Southern New Brunswick Road Trip: Whales, Tides, and Outdoor Adventures

Exploring Southern New Brunswick

• 🚗 Kirsten Maxwell shares her family's road trip through Southern New Brunswick, highlighting its outdoor adventures and stunning scenery.
• 💡 The province is recommended for families seeking outdoor activities, with a focus on adventure and beautiful landscapes.

Bay of Fundy Wonders

• 🐳 A whale watching tour in St. Andrews offered sightings of finback whales, bald eagles, and dolphins, emphasizing the need to wear layers due to cooler temperatures.
• 🌊 The Bay of Fundy is noted for having the highest tides in the world, with a dramatic 47-foot difference observed between low and high tide.
• 🏞️ St. Martin's Cave provides a unique experience to witness the tide's change, allowing exploration of caves at low tide and kayaking up to them at high tide.
• 🚶‍♀️ The Fundy Trail Parkway offers scenic viewpoints, a waterfall, a suspension bridge, and unique rock formations like Flower Pot Rocks.

Coastal and Inland Attractions

• 🏞️ Fundy National Park, accessible via the small town of Alma, features numerous waterfalls and hiking trails, with Dixon Falls being an easily accessible option.
• 🗼 Cape Enrage is highlighted for its lighthouse and a thrilling zipline experience offering views over the Bay of Fundy, especially recommended for the zipline activity.
• 🪨 Hopewell Rocks is a famous spot showcasing the full effect of the Bay of Fundy's tides, allowing visitors to walk on the ocean floor amidst seaweed and kelp.
• 💎 Near Amherst, Nova Scotia, the Joggins Fossil Cliffs offer a chance to find fossils from the age of coal (300 million years ago) and see evidence of ancient plant and animal life.

City Experiences and Surprises

• 🍎 St. John, the only large city on the Bay of Fundy, boasts a historic farmers market and the New Brunswick Museum with a whale skeleton exhibit.
• 🚗 Moncton features a unique Magnetic Hill where cars appear to roll uphill in neutral and vibrant street art that can be explored on a scavenger hunt.
• 🌲 A major surprise about New Brunswick was its overwhelming greenness and abundance of nature, offering an unplugged outdoor adventure experience.
• 🏨 Recommended accommodations include the Algonquin Resort in St. Andrews and an Airbnb in St. George.

Travel Tips and Recommendations

• 🦞 The Giant Lobster in Shediac is mentioned as a kitschy attraction that can be skipped.
• 🗺️ The trip primarily covered the Southern edge of New Brunswick, with much more of the province to explore.
• 🗣️ A surprising aspect was the variety of poutine offerings, including Thanksgiving and barbecue flavors.
• 🌲 The overall experience is summarized as an awesome outdoors experience.