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5 Hour: Acadia, Cadillac Summit, Somes Sound & Lobster Pound

See it all! Highlights of Acadia, Seal Harbor beach, Northeast Harbor, Somes Sound PLUS touring through Somesville to Southwest Harbor.  See an authentic working lobster pound.  Have a fresh lobster lunch.

Quick Details

Tour Length: 5 hours

Tour Start Times: 8 a.m., 9 a.m., 10 a.m.

Vehicle Options: 6 passenger minivan or 14 passenger van.

Tour Attractions & Sites: Bar Harbor, Cadillac Mountain, Park Loop Road, Sieur de Monts Springs, Precipice Cliffs, Sand Beach, Thunder Hole, Otter Cliffs, Seal Harbor Beach, Northeast Harbor, Asticou Garden, Somes Sound, historic Somesville (oldest on the island), Somesville Bridge, Southwest Harbor, local Lobster Pound.

 

Starting at
$600

See the best spots in Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor, Maine!

We will pick you up we’ll drive along the 27-mile long Park Loop Road up to the summit of Cadillac Mountain, the highest peak on the eastern seaboard. From Cadillac you can see spectacular views of Bar Harbor and the surrounding islands.

Visit all of the famous sites, including Sand Beach, Thunder Hole, Otter Cliffs, Precipice Cliffs, Sieur de Monts Springs and gardens. We can stop and stay as long as you would like at each location. As you wind through the park you will see hand-cut stone bridges, rocky coves and pink granite coastline, glacier cut lakes and dense forests.

Stroll the famous Asticou Gardens. Drive up the only fjord on the east coast, Somes Sound. View the outsides of the mansions of the “Summer People”.

We will also visit the Southwest Harbor side of the island driving through the historic town of Somesville, the oldest community on the island.  Take a picture on the famous Somesville Bridge.

Afterwards we will go to Beal’s Lobster Pound to see how a working lobster pound works.  See the boats offload their catch.  See stunning Great Harbor, the largest on the island.  Eat a wonder lobster lunch.

(Beal’s Lobster restaurant will close October 10 and another lobster restaurant will be substituted if booked after that date)

*Meal and drinks not included in tour price

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