6 Hour: Ultimate Acadia & Mount Desert Island Tour

This tour builds onto the 3 and 4 hour options, starting with the highlights of Acadia National Park, including Summit of Cadillac Mountain and the sites along the Park Loop Road.  We then continue out of the park to explore the gorgeous coastline past the “summer cottages” into stunning Northeast Harbor.  We will take your group up famous Somes Sound through historic Somesville, the oldest community on the island.  This tour has the addition of visiting the fishing community of Southwest Harbor to see the lobster boats pulling into a working lobster pound.  Have the opportunity for a fantastic lunch with the freshest seafood available as a choice. Stop whenever you want to take pictures or just take in the views with our local guides showing the best locations.

See all of the highlights of our 3 hour tour with the addition of a drive along the only fjord on the eastern seaboard, Somes Sound.   Let our local guides show you the summer colonies of the rich and infamous.

You will see all of the famous sites in Acadia on the park loop road including time at the summit of Summit of Cadillac Mountain.  You will drive the park loop road along pink granite coastline to Thunder Hole and Otter Cliffs.  Then go outside of Acadia to explore the more exclusive and uncrowded parts of our island. The notable families didn’t donate all of their land to Acadia!  See the outsides of the “summer cottages” of the Rockefellers and other celebrities.   Take in the views and breathe in the fresh salt air on Seal Harbor beach. Drive along the famous Somes Sound and stroll through the famous Asticou Garden! Our local guides will design a tour for your time and interests.

A private van tour by a local guide designed for your group of the top highlights of Acadia National Park, including Summit of Cadillac Mountain, Park Loop Road, overlook of Sand Beach, Thunder Hole, Otter Cliffs, Sieur de Mont Springs, and the bubbles on Jordan Pond.  A great way to learn all the local secrets of how best to spend your time in Acadia National Park when on your own, or to cover all you don’t want to miss if visiting only for the day.  We will point out the carriage road entrances and hiking trail heads that you can explore if spending more time here.  If here for only for the day, after the tour you will see and understand why Acadia was the first National Park in the east and remains the most dramatic.  Options to walk Ocean Trail and Summit Loop on the tour.