Sample Trip Itinerary

Day 1 - Sunday Arrival & Orientation.

Tour Gros Morne offers a shuttle from Deer Lake Airport to your accommodations. We will then meet at 6:30 pm for an evening orientation and dinner.

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Day 2 - Green Gardens; 10 km, 300 meters, moderate.

Your guide will shuttle you to the Green Gardens trailhead. This trail, which descends 300m to sea level, is one of the most diverse hikes in the park. The route descends from the Earth’s mantle of the Tablelands, traverses Arctic alpine rock gardens and descends into the boreal forest valley featuring some of the oldest and largest trees in the park. At the coast, explore the grassy meadows, rock pillars, ancient volcanic sea-stacks and rugged cliffs left behind from an ancient volcanic island. We head to the coastline and find the hidden waterfalls and sea caves.

Duration: 5 hours over rock, meadow, forest and stone

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Day 3 - Western Brook Pond 6km, easy

Today we explore the culture, history and relax on Western Brook Pond with a boat tour. Your guide will shuttle you to Lobster Cove Head Lighthouse to learn about the local history of the area. Next, we walk through time at the Green Point geological site as we discover fossils at our feet. We head over the coastal lowlands across bogs and barrens with beautiful wildflowers. Lunch is served overlooking the 2000 ft cliffs of granite at the wharf in Western Brook Pond fjord. Your boat tour takes you 16km along those cliffs with spectacular waterfalls that tumble from the alpine plateau. We finish up with an ice cream and a water shuttle across Bonne Bay back to Woody Point.

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Day 4- Little Lookout & ½ Day Tablelands; 10km, 300-500 meters, moderate.
We will venture to the start of Little Lookout Trail. A 5km trek up Partridge Hill with 300 meters of elevation. As you climb the switchback trail, you will be offered marvellous views of Woody Point, Bonne Bay and the Tablelands. At the top of the hike, reward yourself by relaxing in a pair of iconic Parks Canada red chairs. This is one of the very best views in the entire park. From here, you can see a panoramic view of all of the National Park from Gros Morne Mountain to the Tablelands.

After this hike, we will conquer the Tablelands. An incredible and rare spectacle of mountainous mantle rock. Dating back almost 500 million years ago, when the tectonic plates were shifting and colliding, the Tablelands were thrust to the earth's surface. Usually far below the Earth's crust, this is one of the few places in the world to see mantle rock. Your guide will lead you on a 4km walk across the peridotite ancient rock and will disclose to you why it is so rare. You will then be led off-trail as you hike up the peridotite rock along the waterfall to the bowl of the Tablelands. Sit perched on the edge of the Tablelands while taking in the beauty of the park below. 

Duration: 6 hours over loose mantle rock, forest

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Day 5 - Departure

This morning offers an opportunity to add a half-day hike or explore on your own before the shuttle to Deer Lake for your flight home or onto another journey in Newfoundland.

 

Please note this is a sample itinerary and may change due to weather and availability.​ An easier version of the hikes is also available. Please email for availability.