BOOTHBAY HARBOR AND THE PUFFINS NATURE CRUISE: JULY 28-31, 2025

BOOTHBAY HARBOR AND THE PUFFINS NATURE CRUISE: JULY 28-31, 2025

Duration:
4 Days
Tour Type:
Multiday
Price
Package Price per Person: Single $1,800 | Double $1,350 | Triple $1,230 | Quad $1,170

$100.00

12 in stock

Tour includes: 3 nights’ accommodations at Boothbay Harbor Inn, baggage handling, 3 breakfasts, 3 dinners, Boothbay Harbor Puffin Nature/Sightseeing Cruise, a tour of Mt. Battle in Camden Hills State Park and much more.

Note: Gratuities for Wade Tours Driver and Escort are not included but welcome

Please select the departure below

Discount:

12 in stock

Departure:
  • July 28, 2025

Accompanied service

Bus Transportation Boothbay Harbor Puffin Nature/Sightseeing Cruise 3 breakfasts, 3 dinners 3 nights of accommodations Baggage Handling
Admission and cruises as stated in Itinerary

Schedule

7/28/2025 - Pickup - Wade Terminal – Schenectady, NY – 7:00 AM

7/28/2025 - Pickup - Crossgates Commons - PetSmart - Albany, NY 7:30AM

7/31/2025 - Drop off (Approx) - Crossgates Commons - PetSmart - Albany, NY 7:30 PM

7/31/2025 - Drop off (Approx) - Wade Terminal – Schenectady, NY – 8:00 PM

Description

Day #1 – Monday, July 28, 2025

Welcome to Vacationland! Make your way north to Portland, Maine’s largest city-by-the-sea.

Arrive in Portland, a peninsula extending into Casco Bay. The Old Port waterfront features working fishing wharves and converted warehouses with restaurants and shops. Lunch on your own along cobblestone streets in the Portland historic waterfront district.

We will take you to see the Portland Head Lighthouse, the most photographed lighthouse in America.

Travel to Boothbay Harbor for your unique Maine Coast Adventure! Includes Dinner along the way!

Check in with a welcome reception of punch and cookies to the Boothbay Harbor Inn, in Boothbay Harbor, for three nights.  The hotel is located on “the quiet side” of Boothbay, just a short stroll from downtown across a charming footbridge beside the hotel. The footbridge that connects to the “downtown” center of Boothbay Harbor where there are many shops and art galleries to explore. The Inn does not have an elevator, if you are unable to do stairs please mention at time of reservation you need first floor.  Enjoy the beautiful sunsets from this side of the harbor!    (Dinner)

 

Day #2 – Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Breakfast is included at the hotel this morning.

Enjoy a scenic Harbor & Nature cruise on Linekin Bay this morning. You’ll pass by beautiful vacation homes, lighthouses, small islands and go out to see the seals on the ledges and the puffins that summer here on Eastern Egg Rock. Truly a magnificent “Seafari” for all nature lovers with seals, blue heron, an occasional whale, and other coastal wildlife along the way.

The cruise returns to Boothbay Harbor, and you’ll have free time along the picturesque waterfront for lunch on your own in the popular resort town which has retained the atmosphere of an old New England village.

Optional excursion: Visit the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.  Additional cost $25/p at the entrance Enjoy the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. Here the Maine woods meet the wetlands, and shoreline with a variety of special theme gardens such as the 5-Senses Garden and the children’s garden. Explore the impressive gardens and shoreline paths at your own pace.

Tonight, enjoy a Lobster Dinner with all the fixings at Newagen Seaside Inn, a traditional ocean front inn on Southport Island, just a short drive from downtown Boothbay. (Breakfast & Dinner)

Day #3 – Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Breakfast is included at the hotel this morning.

Then you’re off to Rockland, the Lobster Capital of the World – the REAL MAINE!

First, you’ll meet your local guide for a narrated tour of Camden and Rockport. Your tour includes a photo stop atop Mt. Battie in Camden Hills State Park – where the mountains meet the sea. You will see the towns made famous by the movie Peyton Place, a seal named Andre, and poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. Continue south to Owl’s Head for a photo stop at the picturesque Owls Head Lighthouse, perched high on a cliff overlooking Penobscot Bay.

Next, you will head to Rockland for free time to explore Rockland’s shops and art galleries located near the Farnsworth Museum of Art.  Take a stroll along the boardwalk encircling the harbor at Rockland’s Harborside Park, just steps from Main Street and grab lunch on own with many casual restaurants within walking distance. Don’t forget to visit the Project Puffin Visitor Center where you can watch the video cam real time of Maine’s little clown birds! (The center has a small museum & gift shop)

This afternoon, you’ll visit the Maine Lighthouse Museum, which houses a unique collection of historic artifacts of the US Coast Guard and local lighthouse culture. See the Rockland Harbor Lighthouse guarding the harbor entrance from here. There will be docents in each area of the museum.

Return to the Boothbay Harbor Inn where you’ll get ready to enjoy Dinner at the Inn this evening.

(Breakfast & Dinner)

Day #4 – Thursday, July 31, 2025

Breakfast included at the hotel, before checking out this morning, then traveling to Kennebunkport.

Upon arrival you will board the boat for a Maine Lobstering Cruise.  Learn how the Maine lobstermen make their living as traps are hauled from the ocean along the rocky coast of Kennebunkport.. See the sights as you cruise on the ocean past Walkers Point, the Dark Shadows House and Bumpkin Island, home to a year-round colony of sea birds and seals.

Next enjoy free time for shopping and lunch on own in Dock Square before you depart for home with your fond Maine memories. (Breakfast)       

Package Price Per Person: Single $1,800 | Double $1,350 | Triple $1,230 | Quad $1,170

SEATING PREFERENCE: If yes, please let us know your preference in the boxes on the booking page with the specific seat, seat location and if you would like to sit near someone. Check out our seat assignment policy page for our seating chart. If no preference is made, your seat will be assigned by Wade Tours. Check out the seating chart to the left!!

We encourage you to book early to accommodate any special needs and to assure that members of your party will be seated together.  All seats will be sold. If you wish to NOT sit next to a stranger, you must purchase the seat next to you. We reserve the right to assign seats when necessary.

ROOM PREFERENCE: We offer both two queen bed rooms and single king bed rooms. Please let us know your preference and we will do our best to match you to that room.

RESERVATIONS:  To be FAIR and IMPARTIAL seat assignments will be taken at the time of booking your reservation.  Deposit of $100 per person. Final payment is due 60 days prior to departure.

CANCELLATIONS: Cancellations within 60 days from departure will be subject to a $100 fee per person, plus incidentals; cost for tickets, meals, hotels and other non-recoverable expenses. NO REFUNDS FOR CANCELLATIONS WITHIN 48 BUSINESS HOURS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE ON ALL TOURS.

TRAVEL INSURANCE: Is available and recommended due to unforeseen circumstances that can arise and if they do, we want you to be protected BEFORE and DURING your tour. Travel Insurance 

BAGGAGE: One large suitcase, and one carry-on bag per person.

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