Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Travel Forum

I’m planning a two week trip to Newfoundland in August. I will be driving from Portland, ME through Nova Scotia and taking the ferry to Channel Port Aux Basques. From there, I’d like to head to Gros Morne and then across the island, taking the ferry back to NS from Argentia. Is this doable with the two week time limit? How long should it take to drive across to Argentia? I wouild love to get to St. John’s as well if possible. Am I taking on too much here? Thanks for any help!

Can anyone recommend a reliable charter to The Baths for not a ton of money? I've heard about Limnos, New Horizons, etc. What's the fastes way there? Thanks!

One thing that I really want to see when I visit the park is the spectacular view of the fjord on the long range traverse seen here : http://www.grosmorne.com/things.htm

I only have a limited amount of time in the park 4-5 days and as much as I would like to do the long range traverse hike, I don't nessecarily want to devout my entire trip to it.

Does anybody know if it is possible to get to this spot in a single day, camp the night around there if need be and then return without doing the entire 35 km route?

Thanks in advance

Adam

I am collecting photographs of Icebergs. I find them very fascinating. I've found several places on the web that have free pics of icebergs.
One place is http://ibergs.blogspot.com
Would any of you be interested in donating a picture or 2 to my collection? Thanks.

Hi:

We're arriving in St John's 26 July & have hotel reservations. However, the car rental reservation got 'lost'(will handle that on arrival, hopefully). But need suggestions as to 'what to do' for 3 days if we should be limited to St John's/nearby area with transportation via taxi/public transportation/tour bus, etc. Many thanks.

In the end of July, I am taking the Northern Ranger ferry up to Nain with my wife. I was wondering how the food is on the ship? Is the cafeteria decent? How expensive is it? Not sure how much of my own food to bring with

Heya,
My husband and I are driving to St John's with a UHaul(from Halifax) and so must put ourselves on the waitlist for the ferry. We only have the truck for four days and I am gettin a little worried about how long we may be waiting. We wanted to take the Port aux Basques ferry and enjoy the chance to see the province on the way. Any suggestions about negotiating wait times? How far ahead do we need to line up? We'll be driving around Aug 31/ Sept 1.
Thanks for any suggestions as we've never done this and we're on a budget!

Hello,
Our family ( 2 adults, 1 teenage and 2 11 yrs olds ) is taking a trip up through Quebec and into Labrador. We will then be taking a ferry from Goose Bay to Cartwright(departs 5pm , travel through the night, arrives 6am, 11 hours ), driving from Carwright to Blanc Sablon, then taking a Ferry from Blanc Sablon to St. Barbe, NFLD ( all within 21 hours !!!) We have never traveled on a ferry and would like advice on this type of travel. What is a dormitory berth? What kind of accomidations should we get as a family?


KP

My husband and I are going to Newfoundland August 2 to the 7th for our 20th anniversary we plan on staying two nights in St Johns we have accommodations for both nights at The Battery we plan on taking a walk and checking out Signal Hill then going out for a nice dinner that night can you recommend any nice restaurants for us. On our second day we plan on driving and checking out some sights first we want to go to Cape Spear then drive down to Chances Cove then Cape Race, then on Friday night we are doing the George Street. Then on to Hodges Cove for a night from there we will be driving to Bay De Verde and spending the night. Monday is our last day there and I can’t for the life of me figure out what else to do I don’t want to go back to St Johns because we were there for two days. Can anyone please help me with planning our last day what are some really must see’s and do’s we are a couple that loves to party and I so want this vacation to be one we will always remember any help will be appreciated. Also we need to be in St Johns Tuesday morning to fly home.
Sharon

My husband and I will be visiting Newfoundland in August and need some help with a few things
1) I am traveling from Toronto and are planning to fly into ST Johns we are planning on staying one night there, is there any hotels you can suggest we stay at. A lot of people have been telling us we must visit George St, where is this and why is it so popular.

2) we are going to visit Bay De Verde for a day (that is where my father is from but he is deceased now) how fare of a drive is it from St Johns, does anyone know of any places we should stop and see on our drive to Bay De Verde.

3) I believe I still have relatives living there but have just lost touch with them, how would I go about finding them.

4) We are renting a car and want to plan a road trip and end up where ever we end up are there any suggestions for us we would love to do our road trip along the coast, is there a high demand for accommodations in Newfoundland should we take a risk and not have anywhere to stay for a day.

I know this is a lot of questions and any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated

chizbum :) :) :) :)

Hi All,

We (family with 2 girls ages 10 & 12) will be visiting Newfoundland this summer for 14 days (starting mid July). Our itinerary has us taking the ferry onto the island at Argentia, and leaving at Port aux Basques. Our stay will be:

3 days in St John's,
2 days in Trinity (Bonavista peninsula),
5 days in Gros Morne,
2 days in L'Anse Aux Meadows, and
1 day in Port aux Basques

We will be dragging our tent trailer along, and plan on staying in B&B's as well to break up the camping. Here is my question. We originally planned on visiting Twillingate to break up the trip from the east coast to the west coast. Twillingate will take an additional 3-4 hours of driving from the Trans Canada Hwy. Is it worth the drive? Will it offer anything different that the other places on my itinerary does not have in terms of scenary? The big attraction of Twillingate for me is the icebergs, but will I be able to see the same at St Anthony?

Other options that I have include:
Labrador
more time in Gros Morne
more time in Bonavista
side route somewhere else (suggestions appreciated)

What do you think I should do with the extra day?

Also, any recommendations on camp grounds in Gros Morne? Any particular camp sites that I should try to get?

We will be staying in the corner Brook region mid June and would like to see Icebergs . A friend has suggested driving up to St Anthony but I believe this is a 5-6 hour trip. Can anyone suggest another area to see this and is it worth the trip?

Am planning a trip to Alaska. Would like to 'drive' the Alaskan highway one way and ferry the other. It appears it is not possible to hire a car in Anchorage and leave it in Seattle or vancouver. So my question is is there a bus or a train that runs between Seattle and Anchorage?

What do people recommend doing in and around St. John's for a couple of days. How many days do you need in the area?

Thank you

What do people recommend doing in and around St. John's for a couple of days. How many days do you need in the area?

Thank you

My wife, (will be 9 month old) son and I are planning a trip to Newfoundland in late July. We are thinking about going to St. Johns, Bonavista, Trinity, Twillingate, Terra Nova and Gros Morne (with possibly a trip up the western coast to Viking sites) for 7-10 days. Just wondering if people think this trip is doable in that time frame, if there are any baby friendly places to stay or eat that you know of, and what types of hikes/boat rides we could take. Also does anyone recommend any other places to go and see. We will be renting a car. Any information would be helpful.

Thanks

Hi There, My Husband and I are travelling to Newfoundland this summer for a vacation. I have been searching for a cottage to rent in the area's of Corner Brook, Rocky Harbour, & Stephenville. If anyone has every rented or know's of any cottage for rent in these area's it would be great if you could get back to me. We are looking for an ocean front/view and a 2 bedroom. Thanks, and I hope I hear from someone soon. Deanne

Hi Folks
I want to take my wife for a 4 day tour in NFLD. We are looking for:
-Best Time of year
-Some light hiking
-No bugs
-not hot not cold
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks

Hi to all of you great folks in Newfoundland! We're planning a summer trip to your beautiful province and don't want to miss a single thing. We're trying to plan our route. Any opinions on which are the prettiest coastal towns
in Newfoundland.

Are there family type pubs where kids can play poolfor an evening?
thanks..cath

I was curious about the pubs in St John's...is there a family friendly one that a group of kids could play pool for an evening?
thanks for any help
cathy

Hi people,
I am flying over to Goose Bay next week from England and i was wondering if there is something that i must see or do while im there?

My husband and I will be coming to St. John's in late June with a group of about 10 teens (ages 15 - 18) and participating in a robotic competition at a local university. What suggestions does anyone have to keep them busy and happy outside the competition? I know there are whale watching trips...what else would catch the eye of a teen (outside museums). Thanks for any assistance!

I'm looking into going to Newfoundland in late May and early June. I'll be renting a car while in St John's, but, because of the strange mileage limitations in the province, I probably won't be able to get very far outside of the city. So I'm considering taking a flight into Halifax, then riding the bus/ferry/bus route cross-country to St John's. However, this is actually more expensive than flying.
My goal is to see the landscape and get a sense of the two provinces. Is this a good way to do that? Would I be missing too many things by not being able to get off of the bus and onto the side roads? Or can I see quite a bit on the bus?
I've thought about getting off in Gander, or somewhere on the route, spending the night, and then catching the bus the next day onto St John's (my timeframe is somewhat open).
Any advice would be appreciated, especially from those who have taken the DRL bus across the island.

Thanks,
Colin

I live in Halifax, and plan to go PEI and St. John's in NFL for a few days. This will be my first time to visit these two cities. How many days will be enough? Or I might just go to one place this year. Shall I take the Acadian Line or take the ferry? Could someone be kindly direct me the routine for my trip and the bus thing? Thanks

I live in Halifax, and plan to go PEI and St. John's in NFL for a few days. This will be my first time to visit these two cities. How many days will be enough? Or I might just go to one place this year. Shall I take the Acadian Line or take the ferry? Could someone be kindly direct me the routine for my trip and the bus thing? Thanks

Hey all, I'm going to be in Newfoundland Sept. 8th-17th, I'll be traveling with my mother, we rented a car and are planing on touring around the Avalon Peninsula

We have some sight in mind already, Signal Hill, Cape Spear, George Street, and a whale watching boat trip out of Bay Bulls. Beyond that what are some good sights we should be looking for in our tour around the peninsula? We were planning on spending the first two days in St John's then moving out and touring around staying at motels and B&B's is Sept a heavy tourism time that we should be booking in advance?

Thanks All,

Rob Dobo
Barrie, Ontario

Hi! I didn't realize it would be difficult to get around Newfoundland. I had planned to take the ferry from Sydney N.S. near the end of August and make my way up to St. Johns for my flight out on the 3rd of Sept. Is there anyone out there who would be willing to carry an extra passanger and will be travelling these directions near the end of August? I could take the ferry across anytime after the 24th. I would be willing to help with gas and even rental costs if it is another traveller.
Thanks!!

Hey,
I am going to St.John's Newfoundland for Natal Day weekend, it will be my first visit to Newfoundland, well actually we did touch down there on my way to England but we weren't allowed off the plane!! So as first timers my boyfriend and I are looking for the following: Place to rent a car, Places we should definitely see well we are there, Things we just have to do well we are there, Oh yeah, A Place to stay would be a good idea!!! In other words we need suggestions, I want this to be a trip to remember. We are 25 and 26 so keep that in mind!! Thanks in advance, I look forward to your replies!!
Erica :)

We (couple with a 22 year old son) will be visiting St. John's, Newfoundland at the end of August. We are flying into St. John's and will be renting a car. My son moves into university residence on September 1st. We thought of camping three nights at Pippy Park Trailer Park campground(without a tent). However, we will be carrying our sleeping bags in our suitcases and would like to sleep under the stars. The other 3 nights will be spent at a B&B.

1) What kind of weather does St. John's usually have around 29th August?
2) Is Pippy Park campground safe for tourists and campers?
3) How crowed or how deserted is the campground at the end of August.

Any assistance in providing information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Vilma