Three hour boat tours got a bad rap on “Gilligan’s Island”.
But we have an inexpensive ($20) three-hour boat tour to the scenic Toronto Islands. The catch is you have to paddle your own boat. It’s fun.
The tour leaves in a 14 seat, so-called “War Canoe”. (The large canoes are also sometimes referred to as “Freighter Canoes” as they were used by the Voyageurs on fur trade expiditions.)
In other words these canoes are based on the vessels that explored Canada more than three centuries ago. Canoe travel is still a tradition on Canada’s 3,000,000 lakes.
It is an easy 45 minute paddle to the islands, a park that offers the very best views of Toronto’s skyline.
The normal trip to the island park is a $6 Ferry Ride that takes about 15 minutes (excluding line ups and wait times).
In addition the walk from the Ferry Dock to the scenic coves where our canoes land is a jaunt of several kilometres each way.
In so many ways our canoe trip is the best way to see the Toronto Islands.
So as they say… join us each week for a trip to this enchanted isle….but minus Gilligan, the Skipper, the Movie Star, the Professor, Mary Anne and no hurricane either.
Tours leave the hostel on Saturdays at 3PM. There is a brief video of the canoe tour on our this website.