Bruce Peninsula National Park and Fathom Five National Marine Park Visitor Centre — Attraction in Tobermory

Tobermory is about 2 hours away from Blue Mountain and 4 hours from Toronto. Bruce Peninsula National Park is an astonishing place as it has beautiful scenery and breathtaking views. We visited The Grotto mid August on a weekday. It requires reservation made in advance even if you are a Discovery Pass pass holder. Our reservation for The Grotto is from 5-9pm so our first stop is to go to the visitor centre where we can obtain a parking permit by showing the staff the Grotto reservation. There is no additional entry or parking fees to the Lookout Tower, Fathom Five National Park and Singing Sand. We arrived The Grotto at 445pm and the staff at the gate issued another permit for Grotto parking. We took the easy path and reached the first stop in 30 minutes where people can swim near the Grotto. It takes another 15 minutes to go to the Grotto itself. We saw many young adults dived into the lake, but I think it’s dangerous to dive in a non diving zone. In fact, there was a diving accident when I head out as I heard people calling 911, my heart sank and hope it wasn’t too serious. To conclude, visiting Bruce Peninsula is a very well worth day trip from Blue Mountain. Highly...

This is the place to start your visit to the National Parks of the Bruce Peninsula and Tobermory region. Watch the excellent 20 minute movie on the area, which will give you an idea of what there is to see and do in the Parks, as well as a great background on the local geology, flora and fauna. The interactive museum is interesting and the staff are very helpful and will guide visitors to other amazing alternatives, especially if your planned destination is full. Before leaving climb to the top of the VC tower, which is located on the highest point of land and will give you an amazing view of the Islands of Fathom Five, Tobermory and the head of the Peninsula. At the base of the tower is the start of a pleasant walking trail, which connects to the Bruce Trail and Little Dunks Bay, it is wheelchair accessible and a nice easy 30 minute walk, more athletic hikers can take the Burnt Point loop offshoot from here which will take from 1 to 2 hours extra, this is a trail that will take you to Dunks Point and spectacular views of Georgian Bay across to Flowerpot and Bears...

Nice exhibit inside. Wacky ticketing policy. I parked, and paid using an automated kiosk, which printed a pass. The pass said it was for parking, and that I should place it on the dashboard. Then I went inside the center. Was about to enter the exhibit area when I saw a sign saying I needed a pass. I went to the desk and asked about this. I told the young lady I had already paid for parking at the kiosk. She told me that pass was for entry to the park, I needed to pay an additional $15 for parking, and asked to see the pass I got from the kiosk, which she said was for park admission. I was incredulous, and said “so that means you pay for entry to the park in the parking lot, and parking in the visitor center?” She assured me that was the case. Maybe she needed more training. If not, then the system is...