Oregon Coast Day Trip: Cannon Beach Exploration

Embark on a captivating day trip along Oregon’s stunning coastline, discovering picturesque beaches, historic lighthouses, and charming towns. Explore Cannon Beach, stroll along the shores, and marvel at Haystack Rock’s tide pools.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Short Sands Beach - Nestled within the lush, temperate rainforest of Oswald West State Park, this secluded sandy beach stretches along four miles of coastline. The park offers miles of trails leading to stunning views of the Pacific Ocean, making it one of Oregon’s most breathtaking parks.
  • Ecola State Park - A visit to Cannon Beach is…
What's Included
  • Transport by Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van
  • Knowledgeable and Experienced Local Guide
  • Bottled water
  • Pick-up & Drop-off At Downtown Portland, Oregon Hotels
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Experience a day on Oregon’s beautiful coastline, rich with striking headlands, sandy beaches and historic lighthouses on this trip from Portland. Wander along the beach in the charming town of Manzanita, discover Short Sands Beach, take in breathtaking views from Neahkahnie Point, and traverse Cannon Beach, where you’ll explore tide pools at Haystack…

Location
Short Sands Beach
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Barbara_s
Apr 30, 2025
Loved the Oregon Coast - Phil was our tour guide and he was wonderful. He brought his love of his state of Oregon to life. His pride came through with his talk on how the state plants a tree for every one cut down and he took us to places we would not have known about on our own.
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Jackie_d
Apr 8, 2025
Amazing - It was raining and the wind was blowing hard. Gunnar was amazing I would highly recommend this booking
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Amandamae55
Mar 29, 2025
Fun day trip to the beach and around town - Gunner was a phenomenal guide - very knowledgeable and friendly, a safe driver and gave us a ton of awesome recommendations. Loved this tour!!
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Kelly_d
Oct 21, 2024
Awesome experience! - This was an amazing tour!!!! Our tour guide was so knowledgeable and we thoroughly enjoyed it! We saw so many breathtaking sights in one day. I can’t think of a better way to see the coast!
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Gary_c
Sep 26, 2024
Oregon Beaches tour - We had a great day touring the beaches of Oregon! Our tour guide Phoebe was awesome and very knowledgeable! So nice to be driven and be given the history of the area and the nature without having to navigate it ourselves!
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Ashley_h
Sep 5, 2024
A must do! - Absolutely amazing. First time to the Pacific Northwest and our host pheobe was phenomenal. Knowledgeable, friendly and made our day amazing seeing the best sites.
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Francis_p
Aug 29, 2024
Enjoyable day exploring the Oregon Coast - We had a very enjoyable day hitting the main sites on the coast. Phoebe picked us up at our hotel. She was professional and friendly. She shared many stories of the history of the area as well as driving us to some of the most splendid views on the west coast.
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Linda_k
Aug 22, 2024
Oregon Coast Memories - Most memorable — walking on the beaches, clam chowder lunch, driving the backroads of the coastal range, hanging out with friends, tour guide commentary (when we were able to hear it). Would help if tour guide used microphone.
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Ati_h
Aug 12, 2024
Great for the price.. but keep expectations low :) - So we were greeted at our hotel on time by the SAME tour guide as we had the day before for our falls tour. America's hub world tour company gave us John again :/ No offense again John but your pre-pubescent voice isn't made for a tour group. The same dirty Sprinter MBZ but this time freezing. Warm bottles of water and no one could hear anything because he had no mic. OTHERWISE, it was great to see the Portland coast line and spend a few minutes here and there. It's literally just a taste of these spots because you get 20-30 min per stop. I recommend you grab a slice of pizza and walk around Cannon beach b/c 1 hour is wayyyy too little time. Eat on the van lol John did an ok job with keeping us informed but there were a few questions he just didn't know and tried to make up :) Thank goodness for Google lol
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Brittanym_g
Aug 14, 2024
Rushed. - This was my second time taking this tour. The first tour was clearly great! This second tour was subpar. I never received any direct communication (only an auto-reply the same day of purchase about a month prior to) from the tour guide about when he'd be arriving for pick up or that he had arrived (like I received on the first tour). I wasn't told to be standing outside and waiting or anything. His non-verbals suggested that he was annoyed for having to wait 5 minutes for me to come downstairs during the pickup window, but he was very pleasant verbally. Each tour guide chooses where to stop and what you get to see. Many of the stops were nice, while others were not. The stops that were nice were cut extremely short. The longest stop we had was 19 minutes at Haystack Rock. He chose to take us on a 15-20 minute hike, each way, which was not listed in the tour description at all. Luckily, my mother brought her hiking sticks. Had she not, she would not have been able to make the short (moderately-hilled) hike because we weren't informed to prepare for a hike. Once we got to the destination "Short Sand Beach" we were only given 6-10 minutes to view this extremely short and unimpressive beach. I'm sure the group would have preferred to spend those 50 minutes walking and exploring the larger beaches. Because you're constantly watching the clock at stops so that you're not late getting back to the van, because they were so short, we couldn't really enjoy anything. I'd recommend renting a car for a day (maybe two so you can view the local waterfalls) and driving yourself so you can spend all the time you'd like viewing the coast and eating lunch. This is an expensive tour and was not worth what was spent.
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From $140
up to 13 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).