Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Top Five Canadian Tourist Destinations



Are you looking for the best camping destination in Canada? The best way to know Canada is through its national parks. Look at the below ten national parks and know about each region whether it suitable for your needs or not.


1. Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario:This region contains more than 1000 lakes and a panoramic 3000 square miles of wilderness. Also, this spot is great for activities like backpacking, bicycling and canoeing. Here you will find up to 250 bird species.


2. Banff National Park, Alberta:It is one of the Canada’s top tourist destinations. Once you enter into this park, you will be enclosed by glaciers, mountain lakes, mountains, and rushing rivers. Within Banff, you will find Tunnel Mountain campgrounds and this park have special regions for tents and RVs.
The basin and cave is a naturally occurring hot mineral spring inside a limestone cave. Deer, moose and elk can examine your campsite. Ensure that you protect your cooler from curious bears.
If the park is filled with heavy crowd, for few hours move on to the Columbia Icefields Parkway to Jasper National Park. You will be travelling on one of the most scenic drives in the world as it wends its way through mountain glaciers and passes.


3. Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia:You can observe this park from your car when you are at Cabot Trail Highway. This park is full of green mountains and unbelievable costal beauty with all those jewels as a boardwalk trail, which is a home to rare orchids.
You will take great memories when you visit this park, such as moose-filled wetland marshes, whale watching and the view at the 100 foot high Beulach Ban Falls.


4. Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland:This is a “Big Gloomy” from the French and you will find these glacial valleys well-named on a foggy day. The mountains, blue fjords and unending vistas of spruce trees are the living spaces for eagles, caribou and moose.
Also, you will find several million years’ older mountains in this park like pre-Cambrian mountains. These are very much older than Rockies and also have various oldest ranges in the world.



5. Kouchibouguac National Park, New Brunswick:At the extreme end of the Appalachian Mountains, the lush forests, plentiful wildlife, and rugged coastline attract many visitors from all over North America. Here, you can find great camping activities like - nature walks, cycling, sea kayaking and hiking trails.
Also, you will observe many beaches. Seals and seabirds can be displayed at the coast from the Cap des Rosier harbor and you may have a glance of a whale

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