Learn about our plants, wildlife and local ecology while hiking one of the most spectacular trails in Newfoundland. Your guide is a biologist who will lead you to a relatively undiscovered corner of our province.   

The hike starts close to a community where you will be introduced to many of the plant species brought here by the first European settlers. As you move towards the coastline the habitat changes to a rugged coastal heathland which has existed here for thousands of years. There are many plants which make up this habitat, many are edible or have medicinal uses and some are poisonous. As you move towards the cliffs you will experience some of the most beautiful, rugged scenery in the world … sea stacks, caves and an angry sea are common here.

During your hike you will be shown a ravens nest and the location where food is broken up for the chicks. We spend some time here talking about predators and their relationship to the seabirds.

The hike culminates at the tip of the peninsula as we approach “Puffin Island” … seabirds abound here including kittiwake, black guillemot, razorbill, cormorant and puffin. This is one of the best places in North America to view puffins!!!   

Visitors to this remote spot like to stay here a while taking in the sights and sounds of nature … this is “nature at its best”.

Our hikes are booked on demand and leave from our “Subsea Wonders” building next to the Harbour Quarters Inn, Bonavista.