Untouched coastline, magnificent whales, lovable puffins, majestic icebergs, Viking history and incredible natural beauty – this self-drive of Newfoundland truly has it all.
From colourful villages to dramatic glacial valleys, this ancient land has a plethora of hidden gems just waiting to be discovered.
Your tour highlights
- St John’s
- Bonavista Peninsula
- Avalon Peninsula
- Trinity
- Twillingate
- Deer Lake
- Norris Point
- St Anthony
- L’Anse aux Meadows
- Steady Brook
Tour itinerary
Collect your rental vehicle on arrival. The rest of the day is at leisure.
Today is dedicated to sightseeing in St John’s and the surrounding areas, including the most easterly point in North America. Perhaps stop at Quidi Vidi Brewery for a pint before returning to your hotel for the night.
Spend the day exploring the villages of the Avalon Peninsula. At Bay Bulls take a boat excursion to see whales and puffins, and at Ferryland visit the home of the original Colony of Avalon founded in 1621.
Leave St John’s and embark on your journey to the Bonavista Peninsula, known for its rugged coastlines and some of the oldest settlements in Newfoundland.
Explore this enchanting village full of restored white and pastel coloured clapboard houses set along a dramatic coastline. Opt to hike Gun Hill for 360 degree views or live the history of the area by joining the Trinity Pageant walking theatre.
Hike the Skerwink Trail at Port Rexton for a spectacular view of the surrounding villages set against the ocean, and then head north to the town of Bonavista, home to a striped lighthouse and a replica of John Cabot’s ship.
Pass through Terra Nova National Park and its coniferous forests, ponds and walking trails. Arrive in Twillingate for an afternoon iceberg watch boat tour, offering the chance to see icebergs, whales and spectacular views.
Today drive to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Gros Morne National Park, populated by little villages, bare-topped mountains and forests inhabited by moose and caribou.
This morning is free to explore the area with your rental car. This afternoon take a boat tour of the landlocked freshwater fjord of Western Brook Pond, carved by glaciers and home to plentiful waterfalls and wildlife.
Explore the glacial valleys and intriguing rock formations of Gros Morne National Park. Don’t miss the Tablelands, a rare outcrop of the Earth’s mantle pushed skyward half a billion years ago.
Stop to see the ancient cemeteries of the Maritime Archaic People at Port Au Choix National Historic Site before continuing on to St Anthony, the ‘Iceberg Capital of the World’.
Today visit the remains of the earliest European settlement in the Americas at the L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic site. Return to St Anthony for the night.
Make your way back down the peninsula to Norris Point and settle in for one more night.
Drive to Deer Lake Airport, where arrangements ends.
What you’ll see on the tour
Tour pricing:
from $5,645 (incl. drop fee)
2025 solo pricing from $10,050 (incl. drop fee)
To secure your place now:
Phone: 03 364 3400 or 0800 747 737
Email: [email protected]
Tour Inclusions:
- Tailor-made self-drive journey
- 13-nights’ accommodation
- 10 breakfasts
- 14-day full-size vehicle rental with unlimited kilometres and loss damage waiver with zero excess (based on 24-hour periods)
- Shared whale watching cruise
- Shared iceberg watching cruise
- Shared Western Brook Pond cruise
- National Historic Sites admissions in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Goods & Services Tax (GST)