• 6 Dinner (D)
• 13 Breakfast (B)
• 1 Lunch (L)

• Ottawa: Gain new culinary skills and learn more about regional cuisine with a local chef during a cooking demonstration at C’est Bon.

• Embark on a cruise to the base of Niagara Falls.
• Visit historic Kingston • Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal • Ile d’Orleans • Quebec City • Acadia National Park • Kennebunkport • Boston’s Freedom Trail • Times Square in NYC • Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell • Washington D.C.
• City tours of Montreal, Quebec City and New York City with Local Experts; Washington, D.C.
• dinner in Toronto • Cooking Demonstration and three-course Highlight Dinner in Ottawa • dinner in Washington, D.C.

• Top-rated dining, from farm-to-table to local restaurants
• 4 & 5-star stays
• Business class coach with extended leg room

• Toronto: Delve into Canadian specialities during dinner in the nation’s largest city.
• Ottawa: Hosted by a chef from Ottawa’s C’est Bon Cooking School, enjoy a Forest to Table cooking demonstration and dinner. Learn how foraged ingredients are gathered and used to shape your gluten-free, vegetarian menu. This hands-on experience may see you step in as sous chef before savouring a three-course feast paired with wine in the Just Food barn venue.
• Trois-Rivieres: Guests enjoy a traditional Sugar shack (Cabane sucre) lunch full of traditional staples and the French-Canadian hospitality.
• Quebec City: Savour the evening in an intimate setting as you enjoy a Highlight Dinner in historic Old Quebec. 
• Washington: Join your Travel Director and fellow guests for a dinner and toast to new friends and fantastic memories.

• Quebec City: Experience Montmorency Falls, the remarkable natural wonder that towers 30 meters higher than Niagara Falls. Walk the full width of the falls on a suspension bridge between both sides of the park with roaring water below for a unique, adrenaline filled perspective. If you’re feeling more adventurous, take the 487 panoramic staircase down along the cliff.
• Quebec City: Get up close and personal discovering metal craftsmanship at the copper art studio. Learn how – beginning with a Jewellery box decorated with tin and embossed copper panels – the repoussé technique has been passed down in the Gilles family for over 90 years. After seeing a collection of fascinating copper art, experiment for yourself using thin sheets of copper and tools to create your own work or art.
• New York City: Newly constructed in Midtown Manhattan, Summit One Vanderbilt has amazing views of the NYC skyline, especially the Chrysler Building. Summit One has four levels of multi-sensory space that represent art and design. With amazing views of the NYC skyline, guests will walkthrough a five-part-story-driven immersive art experience that includes reflective glass, optical illusions and art installations meant to challenge your perspective. Outside, there is also a wrap-around viewing deck that allows for amazing views and photos
• New York City: Embark on a captivating 2.5-hour walking tour through the heart of New York City, starting at the iconic Grand Central Terminal and learn the storied transportation legacy of this historic landmark. Immerse yourself in the luminosity of Broadway in the Theatre District, marvel at the architectural opulence of Radio City Music Hall, pause to contemplate the grandeur of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and explore the legendary Rockefeller Center with its Art Deco splendour. Traverse the celebrated Fifth Avenue, discovering both highlights and hidden gems in this renowned shopping and cultural district. Conclude the journey at your hotel.

• New York City: This late afternoon, enjoy a visit to Essex Market, a cornerstone of the Lower East Side for over 100 years. Meet and hear the stories of local vendors while tasting their noteworthy specialities from around the world. Enjoy and learn from a live cooking demonstration while hearing how our visit to this non-profit run market contributes to countless programs aimed to provide quality, affordable food to the community and foster entrepreneurship as well as economic development.  

Step inside Notre-Dame Basilica in Old Montréal to see its Gothic Revival arches, carved woodwork and richly coloured stained glass. Look up at the deep-blue ceiling scattered with golden stars.

Opened in the 19th century, the basilica is closely tied to Montréal’s religious and civic history. Its star-filled interior creates a striking contrast with the stone streets outside, rewarding time spent looking at the details of its craftsmanship.

Visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Washington’s National Mall. Explore exhibitions that document African American life through historical objects, personal accounts and contributions to politics, sport, art and entertainment.

Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum examines stories that have shaped the United States across generations. Its collections offer space to consider resilience, achievement and the continuing pursuit of equality through the experiences of individuals and communities.

Insight Vacations

Meet your fellow travellers over a welcome dinner with wine in Toronto. The shared table offers an introduction to the people travelling with you and to the city’s varied food scene.

Taste Canadian specialities in a city shaped by communities from around the world. Toronto’s neighbourhood restaurants reflect that mix of influences, making a meal together a fitting way to begin exploring eastern Canada.

Discover Toronto’s principal sights on a city sightseeing tour. See how the streets of Canada’s largest city bring together civic landmarks, established neighbourhoods and the energy of its downtown.

Toronto stands on the shore of Lake Ontario, where waterfront views and a skyline of modern towers contrast with older stone buildings. This introduction helps you get your bearings in a city known for its cultural and culinary diversity.

Explore Niagara-on-the-Lake, a flower-filled town near the shores of Lake Ontario. Take in its tree-lined streets, period architecture and small shops in the heart of Ontario wine country.

The town retains much of its 19th-century character, offering a quieter perspective on the Niagara region. Its historic streets and gardens make this a distinct stop from the nearby falls, with time to appreciate the town’s preserved streetscape.

Cruise towards the base of Niagara Falls aboard a state-of-the-art eco-catamaran. Watch the falling water fill your view as the roar grows louder and cool spray reaches the deck.

From the water, experience the scale of a natural landmark formed along the Niagara River between Canada and the United States. The close-range vantage point reveals the power and mist of the falls in a way that distant viewpoints cannot.

View the historic buildings, churches and fortifications of Kingston, Ontario. Known as the Limestone City, Kingston displays the pale stone used in many of its long-standing civic and military structures.

At the meeting of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River, the city held strategic importance in Canada’s early history. Its limestone streetscape gives this sightseeing stop a character quite different from the larger cities on the tour.

Cook with a chef from C’est Bon Cooking School during a hands-on demonstration in Ottawa. Learn how ingredients such as maple sugar, haskaps, Labrador tea and wildflowers can bring local flavour to a meal.

The experience explores sustainable food and farming practices and may give you a turn as sous-chef. Enjoy the resulting three-course, wine-paired dinner in the Just Food barn, where the setting keeps the connection between ingredients and their origins in view.

Explore Ottawa’s stately boulevards on a guided tour of Canada’s capital. See the city’s formal avenues and civic setting while learning how Ottawa serves as the seat of the federal government.

Set beside the Ottawa River, the capital combines monumental public spaces with a walkable urban core. The tour offers a closer look at Canada’s national capital beyond its role as a stop between Ontario and Québec.

Join a Local Specialist to explore Old Montréal, from its cobbled streets and lively squares to the historic Old Port and Place Jacques-Cartier. See how older architecture sits alongside today’s cafés, shops and street life.

The tour also takes in Mount Royal, the hill that gave Montréal its name and offers views across the city. Together, these places reveal the city’s French-speaking heritage and its continuing energy as a cultural centre.

Taste maple syrup crafted on-site during a visit to a traditional Québec sugar shack. Enjoy a lunch of French-Canadian staples and discover how maple flavour finds its way into the region’s cooking.

Known locally as a cabane à sucre, the sugar shack is rooted in the spring tradition of collecting and boiling maple sap. The meal brings that food heritage to the table through the warmth of local hospitality and the distinctive sweetness of Québec maple.

Choose to explore Montmorency Falls Park near Québec City. Walk the suspension bridge above the rushing water for a view across the full width of the falls; those seeking a more active route can take the panoramic staircase along the cliff.

At approximately 84 metres high, Montmorency Falls rises higher than Niagara Falls before its water reaches the St. Lawrence River. This is one of two included Québec-area Choice experiences; the alternative is a copper art studio visit.

Choose to visit a copper art studio near Québec City for a guided tour and craft demonstration. Examine finished pieces, learn how designs are raised from metal using repoussé techniques and try working a thin copper sheet with tools yourself.

The visit introduces a craft passed down through the Gilles family for generations, turning a material often seen in architecture into detailed artwork. This is one of two included Québec-area Choice experiences; the alternative is Montmorency Falls Park.

Explore Old Québec with a Local Specialist, seeing the Plains of Abraham, City Hall and Place Royale, along with views of the landmark Château Frontenac. Hear how French and British chapters of the city’s history shaped its streets and public spaces.

Old Québec is a UNESCO World Heritage site, recognised for its historic urban landscape and fortifications. The guided tour brings context to one of North America’s oldest European settlements and its distinctive French-speaking culture.

Dine together in historic Old Québec at a Highlight Dinner shared with fellow travellers. The intimate setting gives the meal a sense of place amid the streets of the city’s old quarter.

Québec’s French-speaking food culture has developed through generations of local cooking and hospitality. An evening meal here offers time to soak in the atmosphere of Old Québec while enjoying conversation around the table, rather than simply stopping for dinner en route.

Follow part of Boston’s Freedom Trail with your Travel Director. Trace its red-brick route to places connected with the American Revolution, including the Old State House and the meeting house associated with the planning of the Boston Tea Party.

Boston’s compact historic centre makes the events of the 1770s tangible on foot. The walk links surviving landmarks with the people and arguments that shaped America’s struggle for independence.

Choose to visit SUMMIT One Vanderbilt in Midtown Manhattan, where elevated views meet reflective surfaces and immersive art installations. Move through the multi-level spaces and take in close views of the Chrysler Building and the wider New York skyline.

The experience uses mirrors, light and optical effects to make familiar city views feel different from each angle. An outdoor viewing area adds a fresh perspective for skyline photography. This is one of two included New York Choice experiences; the alternative is a guided Midtown walk.

Choose a guided walk through Midtown Manhattan with a Local Specialist. Discover Grand Central Terminal’s transport heritage and see Broadway’s Theatre District, Radio City Music Hall, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Rockefeller Center and Fifth Avenue.

Over approximately 2.5 hours, the walk brings together Art Deco landmarks and busy city streets, with architectural details and local stories that are easy to miss at street level. This is one of two included New York Choice experiences; the alternative is SUMMIT One Vanderbilt.

Explore Manhattan with a Local Specialist, taking in the lights of Times Square and the Art Deco setting of Rockefeller Center. View skyline icons including the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building.

These landmarks tell different chapters of New York’s growth, from its early-20th-century skyscraper race to the theatre and entertainment culture of Midtown. The tour offers a guided introduction to the city’s most recognisable streets and skyline.

Meet vendors and taste their specialities at Essex Market on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Hear the stories behind their stalls and watch a live cooking demonstration that brings market ingredients into focus.

A neighbourhood fixture for more than a century, Essex Market reflects the Lower East Side’s many food traditions. The visit also introduces the market’s work to support affordable food and local entrepreneurship, adding community context to the flavours passed across the counter.

Explore Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia with your Travel Director and visit the Liberty Bell. See its famous crack and read the inscription calling on people to proclaim liberty.

The surrounding historic district preserves places central to the founding of the United States, including the area where independence was debated and declared. Standing before the Liberty Bell offers a close look at a symbol whose meaning has continued to evolve.

Tour the capital’s historic streets to see the White House, Washington Monument and National Mall. Take in the broad civic spaces that connect the nation’s institutions and memorials.

At the Lincoln Memorial and World War II Memorial, reflect on the people and events they commemorate. This sightseeing tour places Washington’s familiar landmarks within the larger story of the United States, from its founding ideals to periods of conflict and change.

Soar above the Niagara region on an optional helicopter flight. Look down on the Whirlpool Rapids, Rainbow Bridge, American Falls and Canadian Horseshoe Falls, with the Skylon Tower and surrounding landscape helping reveal the scale of the scene.

From the air, the curves of the river and the mist rising from the falls become part of one sweeping view. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Visit the top of Toronto’s CN Tower for panoramic views across the skyline and Lake Ontario. Explore visual exhibits that tell the story of the tower’s construction and engineering.

Completed in 1976, the tower has long been a defining feature of Toronto’s skyline. Its elevated viewpoint brings the city’s lakeshore setting into focus, from the dense downtown streets to the water beyond. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Choose an evening Illuminations Tour to see Washington, D.C.’s capital sights after dark. Experience a different atmosphere as lighting picks out the forms of the city’s monumental buildings and memorials.

Washington’s broad avenues and ceremonial spaces take on a quieter character in the evening. The tour offers a chance to view familiar national landmarks in a new light. It is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Visit Madahòkì Farm in Ottawa and experience a traditional powwow dance. Learn about the diversity of Indigenous cultures across Canada and the role of dance in keeping cultural practices active.

This MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® experience also introduces efforts to support traditional arts through partnerships with Elders and artisans. The visit connects cultural learning with a project that supports Indigenous makers and teaching opportunities.