Welcome to Wild Wales Tours
Wild Wales Tour & Walkabouts, Newfoundland,
a Twelve Day Adventure, June 20-July 1, 2026
This twelve-day adventure for ten people starts at Deer Lake on the Western shore of Newfoundland, next to the Gros Morne National Park. We believe in small group travel, to give meaningful experiences, flexability, and connect you with the local people. Most of the time we will be in small outports, and supporting small family-owned businesses.
Saturday, June 20, 4pm
We will gather at the Deer Lake Motel to greet each other. Taff the Director of Wild Wales Tours will present on ‘Newfoundland and it’s People’. Supper at our Motel. This night we will be providing your supper.
Sunday, June 21, 9am
Our friendly bus driver will pick us up, and transport us to the Tablelands in the Gros Morne
National Park for a hike. This is a walk on the earth’s mantle, a bizarre and beautiful landscape, among the glacially carved valleys and unique plants and vegetation that call the Tablelands their home. Lunch at Woody Point, on Bonny Bay and we’ll catch the ferry over to Norris Point. Our bus driver will pick us up at the dock for our short drive to our cabins at Cow’s Head, where we will be staying for three nights.
Monday, June 22, 9am
We leave to go kayaking in Bonne Bay, (they do have a 26 -foot canoe that can accommodate ten people) a salt water fjord, and in the afternoon we hike around the point.
Return to Shallow Bay for supper. After supper take in a show at the Gross Morne Theater across the road from our motel.
Tuesday, June 23, 9am
We head up the coast to Port Aux Choix to hike, or a boat trip on Western Brook Pond, a fresh water fjord (depending on the weather). Our last night in Cow’s head. Supper at our hotel.
Wednesday, June 24, 9am
This morning we will leave the west coast, and head east and north up to Twilingate to Iceberg Alley, to look for icebergs with Captain David Boyd. Today will be a five-hour journey, and we will be stopping for coffee and lunch along the way at a Kinden’s Treats from the Sea in Lewisporte. For the next two nights we will be staying at the Anchor Hotel on the waterfront in Twilingate.
Thursday, June 25, 9am
After breakfast we’ll take a boat ride in Iceberg Alley, weather permitting, and go for a hike in the afternoon. Dinner this evening is at Sansome Seafood: fresh fish and lobsters at the end of the fishing dock! There will be other choices on the menu also.
Friday, June 26, 9am
With our bags packed we say farewell to Twilingate, and visit a Beothic Interpretive Center in Boyd’s Cove. Then we visit the International Airport in Gander, where the trans-Atlantic planes were grounded during 9/11, and the site of the Broadway play ‘Come from Away’. After lunch is a short drive to Salvage on Bonavista Bay for a three-night stay in Eastport, at our cabins across the road from a sandy beach. Dinner tonight is at the Happy Adventure Inn.
Saturday, June 27, 9am
After breakfast you have a choice to kayak, hike, or whale watch, and visit a puffin colony.
Supper this evening at our cabins or a local restaurant. You will be able to rent kayaks here, or a two-hour tour to the puffin colony and whale-watching is US80 approx.
Sunday, June 28, 9am
After breakfast we will be hiking around the headlands around Salvage and hanging out on the beach. Tonight’s dinner is a cookout at the cabins. Wild Wales Tours will be treating you to fresh lobsters, caught by a local fishers.
Monday, June 29, 9am
We say farewell to Salvage and head south to St. Johns for lunch at the Rooms, the cultural hub of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. We visit Signal Hill before we settle in for a two- night stay at the Memorial University Guest Accommodations Hotel. We will be staying in the dorm’s which are modern and clean, and you each have your own.
Tuesday, June 30, 9am
We head south today to travel the Irish loop on the Avalon Peninsular, or head down to Cape St. Mary to visit the Ecological Reserve. This evening we will gather at the Fish Exchange Restaurant in downtown St. John’s to share, and celebrate our time together.
Wednesday, July 1
Today after breakfast our trip will be over. We will take pictures and bid farewell to our new- made friends. Some of you might choose to spend another day in St. Johns, walking around the city at your leisure.
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We do recommend that you fly into Deer Lake a day early in case of a delay with your flight, which does happen. Flights into Deer Lake usually arrive between 11:30pm- 1:30am. We suggest that you fly in on June 19th(actually arriving on the 20th early in the morning). I will be there to pick you up at the airport to transport you to our motel, a five-minute drive.
We will be hiking on average of two to four miles per day. There will also be opportunities to hike before getting on the bus in the morning, or after arriving at our hotel in the evening. During June the sunrise will be around 5am, and sunset close to 10am.
Please do bring a rain jacket and pants, and a water-proof pair of hiking shoes. We will be close to the ocean most of the time and we recommend bringing a warm down jacket, wool hat and a thin pair of gloves and hiking sticks. You will need the warm clothing when we go out on the water.
Wild Wales Tours will be providing you with all accommodations, transportation, guides, Iceberg boat trip, boat ferry, three evening meals, and six breakfasts.
You will be buying seven evening meals, five breakfasts and all lunches, and refreshments.
The cost of the twelve-day adventure is $4650. We do recommend that you buy travel insurance.
The pics above are the ten guests that were on our trip this past June 2025
PAYMENTS
The cost of the trip will is $4650. We will email invoices which can be paid online with a credit card. A deposit of $1558 per person ($3116 per couple) is required to secure your place, followed by a payment of $1558 ($3116 per couple) November, 2025. The final payment of $1558 per person ($3116 per couple) is due on January 1, 2026. The single room supplement is $500.
The price above includes your accommodations, transportation, guides, Iceberg boat trip, boat ferry, three evening meals, (one being a lobster dinner), six breakfasts, museums and historical sites and all local taxes 15%.
You will be paying for your airfare, seven evening meals, five breakfasts, and all lunches, and refreshments the boat ride to view puffins and whales, weather permitting.
Please do let us know if you have any special dietary needs.
REFUNDS
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You may cancel your Wild Wales Walkabout for a full refund, minus a $200 processing fee, if you do so more than 4 months prior to your scheduled tour (Jan 20, 2026).
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If you cancel between 3 and 4 months before your scheduled tour, you will receive a 50% refund, minus a $200 processing fee, ONLY if your slot can be filled. If your slot cannot be filled, there is not refund.
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If you cancel fewer than 3 months (March 20, 2026) prior to your scheduled tour, and your slot cannot be filled, no refund will be given. If your slot is filled you receive a 50% refund.
PASSPORTS
If your passport isn’t current, it can take up to 10 weeks to process a renewal. However, it normally takes around a month. If you have had your passport for years, make sure it does not expire in 2026! You will need to have it expire after January 1, 2027.
TRAVEL INSURANCE
It is highly recommended you purchase travel insurance. It covers almost everything involved with your trip: flights, bags, delays, healthcare, etc. And if, for any illness or family-related reason, you have to cancel after the refund deadline, the insurance should cover it. One company to consider is TravelGuard.
LAUNDRY & TEMPS
We will be near the sea often and it will be breezy, so we need to dress accordingly. The normal temperatures in June/July range from 45F to 75F degrees. The tour is casual and there is no dress code.
There will be appliances to wash and dry your clothes in Cow Head, Eastport and in St. John’s.
Suggested clothing for our Walkabouts:
A waterproof hooded raincoat and pants.
A good pair of waterproof hiking shoes.
Three pairs of hiking socks.
Wool hat and gloves.
Warm jacket.
Knapsack to carry your lunch and snacks.
Some walkers like to use hiking sticks.
Head light.
WALKING PREPARATION
In order to enjoy the walkabouts, you need to be able to walk between three and four miles a day. We suggest that you prepare for the tour by walking between six and eight miles per week for three months prior to the trip. We all walk at a different pace, and you will have ample opportunity to walk in pairs, in groups or alone.
ELECTRICITY
Electricity runs on the same system as the US.
MEDICAL INSURANCE
We strongly recommend you buy a medical insurance plan during the time you will be hiking with us.
PHONES AND INTERNET
If you have an iPhone you can call your provider and make arrangements for your phone to work in Canada for a small fee. You will be able to call and receive calls from home, send emails and text. It works very well, automatically going into effect when your airplane touches down. Most of our hotels will have Internet, as will most of the cafes we will visit for tea and coffee. The best source for cash will be ATM’s which are present in most places where we will be visiting and staying.
Hywel Taff Roberts the Director of Wild Wales Tours & Walkabouts will be leading the tour along with other local guides along the way. Taff’s first visit to Newfoundland was twenty years ago, when two of his dearest friends moved from New Jersey to the province. It did not take him long to find out why they moved, and he fell in love with its people, culture and traditions. Taff bought a home on the island, is passionate about the people and visits yearly.
Come join us!
Taff
hyweltroberts@gmail.com
Cell: 507 458 8637
Wild Wales Tours & Walkabouts
Director
www.wildwalestours.com
wildwalestours@gmail.com
Sandbar Storytelling Festival
Board of Directors, Artistic Director
www.sandbarstorytellingfestival.org
info@sandbarstorytellingfestival.org
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