DAY 1 - TORONTO AIRPORT (L.B. Pearson) 
Welcome to Toronto, Canada's largest city (in terms of both size and population). You will be staying at the Courtyard Marriott Toronto Downtown. You will receive your Authentik travel book, with all the details of your adventure including a road map indicating your route, as well as a personalised roadbook, a host of practical tourist information, a toll-free assistance number, vouchers...
Enjoy your stay in the land of vast distances and scenic beauty!
DAY 2 - TORONTO
After breakfast, spend the day exploring Toronto and its main attractions: Bay Street, the business district, the Ontario parliament, University of Toronto, Yonge Street, Queen's Park, Eaton Centre, and the famous CN Tower. Defining the Toronto skyline, at 553.33 metres tall, the CN Tower is one of the Wonders of the modern world, an important telecommunications hub, and one of Toronto's main attractions. You will be impressed by how tiny the cars look from the world's highest observation deck, at a dizzying height of 447 metres.
Night at the Courtyard Marriott Toronto Downtown.
DAY 3 - EXCURSION TO NIAGARA FALLS (260 Km/2h56)
After breakfast you pick up your vehicle. The long-awaited day has arrived: don't forget your camera! You set out for the Niagara Peninsula and the incredible Niagara Falls. Your visit to the falls is sure to be one of the highlights of your trip; you will never forget their awe-inspiring power and beauty.
Don't miss taking a cruise on the famous Maid of the Mist, which will take you right to the base of the falls!
You return to Toronto at the end of the day for another night at Courtyard Marriott Toronto Downtown.
DAY 4 & 5 - TORONTO / ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK (218 Km /2h27)
This morning, you will hear the call of the wild! Today is the day you will immerse yourselves in the heart of Canada's legendary wilderness, in Algonquin National Park.
Algonquin Park covers a vast territory endowed with maple-covered hills, rocky cliffs, spruce bogs, beaver ponds, and thousands of lakes. The only way to explore this fascinating wilderness is on foot or by canoe. Be sure to bring your camera: it is not unusual to catch a glimpse of the King of our forests, the majestic moose.
You will spend the next two nights on the edge of this dream, in Huntsville at the luxurious lakeside Deerhurst resort***, where you will receive the warmest of welcomes from your Canadian hosts.
DAY 6 - ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK / OTTAWA (344 Km /3h58)
After breakfast you set out for Ottawa, the nation's Capital. Spend the afternoon exploring Ottawa and its main attractions, such as Parliament Hill, the Rideau Canal, its various ethnic districts, Rockcliffe Park, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Hull casino, etc.
For young and old alike, we strongly recommend the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Canada's largest and most popular cultural institution. You will learn about Canada's history through a series of interactive exhibits, where life-size reconstructed buildings and other historical settings are among the exhibits evoking a sense of different periods and different regions of the country. Don't miss the world's largest collection of totem poles.
You will spend the night at the Lord Elgin***, in the heart of downtown Ottawa.
DAY 7 - OTTAWA / THOUSAND ISLANDS (167 Km /1h47)
Breakfast at your hotel, then departure for the beautiful Thousand Islands, at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where you will enjoy landscapes of a rare beauty.
This collection of tiny jewels has a rich and complex natural and human history; centuries ago, the First Nations people called it "The Garden of the Great Spirit". Today the St-Lawrence Islands National Park comprises 24 picturesque islands; the best way to explore this watery site is by boat. During this guided cruise on the waters of the St-Lawrence, you will encounter a wide variety of islands, from the large to the very small, and some, such as Wellesley Island, with rich mansions built upon them.
You will spend the night at Sleepy Hollow B&B, in the charming village of Gananoque.
DAY 8 - THOUSAND ISLANDS / TORONTO AIRPORT (286 Km /2h57)
Breakfast. Last moments to enjoy the beauty of your surroundings before setting out for the Toronto airport. You check in and board your flight home.
As you leave the land of lakes and rivers, your heart is full of lasting memories of the Canadian wilderness!!!
 
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