March break provides the perfect opportunity to get outside, connect with the family and embrace the season. We've collected our top activities to keep the family entertained. Grab a copy of our Top 5 Road Trips map guide to help you along.
- Take a trip to a sugar bush! Maple syrup season is March and April, our first glimpse of hope that spring is around the corner. Start March Break at the Warkworth Maple Syrup Festival. See the boiling of maple sap, the making of maple syrup and the methods of gathering and processing sap for production. Dig into a delicious plate of pancakes with sausages, smothered in award-winning syrup. Kids will love the horse-drawn sleigh rides, making fresh taffy in the snow and the educational nature trails. Keep in mind sugar bushes like Curles Maple Products, Campbellford and Sandy Flat Sugar Bush, Warkworth welcome visitors most week days and weekends, too. Best to call ahead.
- Get out and play on our trails. If you're looking for a great place to ski, snowshoe (weather permitting), or hike over the March Break, look no further. Enjoy some of the most picturesque, cross-country ski, snowshoe and hiking trails in Ontario. Ski over 30 kilometers of groomed, track-set trails for classic skiing at the Ganaraska Forest or try the 8 km snowshoe trail through the beautiful pine and hardwood forest. The Northumberland County Forest has 7 cross-country ski trails ranging from 1.6 km (kiddie loop) to challenging hills on the 14 km loop. Also part of the County forest is Woodland Trails (3, 7 or 9km loops) one of which takes you up to Lookout Mountain. Experience more of our winter trails.
- Give a donkey a hug. Visit the PrimRose Donkey Sanctuary every Thursday and Sunday where touring the farm gives you hands-on experience with the donkeys (pigs and cats, too!), learn about their history and rehabilitation progress. A little south of here is Firing Time Studios where you can take warm up inside by taking a pottery-making workshop on March 12 or 15.
- At The Big Apple in Colborne on Highway 401 you can make a mini apple pie and enjoy some craft making while you sip on a cup of hot chocolate or hot apple cider. Call 905-355-2574 to save your seat.
- Stay for the March Break at family-friendly accommodations. The Best Western, Cobourg has an indoor pool equipped with buckets that dump water on strategically-placed children as well as a whirlpool section and sprinklers for added fun. Sleep near the Ganaraska Forest (featuring the Ganaraska Hiking Trail) at Woodland Gardens B&B and enjoy the large 2 bedroom suite, game room and sauna. New is a 3-bedroom chalet north of Grafton at Whispering Springs Wilderness Resort that is private and forested. Rest easy at any of Northumberland's family friendly accommodations.
- New at Northumberland Mall is the Cobourg Escape Room with a newly-themed room opening in February, 2018. You can also enjoy a week of fun at the N Zone Kids' Club for crafts and entertaining fun. The Rainbow Cinemas is hosting daily afternoon movies. Burn off energy at the Northshore Lanes Bowling Alley open daily.
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