Killbear is a long peninsula of smooth pink Canadian Shield running out into Georgian Bay, inside a UNESCO biosphere reserve. The rock slopes into water clear enough to watch bass shadowing your feet. Campsites here vanish in minutes. A day trip does not.
Pick your date below. The bus leaves from 34 Asquith Avenue, just north of Yonge and Bloor. There are two ticket types on this trip, self-guided and guided, and you choose when you book.
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Cancel 14 or more days before you go and you get 90% back.
Choose your own adventure: we drop you off, and the bus picks you up in the same spot.
A short, flat walk on even ground, at your own pace.
Killbear sits on a long peninsula jutting into the eastern shore of Georgian Bay, inside the UNESCO Georgian Bay Littoral Biosphere Reserve. The bedrock is pure Canadian Shield, glacially scoured into smooth pink shelves that slope straight into water clear enough to watch smallmouth bass shadowing your feet.
The white pines lean off the rock at impossible angles, shaped by decades of west wind coming off the 30,000 Islands. The barrens still show chattermarks where boulders were dragged along under two kilometres of ice.
Inland it softens. Hemlock groves give way to mixed hardwood, boardwalks cross small wetlands, and Lookout Point opens onto a view of sailboats threading between the islands that makes people stop talking for a minute.
The wildlife reads like a Group of Seven side panel: white-tailed deer early in the morning, porcupines waddling across the recreational trail, warblers and wood thrushes in the canopy, and bald eagles over Big Sound in the back half of summer.
Warm pink rock, cold clear water, and somebody else driving.
One stop, at the Visitor Centre, with the beach and every trail reachable from it.
We pick you up
Just north of Yonge and Bloor subway station. Come up the Asquith exit and look for the coach. There may be more than one bus, so check the sign in the window before you get on.
The Visitor Centre is a good starting point: park ecology, the history of the place, and staff who know it and will answer questions. The Nature Shoppe here sells snacks and souvenirs, and it is the only shop in the park.
Good to know:
Facilities: Flush toilets and comfort stations, mostly around the day-use area and campgrounds, Nature Shoppe at the Visitor Centre for snacks and souvenirs, Wi-Fi at the Visitor Centre during opening hours
Note: There are no toilets out on the trails. Plan accordingly before heading out on a longer one.
We drop you back
The bus returns to the same place it left from, so you go home the way you came.
This is our estimated return time, not a guarantee. Traffic can change it and some trips do run late, so please leave yourself some room afterwards rather than booking something tight against it.
A long day on warm rock, with one small shop and no restaurant.
The self-guided ticket is the standard option. The bus drops you at Killbear, you spend the day on your own clock, and we collect you at a set time. Beach, then a trail, then the Visitor Centre, then back to the beach. Or skip the trail and read a novel under a pine.
The guided ticket adds a Parkbus guide for the day. They handle the route through the park, lead a hike on one of the main trails, and point out the geology and ecology you would otherwise walk past. It is the right pick if you are new here, travelling solo and want built-in company, or would rather somebody else made the plan. There is still plenty of beach and free time in it.
Both get you the same coach, the same park and the same full day.
No groceries and no restaurants inside Killbear. The Nature Shoppe at the Visitor Centre sells some snacks and souvenirs, and that is the extent of it.
Pack a lunch and plenty of water. The picnic shelter at the day-use beach has tables and fire pits if you want somewhere to sit down.
There is Wi-Fi at the Visitor Centre during opening hours and not much else. Agree a meeting point and a time with anyone you split up from.
Treat it as a feature rather than a bug.
Killbear runs on a handful of dates a season. When none are showing, the season has either not opened or has finished.
Placeholder dates · the real ones come from our booking system
We're Canada's outdoor bus service. Since 2010 we've taken more than 300,000 people to parks and trails without a car. You bring a towel. We handle everything else.
Killbear's reservations open months ahead and disappear in minutes. A day trip gets you the same coastline without needing to win anything.
Three hours up, three hours back. Doing that alone for a few hours of beach is why most people who mean to come here never do.
Lighthouse Point is under a kilometre. Twin Points is a 1.6 km loop. Lookout Point is the longest at 3.5 km. None of it needs serious fitness or special kit.
The guided ticket adds someone who leads the hike, handles the navigation, and points out the geology and wildlife you would otherwise walk straight past.
★★★★★ 4.6/5.0 on Google
All stops enable guests ample time to explore the destination. This is a highly a good idea trip for those that appreciate spending time in nature minus distractions.OnAir48444 · Tripadvisor · Oct 2025
This is a great service if you don't have a vehicle or just don't want to drive. I'm so happy to have discovered this. There will definitely be more Parkbus trips in my future!James Taylor Wilson · Happy Parkbus customer
Highly recommend them. The bus service is so useful for people who doesn't want to drive and gives return facility. They were on time and bus facility was good too. Total worth the cost if you want to avoid hassle driving/parking.Sidhant Duggal · Facebook · Aug 2022
Factor in the cost of gas, parking and renting a car, it's a lot cheaper than taking a personal vehicle.Toronto Star
Parkbus is a great option for nature lovers, whether it's a day trip or overnight camping getaway.The Globe and Mail
Cancel more than 14 days before departure and you get a 90% refund, with 10% withheld for payment processing. Inside 14 days refunds are not available, except for a medical emergency in the 48 hours before departure, which needs a signed doctor’s note within 14 days of the missed trip and returns 50%. Tickets are transferable: you can change the passenger name up to 48 hours before departure.
If Parkbus cancels a trip, you get a full refund. We decide no later than 48 hours before departure and only on confirmed conditions: the park closed or the park authority asking us to stand down, an evacuation order or alert, an area restriction order, the highway closed, or the trip judged unsafe to run. A forecast is not one of those things, and trips run rain or shine.
Bring a towel, a book and a packed lunch. We handle the 400, the 559 and the parking.
Not quite the right fit? These all leave from the same spot downtown.
