Harvesting the Moon: A Dulse Tradition
Around the full and new moons, we can access the dulse-growing regions of the Minas Basin.
Tour runs from June through September on specific dates only!
Learn to identify, harvest, and preserve dulse, a nutritious red seaweed.
Take home your own harvest along with recipes.
The experience includes a rustic picnic featuring dulse-infused foods.
Following the full and new moons, a handful of days each month open the rare opportunity to explore the ocean floor and venture into the dulse-growing regions of the Bay of Fundy’s Minas Basin. Submerged once or twice daily by the world’s highest tides, this dynamic ecosystem offers a hands-on, sustainable foraging experience from June through September.
Join your guide to locate, identify, and harvest one of the ocean’s most nutritious red seaweeds. Learn traditional techniques for preparing and preserving dulse, and take home your own harvest complete with recipes to continue enjoying this coastal superfood.
The adventure concludes with a rustic beach picnic featuring dulse-infused foods, offering a taste of the tide-to-table experience and a chance to savour the fruits of your harvest amidst the stunning coastal scenery.
This 4-hour tour is entirely tidal-dependent. Final confirmation regarding start-time will be forwarded no later than 3 weeks prior to your tour.
Complimentary pick up is optional if clients are staying in Parrsboro.
Meeting point for clients travelling from Halifax, Truro, Amherst or Advocate Harbour:
Fundy Geological Museum parking lot, 162 Two Islands Road, Parrsboro, NS
Drop off after conclusion of tour is either the original pick up or meeting point.
Please carry water (1 litre per person), a small snack and sunscreen in your daypack. Wearing a hat is recommended. Ensure your footwear is suitable for navigating beaches. Closed-toe and lace-up shoes are a must for the approaching terrain to the intertidal harvest area. Watershoes will be provided for this tour. Your guide will have trekking poles available if you choose to use them for added balance and easier navigation of the varied terrain.
Our tours are conducted in all weather. In case of rain, ponchos will be part of the guide’s kit. Tours are subject to cancellation only when thunderstorms are imminent.
Professional guide with sustainable intertidal foraging experience;
Hiking poles;
Water shoes;
Harvesting tools;
Gathering bags;
Rustic beach picnic featuring freshly harvested ingredients;
Information on preserving harvested items;
Take home dulse and recipe booklet;
The tour operator will touch base within 96 hours prior to your booking date to communicate weather conditions and confirm the start time.
Please tell us a little about yourself:
What is your walking experience, fitness level or mobility limitation? To ensure the best outcome for your bespoke tour, please also share any special objectives. (Interested in photography, rocks, geological history, folklore, flora and fauna?)
Email or text Anna with additional questions or special requests . This is your best option!
Our email <parrsboroshoretours@gmail.com>
Phone calls are always welcome. While we are conducting tours, you will reach our message system. We will return your call once we are back in the office. Our number 1-306-631-8539
Our cancellation policy is 72 hrs prior to tour start for day tours and 30 days for overnight tours.
Full payment is due upon booking. In the event of a cancellation more than 72 hrs (day tours) or 30 days (overnight tours) prior to tour start, Tide Rollers & Mudlarkers will refund the tour price less a 20 % handling fee. For cancellations of less than 72 hrs or 30 days respectively, please note that no refund can be issued.
Should a tour have to be postponed by Tide Rollers & Mudlarkers due to unsafe weather conditions (thunderstorms, hurricanes), we will try and move your booking to an alternative date. Please plan your trip so that you can switch to a different date just in case. In the event that you are unable to switch dates, you will receive a refund of the tour price less a 20 % handling fee, or you can turn your booking into a non-refundable gift certificate for the full value of the tour (no expiration date).
