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Photo: Wanderlight Alpaca Experience

Agritourism: Enjoy a farm experience in Kawarthas Northumberland

Drive through Kawarthas Northumberland this fall, and you’re bound to see some quintessentially rural scenes—sunny cornfields, horses standing in the pasture, chickens pecking around the barn. 

If you’ve ever been tempted to stop for a longer look, you’re in luck. The region is packed with agritourism experiences that can offer you unique entertainment or a chance to mingle with the animals. We’ve compiled a list of some suggested destinations that will give you insight into what country life’s all about.

Interact with Farm Animals

Haute Goat (1166 5th Line, Newtonville, ON) provides a variety of memorably quirky farm experiences. Participate in goat yoga, spend the night in lodgings inside the alpaca enclosure, or learn what a “goat schmurgle” is on this picturesque property just outside Port Hope. Most of the offerings include plenty of direct animal contact, and the Screaming Goat Café provides a delicious taste of local fare.

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Photo: The Pearly Acre

Photo: Leahy’s Farm Market

Fall Farm Events

Kawartha Farm Fest is a celebration of all things agricultural. On Saturday October, 4, 2025, take a self-guided driving tour of Kawartha Lakes farms, where you can learn about organic growing practices, wool spinning, forest nurseries, and more.

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Corn Mazes and Pumpkin Patches

Cricklewood Farm & Corn Maze boasts a hefty seven-acre corn maze, which along with the mini-maze, means approximately 4km of twisting, turning fall fun. Afterwards, hit the pumpkin patch and bring home a seasonal souvenir.

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Photo: Vanderview Farms

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Cycling Doube's Trestle Bridge on the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail

7 Trails to Try this Fall in Kawarthas Northumberland

Hiking is great year round, and depending on who you ask the biking season runs pretty late too. Some spots, though, beg to be visited in the fall when the leaves are at their peak. If no bugs, cool weather, and beautiful landscapes sounds like a winning combination, here are seven Kawarthas Northumberland trails to try before the leaves come down.

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Canoeist paddles along the Trent-Severn Waterway

Paddle the Trent-Severn Waterway: Big Island, Pigeon Lake

One of the uncanniest sensations that canoeing creates in the mind of the paddler is the sense of being so close and yet feeling so far away. Something happens when you feel your weight transferred from the land to the water that tells your whole body and mind that you’ve entered a new realm at that in-between or liminal layer that’s neither air, water nor land. The rules are different here.

The song your paddle sings, whether it’s the rhythmic splash of the bow’s forward stroke, or the ripples and eddies of the stern paddle’s underwater return, helps guide the inveterate paddler to a mysterious realization. Even though you’ve left your dwelling and driven a ways to the put in, somehow, on the water, you’ve arrived – you are home.

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