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Whale Watching, Puffin and Iceberg Boat Tours
Great Island Boat Tours is new start up business along the East Coast Trail offering small group whale watching and puffin boat tours to a near by bird sanctuary known for an abundance of birds, whales and iceberg
Located in Bauline on the beautiful Irish Loop along the Southern Shore, we offer public and private whale watching / puffin boat tours to 3 scenic ecological seabird sanctuary islands that make up the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve. Come sail with us and begin your whale watching adventure!
The Experience
about our puffins
The Witless Bay Ecological Reserve contains four islands – Gull Island, Green Island, Great Island, and Pee Pee Island, that teem with bird life during the seabird breeding season. The reserve contains North America’s largest Atlantic Puffin colony. More than 260,000 pairs of the province’s official bird nest here during the late spring and summer.
Notably, Witless Bay Ecological Reserve also hosts the second-largest (after Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve) Leach’s Storm-petrel colony in the world-more than 620,000 pairs come here to nest. In addition, Black-legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres appear in the thousands.
about our whales
Newfoundland and Labrador is one of the premier whale watching locations in the world.
Each year, from May – September, the world’s largest population of humpback whales returns to Newfoundland waters. Humpbacks are highly active at the surface, performing aerial behaviors such as breaching and surface slapping with the tail and flippers.
Different whale species here include pilot whales, fin whales, humpback whales, blue whales, minke whales, and sperm whales.
Catching a single glimpse of these majestic mammals is one you will never forget! Book your whale watching tour today!
about our icebergs
Roughly 90% of icebergs seen off Newfoundland and Labrador come from the glaciers of western Greenland, while the rest come from glaciers in Canada’s Arctic.
Their sheer size will amaze you, and that’s without seeing the ninety-percent still below the surface of the ocean.
Each spring along the eastern coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, it’s prime time for spotting icebergs.
Rates
All boat tours are 1 hour long, at a rate of $80/person. Group rates are available, please email to enquire!
Let us be your tour guide as you relax and enjoy the beautiful scenic views of Great Island Ecological Reserve.
If you have any questions about our boat tours or services, please do not hesitate to contact us.
