Island Walk by Bike & Confederation Trail Packages

PEI’s gaining a reputation as the walking & cycling capital of Canada, with designated recreational trail infrastructure growing every year. All of MacQueen’s Island Walk by Bike tour packages are customizable, and can be shortened to cover fewer Island Walk sections, with optional or less frequent luggage transfers if preferred. If keeping costs down and lowering your carbon footprint is a priority, we have options for rental packages with panniers as an alternative to prepaid luggage transfers. You can stay in a lighthouse, a former church or convent, a yurt, a train caboose or try glamping at an actual dock. Not to mention an array of comfortable, historic and authentic inns and B&Bs hosted by some of PEI’s best hospitality professionals.

We recommend planning time for a test ride in Charlottetown before embarking on your Island Walk by bicycle adventure. Using the designated Island Walk routes, we offer 2 different tip-to-tip trips including shuttle from/to Charlottetown at the beginning/end. Seven other journeys begin & end in Charlottetown and most include the option for daily luggage transfers. A couple of properties we’ve chosen have 2-night minimum stays, so we’ve designed loops out of those properties where you can explore the local surroundings and settle in a little more. We’ve chosen accommodation partners who either provide, can arrange for, or are in close proximity to evening meals.

Due to popular demand from families and those who want to avoid vehicular traffic almost altogether, we’ve published four Confederation Trail tip-to-tip packages. One has a 2-nighter in the New Glasgow area in the middle for those who want opportunities to explore the PEI National Park on the north shore. The Confederation Trail has a very mild grade, but with the exception of a section in northeast PEI, it mostly goes through the woods. For some, the more varied scenery and cultural opportunities afforded on our Tip to Tip North trip on the Island Walk route are preferred for exploring the length of PEI; the route you choose depends on your personal comfort level with sharing secondary roads with vehicles. If interested in customizing any of our itineraries, send us all the details in a Quote Request form. That’s Step #1 for all trip proposals.

Our team of local resident cyclists takes care of booking the highest quality rental equipment with an emergency repair kit, tried & true accommodations, expert route planning with a curated list of some of our favorite local options for dining and activities, plotting downloadable routes for your trip, transferring your luggage between inns and providing a list of local bicycle repair service providers at the ready should you require mechanical assistance during your journey. We take care of the details so you just enjoy the ride. Travel at your pace with confidence in MacQueen’s.

Your final itinerary will include links to some of our favorite local culinary highlights, activities, cultural venues and more, allowing you to customize your Island Walk by Bike or Confederation Trail bike adventure to your own particular tastes and interests. Suggestions include (but are hardly limited to) local wineries, distilleries, craft breweries, dairy bars, seafood shacks, clam digs/bakes, river cruises, or lobster boils aboard a fishing boat accompanied by the lilting tunes of a fiddling captain and his family, and some of the finest dining and local fare available on our fair isle.

Note that some sections of the Island Walk may be less than optimal in rainy conditions, or be suited more to walkers than cyclists, so unless you’re following the official route religiously for personal reasons, you should use your judgement and common sense and divert if clay has turned to mud, or you would make better time on a less-traveled alternative paved road to arrive at your destination. Incorporating these kinds of detours into your route on the fly is relatively simple with digital applications.

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Notes

Prices vary depending on B&Bs/Inns selected and room availability
Itinerary and hotels subject to minor changes.

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