Niagara Falls – Journey behind the Falls

To stand at the heart of Niagara, you’ll first need to descend 125 feet and explore the 130-year-old tunnels through the bedrock, but you’ll feel the thunderous vibration of the Horseshoe Falls long before you see them.

Visitors descend 150 ft. by elevator, where a short tunnel (150 ft.) gives access to two outdoor observation decks and two portals located directly behind the Falls. At “Journey Behind the Falls”, you`ll experience the awesome spectacle of one-fifth of the world’s fresh water crashing down to the basin below. During summer daylight hours, over 2,800 cubic meters of water thunders over the brink every second, travelling at 65 kilometres per hour! Your Journey Behind the Falls visit will take 30 to 45 minutes and in the spring and summer months, you`ll receive a free souvenir biodegradable rain poncho as protection from the mist of the Falls. Elevators descend 150 feet through bedrock to tunnels that lead to the Cataract Portal and the Great Falls Portal which is one third of the way behind the massive sheet of water. Then you walk on to the Upper and Lower Observation Decks at the very foot of the Falls. Posters are a great resource of information about the history and evolution of the hallways you walk through. Journey Behind the Falls is an iconic Niagara Falls experience so make sure you take a waterproof camera.

CN Tower

Speed up to the 1,136 ft./346m LookOut in a mere 58 seconds in one of six high-speed glass-fronted elevators and take in the stunning views of Toronto. Check out the Outdoor SkyTerrace; feel the breeze at 342m (1,122 ft) above the ground and look straight down through the world famous Glass Floor! 

Casa Loma

Casa Loma is Spanish for Hill House. The house was built as a residence for Sir Henry Mill Pellat, a financier, in 1914 in the Gothic Revival style in midtown Toronto. Now it has been turned into a museum and landmark. Casa Loma was constructed from 1911 to 1914 by 300 workers and sits at an elevation of 140 metres (460ft) above sea level. it was the largest private residence in Canada. With 98 rooms covering 64,700 square feet (6,011 m²)  it had an elevator, an oven large enough to cook an ox, two vertical passages for pipe organs, a central vacuum, two secret passages in Pellatt's ground-floor office, a pool, and three bowling alleys in the basement!

Due to its unique architectural character Casa Loma has been a popular filming location for movies and television. It is also a popular venue for wedding ceremonies. A restaurant, Blueblood Steakhouse, opened in summer 2017

Ontario Science Centre

With its 8 halls full of exhibits and 500 interactive experiences, this is the place to be! Get out of this world in Space, with a state-of-the-art planetarium, meteorites from Mars, cosmic rays, black holes, and a space chair that's really a rocket!

Sit back in Toronto's only public planetarium, as a presenter takes you on a fantastic voyage through the Universe to learn more about our cosmic neighbours with a variety of shows.

Explore the potential and limits of the human body. Plunge into the mind of a free diver, grapple with a climbing wall and see what it takes to summit Everest. Discover how your body deals with danger and find out what's humanly possible for you. See the stories of athletes, survivalists, extreme sports enthusiasts and others who have broken through barriers of what was once thought humanly impossible, and learn about your own amazing body in AstraZeneca Human Edge.

The Science Arcade is the place to test your reaction time, navigate a distorted room and more. From a shadow tunnel to a bike generator and a tricky light stick, you’ll soon discover this classic hall has more than meets the eye. Touch a tornado, hang out in a cave, and get close to giant cockroaches and poison dart frogs in The Living Earth.

Ripley’s Aquarium

The aquarium has 5.7 million litres (1.5 million gallons) of marine and freshwater habitats from across the world. The exhibits hold more than 20,000 exotic sea and freshwater specimens from more than 450 species. The aquarium is organized into ten galleries.

Canadian Waters features animals from all the bodies of water surrounding the country. The gallery has 17 habitats including: Rainbow Reef, Dangerous Lagoon, Discovery Centre, The Gallery, Ray Bay, Swarm - Nature by Numbers, Planet Jellies, Life Support Systems and the Shoreline Gallery. This gallery also features a wave maker that simulates the surge conditions of the British Columbia shoreline.

The Rainbow Reef features animals from the Indo-Pacific water regions and is the most colourful gallery in the exhibit, hence its name. Some of the species in this exhibit include: Picasso triggerfish, humbug dascyllus, emperor angelfish, pajama cardinalfish, unicorn surgeonfish. The exhibit also features an interactive dive show.

The Dangerous Lagoon is the aquarium's largest tank with an underwater tunnel and a moving walkway Some of the featured animals in this exhibit include sand tiger shark, sandbar shark, rough tail stingray, longcomb sawfish, and green sea turtles.

The Discovery Centre features various hands-on activities such as underwater viewing bubbles, a pop-up research submarine and a touch pool which allows visitors to touch living fossils. Discovery Centre inhabitants include clownfish, palette surgeonfish, and horseshoe crab. The "Touch" exhibits give visitors the opportunity to touch the skins of various animals like sharks and sting-rays with the help of aquarium employees. The Gallery exhibit, also known as Mother Nature's Art Gallery, features some of the most delicate underwater species from all over the world. This exhibit features the red lionfish, electric eel, lined seahorse, and the archerfish. It also features six salt water and three fresh water exhibits. The Planet Jellies exhibit has colour changing displays with five species of jellyfish. These include: pacific sea nettle, moon jelly, spotted jelly, and upside-down jelly. The Ray Bay exhibit is focused around three distinct species of stingrays. Occasionally visitors can see aquarium divers feeding the stingrays during their daily interactive dive shows. Some of the inhabitants of this exhibit include the bonnethead shark, cownose ray, and the southern stingray.

Harborfront Entertainment Centre

This 10 acre site, converted from a wasteland of derelict industrial buildings, creates and hosts over 4,000 events annually and works with more than 450 community and cultural groups. Offering artistic and cultural activities including visual arts, crafts, literature, music, dance and theatre for adults and children it attracts millions of visitors each year. The site hosts an annual series of large cultural festivals held each weekend during the summer Events are offered at reasonable prices or are completely free of charge. 2,000 volunteers support the centre giving their time and energy for free.