4-Day Maritimes Adventure Itinerary & Whale Watching Guide 🐋

Most Maritimes travel guides recommend at least a week, but here's a "special forces" condensed 4-day version! ✅ Doable with early starts—though 5-6 days would be more relaxed. Day 0: Fly to Halifax ✈️ Evening flight from Toronto to Halifax Day 1: Halifax & Coastal Gems 📍 Halifax Downtown Spring Garden Rd: Main shopping street Public Gardens: Victorian-era floral oasis Citadel National Historic Site: Star-shaped 18th-century fort Maritime Museum: Titanic artifacts & local nautical history Waterfront Boardwalk: Scenic harbor stroll 📍 Peggy’s Cove 🌅 Canada’s most photographed lighthouse (warning: no Instagramming near waves!) 📍 Lunenburg UNESCO World Heritage Site with rainbow-colored houses 📍 Digby 🐚 "Scallop Capital of the World" Bay of Fundy: Home to Earth’s highest tides (16m swings!) and prime whale habitat Day 2: Whale Watching Extravaganza 📍 Brier Island 🐋 Humpback whales (near 100% summer sighting rate!) Bonus: Sunbathing seal colonies 🦭 ⛴️ Bay Ferry to New Brunswick Scenic shortcut to NB—way better than driving! Day 3: New Brunswick Wonders 📍 Reversing Falls Where the Saint John River flows backward at high tide 📍 Hopewell Rocks 🪨 Walk the ocean floor at low tide among flowerpot-shaped rock formations 📍 Magnetic Hill 🧲 Optical illusion makes cars roll uphill 📍 Giant Lobster 🦞 11-meter-long crustacean statue (Shediac’s pride) 🌉 Cross Confederation Bridge to PEI (world’s longest ice-covered bridge!) Day 4: Prince Edward Island Charm 📍 Charlottetown Birthplace of Canadian Confederation 📍 COWS Creamery 🍦 Canada’s best ice cream (try "Wowie Cowie" flavor!) 📍 Victoria Park Lighthouse-dotted coastal trail 📍 Green Gables Anne of Green Gables literary landmark 📸 Pro tips & pitfalls in the photo captions! #MaritimesTravel #WhaleWatching #CanadaRoadTrip #EastCoastAdventure