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The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.

Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.

In port at Red Bay, the bucket-list move is Red Bay Basque Whaling NHS: Guided Ferry & Galleon Wreck Tour. Below: 5 bucket-list things to do on a Red Bay port day — worth weighing against whatever your ship offers.
Red Bay Basque Whaling NHS: Guided Ferry & Galleon Wreck Tour
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Red Bay Basque Whaling NHS: Guided Ferry & Galleon Wreck Tour

Step aboard a Parks Canada guided tour to the world's best-preserved 16th-century Basque whaling station — a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Cross by ferry to Saddle Island to walk among skeletal chalupa boats, a sunken galleon, and centuries-old tryworks.

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Saddle Island Archaeology Walk: Private Interpreter Experience
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Saddle Island Archaeology Walk: Private Interpreter Experience

Commission a private, expert-led interpretation session at Saddle Island with a specialist Parks Canada archaeologist-interpreter — the ultimate deep-dive into the UNESCO Basque whaling heritage site. Reserved for travelers who want exclusive scholarly access.

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Point Amour Lighthouse: Labrador's Tallest Lighthouse Private Tour
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Point Amour Lighthouse: Labrador's Tallest Lighthouse Private Tour

Ascend Labrador's iconic Point Amour Lighthouse — the tallest in Atlantic Canada — for panoramic views across the Strait of Belle Isle. A private guide unlocks the tower's full history and military past for an unforgettable vantage point over iceberg waters.

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Labrador Straits Iceberg & Wildlife Zodiac Expedition
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Labrador Straits Iceberg & Wildlife Zodiac Expedition

Embark on an exhilarating small-group Zodiac expedition through the Strait of Belle Isle — prime habitat for humpback whales, minke whales, and drifting icebergs — with an expert naturalist guide narrating every encounter.

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Basque Whalers' Graveyard & Boney Shore: Private Historical Walk
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Basque Whalers' Graveyard & Boney Shore: Private Historical Walk

Walk the haunting Boney Shore — where centuries of whale bones and Basque artifacts litter the tideline — and visit the excavated whalers' graveyard with a private historian for an intimate encounter with 16th-century life and death on the Labrador coast.

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