off the bow, have been from guests catching their first glimpse of an Atlantic puffin.
2020 | Featured on CBC
Have you missed out on a whale-watching trip? Or maybe you’ve never been whale watching and you would love to go!
2019 | Afar Magazine
Newfoundland, an island in Canada’s most easterly province, is the September getaway you didn’t know you needed. Looking for sweeping coastline vistas or on a hunt for glaciers? Newfoundland’s got ’em.
2019 | Featured In Canadian Press
Bob Bartlett, owner, and operator of Trinity Eco-Tours, says he’s detected an increase in iceberg tourism over the last few years as people rush to see the glacial giants up close before they are lost to climate change.
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