Newfoundland & Labrador

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This is the place where sky, land and water embrace like old friends, where the day dawns first, and where history goes back 10,000 years!

There's So Much That Makes Us Special

Welcome to one of the world's most pristine and culturally inspiring destinations. Majestic coastlines embrace a diversity of unparalleled nature and old world charm, offering an authentic and sophisticated product mix for today's discerning traveller. This is a land that lives by the sea, in harmony with nature, compelling global history, abundant wildlife, and a distinct culture - known as the world's friendliest folk.

•   Two United Nations World Heritage Sites (UNESCO)
 -Gros Morne National Park - 20 times older that The Rockies.
 -L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site - only authentic Viking settlement in North America.

•  10 National Historic Sites, 10 Provincial Historic Sites, 3 Provincial Museums, and over 150 museums. Interpretation Centres celebrating English, Irish, French, Viking and Aboriginal cultures.

•  Ten-thousand-year-old-icebergs drift south as humpback whales migrate to the north, this is the place where their paths cross. View from land or coastal boat tours.

•  The most easterly point in North America, Cape Spear National Historic Site. Stand on the most easterly point in North America and be the first to view the dawn.

•  Meeting place of the world's largest ocean currents - the nutrient rich Arctic waters of the Labrador Current and the warm waters of the Gulf Stream mix on the Grand Banks giving way to a plethora of marine mammals and seabirds unlike anywhere else on our planet.

•  Newfoundland and Labrador has the largest population of spectacular humpback whales in the world, over 29 varieties of marine mammals and more species, more often and in more locations than anywhere else in Canada.

•  Seabird Capital of North America and home to some of the world's largest and most accessible seabird colonies, with over 35 million seabirds gathering every year! Come see northern gannets at Cape St. Mary's, kittiwakes, murres, Atlantic puffins, osprey, falcons, hawks, storm petrels, razorbills, and bald eagles.

• Largest Atlantic Puffin sanctuary in North America at the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve. Take a boat tour to see the provincial bird known to many as the Sea Parrot.

•  Nature Viewing on a grand scale with dramatic coastal drives - 17,000 kilometres (10,500 miles) of majestic coastline - fjords, inlets, coves, guts, bays and tickles...amidst picturesque historic towns and fishing villages complimented with a network of 31 provincial parks and ecological reserves.

•  Most accessible wildlife in North America.  Home of one of the largest barren ground caribou herds in the world - The George River Caribou - home of the southernmost woodland caribou herd in the world. Other abundant wildlife including 150,000 moose and 10,000 black bear.

• Northern Lights - the greatest natural light show on earth plays to audiences in Labrador over 240 nights a year.

•  Older than the Pyramids, Archaeological sites dating back 9,000 years, from aboriginal sites including Maritime Archaic Indian, Palaeoeskimo, and Beothuk Indians to European sites.

•  Marble Mountain - Best Skiing east of the Rockies and multi winter adventure packages including dog sledding, cat skiing and snowmobiling.

•  World Class Angling - Home to nearly two-thirds of North America's best Atlantic Salmon Rivers - more than 200 in all.  The land of the big Brook Trout and a world record landlocked salmon.

•  Outdoor adventures abound, bike to the edge of the bay, hike from the coastline to the highest mountain top, kayak through the deepest fjord.  Touted by some of the world's top paddlers as "one of the best on this planet". Multi-adventure and diverse activities for all levels.

•  Over 20 golf courses sculptured against the backdrop of our spectacular seacoast, waterfalls, tree lined fairways, and surrounding hills.

• Labrador - one of the world's last great frontiers.  A land of mystery and intrigue, with 300,000 Sq. Km. (115, 830 Sq. Mi.) of majestic wilderness to explore. A land that beckons adventurers; the photographer who has captured the image of the mighty whale or the beauty of Battle Harbour, the hiker who has explored the abandoned Moravian settlement at Hebron and the mountain climber who has scaled the Torngat Mountains.

•  Cultural richness - one of the most prolific arts communities in Canada, renowned for poetry, music, art, film, literature, and specialty fine arts and crafts.

• "The Rooms", a provincial cultural facility. This distinctive building serves as the permanent home for Newfoundland and Labrador artifacts, archival materials, and art gallery catering to the tour market.

•  Festivals and musical events...over 400 every year...and that doesn't include Aunt Sarah's kitchen party.

• Award wining Trinity Pageant and Gros Morne Theatre Festival - catch local favourites, historical pageants, and dinner theatres, set against the backdrop of our rugged coastline and historic sites.

• St. John's, the most easterly port city and one of the oldest settlements in North America, offering a sophisticated mix of fine art, nightlife, cuisine and a vibrant culture. City of Legends, city of walkways, rivers, hills and valleys, nestled among colourful houses of distinctive architecture.

• Signal Hill National Historic Site crowning the harbour of St. John's with its panoramic view of the Atlantic Ocean, city and port. Site of countless military endeavours over the centuries. Featuring the Signal Hill Tattoo in summer. Also the site where Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless transmission in 1901 and where the last battle of the Seven Years' War was fought by British and French troops in St. John's in 1762.

•  Visit the "Earth's Geological Showcase" at The Johnson Geo Centre telling the amazing life-story of our planet and our people.

•  Largest Day Spa east of Montreal - "Spa At The Monastery" complementing first class accommodations and Incentive travel programs.

•  Authentic cuisine - cod tongues, cod cheeks, caribou, show crab, lobster, salmon, moose, salt fish and brewis, toutons and succulent bake apples, wild berries, tea, and lassy buns. Iceberg vodka, specialty wines, screech and local beers to quench your thirst.

• International cruise destination and adventure expedition circumnavigation destination. Featuring over 22 ports of call.

•  Newfoundlanders and Labradorians are renowned for their hospitality, quick wit, and endless charm, known as the "friendliest folk in the world". Come for a chat.