Your itinerary
Day 1
Day 1: Welcome to Boston
Arrive in Boston, the ‘Cradle of Liberty’; explore its historic waterfront and revolutionary sites at leisure. Meet your Travel Director and fellow travellers this evening for a welcome dinner.
Meals: Dinner
Day 2
Day 2: Take a Historical Drive Through New England
Walk portions of the Freedom Trail, visiting Boston Common, Massachusetts State House, Granary Burying Ground, Old State House and Faneuil Hall. Continue to Lexington and Concord, then drive past New England farmlands to Vermont.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 3
Day 3: Uncover the Best of Vermont
In Northfield, enjoy a Be My Guest farmhouse lunch at Green Mountain Girls Farm and learn about regenerative farming. Optional Lake Champlain cruise; free time to explore Burlington’s waterfront, downtown and Church Street Marketplace.
Meals: Breakfast,Lunch
Day 4
Day 4: Discover Charming Stowe and Northern Vermont
Visit Stowe, then journey the Kancamagus Highway through White Mountain National Forest with scenic overlooks en route to North Conway.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 5
Day 5: Embrace Autumn Hues in North Conway
MAKE TRAVEL MATTER experience with Raven Wildlife Programs on New England ecology and wildlife. Enjoy a guided walk to Diana’s Baths in White Mountain National Forest.
Meals: Breakfast,Lunch
Day 6
Day 6: Savour the Flavours of Bar Harbor
Travel to Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island. Meet a Local Specialist and naturalist to learn about the lobster fishing industry, marine ecology and local ecosystems; savour a traditional lobster dinner.
Meals: Breakfast,Dinner
Day 7
Day 7: Trek Through Colourful Acadia National Park
Explore Acadia National Park, including Cadillac Mountain for panoramic coastal views. Return to Bar Harbor with free time or join an optional nature cruise on Frenchman Bay.
Meals: Breakfast
Day 8
Day 8: Take a Panoramic Drive Along the Marine Coast
Follow the Maine coast south to Portland; explore the historic port city at leisure before dinner with your group.
Meals: Breakfast,Dinner
Day 9
Day 9: Back to Boston and Beyond
Travel to Boston via a stop at Nubble Lighthouse. Continue to Boston for transfers to Boston Logan International Airport or to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
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Dining Summary
- 3 Dinner (D)
- 8 Breakfast (B)
- 2 Lunch (L)
Iconic Experience
- Boston: Boston’s colonial past comes to life as you walk portions of the Freedom Trail, a 2.5-mile-long path that encompasses significant locations to the history of the United States. Your Travel Director leads you on this mostly brick path that winds from Boston Common downtown through the North End to the Bunker Hill Monument passing through Paul Revere’s House and the Old North Church, enriching your visit with all of their insights into the local history. You’ll love this walk through history visiting sites dating back to the 1600s as well as those like Faneuil Hall which has now become a gathering spot for locals.
- North Conway: The fall colours of New England spring to life on the Kancamagus Highway, a 34.5-mile scenic drive along Rt. 112 in Northern New Hampshire known as one of the best fall foliage viewing areas in the country. Designated an American Scenic Byway, the Kancamagus Scenic Byway cuts through the White Mountain National Forest treating you with views of the White Mountains, the Swift River, Sabbaday Falls, Lower Falls and Rocky Gorge — reaching an elevation of just under 3,000 feet at its highest point at Kancamagus Pass.
- North Conway: From brilliant foliage to tumbling waterfalls, New Hampshire is an endless playground. Join an easy paced guided hike to Diana’s Baths – a series of small waterfalls located in the south-eastern corner of the town of Bartlett, within the White Mountain National Forest. You’ll love embracing the natural scenic beauty walking through this serene setting of rocks, ledges, falls and pools in the brook led by your knowledgeable guide.
- Bar Harbor: Join a Local Specialist and naturalist for a one-of-a-kind look into lobster fishing, marine ecology and local ecosystems. After you’ve gotten an understanding of this fascinating industry, savour a traditional New England lobster dinner. It’s a fascinating window into the Maine Lobster fishery, one of the oldest continually operated industries in North America, with the first documented catch dating back to the 1600s. Maine is the largest lobster-producing state in the nation harvesting over 100 million pounds of lobster each year.
- Acadia National Park: Acadia National Park, the first National Park established East of the Mississippi and home to Cadillac Mountain, the highest point along the Atlantic Seaboard. Stop at Hulls Cove Visitor Center before traveling along the Cadillac Summit Loop Trail to the top of Cadillac Mountain. You’ll beat the crowds, admiring the colors of the leaves as your Travel Director circles back to what you’ve learning during the Wabanaki Storytelling. Reflect on how this area is the homeland of the Wabanaki people.
- Bar Harbor: There’s no better way to experience Maine than on a scenic drive. On your coastal drive to Nubble Lighthouse, embrace the power of the Atlantic and the salty breeze.When you arrive, feel like you’re standing at the edge of the Earth as the waves roll in. Snap a picture of this quintessential Maine lighthouse, built in 1879 on a tiny, off-shore island, or ‘nubble,’ in York. Admire the Victorian keeper’s house with gingerbread trim and a lantern with miniature cast-iron lighthouses on its railing.
How You'll Travel
- Deluxe coach travel
- Selected hotel dinners plus a locally hosted meal
- Standard regional accommodation
Lake Champlain Scenic Cruise
Cruise the blue expanse of Lake Champlain on a narrated boat tour from Burlington’s working waterfront, with long views to the Green Mountains and Adirondacks.
This optional experience is offered at an additional cost and bookable on tour. Hear lake lore, Revolutionary War tales and shipwreck stories as you watch for cormorants and changing light on forested shores—an easy way to appreciate Vermont’s mountain-ringed inland sea.
Boston Freedom Trail Walk
Discover Boston’s colonial story on a guided Freedom Trail walk, tracing the red-brick path that links Boston Common, the solemn Granary Burying Ground, the Old State House and bustling Faneuil Hall.
Hear tales of protests and pamphlets that shaped a nation, see 17th- and 18th-century streetscapes, and sense the shift from Puritan town to revolutionary hotbed. Commentary brings patriots and ordinary citizens vividly to life amid church spires, cobbles and harbor breezes.
Lexington Battle Green & Concord’s North Bridge Heritage Visit
Visit the birthplace of open revolt on a heritage drive to Lexington Battle Green and Concord’s North Bridge, where militia stood fast and fired the ‘shot heard ’round the world’.
Explore Minute Man National Historical Park landscapes of stone walls and farm fields while your guide threads Paul Revere’s ride, colonial muster, and British retreat into a single, gripping story. Pause for photos and reflection where ordinary townspeople altered the course of history.
Vermont Route 100 Scenic Drive & Stowe Village
Soak up classic New England scenery on a Route 100 scenic drive through white-steepled villages, weathered barns and hillside maples en route to Stowe.
Learn how dairy farms, sugarhouses and covered bridges shaped Vermont’s identity while admiring forested ridgelines of the Green Mountains. In Stowe, wander quaint streets framed by church spires and clapboard houses, with mountain air carrying the scent of spruce and fresh-baked cider doughnuts.
Kancamagus Highway Scenic Byway
Travel the Kancamagus Highway, a 34.5-mile American Scenic Byway slicing through the White Mountain National Forest, famed for luminous autumn canopies.
Pull into overlooks above the Swift River, Sabbaday Falls and Rocky Gorge to frame misty valleys and granite peaks in your lens. Interpretive stops reveal Indigenous homelands and logging-era stories that echo among sugar maples, birch and spruce.
White Mountains Ecology Walk & Diana’s Baths
Join a Local Specialist for a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experience exploring Mount Washington valley ecosystems—how wildlife and plants navigate the seasons.
Continue on a gentle guided walk to Diana’s Baths, where Lucy Brook slips over polished granite ledges into clear pools beneath hemlock and pine. Your visit supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land and deepens appreciation for the region’s fragile habitats.
Lobster Fishing Presentation & Traditional Lobster Dinner
Meet a Local Specialist and naturalist to unpack Maine’s lobster fishing industry—from trap design and bait to conservation practices like V-notching and size limits that keep stocks healthy.
Cap the experience with a traditional New England lobster dinner, complete with drawn butter and classic sides. Stories of working waterfronts and fog-laced coves pair with the briny aroma of the Atlantic for a distinctly Down East evening.
Acadia National Park & Cadillac Mountain Panoramas
Explore Acadia National Park, tracing carriage-road vistas and rocky headlands to the summit of Cadillac Mountain for sweeping views over Frenchman Bay and the Porcupine Islands.
Learn how fire-shaped pink granite landscapes and spruce–fir forests, and why this coastal mountain is among the first places in the U.S. to greet sunrise in parts of the year. Coastal light, sea breeze and soaring horizons define this quintessential Maine panorama.
Maine Coast Route 1 Drive & Nubble Lighthouse
Follow Route 1 along the Maine coast, where bold granite ledges meet clapboard villages and working harbors under gull-dotted skies, culminating at Nubble Lighthouse in York.
Built in 1879 on a tiny “nubble” just offshore, the Cape Neddick Light pairs Victorian keeper’s house charm with Atlantic drama. Listen to surf and watch lobster boats as you pause for photos and reflection at one of New England’s most-photographed beacons.
Frenchman Bay Nature Cruise
Set out on a nature-focused Frenchman Bay cruise from Bar Harbor, circling the Porcupine Islands and Egg Rock Lighthouse while scanning for seals, eiders and soaring bald eagles.
This optional experience is offered at an additional cost and bookable on tour. Coastal geology, tides and seabird ecology come to life against the dramatic backdrop of Acadia National Park and a horizon flecked with rocky islets and working lobster boats.
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