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North Shore PEI Tour: Self-Guided Exploration
4.1
24 Ratings
Charlottetown
Kindly use the Tour code provided after booking, rather than your Booking number, when redeeming your Tour. Discover the renowned North Shore area of PEI at your leisure with a 6th Generation Born Islander. You’ll gain all the insights from a large Bus Tour, along with numerous additional anecdotes.
Kindly use the Tour code provided after booking, rather than your Booking number, when redeeming your Tour. Discover the renowned North Shore area of PEI at your leisure with a 6th Generation Born Islander. You’ll gain all the insights from a large Bus Tour, along with numerous additional anecdotes.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Province House National Historic Site - The tour will pass by Province House, where the Fathers of Confederation first convened to discuss the formation of Canada.
- Charlottetown - Upon leaving the city, the tour will highlight attractions such as St. Dunstan’s Church and Red Shores Casino. As the journey continues beyond the city, various…
- Province House National Historic Site - The tour will pass by Province House, where the Fathers of Confederation first convened to discuss the formation of Canada.
- Charlottetown - Upon leaving the city, the tour will highlight attractions such as St. Dunstan’s Church and Red Shores Casino. As the journey continues beyond the city, various topics, including the general history of PEI, will be discussed.
- Covehead Harbour Lighthouse - The tour will explore the history of the lighthouse and the Yankee Gale of 1851 that occurred off the shores of PEI.
- Dalvay Beach - Entering the national park, the tour will pass by Dalvay By the Sea Hotel, sharing insights about its past as a summer home.
- The Dunes Studio Gallery & Cafe - The tour will pass by this renowned PEI shop, home to an art gallery, PEI arts and crafts, gifts, and beautiful gardens. Visitors are welcome to stop in if they wish.
- Farmers’ Bank of Rustico Museum & Doucet House - The tour will discuss the bank’s history and pause briefly for a chat. Visitors are encouraged to explore the museum to learn more about the bank’s history. The Doucet House, the oldest on PEI, is also located here.
- North Rustico - The tour will drive through the charming town of North Rustico, delving into its history and the Acadian presence on PEI. Attractions such as the Rotating House and the North Rustico Lighthouse will be highlighted, along with the significance of fishing to PEI.
- Prince Edward Island National Park - The tour will enter the second section of the PEI National Park, offering scenic views and insights into PEI’s past.
- Cavendish - The tour will pass by the famous Cavendish Cliffs, providing information about Cavendish’s history and the renowned Marco Polo ship. Visitors are welcome to check out the viewing platform overlooking the famous Cavendish Beach.
- Green Gables - The tour will stop at the Green Gables Heritage Site, where Lucy Maud Montgomery drew inspiration for her famous book, “Anne of Green Gables.” A brief discussion will take place, and visitors are welcome to explore the site.
- New Glasgow - As the tour returns to Charlottetown through the rolling countryside, various industries on PEI and historical points will be discussed.
- Brackley Beach - Continuing through the first section of the PEI National Park, the tour will pass by the famous Brackley Beach while discussing various PEI topics.
What's Included
- Receive Tour Code after booking
- Use Tour Code, not booking number
- Access tour via Voicemap app
- App provides history and directions
- Receive Tour Code after booking
- Use Tour Code, not booking number
- Access tour via Voicemap app
- App provides history and directions
What's Not Included
- Entry Toll into PEI National Park. Please note it is free for Summer of 2025 now
- Any sites you decide to explore such as Farmers Bank and Green Gables Heritage Site.
- Entry Toll into PEI National Park. Please note it is free for Summer of 2025 now
- Any sites you decide to explore such as Farmers Bank and Green Gables Heritage Site.
Location
Charlottetown Visitor Information Centre
Prince Street
The Tour Starts at the Charlottetown Visitor Information Centre at 6 Prince Street. I will ask you to stop/pull over outside the Building for a minute while we start the Tour .
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.1
(24 Ratings)
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Dianna_f
Oct 25, 2025
PEI in a Day - This is a thorough, well-thought out tour that allows you to see a variety of sites, neighborhoods, attractions, restaurants and shops. It also tells interesting historical facts about PEI. The navigation was on point!
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Lynn_g
Oct 23, 2025
Beautiful, Relaxing and Flexible - We absolutely loved the self-guided tour of PEI’s North Shore! The route was well planned — from stunning coastal views and red-sand beaches to quaint fishing villages and scenic lookouts. Having the flexibility to explore at our own pace made it feel really personal. Highlights for us were Cavendish Beach, the dunes in PEI National Park, and the charming stops along the way for local art. We really enjoyed visiting the Anne of Green Gable museum and even took a stroll thru lovers lane.
The directions were clear, the history was interesting without being overwhelming. Thank you Josh. Highly recommend to anyone visiting the island — especially if you like to explore independently but still want a bit of guidance and local flavour!
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Safari13213336472
Oct 9, 2025
Great value for the money! - Josh took us from Charlottetown north to Rustico, Cavendish, and back to Charlottetown in a pretty big loop, combining some PEI history and interesting anecdotes with some excellent suggestions for additional things to do. It took us about 3 hours to do the loop. My biggest complaint, (and it’s really more of a comment) is that Josh could be more precise in his diction, as it was sometimes difficult to hear what he said. That aside, he gave a great tour, and may have inspired us to try creating one in our very picturesque area of the Finger Lakes in western New York!
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322katil
Oct 1, 2025
Wonderful day!!! - We had a few issues which I imagine were operator error since we are technologically challenged! Josh was so patient, kind and helpful! We were able to find our way through the tour and had a wonderful day!!! Josh shares so much insight and we learned a lot about PEI!!
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Judy_w
Sep 26, 2025
Great driving tour of PEI - App was easy to use and the directions were spot on. Excellent tour with history and facts about PEI.
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Donnabsalem_ma
Sep 25, 2025
A must do! - Very informative with local history and incredible view stops. Very pleasant voice and calm specific directions well timed. Highly recommended.
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Paulwi3382ea
Oct 12, 2025
Great self guided tour after we got it working - This was our first time in P.E.I. And it is a wonderful place to visit! The self guided audio tour was very good once we were able to get it working. The process through Trip Advisor was not user-friendly. It kept asking for payment even though it was paid and the code was received. After we finally got it started the tour was great. Josh’s directions and narrative along the way was very good and informative, but his diction occasionally made it difficult to understand, and with only two stops before the end of the tour it just quit! No big problem. Our GPS got us back to Charlottetown.
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Gregory_s
Sep 20, 2025
Great App - It was nice to travel in my own vehicle and still have a virtual travel guide to narrate points of interest. The app worked well and kept us on track. would recommend.
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Sandra_c
Oct 11, 2025
Great idea but much improvement neededent needed - This is a great concept. We still managed to have a good day.
However this tour was problematic and caused considerable stress from start to finish. It was difficult to get started and took us over an hour to work out when time was precious. Tourist Information centre were sooo helpful but they too struggled to get the tour loaded. Once we finally had the app..after some more delay we discovered you had to have your car at an exact spot for the tour to start. So saying start outside tourist info centre is not exact enough.
The route was excellent but the interesting commentary muffled, too quiet to hear without straining and the speaker spoke very quickly..not smart as tourists have to deal with accent issues as well as driving and following directions.
As for the direction instructions...these were simply frustrating. Mostly the first couple of words cut out of every instruction....sadly this was usually the turn right or turn left instruction. We met other travellers at the end of this tour and they too had this same frustration.
Certainly you need to take photos on a different device otherwise you will spend frustrating time like us trying to refind your tour on the app.Towards the end we just gave up and found our own way to the Anne of Green Gables house and the preserve company.
We cannot recommend this tour but with some upgrading it could be excellent.
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Joseph_g
Dec 11, 2025
We are relatively... - We are relatively computer neophytes, and could not navigate in the direction we wished to travel. It was quite frustrating. A recommended course of travel is a fine thing, but being more flexible and able to open a description ‘on demand’, we feel, would be beneficial..
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