Ontario Discovery: Smartphone Audio Driving Tour
4.3
3 Ratings
Wasaga Beach
Embark on an Ontario Discovery with our Smartphone Audio Driving Tour. Explore hidden gems, learn fascinating facts, and enjoy the freedom to stop and explore along the way!
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Simcoe County Museum - You’ll drive past this interactive museum, while you do, we’ll tell you all about why you pay want to turn around.
  • Ontario 26 & Hanmer Street East - Popular Peeps. Try to guess who the local and popular person is from the hints we give!
  • Barrie - Downtown Barrie. As you drive through the city, we’ll tell you a bit about why you may want to take a quick detour and walk through downtown.
  • Barrie Centennial Park - We’ll tell you why the park, and rest of downtown Barrie, is a summer hotspot for both tourists and locals alike.
  • Ontario 400 - Barrie Tornado. As you pass by Innisfil, you’ll hear about the historic tornado that tore through in 1985.
  • 783H+5H Innisfil - Popular Peeps. Try to guess who the local and popular person is from the hints we give!
  • Alliston - We’ll point out the road to Alliston, and tell you about it’s potatoes. Seriously.
  • Ontario 400 - Popular Peeps. Try to guess who the local and popular person is from the hints we give!
  • Ontario 400 - William Osler. We won’t spoil the surprise and tell you who this now, but you’ll learn all about him and why he was so important to the area.
  • Holland Marsh - You’ll notice this one yourself as you drive through the lush valley, but we’ll tell you about how important it was to the development of Toronto.
  • Happy Valley - We’ll point out and tell you all about this very Happy, cartoon sounding Valley.
  • King City - Longest Road. Learn all about the longest road in the world, Yonge Street!
  • Ontario 400 - Popular Peeps. Try to guess who the local and popular person is from the hints we give!
  • Canada’s Wonderland - You’ll be starting at this one anyways, but we’ll tell you about some it’s jaw dropping roller coasters and rides.
  • Wasaga Beach Provincial Park - As you drive past this small lake front park, we’ll tell you all about it.
  • Mosley Street & 50th Street North - Georgian Bay Industry. As you can imagine, the vast waters of Georgina Bay played a large role in the development of the area’s industry. We’ll tell you all about it!
  • Nancy Island Historic Site - We’ll point out and tell you about this small island with a huge history!
  • Wasaga Beach - As you drive along the beach (beside, not on), you’ll learn a bit about it’s history.
  • River Road West - Georgian Sands. You’ll drive by a golf course, some go carts and a big community development. We’ll tell you about some of the changes Wasaga Beach is undergoing.
  • Nottawasaga Bay - We’ll give you the run down on why it’s called Nottawasaga, including a tour guide impersonation for the ages.
  • Crossland Road & Flos Road 6 West - Wasaga Beach Fire. You’ll learn about this near tragedy, in a very dramatic way.
  • Elmvale Jungle Zoo - Although you’ll pass a few kilometre’s away, you may still be able to hear the lions roar. We’ll play it for you anyways while giving you a few good reasons to plan a visit.
  • Minesing Wetlands Conservation Area - We’ll tell you all about this nearby conservation area and some of the critters that inhabit it.
  • Borden - Camp Borden. You’ll learn about the nearby Canadian Forces Base Borden, including how it came to be.
  • Springwater Provincial Park - As you pass the park, we’ll tell you a bit about it and the national civic holiday.
  • Skull Island Mini Golf - Please note this is not a point of interest on the tour, however we’ll pass by it. Feel free to stop here for as long as you like.
  • Skydive Wasaga Beach Inc - Please note this is not a point of interest on the tour, however we’ll pass by it. Feel free to stop here for as long as you like.
  • Wasaga 500 Go Karts - We’ll tell you all about this awesome track as you pass by!
  • Free Spirit Tours - Please note this is not a point of interest on the tour, however we’ll pass by it. Feel free to stop here for as long as you like.
  • Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery - Please note this is not a point of interest on the tour, however we’ll pass by it. Feel free to stop here for as long as you like.
  • Sunnidale Park Arboretum - Please note this is not a point of interest on the tour, however we’ll pass by it. Feel free to stop here for as long as you like.
  • Spirit Catcher Sculpture - Please note this is not a point of interest on the tour, however we’ll pass by it. Feel free to stop here for as long as you like.
  • Heritage Park - Please note this is not a point of interest on the tour, however we’ll pass by it. Feel free to stop here for as long as you like.
  • Ardagh Bluffs - Please note this is not a point of interest on the tour, however we’ll pass by it. Feel free to stop here for as long as you like.
  • Chappell Farms - Please note this is not a point of interest on the tour, however we’ll pass by it. Feel free to stop here for as long as you like.
  • Ontario Travel Information Centre - Barrie - Please note this is not a point of interest on the tour, however we’ll pass by it. Feel free to stop here for as long as you like.
  • Maclaren Art Centre - Please note this is not a point of interest on the tour, however we’ll pass by it. Feel free to stop here for as long as you like.
  • Georgian Bay - Please note this is not a point of interest on the tour, however we’ll pass by it. Feel free to stop here for as long as you like.
What's Included
  • No time constraints, take as long as you like to complete the tour
  • Only 1 tour booking needed per vehicle
  • Flexible dates - tour is yours to keep and enjoy anytime on Tripvia Tours
  • No signal required or data used during tour
  • Good mobile or WiFi connection needed for the initial download
What's Not Included
  • Attraction tickets
  • Smartphone or tablet
  • Transportation (use your own vehicle)
  • **Recommended attractions may be closed/inaccessible due to season or reasons beyond our control.
Additional Information

Connect your mobile device to your car and enjoy a guided tour as you drive!

Embrace the proposed route and uncover hidden gems in Ontario that you were unaware of! The journey can commence anywhere between Toronto and Wasaga Beach; the guide experience doesn’t change with the direction.

Educate yourself about the fertile Holland Marsh, the Lake Effect Snow and the groundbreaking work of Dr. William Osler. Take in the natural splendor of the Minesing Wetlands and Georgian Bay. Learn about the HMS Nancy, Camp Borden, and make stopovers at Downtown Barrie, Alliston, and the world’s longest freshwater beach, Wasaga Beach!

Without any timing restrictions, relish the liberty to pause and explore at will. The tour guide’s commentary plays automatically as you navigate using an uncomplicated GPS map, without any data usage for the tour.

The audio narration will keep your travel party captivated and involved during the journey. Additionally, each point of interest features an engaging multiple-choice trivia question about the site.

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Location
Wasaga Beach
One of the start / stop points for the route. Tour runs between Wasaga Beach and the 400 / 407 interchange in Vaughan. You can start or stop anywhere though, and the tour experience is the same in either direction. Tour also come with a free extension to Collingwood.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Acha42
Jul 30, 2022
A great experience recommended for road trip and curiosity lovers. - My husband and I are newly canadian residents and fond of road trip, so when we saw this activity we were intrigued as it looked like a way for us to learn new things about our new home combined with our love with driving. At first but weren't sure what it really was or if it wasn't even a scam seeing there is no review of the product, but we told ourselves that the price wasn't really high and that it could be a good surprise. When you pay, you receive a code on your email address, you'll need to download the app Trivia Tours (it's free) and enter the code you've received in the trip you booked (here it is the Canada > Ontario > Wasaga). Then you need to download the trip and you're settled and ready to go. You just have to open the app and follow the map, the sound plays automatically when you approach a point of interest. The voice is supposed to be a robot, but you can't really tell, it's really pleasant to listen to! It was overall a really fun activity, we discovered a lot of things and the trivia questions were really difficult to answer (and we love being challenged!) and they are not obligatory, you can just ignore it if you want. You can pause when you want, which allowed us to goto Wasaga beach in the middle of the trip. Overall, we do strongly recommend this activity if you love driving while learning and discovering new things, and they even have tours available in whole Canada, so we'll definitely try many of them in the future. The only downside was when I left the application running in my phone in the background, it ended up being killed by my phone to save battery (I think) so I had to let my phone unlocked the whole time, but it was really minor so I won't remove any star for that little of a detail.
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Ludovicka2021
Aug 23, 2021
nice place - Wow! What an experience. It was my first time and it was great. The rides are amazing. But be prepared for long wait times for the really big ones but they are worth trying it out. My recommendation is to get the fast pass so you don't have to wait in line. However the food within wonderland is a bit expensive but I'm not surprised. All together, it was a great time and definitely worth going.
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Julien_l
Mar 18, 2024
Navigation didn't work - It was informational. A new experience. However, the navigation part didn't seem to work. Some of the cues were designed to work only in one direction (form Vaughan to Wasaga Beach), however, we were doing in from Wasaga Beach to Vaughan.
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