Cruise Port Guide
The bucket-list things to do — and the private, expert-led way to do each.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, and the private, small-group, or expert-led way to make it yours — your own pace, real access, none of the crowd.
Board a private charter through the legendary Thousand Islands archipelago, stepping ashore at the fairy-tale Boldt Castle — a gilded-age monument to love, ambition, and tragedy set on Heart Island.
Plunge into the dramatic Saguenay Fjord — Canada's only true fjord — on a small-group Zodiac for an up-close encounter with resident beluga whales and the sheer 300-metre basalt cliffs that frame one of North America's most spectacular waterways.
Circumnavigate the colossal Percé Rock — one of the world's largest natural arches — then set foot on Bonaventure Island to stand among 110,000 nesting northern gannets in one of the most extraordinary wildlife spectacles on the planet.
Explore the only walled city north of Mexico on a private expert-led walking tour — from the cannon-lined ramparts of the fortifications to the cobblestone lanes of Petit-Champlain, with a historian who brings four centuries of French and British empire to vivid life.
Paddle a sea kayak along the Lighthouse Trail — the storied maritime corridor studded with 19th-century lighthouses — exploring hidden coves, limestone headlands, and the tidal shallows of the lower St. Lawrence with a certified bilingual guide.
Journey into Charlevoix — Canada's original designated culinary terroir region — for a private, immersive tasting circuit spanning a heritage cheese fromagerie, a heritage-breed heritage farm, and a riverside table at one of Québec's most acclaimed farm-to-table restaurants.
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