YEAR-ROUND
$159/ Person
9:00 am Tuesday, Thursday & Friday
This day trip is a tour along a section of rugged coastline along Oregon’s northern coast. There will be one or two town stops, and multiple stops at headlands and beaches. The trip will include a short hike through oldgrowth Sitka spruce forest, beach time, tide pools (if tides allow), sea stacks, viewpoint stops, and a lunch stop in a charming coastal town. If group interest allows, stops with a more technological history focus may be made, such as the Tillamook Air Museum and/or Tillamook Cheese Factory.
DETAILS
$159 per person
YEAR-ROUND:
9:00 AM – 8:00PM
Transportation: We consolidate to 3 pickup locations, but we do what we can to keep it a short commute from your hotel.
TOUR INCLUDES:
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Professional guide
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Water & Snacks
PLEASE BRING:
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Money: Gratuities are not included in the price of the tour (always appreciated)
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Sun Protection: Hat, sunglasses, sunscreen (if needed)
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Layers: Warm and dry layers for variable weather
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Miscellaneous Gear: Shoes that you don’t mind getting wet and sandy, Water bottle, camera
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product:
Stop At: Willamette Valley, Willamette Valley, Oregon
We’ll drive through the Willamette Valley on our way to and from Portland, passing by Pinot Noir vineyards, hazelnut orchards, marionberry vineyards, and Christmas tree farms.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Tillamook State Forest, SW Scoggins Valley Road, Gaston, OR 97119
We’ll drive through the Tillamook State Forest between Portland and Tillamook.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Tillamook Air Museum, 6030 Hangar Rd, Tillamook, OR 97141-9641
Tillamook is a town for Americana. Here we could stop at the Tillamook Cheese Factory and taste some cheese and observe the process of mass-production cheese making, and/or visit the Tillamook Air Museum, which is housed inside a WWII-era blimp hangar that happens to be the largest clear-span wooden structure in the world.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Three Capes Scenic Drive, 40 miles between Tillamook and Pacific City, OR 97141
We’ll travel the Three Capes Scenic Drive, where we’ll make stops at Cape Meares and Cape Kiwanda. While driving we’ll see Tillamook Hangar B, the Cape Meares Lighthouse, the Three Arch Rocks, Cape Outlook, the Sandlake dunes, Chief Kiawanda Rock, and the Great Dune of Cape Kiwanda.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Cape Meares Lighthouse, 3500 Cape Meares Loop, Tillamook, OR 97141
An 1890s lighthouse. A spectacular view to the south and north. An 800-year-old Sitka spruce that is the largest in Oregon, and 10th largest spruce in the world.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Cape Lookout State Park, 13000 Whiskey Creek Rd US 101 to Three Capes Scenic Drive Oceanside, Tillamook, OR 97141-9499
The site of a crash by a B-17 Flying Fortress during WWII.
Pass By: Sandlake Recreation Area, 7000 Galloway Rd, Cloverdale, OR 97112-9611
We’ll drive through these sand dunes between Cape Outlook and Cape Kiwanda.
Stop At: Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area, Pacific City, OR
Sculpted sandstone, tidal pools, and the fourth tallest offshore monolith in the world; Cape Kiwanda is one of the most breathtaking spots along the Oregon Coast, and that’s saying a lot. You’ll also have the opportunity to slalom down the tallest sand dune on the Oregon Coast, at 240 ft (73 m).
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Neskowin Beach State Recreation Site, Neskowin, OR 97149
Spend some time on the magical Neskowin Beach, where you can propose to your lover at Proposal Rock, a tide-dictated island with an arch. At low tide you may even see the Neskowin Ghost Forest, which tells stories of the past.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Proposal Rock, Neskowin, OR
Spend some time on the magical Neskowin Beach, where you can propose to your lover at Proposal Rock, a tide-dictated island with an arch. At low tide you may even see the Neskowin Ghost Forest, which tells stories of the past.
Duration: 30 minutes
