Winter on Sable Island

A Place Like No Other In Winter – Sable Island 

5 GREAT REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD EXPLORE SABLE ISLAND IN THE WINTER:

1. Be one of the first-ever winter tourists to Sable Island on Feb 12th
2. Incredible wintery landscapes, wild horses and grey seal pups
3. Parks Canada staff will lead our journey on this initial trip
4. Sable Island is often warmer than Halifax in winter
5. Receive a download of digital 100+ images of the adventure

Parks Canada has made an extraordinary offer to test winter tours to Sable Island for the first time this year, and we can get you there. 

A truly Canadian adventure as we fly by heated helicopter to Sable Island where winter offers visitors a completely different experience. It is a stark environment with the often snow-covered landscapes quite striking against the stormy and steely North Atlantic.

Perhaps the most spectacular winter experience on the island is when 80% of the world’s population descend on the landscape in mid-December each year to give birth and breed. Almost 100,000 pups will be born before most of the parents head back out to the sea. The pups will stay alone on the island well into March before they too head back to the ocean.

Amidst this winter backdrop,  the island’s wild horses are in all their glorious winter coats just before the foals are born in early spring. This will be a very unique experience and we will have all the details and tips to enjoy the day and the images to remember a trip of a lifetime.

Your photo guide will provide wildlife photography tips to help you capture the wild horses, seals and landscape of Sable Island. They will also be shooting photos of our experience from arrival to departure and we’ll have 100 digital photos for you to download after the journey to remember and share this once in a lifetime memory!

Highlights Include:

• – Our small group of 6-7 guests has the island to ourselves
• – A package of 100+ images to download from the adventure
• – Incredible aerial views of coastal NS & Sable Island
• – Welcome & tour of  Sable Island with Parks Canada staff
• – Your guide is a local with family history to the island
• – View the resilient wildlife that calls Sable Island home
• – Wildlife & landscape photo tips & insights for all skill levels
• – 6 hours minimum on Sable Island
• – Airport transfers from downtown Halifax

(Photo credits: Geordie Mott, Scotty Sherin – Picture Perfect Tours || Sarah Medill, J. Nicholson, Greg Stroud – Parks Canada)