Plan Your Trip
Getting to Nova Scotia
How to Get Here
By Land
Highways from all points in the United States and Canada join the Trans Canada Highway from New Brunswick into Nova Scotia through Amherst.
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Halifax, Nova Scotia
Bus services from Yarmouth to Halifax operate daily, year-round. Reservations are recommended. To view bus schedule, click Here
For more information, please call Trius Tours Ltd. at 1-877-566-1567
Moncton, New Brunswick or Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island to Digby, Halifax or Sydney, Nova Scotia
Bus services from Moncton, New Brunswick or Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island to Digby, Halifax or Sydney, Nova Scotia operate daily, year-round. Reservations are recommended. To view bus schedule and rates, please click Here
For more information, please call Acadien at 1-800-567-5151 or email
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By Air
Nova Scotia is well serviced with scheduled flights from New York, Boston, Toronto, Montreal and Newfoundland, with connections both worldwide and within Atlantic Canada. It is only a 25 minute drive from the Halifax International Airport to the gateway of Southwest Nova Scotia. There are many municipal airports accepting charter flights including Waterville, Digby and Yarmouth.
By Sea
Saint John, New Brunswick to Digby, Nova Scotia
Ferry services from Saint John, New Brunswick to Digby, Nova Scotia operate daily, year-round. Reservations are recommended; find out more by calling 1-888-249-7245 or online at www.bayferries.com
Bar Harbor & Portland, Maine to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Take Canada’s fastest Cat (catamaran) from Bar Harbor or Portland, Maine to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. This car ferry can hold up to 240 vehicles including RVs, motorcycles and motor coaches, as well as 775 passengers.
The Cat leaves Bar Harbor, Maine throughout the weekdays (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) and arrives in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in less than three hours.
The Cat departs Portland, Maine on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and is less than six hours to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
For schedules and reservations call 1-888-249-7245 or online at www.catferry.com
Things you should know
Digby Neck & Islands Ferry Information
Allow 45 minutes for the drive from Digby to East Ferry, if you want to catch the ferry service between East Ferry and Tiverton, Long Island. It operates every hour on the half hour. The service between Freeport and Westport departs every hour on the hour. Both ferries operate year-round and cost $4 round trip per car; passengers travel free. Crossing time is approximately 5 minutes.
LaHave Ferry Information
In LaHave you’ll have a choice between taking the ferry across the river to East LaHave or continuing along the shore to Bridgewater. If the former is your choice, the ferry service runs every half hour from 7am to 11pm year round and costs $5.00 per car. Crossing time is approximately 5 minutes.
Tancook Island Ferry Information
Travel between Chester and Tancook Island daily. Round trip fee is $5. For more information on the daily schedule call 902-275-4616.
For assistance planning your vacation in Southwest Nova Scotia call 1-866-456-5874.
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