

Local lobsterwoman Stefanie Alley has been fishing Maine’s frigid waters for decades, and this morning she’s invited your group for a dockside chat. Learning about the lobstering life is a perfect prelude to today’s walking tour of this remote island outpost, where colorful buoys hung from clapboard houses reflect Acadia’s enduring fishing traditions. Of course, local insight is a watchword of your journey, with seasoned wilderness guides who have explored the region for decades. Meanwhile, your taste buds begin anticipating tonight’s seafood dinner in Bar Harbor. Here on your hiking tour in Acadia, the East Coast’s oldest national park, the settled life and wild nature coexist as they have for centuries—in beautifully landscaped carriage roads and rocky coastal paths, quaint village shops, and boundless vistas of the island-dotted Atlantic.
This was my second trip with this company. Like the last one it was WELL worth the cost. The guides were amazing (Anne and Mary) - the tours, the accommodations and the food - ALL great. The Asticou was old and had ODD rooms, but very nostalgic. The Bar Harbor Inn was first class and super comfortable.
Maine: Acadia National Park
We thoroughly enjoyed this trip. The guides were fantastic, the scenery was wonderful and the hikes were just challenging enough.
Maine: Acadia National Park
Experience your destination like an insider with people who call it home.
Anne Rush
Raised on a dairy farm in northern Aroostook County, Maine, Anne cultivated her passion for coastal life while living in Hawaii for nearly 30 years. She has guided for two decades, and guests find her love of the natural world infectious. Her interests include organic gardening, kayaking, hiking, and skiing. Travelers who explore America with her can expect, as she does, “to live life to the fullest.”
Mary Simons
Over two decades ago, Mary Simons faced a difficult choice-should she move to Vermont or Maine? She ultimately chose Vermont, thanks to an offer of a teaching job, and she finds great peace living in her woodsy cabin with views of the stunning Green Mountains. However, she still spends as much time as she can visiting the beautiful, rugged coastline of Maine. When not guiding, she is the director of a traveling immersion journalism program for high school and college students. Mary is a skilled conversationalist that is certain to make guests feel cared for while time in one of her favorite areas of New England-Acadia National Park.
Carolyn Beecher
Carolyn Beecher first started hiking in Acadia when she was 6 years old with the Appalachian Mountain Club, her family staying at the Echo Lake Camp on the west side of Mount Desert Island. The aroma of balsam fir, the taste of blueberries, and the expansive views of the ocean and islands from the granite summits of Acadia touch deep places within her. Eventually settling in Montana in 1980, she began as a guide in 1991 in Glacier National Park. Her excitement about sharing our national parks’ remarkable ecology, history, beauty, and peace with you cannot be missed. Carolyn will encourage you to relax your mind, open your senses, and have fun in the present moment.
Randy Judkins
Randy Judkins’ childhood passion for the outdoors allowed him to lead hiking and canoeing trips around his native state of Maine by the age of 20. He is an avid hiker and kayaker and has shared his enthusiasm over the years on walking, cycling, and gourmet food tours and at summer camps. Most importantly, as a professional vaudeville performer, he will keep you entertained on and off the trail.
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