Newfoundland
Road Trip 2026

An 11-day journey across the edge of the world

May 27 — June 7, 2026
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Day 1
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Toronto → St. John's

✈️Arrive St. John's — Airforce crew staying at our hotel, best for party girls and gays
🏨Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland — Got upgraded to the biggest suite!
🏠Walked the Jelly Bean Row colourful houses
Airforce Welcome Jelly Bean Row Free Suite Upgrade Signal Hill Fort Amherst
Day 2
Thursday, May 28, 2026

St. John's → Trepassey

🏨Edge of the Avalon Inn — Portugal Cove South, 2 nights
⏰Missed Mistaken Point! — Time change confusion meant we missed the 565M-year-old Ediacaran fossil tour
🐋Saw iceberg, whales, and a church instead — lots of drone footage
Mistaken Point (Missed) Saw Iceberg Whale Sighting Drone Footage Time Change Confusion
Day 3
Friday, May 29, 2026

Trepassey Area → Bay Bulls

🏨Edge of the Avalon Inn — Night 2
💩Puffins Pooping Tours — Finally made it to Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre for the video tour
🎂Big Birthday in Bay Bulls! — Got screeched in, newly certified Newfoundlanders — we kissed the cod!
Puffins Tour Mistaken Point Visitor Centre Screech-In Ceremony Kissed the Cod Birthday Celebration
Day 4
Saturday, May 30, 2026

Trepassey → Port Rexton

🏨Ocean View Chapel — Port Rexton (converted church!), 2 nights
🌧️Rainy and windy day — Stay and pray at the church stay
👣Visited Devil's Footprints in Keels — Severance filming location
Rainy Day Ocean View Chapel Devil's Footprints Severance Filming Location
Day 5
Sunday, May 31, 2026

Bonavista Area

🏨Ocean View Chapel — Port Rexton, Night 2
🌊Single & Double Arch — Dungeon Provincial Park UNESCO Geosite
🍽️Jiggs Dinner at a lovely afternoon tea place — 5 icebergs seen so far!
Single & Double Arch Dungeon Prov. Park (UNESCO) Jiggs Dinner Cape Bonavista Lighthouse 5 Icebergs
Day 6
Monday, June 1, 2026

Port Rexton → Norris Point

🚗Scenic drive day — So much different landscape crossing the island
🏨The Tides Inn — Norris Point, near Gros Morne, 2 nights
🫎One moose sighting! — Gander was disappointing; gas station ran out of gas, offered supreme at cheaper rate
Moose Sighting Gander (Disappointing) Gas Station Ran Out Scenic Cross-Island Drive The Tides Inn
Day 7
Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Gros Morne National Park

🏨The Tides Inn — Norris Point, Night 2
⛰️Amazing Tablelands — Walked upon the Earth's mantle, saw caribou, stunning sunset
🦭Green Point Trail — Found fossils, saw a seal tanning on a rock, named him Gerald!
Tablelands Green Point Fossils Gerald the Seal Caribou Sightings Slept Like a Baby
Day 8
Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Norris Point → Western Brook Pond

⛵Amazing Western Brook Pond Boat Tour — Cliffs higher than CN Tower!
🚗Golf Cart Victory — Funny video of hikers covered in dust while we cruised past in the golf cart shuttle
🏨Drove east toward Twillingate
Western Brook Pond Cliffs Higher than CN Tower Golf Cart Shuttle Fjord Boat Tour Gros Morne UNESCO
Day 9
Thursday, June 4, 2026

En Route to Twillingate

🦟Beautiful day until the mosquitos came! — Check dashcam footage around 1:25 pm NDT
🫎2 more moose today (3 total so far) — 9 icebergs seen to date
🧊Saw an iceberg calving! Super rare — met party girls from Georgie's who shared their footage
🐟9 days of seafood — Cod, lobster, chowder. Did a meat/poultry fast!
Iceberg Calving! 3 Moose Total 9 Icebergs Party Girls from Georgie's Seafood-Only 9 Days
Day 10
Friday, June 5, 2026

Twillingate Area

🏨The Moose — Twillingate Island, Night 2
🚫Iceberg tour was cancelled — But got more amazing drone footage of icebergs instead
🥞Breakfast at Cozy Tea Room & Bakery — Jam Jams and tea!
Tour Cancelled Drone Footage Cozy Tea Room & Bakery Twillingate
Day 11
Saturday, June 6, 2026

Twillingate → St. John's → Toronto

🚗5 hr scenic drive back across Newfoundland to St. John's
🧳Went luggage shopping — couldn't fit everything in our original bags!
📏Total: 3,376 km driven around the island
Local Food
What we ate across Newfoundland

Newfoundland Eats

🥟Toutons — Fried bread, classic
🍲Jiggs Dinner — Sundays only, had it at an afternoon tea room
🥓Scrunchions — Little pieces of salted pork fat
🐟Cod, Lobster & Chowder — 9 days of seafood, meat/poultry fast
🍫Figgy Duff — Found only as a chocolate bar
🍪Fancy Biscuits — By Purity
🍪Jam Jams — From Cozy Tea Room & Bakery, Twillingate
🥤Pineapple Crush — Soda
👅Cod Tongues — Tried 'em!
🥃Screech — We kissed the cod, now we're Newfoundlanders
🍺Iceberg Beer — The Blue One

3,376 km Around Newfoundland

From the colourful streets of St. John's to the Tablelands of Gros Morne, the Western Brook Pond fjord, and the iceberg alleys of Twillingate — then back across the island to fly home. Along the way: missed fossils, kissed a cod, watched an iceberg calve, and ate seafood for 9 days straight.

11
Days
3,376
Kilometres
9
Icebergs
Newfoundland road trip
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