Percé - Bonaventure Island Trip

Bonaventure Island View fro Perce

Percé is a small city that located in the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, Canada. It takes about 8.5 hours drive from Quebec City or 10 hours from Portland, Maine. During the summer time, this small city become a very popular tourist attraction. The two popular attractions in the city are Percé Rock and Bonaventure Island. 

  
Percé Rock is a natural rock formation located close to the town of the Percé. During the low tide, people can walk up to the hole in the rock. For better viewing, it is recommended to take a ferry to the Bonaventure Island. Bonaventure Island is located just in front of the town of Percé. People used to live in this island until bought by the Parc Canada. Since then, the Bonaventure island became a national park known as the Parc national de l’Ile-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Perce. This island is populated by different species of birds with Gannet as a majority species. For better viewing of the Percé Rock and the different species of birds, it is recommended to take a ferry. It costs around CAD$30/person. The ferry takes you to a closer look of the Percé Rock and observes various species of marine mammals such as seals and whales.

Perce Rock from Ferry Boat

Perce Rock from Boat Landing

White and Grey Seals

 

 

From far away, looks like a horse is drinking water

Bonaventure Island Boat Landing

Town of Perce from Ferry Boat

Small Sand Beach at Bonaventure Island

 

When you arrive at the boat terminal in Bonaventure Island, you will ask to wait and a park ranger will explain about the island which I did not understand since he spoke in French. After that you will go to the ticket counter and pay the entrance fee to the park. The cost of the entrance fee is CAD$7/person.

 

It is recommended to take a des colonies trail to get to the Gannet Colonies and back thru Chemin-du-Roy trail that passes thru more Gannet colonies, sand beach, and ocean view.