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Drive to the bottom of this world-famous hill, take your foot off the brake and be prepared to be amazed. Your car will roll uphill in total defiance of natural law, even as your brain is telling you it's simply not possible! This attraction is a completely natural phenomenon - unique to this area. Is it magnetic, an illusion, or gravitational mystery? You decide!

Caused by the Bay of Fundy tides, the Tidal Bore occurs twice daily. Watch the water in the Petitcodiac River roll back upstream in one wave that can go up to 60 cm in height! Estimated Tidal Bore times online and at the Visitor Information Centre beside Bore Park, downtown Moncton.

As the tides drop in the Bay of Fundy, you get the chance to explore awe-inspiring rock formations. You walk along the ocean floor, peering up at the giant “flowerpots” towering above, and run your fingers along the rough striations created by the highest tides on Earth. Climb the stairs back to the top and make your way to the interpretive centre to find out more about the Bay of Fundy tides. After a few hours you return to the site, and discover that those towering flowerpots are now just low