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Drive the Dempster Highway Forget traffic jams – this bucket-list route takes in 458 miles of some of the
most untouched scenery in the world, between Dawson City in the Yukon and Inuvik in the Northwest Territories.
Along the way, learn about the history of the Klondike Gold Rush, go hiking in Tombstone Territorial Park and drive across the Arctic Circle.
Sail the Sunshine Coast British Columbia’s coastline is top road-trip territory, with ferry services connecting
straits of land between the bays and inlets that dot this shoreline. Travellers are likely to see more whales, bears, elk and other wildlife than
fellow tourists, bookending the trip with time in Vancouver and BC capital Victoria.
Mosey round the Maritimes Combine three Canadian provinces in one trip with a journey through Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Highlights include the Lighthouse Route to Lunenburg, the Fundy Coastal Drive and the
famous Cabot Trail – with plenty of stunning scenery and delicious seafood to be had on the way.
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
for beaver, moose, heron and more. Suggest swapping the car for a kayak, reminding clients to fortify themselves with maple syrup-laced pancakes before setting out. The next (and longest, at almost
four hours) drive takes them to the shores of Lake Huron at Manitoulin Island, where a hike with an Indigenous guide is a fascinating way to learn about the Anishinaabe peoples. To break up the journey back to Toronto, there’s a stop in picturesque Tobermory, the diving capital of the Great Lakes: clients who don’t dive can still see shipwrecks on
a glass-bottomed boat tour. Book it: Journeyscape’s Ontario in Depth itinerary is priced from £1,974, based on two sharing. Includes transfers and car hire, some meals and excursions, but excludes flights. Virgin Atlantic flights from Heathrow to Toronto start from £573 return.
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BEST FOR… WILDLIFE Prestige Travel’s Newfoundland and Labrador Explorer self-drive trip covers more than 1,300 miles of the region’s best spots over 15 days. Beginning in St John’s, Canada’s oldest city, clients can
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expect an array of art galleries, crayon-coloured houses and seafood bars serving the latest catch from lobster to oysters. The route then takes clients on a
five-hour drive to Twillingate, where two nights allows ample time to go whale-watching and spot icebergs. As they make their way to the former whaling town of L’Anse au Claire in northerly Labrador, they’ll go via Rocky Harbour for a hike into the fjords of Gros Morne National Park. En route back to St John’s, there
are two overnight stops in beachy Cow Head and Gander, a small town immersed in Atlantic aviation history and the setting for popular musical Come From Away. Denise Hunn, North America
programme manager at Prestige Travel, says: “I love this itinerary as the landscapes and experiences are so different to those found in other parts of Canada. Gros Morne National Park hosts a high density of moose and black bear, while the province has one of the world’s largest caribou herds, amazing colonies of bird species such as gannets and puffins, plus the waters
are home to 20 species of whale.” Book it: The 15-day Newfoundland
and Labrador Explorer costs from £3,250, based on two sharing. Includes car hire, an iceberg and whale-watching cruise, admission to Gros Morne National Park and flights departing September 1.
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BEST FOR… FAMILIES Taking kids around the country by car might not sound appealing – but introduce them to Canada’s dinosaur capital at Drumheller and they’ll have more to think about than asking ‘Are we nearly there yet?’ Starting with two nights in Calgary
to adjust to the new time zone, families can immerse themselves in Rocky Mountains landscapes at Banff, then move on to the Canadian Badlands, where canyons and cowboy culture meet dinosaur fossils and dark sky preserves. Archaeological digs are still underway at Dinosaur Provincial Park plus there are plenty of fossils on display at Canada’s only palaeontology museum. Lorna Curry, head of product
at First Class Holidays, says: “This is Alberta’s wild side, a road trip through landscapes created over millennia. The views are epic, with skies that reach as far as the eye can
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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador; Writing-on- Stone Provincial Park, Alberta; Aerial view of
Tobermory, Ontario PICTURES: Destination Canada; Travel Alberta/Michael Matti; Destination Ontario
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