Wild Avalon Expeditions

Experience the Real Newfoundland.

Wild Avalon Expeditions is the expert-led, highly educational and immersive, conservation-focused eco-tourism company taking Newfoundland by storm. Based in Bay Bulls, just a half hour's drive south of St. John's, we will show you Newfoundland's most spectacular wildlife and landscapes and explain the most fascinating aspects of our local ecosystems. All of our guides are experts in their craft, starting with the owners: myself, a biologist with a PhD in puffin behaviour, and Michael, a marine captain and wildlife guide of 30 years. All of our tours, both by land and by sea, are capped at 12 participants to maintain the high quality of your experience. Please visit our company website, wildavalonexpeditions.ca [coming soon].

There is potential to see a variety of wildlife on our tours, including:

Humpback, minke, and fin whales (rarely, also killer whales)

White-sided, white-beaked, and common dolphins

Atlantic puffins, common murres, thick-billed murres, razorbills, black guillemots, northern gannets, black-legged kittiwakes, and three shearwater species

Ocean sunfish (Mola mola), bluefin tuna, and various shark species

Harbour seals, river otters, red fox, snowshoe hare, caribou, lynx, and moose

Songbirds, shorebirds, eagles, woodpeckers, and other landbirds, as well as vagrants (feel free to ask for a more comprehensive bird species list, if birding is your thing!)

And many other species. However, please note that wildlife sightings are never guaranteed. The probability of seeing the aforementioned species varies with time of year, time of day, weather and wave conditions.