Algonquin Provincial Park, 5 Day Canoe & Log Cabin
Algonquin Provincial Park
Enjoy this 5 day tour on the Algonquin Canoe & Log Cabin Adventure, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario.
Highlights
- Algonquin Provincial Park
- A hike along the trail to Music Lake
- Day 1 - Toronto to Algonquin Provincial Park
- Day 2 - Hiking and Canoeing in Algonquin Provincial Park
- Day 3 - Algonquin Provincial Park to Toronto
- Day 4 - Algonquin Log Cabin, Algonquin Provincial Park
- Day 5 - Algonquin Provincial Park to Toronto / End of Package
- Additional Information
Your adventure begins with the Voyageur Quest shuttle van picking you up at your downtown hotel (pick ups start at 07:00), or at the Algonquin Log Cabin (12:30) at the northwest corner of Algonquin Park if you are driving yourself. After lunch, the group loads their packs and departs by canoe into Algonquin Park, receiving a lesson on paddling along the way. Camp is set camp on a scenic point covered in Red Pines, followed by a delicious meal cooked by a campfire. Relax under the stars before retiring to individual tents for the evening. Dinner included. Overnight tent camping in Algonquin Park.
Meals Included: Halfboard
After a tasty breakfast, break camp and paddle east through a series of classic Algonquin Park lakes. A floating lunch provides the energy to paddle up a bog with great opportunities to see beaver, Great Blue herons and moose. The final stop is on a beautiful lake with time to hike, swim, fish or relax. Enjoy freshly baked bannock bread cooked over the fire and listen to legends and myths of travelling through the
Canadian wilderness. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included. Overnight tent camping in Algonquin Park.
The smell of fresh coffee and bacon frying for breakfast starts the day, followed by a hike through a mixed maple forest, learning about the unique mix of flora and fauna. Discover how to paddle and navigate a canoe solo, stopping along the way for a large smorgasbord lunch. Reaching the shore landing in the late afternoon, transfer by truck to the Algonquin Log Cabin. Check into your room, take a shower, enjoy the sauna, and perhaps indulge with some wine and cheese followed by a delicious dinner at the Algonquin Log Cabin. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and wine & cheese reception included Overnight at the Algonquin Log Cabin.
Meals Included: FullboardAlgonquin Log Cabin
After breakfast, head out for the day to explore the trails around the Algonquin Log Cabin. A hike along the trail to Music Lake features an interpretation of the boreal forest, the beaver pond, and spruce bogs. Partake in a picnic lunch at Music Lake before hiking to Surprise Lake where a 26-foot (8 metre) Voyageur Canoe awaits. Enjoy a leisurely paddle on an island hopping route down the lake before arriving back at the Algonquin Log Cabin. The remainder of the afternoon is free to relax, swim or take a sauna. A uniquely Canadian dinner is followed by a “Voices of Algonquin” night paddle. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included. Overnight at the Algonquin Log Cabin.
Meals Included: FullboardAlgonquin Log Cabin
After breakfast, take one last excursion on a morning wild edible walk to Lookout Bluff overlooking Algonquin lakes and work up an appetite for a delicious lunch. Afterwards is at leisure until your shuttle departs back to downtown Toronto, arriving in the city by 16:00 (shuttle applicable to package including transfers). Breakfast and lunch included.
Meals Included: Halfboard
YOUR ADVENTURE INCLUDES:
- Accommodation for 4 nights: 2 nights camping, and 2 nights at the Algonquin Log Cabin
- Meals: Full board starting with lunch on Day 1 and ending with lunch on Day 5
- Fully guided canoe trip and guided canoe and hiking excursions at the Algonquin Log Cabin
- Roundtrip van shuttle transfer from downtown Toronto to Voyageur Quest canoe outpost (applicable for package including transfers)
- Canoes and equipment
- Provincial Taxes and Federal HST
ACCOMMODATION DESCRIPTION:
The Algonquin Log Cabin, beautifully situated on the shores of Surprise Lake, can accommodate up to 12 guests and offers comfortable amenities while preserving an interior decor that is simple and in harmony with nature. Cabin features include shared indoor washroom facilities, kitchen, dining area with fireplace, lounge, double occupancy rooms, wide porch, and sauna with access to hot shower (separate building). There is no cell phone coverage or electricity in the cabin.
PACKING SUGGESTIONS:
Bring a rain jacket (with hat or hood) and trousers, wool or fleece sweater, long jeans or cotton pants, shorts, cotton T-shirt or shirt with long sleeves, swimsuit, towel, two pairs of shoes – running shoes or lightweight hiking boots, sun hat, personal toiletries, sun lotion, glasses, insect repellent, flashlight and pocket knife. long underwear and mittens are recommended in May, June, September and October. Bring your own alcoholic beverages.
SPECIAL NOTES:
- All guests are required to sign a waiver of liability prior to departure and to call 24 hours ahead a supplier to confirm pick-up location and transfer times
- Gratuities are not included
- Advise of allergies and / or dietary requirements at the time of booking
HOW TO GET THERE:
From Toronto - 302 km or approximately 3 ½ hours driving. Take highway 401 (east or west) to highway 400. Go north on highway 400 towards Barrie. At Barrie, follow signs for highway 11 north to North Bay. Continue on highway 11 north past Huntsville to the town of South River. Look for Boundary/Mountainview Rd Exist 282. Take this exit 2.5 km towards South River. Turn left onto Highway 124 (old Hwy 11) at the intersection beside the new high school (on your right) and follow for 2.5 km.
At South River- Turn east onto Ottawa Ave (right turn from Toronto, left turn from North Bay). Follow Ottawa Avenue east out of town. It will bend
a number of times and you will travel past Swift Canoes, Tracs Outfitters and eventually over a bridge. Once over the bridge, follow the road approximately 25 minutes (about 17-18 km). Turn left at the Forestry Road sign. The electricity poles also make the left hand turn at the WENDIGO LAKE sign. Follow the Forestry Road for 5.6 km past Camp Wendigo to the first left hand turn (this will be 2.3 km past Camp Wendigo.) There is a Voyageur Quest sign on yourleft. Make a left turn at this intersection and follow 0.8 km to the Algonquin Log Cabin by: Following road to V - stay left (you will see a VQ sign as well as other cottage signs). Follow past white cottages – staying left to the Algonquin Log Cabin driveway. GPS reference is 45.9566, - 79.233.
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