How Do YOU Travel in The Kawarthas?
Take Our Traveller Persona Quiz
At The Kawarthas, no two visits look exactly the same. Maybe you’re planning a family getaway, a weekend on the water, a food-focused escape, a visit to family or friends at the cottage, or a few days of small-town wandering and discovery. However you like to travel, there’s a version of The Kawarthas that fits your style.
Our traveller personas are designed to help you find it. They highlight different ways to experience the region based on what you enjoy, what inspires you, and how you like to spend your time while you’re here.
So…how do YOU travel in The Kawarthas? Take the quiz to discover your traveller persona and start exploring the places, experiences, and local favourites that feel like your kind of trip!
Take the Quiz, Get Rewarded!
A special gift, from us to you!
Take the quiz before you visit, then find our Mobile Visitor Services team this summer around The Kawarthas. Share your traveller persona with us and you’ll unlock special rewards inspired by your travel style, along with personalized tips, local recommendations, and ideas to help you experience more of The Kawarthas your way!
Learn more and find out where we will be this summer by clicking the button below.
Meet the Traveller Personas
However you travel, there’s no wrong way to experience The Kawarthas.
You might be a bee travelling with an otter, a bear parent with fox children, or part of a mixed group with different interests, and that’s part of what makes travel here so rewarding. Your quiz results are simply a starting point. Every traveller can explore all four personas to discover new places, fresh ideas, and experiences that might surprise you.
Browse them all below and build a trip that brings everyone together!
Travel Like The Bear in The Kawarthas
Travel Like The Bear in The Kawarthas Rest While You Roam The Bear is a wise, lumbering traveller, understandingthat to really know a place, one needs to stop and breathe…
Travel Like The Bee in The Kawarthas
Travel Like The Bee in The Kawarthas Sweet as Honeycomb The Bee is a cultural traveller, whose world is only as vibrant as those they decide to fill it with.Bees…
Travel Like The Fox in The Kawarthas
Travel Like The Fox in The Kawarthas Brave the Unknown The Fox is an adaptive traveller, ambitious in each new adventure. Their determined spirit means every problem has twice as…
Travel Like The Otter in The Kawarthas
Travel Like The Otter in The Kawarthas All Trails Lead Home The Otter is a purposeful traveller, looking to find meaningin every place they pass by and every face they…
Build Your Trip Around a Festival or Event
May 9
Join the Mother’s Day themed chunky blanket workshop! 💐 About the Event: 🥇You will learn how to make your very own chunky blanket using my knowledge and techniques that I…
May 16 at 8:00 am—Free
The Norwood Market is a seasonal outdoor community market held at 42 Victoria Street in Norwood, Ontario, running on select Saturdays from May through September, plus a special evening market…
Norwood, K0L 2V0
May 16 at 8:00 am—Free
The Norwood Community Market is where small-town charm meets local flavour—an inviting, pop-up style market that brings together farmers, makers, and artisans in the heart of Norwood. Held on select…
Norwood, K0L 2V0
May 16 at 10:00 am—$5
Join us for the Spring Time Vendors Market at The Lakehurst Hall! 🌸🪻🐝 Featuring local vendors with creations like fine art, jewelry, ceramics, books and more! Saturday, May 16, 10am…
Lakehurst, ON K0L 1J0
May 16 at 10:00 am—$5
The Buckhorn Spring Craft Show is May 16-17, 2026! ☀️🌺 The Buckhorn Community Centre hosts a unique craft show on Victoria Day weekend, featuring artisans and crafters from across Ontario.…
Buckhorn, ON K0L 1J0 Canada
May 17 at 10:00 am—$5
The Buckhorn Spring Craft Show is May 16-17, 2026! ☀️🌺 The Buckhorn Community Centre hosts a unique craft show on Victoria Day weekend, featuring artisans and crafters from across Ontario.…
Buckhorn, ON K0L 1J0 Canada
June 14 at 12:00 pm—$100
You and your pup can make a difference. As the number of animals needing help in our community continues to rise, you can be their hero – and all you…
Lakefield, ON, K0L2H0