So let's face it. Mike from Blackwood Tours made this the best tour. We came in off a cruise ship and wanted to see both the Highland Village AND the Bell Museum but none of their tour packages offered both. But Blackwood Tours did with a stop in the beautiful town of Baddeck for a lunch thrown in. We met Mike right off the ship waiting in his bright red shirt without a problem and were headed out 15 minutes early from our scheduled departure. Mike was a tremendous wealth of information about live on Cape Breton and I was amazed at the amount of information and the energy he provided us for the next 7 hours. He was a lot of fun, answered all of our questions and even allowed us to chirp in every now and then with our own funny lines and stories. He was truly a proud Cape Breton and you could tell that in all the cultureand history he shared with us of the island. Both the Highland Village as well as the Bell Museum were so worth seeing. We were pretty fortunate to have booked this particular tour and at the end of the day were quite pleased that we had. Trust me, you will be too! At the end of our tour we told Mike that there are only a handful of tour guides that through the years we will NEVER forget nor the area that we visited because of them. Mike will forever be one of those tour guides. Thanks for the visit Mike!
Thank you kindly for your review. Michael truly loves his Cape Breton and enjoys showing and explaining the cultural and history of our faire isle.
The scheduled destinations were very nice. Our driver, Bob was great. I would have preferred spending more time at the village and museum and skipping the trinket shopping stop. At dinner, when comparing excursions with others around us, everyone thought ours sounded much better than the other excursions they went on in Sydney.
Thank you for your kind review, Bob loves showing his Cape Breton to our guests.
We arrived by cruise ship and everyone on our tour- 15 were off right away and we quickly headed out before the tour busses. Bob was our driver and guide and he was exceptional. Entertaining, educational with humour. Instead of stopping for a sit down lunch, we all did take away from a local bakery on the way that featured lobster, crab and other sandwiches already made up plus bakery items.
We stopped at a beach for a lovely setting lunch in the National Park.
A stop at a lobster dock we were able to talk to fishermen repairing traps. Same road most of the road back which was good as now could see the other side. A cable ferry ride on the way back.
I would highly recommend this tour.
Thank you , I'm glad you enjoyed your time with Bob
Very disappointed. Tour guide was difficult to understand and was mostly interested in local politics. We basically stopped 3 times over 6 hours for a few minutes. This tour could have been cut down to 4 hours with more information about the area. I could get in any car and drive and see trees and not pay what it cost.
Not sure who I am responding to, most people like to hide behind a nickname. Also not sure what day you went on a tour.
Lots of riding in a bus. A comfortable ride but long to get to places. We had to shorten our tour due to a slightly late arrival of cruise ship but we still were able to see most places promised. Knowledgeable guide but hard to hear sometimes.
Thank you Mary B for your kind review
