Experience maximum excitement and outdoor fun this summer

Satisfy a thirst for adventure and feel your heart race as you explore the trails, rapids, cliffs, and skies of Ontario’s Highlands. Challenge yourself to reach new heights and make fresh tracks. Explore the charming communities of Ontario's Highlands at your own pace.

Summer is calling! Will you answer?

Paddling
Cycling
Road Trips
Camping
Staycation Inspiration
Travel Sustainably

Your Best Summertime Experiences

Collection • 10 stories

Connect with Water

Annual Camping for Any Group

Places to start a new camping tradition, or spice up your old one.

Camping

Secret Swimming Holes

Find the best local spots for a cool dip on a hot summer’s day.

Swimming

Wild and Wonderful Waterfalls

Love waterfalls? Wander our round-up of 17 wild and wonderful waterfalls in Ontario's Highlands.

Attractions

5 Rail Trails for Gravel Cycling Adventures

Get in on the gravel biking trend.

Bicycling

Retro Summer: Get Back to the Summer Days You Remember

Remember how long summers were when you were a kid? What if you could have that feeling again?

Summer

Get into Whitewater: Gentle Rafting Experiences for Everyone

Not every raft trip needs to be high adrenalin.

Family-Friendly

Hit the Beach: Best Beaches in Ontario's Highlands

Sand bucket and shovel are optional.

Summer

Simple Pleasures and Big Roadside Attractions: A 2-Day Road Trip from Hastings County to Haliburton Highlands

A revival of the original "road trip" adventure in Ontario's Highlands.

Road Trips
Local Inspiration

Rolling on the Rail Trail: Cycling the K&P from Sharbot Lake to Calabogie

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On the Fly

Falling in love with fly fishing is easy.

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More Wandering Inspiration

Perfect Picnic Spots

Spread your blanket at one of these local picnic spots.

Road Trips

5 Foodie Road Trips That Will Get You Somewhere

Set out on a culinary road trip adventure on one of these five foodie adventures that will get you somewhere.

Food & Drink

If You Lived Here: 11 Ontario Small Towns You Won't Want to Leave

Pro tip: If you really don’t want to relocate, don’t visit these communities.

Road Trips

5 Hopping New Breweries (and a cidery) to Explore this Summer

Craft beer lovers - this one's for you.

Food & Drink

Foraged Feast: Get Started Harvesting Wild Edibles

Modern foraging and how to savour the flavours of the wild.

Food & Drink

Easy Rider

Be inspired to try longer rides with these relatively easy routes (no saddle sores needed).

Bicycling

Wander Sustainably

Pack for both the expected and unexpected.
Leave no trace by land and by water.
Share your itinerary with a friend before heading out.

Get more sustainable tourism tips here.

Explore more experiences

Get summer rolling with maximum adrenalin, outdoors, adventure, and small-town fun in Ontario's Highlands.

Stay Longer

From cozy bed and breakfasts to inns, cabins, cottages, yurts (and even a treehouse or two!) your accommodation will be more than just a place to lay your head.