Day 4🍁Via ferrata Saguenay

18Sep~2Oct'22 14D13N Land of Maple leaf🍁

The only activity we had in the day was to do a via ferrata.

It's a mix of hiking, scrambling, climbing and mountaineering. Commonly known by the Italian ‘via ferrata’ (meaning iron way) due to the initial usage by the Italians.

As it will take about 5 hours to drive from Montreal to Saguenay, our reservation for the

activity can only start in the afternoon.

We left very early, at 5am in the morning and enroute to a nearby rest stop for breakfast.

At 715am, we were already eating at Mcdonald's

"Stop" in French

After the rest stop, on the way to Saguenay, the scenery was so good, we stopped to take a look

The views are getting better and better

And soon we arrived at the Fjords at around 1pm.

Our reservation was at 130pm where a guide will bring us along the via ferrata.

We booked the intermediate route for 4 hours

Saguenay river - we will be climbing along the river

After signing the Waiver form, we put on our gear - helmet, harness and two carabiners on stretch cords, and we were off on our adventure.

Here's our guide, Nicholas.

At this point, our guide teaching us what to do.

Believed this the route we climbed

And we climbed a ladder to the top, but we did not have a photo of it.

Here's something from the internet

Reached the ending point quite late at 630pm.

By 7pm, shops were closed and we could not find a place to have dinner.

Managed to buy 4 cup noodles at a nearby convenient store before they closed for the day.

It took us another 3 hours to drive to the hotel in old Quebec.

Hotel Royal Palace - does not have enough staff to serve hot water or even has a kettle.

We could only eat the little snacks we have to us and go to sleep.