Things to do in Mount Desert Island, DownEast and Acadia Maine: The Best Nature & Wildlife Tours

Paddle. Nature. It’s that simple really! We paddle the most remote sections around Acadia National Park. Our guides are passionate, we have the cleanest gear (washed after each trip), offer picnic lunches, and we are the only MDI Sea Kayaking tour provider offering a wildlife guarantee! Come explore the power of Acadia with us!

The Natural History Center is a family-run business leading birding, nature, and adventure tours in Acadia National Park, Downeast Maine, and beyond. Whether you are interested in learning about birds or adding to your life-list, learning to kayak or build on skills you already have, or wanting a professional biologist to lead you on a nature tour, they have a staff of experts to help. Take your family on a tide-pool adventure. Go on a photo safari to capture birds or the hidden gems of the natural world. Take a scenic tour of Acadia National Park, learning about the natural and cultural landscape. In the winter, cross-country skiing and snow-shoeing is an excellent activity. Join The Natural History Center for any of your favorite outdoor adventures. Tours are generally geared to small groups. All ages and abilities are welcome. Tours are available year-round.

Offering Personalized Birdwatching and Ecology Field Trips around Bar Harbor & the Coastal Gulf of Maine since 1993. Mission Statement for DENT Our mission is to safeguard the ecological integrity of the Gulf of Maine bio-region through holistic experiential programs in ornithology and ecology aimed at educating the public about our unique global ornithological connections and the impacts of human ecology in the Gulf of Maine.

TourAcadia provides customized sightseeing tours of Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island, Maine.

Mount Desert Island, and Acadia National Park has hundreds of activities and scenic majesty. MDI TOURS will be your guide, and show you everything there is to see, and show you where to find all the fun activities! For 30 years we have called MDI our home. And we would be honored to enhance your Acadia vacation! And we welcome cruise ship passengers!

We are Bar Harbor's largest and oldest private van touring company. Locally owned, we specialize in a personalized experience of Acadia National Park. Our experienced local guides have a deep knowledge of the area and narrate the tours with history and facts in an unscripted way which allows for many questions and custom experiences. We have tours that range from 3 to 6 hours for groups up to 5. The tours are private to the group booking. We don't put groups together. We are advanced reservation only. The price is per hour per vehicle, we don't have a per person rate. All the time is all yours while on tour, you can spend as long as you want at each stop. Perfect for photographers or those who don't want 10 minute per stop experience. See Acadia in a chauffeured way and see all the highlights: Summit of Cadillac Mountain, Sand Beach, Thunder Hole, glacial lakes, soaring granite cliffs, as well as gardens, mansions, lighthouses, & stone bridges.

Hi there! I'm your guide, Willow. I've spent thousands of hours collecting and identifying mushrooms all over the United States. I grew up on Mount Desert Island, Maine, and graduated from College of the Atlantic in 2017. I have a close relationship with the flora and funga of Maine, and am eager to share what I know on my guided foraging sessions!

Fully narrated trolley tours of Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park open April through Oct

Acadia National Park Tours specializes in fully narrated bus tours of Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park. The Classic Tour (2.5 Hours) is offered daily at 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM (additional tour times may be available). The Premium Tour (3.5 Hours) departs at 11:00 AM, has limited space available, and is offered only on select dates. Tours feature stops throughout Acadia National Park including the summit of Cadillac Mountain and Thunder Hole. All trips depart from Testa's Restaurant, 53 Main Street, in downtown Bar Harbor.

Offering 3 & 1/2 hour Puffins, Lighthouses and Seabirds trip, leaving daily between mid May and mid August from 119 Eden St. (the Atlantic Oceanside Hotel) Bar Harbor, Maine. Explore the highlights of our beautiful coast including Winter Harbor, Petit Manan and Egg Rock Lighthouses. Birds seen on this tour include: puffins, razorbills, murres, guillemots, shearwaters, terns, gulls, jaegers, various raptors, ducks, geese and waders. This trip includes extended viewing of Petit Manan Lighthouse, one of only seven islands in Maine where Atlantic Puffins nest. If you are a bird lover - this is the tour to do! We also see seals, eagles, osprey, harbor porpoise and other local wildlife. Daily from mid May through mid August, 9:30 a.m. Please note this is considered an 'offshore' trip - if someone in your party is prone to motion sickness, we advise taking a precaution before going on the trip.