Smartphone Audio Driving Tour between Huntsville & Toronto
Description
Hook your smartphone to your vehicle's stereo and listen to a tour guide while you drive! Follow the suggested route from the audio guide along Hwys 400 & 11, and discover central Ontario in a fun & unique way! Start anywhere along the route between Toronto & Huntsville. Tour experience is the same in either direction. Learn the area's logging history & the early explorer Samuel de Champlain. Discover the beauty of Algonquin Park & Muskoka. Hear about the Mnjikaning Fish Weirs, Oro African Church, William Osler & other sights at your own pace. With no time constraints, enjoy the freedom to stop anywhere & take your time exploring. Tour guide commentary will play automatically as you drive, using an easy to navigate GPS map. No data is used during the tour. This audio guide will keep your group entertained & engaged along the way. Each point of interest also has a fun multiple-choice trivia question about the sights. Trust the platform with over 75 tours & 25,000+ happy customers!
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Itinerary
As you drive, we'll point out, and tell you all about, the following points of interest. This isn't all though, there's a lot more we didn't list! Themes include popular people, geography, history, industry, nature & more. You can stop at any attraction we tell you about for as long, or as little time as you like. The tour will pick up right where you left off.
You'll pass right by the small city of Bracebridge. We'll tell you about the city and the beautiful falls right downtown. Stop at any point of interest and enjoy for as long as you like. The tour will pick up right where you left off.
Although the tour stops just short of Algonquin Park, we'll tell you all about it.
We'll point out the town and tell you about what the name really means.
The beginning or end of the tour, depending on direction of travel.
The tour goes right past this river-front village, perfect for an ice cream or lunch stop!
You'll see the big highway sign, so you might as well hear more about it! Gigantic concert and event grounds that has hosted a number of musical acts like the Rolling Stones.
This one of a kind attraction is just a few minutes off the route, located on the Gravenhurst Wharf.
We'll point out an old school drive in theatre as you pass by.
In case you didn't know, Muskoka has a lot of lakes. We'll list them all, one by one.... just kidding. That would be crazy.
One of the biggest lakes in the region, learn about how it got it's name.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Wheelchair accessible
Reviews(4)
I appreciated the Indigenous information provided along with historical and popular culture information. When the audio prompts were triggered, I'd often get a jolt and so would recommend a chime of sorts to start every piece, much like how the great trivia questions provided a "thinking" audio clip. I also wish the settings had a "keep screen on" option. Depending on traffic, not much "down time," but I found the information clips to be of perfect length. May be challenging if have children along for the trip too. Overall, would definitely recommend and do another!
Thank you so much for your kind words and thoughtful feedback! We’re glad you enjoyed the mix of Indigenous history, local culture, and trivia. Your suggestion about adding a chime before each audio segment is a great one. We’ll definitely take that into consideration. We also appreciate the note about a “keep screen on” option and will explore ways to improve usability. Hope to have you join us on another tour soon!
It was a great way to learn about the area while we drove and we loved the little quizzes. We would definitely do this again with different routes
Thanks for your review! We are delighted that our audio tour enhanced your experience and that you loved our quizzes! Thank you for sharing your positive thoughts.
It started off bad as I had no sound through the phone or car. Very frustrated I pulled over and tried calling a number with little help. It seems that some cars have issues. Not wanting to waste much time and delay travels, I restarted everything. This time I turned off my infotainment system so that phone would not connect to car first and sound began to play through the phone. So for some reason if phone connected through Bluetooth car didn't play sound and phone didn't play sound. Later in travels I needed navigation and turned on infotainment system but phone would not connect due to app already playing, which was good. So I know there was some conflict with app and car and Bluetooth. It would have been better sound through car speakers but was good enough for us just being two people in front seats. The whole driving tour was entertaining with quiz questions to play along with. There was short breaks between each guide of just minutes to talk about facts, so much more of a guide then I expected. It really filled the time well with lots of facts to listen to and the quiz questions with multiple choice answers made for entertainment games and who could get more right answers. We enjoyed it and were happy to have done it. Just wish the app played through the car speakers.
Great experience , very knowledgeable and worth listening information, nice to have this, would use for my trips in future
