Alternative Routes Nova Scotia

03/01/2025

Three reasons I love my job 💕

02/05/2025

We’re not sure why, but we’ve been given tickets for an advanced screening to to give away! Maybe the connection is the ocean? Boats? Who cares why?! It looks thrilling and we have tickets for you!

Check out our stories to get a glimpse.

LOCATION: Cineplex Cinemas Park Lane
DATE: Wednesday, February 26
TIME: 7:00 PM

We have 10 tickets to give away. Tag up to 9 friends and make sure you all follow us and we’ll enter you to win :)

I’ll make the draw Feb. 21st.

Fun!

02/03/2025

Don’t mistake our longing for that summer sun as a hint of winter despair. Oh no! We’re loving the endless snow fall this year. But what we do long for is sharing Nova Scotia with you, our dear passengers! And it’s almost that time again :) So make sure to soak in all the winter while you still can and then come give us a visit already!

01/31/2025

Making experiences like this one is what makes this “job” so special. It was a big birthday for Susan, but tact will keep me from telling you which one! She took the whole family along to celebrate. It was so much fun being part of their family for a day. And I mean family, Sarah even left her water shoes for me, because I liked them! And can you believe Lily managed to escape that red mud her white sweater spotless?

01/22/2025

That’s right, this summer we are heading back to PEI! Leave Halifax with us for 3 days of island fun. We’re going to go fishing , cook some lobster on the beach, and visit the places that inspired Anne of Green gables. You might even be able to convince me to stop on the way back to the city ;)

01/15/2025

We sure are getting lonely over here, anybody in Halifax wanna to get out of town? Go for an adventure? I’ve got some ideas and I’m curious what y’all would be into. Pick your favourite Nova Scotia winter tour idea and tag someone you’d want to go with in the comments, if we get enough people interested maybe we can make it happen?

09/26/2024

Cheers to the summer Season! With fall creeping up on us this year on tour we can’t wait for the beautiful autumn season that Nova Scotia brings (my personal favourite). It’s always hard to slowly say goodbye to patio season, but we will just have to bundle up extra!! 🧤🧣

08/19/2024

Kate has had a big week, passed her hardest class, celebrated a birthday that will now let her buy and drink alcohol pretty much everywhere, and ended her co-op here with us. She has brought so much laughter and fun to the Alternative Routes team and the summer wouldn’t have been the same without her.

One of the most mature 20 somethings I’ve ever met, she’s gone above and beyond, taking care of Rigby while I escaped to Brazil, she keeps me up to date with all the latest trends and lingo. She’s got mad rizz and hilarious commentary on my dating life. Things around here wouldn’t be the same without her, which is why we decided to keep her! She’ll be staying on part-time in the fall and we couldn’t be more delighted! Please give her all the birthday love today, even though it was yesterday, but in usual Sam fashion, I’m a day late.

Stay tuned to today’s stories for more Kate appreciation moments- but for now, I must put some pants on and get ready for tour!

08/17/2024

At low tide in Halls Harbour, these boats rest on the ocean floor, waiting for the water to rise again. Nature’s tide show at its finest! 🌊

08/14/2024

Sam is sometimes a writer, but most times an entrepreneur with a passion for creating authentic travel experiences. In a world full of chatbots and call centers, Sam aims to put hospitality back into the tourism industry. She loves to travel the globe in her time off and explore her backyard with the closest of strangers for work. Starting with one van and a dream she started Alternative Routes in 2016 to help fill the transportation gap visitors were finding when they landed in Halifax and wanted to visit more remote locations in Nova Scotia. Recognizing this same model can be applied in other locations AR, we were looking at Quebec and PEI, and will be launching internationally in fall of 2024! With a passion for disability advocacy she sits on multiple accessibility boards where she tries to be a loud voice in a room where often people with invisible disabilities are overlooked and misunderstood. Her latest project is Alt-R, an app that will help travelers to better organise their itineraries, while pointing out transportation gaps where service is needed. She has yet to give up her dream of one day writing a Great American—ahem—Canadian novel, but will settle in the meantime with writing the darkest of witty plays and telling bedtime stories to her two 60lbs bulldogs, Lola and Rigby.

07/25/2024

I was on a rainy day of tour last week and decided to pop into these shops in Lunenburg. Each place has its own special personality and I wanted you all to have a chance to experience the adventure with me. ;))

07/23/2024

Here’s a dinghy, there’s a dinghy, I’m a dinghy, you’re a dinghy 🤭

07/17/2024

Despite finally having experienced a true understanding of the meaning of the phrase “older than dirt”, Laurie continues to atone for his ta**ry career in corporate Hades by refusing to surrender. He claims to be a middling musician, a sailing fool, a teller of tales and ardent admirer of fine ales. Whenever he is lucky enough to slip the lines from shore, he dabbles in the thrill of fantasy thinking he could set sail for any place the wind will carry him. He invites all of his passengers to come on a minor, but hopefully unforgettable adventure around a slice of his adopted home in Nova Scotia.

07/10/2024

Picture Perfect Peggy’s 📸

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07/08/2024

We have the first heat wave of July with humidex values reaching 38 degrees today. This might last until Wednesday so be sure to keep hydrated and stay safe out there!☀️

07/08/2024

We have the first heat wave of July with humidex values reaching 38 degrees today. This might last until Wednesday so be sure to keep hydrated and stay safe out there! :)

07/07/2024

Calm on the water🌊

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06/29/2024