If Norris Point or Rocky Harbour is your base camp then start your day of backcountry hiking with a private water shuttle across Bonne Bay to access the south side of Gros Morne National Park. You’ll walk through the historic town of Woody Point with your guide to reach the trailhead for the Big Lookout Backcountry Hike.

The Big Lookout is a 5-7 hour off-trail hike that’s roughly 16km long with 600m (2000 feet) of elevation gain. The route follows an old fire tower path (steep in places) that takes you to an elevated plateau. From here the route crosses the plateau where the terrain is often wet underfoot. The ascent to the Big Lookout starts up a steep scree slope then follows a ridge to the summit where an incredible panoramic view of Gros Morne National Park awaits!

Upon return to Woody Point grab an ice cream or a drink before hopping back on our zodiac for the return trip to Norris Point.

Come with us on a journey back in time where we look at Gros Morne through the eyes of her first inhabitants. Join local guide, Keith Payne in a sea-going zodiac to an isolated cove in Bonne Bay where we’ll explore what attracted successive Indigenous groups to this area. To understand how the First Peoples lived, we’ll look at the land from their perspective, look to the sea with their needs in mind, and hold the raw materials of their tools in our hands.

Enjoy a short walk on a game trail with Keith and explore the plants and animals that sustained early human life here. Check out the views from a headland, looking for the marine life that was so important to First Peoples in this area.  Try your hand at making fire using stone age tools, cooking bannock and roasting capelin over an open fire. Gather around the fire for tales of the triumphs and tragedies of our ancestors.

4.5 Hour Paddle & Shuttle – seize the opportunity to see more of Bonne Bay in possibly more challenging paddling conditions. Paddle sea kayak one way and return via zodiac from Woody Point or other Bonne Bay destination.