7 Bar Harbor Audio Tours Worth Booking

1.Ultimate Acadia National Park Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 521 reviews · 2 to 3 hours (approx.) Our pick

Drive Acadia National Park’s 22-mile highlight route with an English audio guide that starts stories by GPS. Hear more than 36 narrated stops, including Sand Beach, Thunder Hole, Jordan Pond, Eagle Lake, and Cadillac Mountain. The tour costs $16.99 per vehicle group of up to four, but park admission and Cadillac Summit reservations are separate.

“The audio tour was very informative and easy to use. We liked that it prompted us about the upcoming sites so we could stop and locate parking. The added information helped us see sights we would have missed. Thanks to the audio tour we enjoyed a better experience in the park.”

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2.Self-Guided Audio Driving Tour in Acadia National Park

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 46 reviews · 8 to 16 hours (approx.)

GuideAlong’s self-guided Acadia tour uses GPS-triggered audio to guide your car around the Park Loop Road and Mount Desert Island. Hear stories, directions, food tips, and stop suggestions in English. Download it before you arrive, then pause, resume, or change plans as you please.

“Worked great! Gave us the time we wanted on each spot! Must download before going to park. Acadia National Park is huge and goes from park to town on outer loop. This guide helped us to know we were in the right place. Loved the inner loop!”

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3.Historic Bar Harbor Self-Guided Walking Audio Tour Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 38 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.) · from $14Best value

Start at Agamont Park and follow more than two miles of GPS-triggered stories through Bar Harbor. Hear about Gilded Age mansions, churches, the Abbe Museum, Bar Island, and the Shore Path. The Action Tour Guide app works offline, lets you pause or reverse direction, and gives lifetime access for $14.99 per person.

“Terrible is an understatement. We were unable to find any way to start tour. We followed directions on app but when we arrived there was NO way to start tour. Nothing we could find. After at least half an hour of trying to figure it out we gave up. So not only did we waste our time we also wasted our $. Very frustrating!”

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4.Cape Cod Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 31 reviews · 3 to 4 hours (approx.)

Drive Cape Cod at your own pace with Action’s GPS-triggered audio tour. For $16.99 per car, you’ll hear more than 64 stories while visiting Scargo Tower, Harwich, First Encounter Beach, Nauset Lighthouse, Provincetown, and Pilgrims’ First Landing Park. Download the app before leaving Wi-Fi, then follow the route offline.

“Loved the ability to go along at our own pace and enjoy the sights. It was relaxing and a great way to see the sights if you have limited mobility especially.”

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5.Self Guided GPS Audio Driving Tour Acadia NP From Hulls Cove VC

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 25 reviews · 1 hour 50 minutes to 2 hours 20 minutes (approx.)

Drive Acadia National Park with a GPS audio guide from WalknTours, starting at Hulls Cove Visitor Center. You get one ticket for the whole car, offline narration, trail tips, history, and directions to 21 stops. Pause, skip, or repeat sections as you wish, but download the app and tour before entering the park, where cell service can be poor.

“For some reason it didn't keep track of where we were. It may have been due to user error, but I followed all the instructions given. I was disappointed.”

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6.Acadia Mount Desert Island Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 4 reviews · 2 to 3 hours (approx.)

Drive a 57-mile route through Mount Desert Island with an audio guide that plays automatically as you go. Hear stories at Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse, Ship Harbor, Wonderland, Echo Lake, Seal Harbor, Otter Creek, and Bar Harbor. You set the pace, stop for walks and photos, and use the tour offline after downloading it.

“Didn’t really tell us much, it told how the island was formed and about the plants. We are here in February, didn’t see many plants just snow.”

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7.Acadia National Park Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 2 reviews · 16 to 18 hours (approx.)

Drive Acadia National Park with the Shaka Guide app as GPS-triggered stories, directions, music, and stop tips play automatically. Follow the main Park Loop Road, then choose optional routes through Somesville, Northeast Harbor, Seal Cove, and Bass Harbor. The $12.79 tour covers one vehicle of up to 15 people and can be paused or reused.

“Obtain a map of the Acadia national Park first. Listen to all of the audios and map how you want to proceed through the park. Listening to the audio, looking for the road signs, and checking the map to make sure you are in sync with the audio all while you are driving, does not work.”

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