Kip & Kaboodle
Nova Scotia Backpackers' Hostel

 

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10+ things to do in 10 minutes 10+ things to do in 30 minutes 10+ things to do in 60 minutes
(* ... or less, assuming you have a car. Times vary, obviously, if you're on bike or hitching or walking, or forget something and have to come back to get it, or need to stop to use the toilet... )

 

 

10+ things to do in 10 minutes or less*

  1. Visit Mahone Bay
  2. Westhaver's Beach
  3. Nature walk through the woods
  4. Visit Lunenburg
  5. Fisheries' Museum of the Atlantic
  6. Lobster Boil here at the hostel
  7. Mahone Bay Organic Farmers Market (Fridays); 
  8. Mahone Bay Flea Market (Sundays)
  9. Lunenburg Farmers Market (Thursday mornings)
  10. Sail on the Bluenose II (when in port)
  11. Sail Mahone Bay
  12. Rent a bike and explore the back roads
  13. Rent a kayak from Oak Island or Lunenburg explore the Bay
  14. Visit the Picton Castle (when in port) and browse through their shop
  15. Whale watching & Lobsterman Tours in Lunenburg
  16. Horse & Buggy rides in Lunenburg (Trot in Time)
  17. Lunenburg Walking Tours with Eric Croft
  18. Bluenose Golf Club in Lunenburg
  19. 25+ art galleries in Mahone Bay/Lunenburg

 

 

 

10+ things to do in 30 minutes or less*

  1. Bachmans' Beach (GREAT beach for swimming)
  2. Go to the movies in Bridgewater
  3. Osprey Ridge Golf Course (best course in county)
  4. Shop in all the (ugh) big shops (Wal-Mart, Superstore, etc.)
  5. Visit Chester, beautiful seaside hamlet
  6. Visit Blue Rocks, charming fishing village (Delores Claibourne)
  7. Hirtle's Beach (surf or swim) (Top 10 Beach)
  8. Hike Gaffs Point
  9. Hike Trans Canada Trail
  10. Visit Oak Island
  11. Museums in Bridgewater
  12. The Ovens Natural Park

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10+ things to do in 60 minutes or less*

  1. Visit Halifax!
  2. Canoe, kayak or hike Kejimkujik National Park
  3. Crescent Beach (great swimming)
  4. Peggy's Cove
  5. Sherman Hines Museum in Liverpool
  6. Rosignall Centre, Liverpool
  7. Fort Point Museum, Liverpool
  8. Risser's Beach (great surfing and shell-finding!)
  9. Surf at White Point
  10. Drive the Aspotogan Peninsula (stop for hikes & beaches)
  11. Shore Club, Hubbards (the original Lobster Supper)
  12. Annapolis Valley
  13. Bay of Fundy (1hour 30 mins)
...... there is so much to do we can't possibly list it all!!!

 

 
 
 
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