Alcatraz Visit with Night Option and SF Bay Cruise
Description
Choose between a day tour or a special night tour of Alcatraz. The night tour includes a narrated cruise at sunset, cell door demonstrations, and talks from expert historians. Both tours include an audio guide available in multiple languages to delve into the prison's history and infamous escape attempts. Additionally, enjoy a narrated 1-hour cruise with views of landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, the Bay Bridge, and Pier 39 sea lions, all from the comfort of a boat with indoor and outdoor seating. The time you select will be your Alcatraz ferry departure. The Alcatraz ferry departs from Pier 33. You may take the Bay cruise on any day at any available departure time. These are 2 separate tours. Children 4 years and younger are free and do not need tickets. For the Alcatraz Night tour, If you plan to take both tours on the same day, you must take the Bay Cruise before your Alcatraz tour. The night tour is not available on Sundays and Mondays.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Choose between a daytime tour or a special nighttime tour of Alcatraz. The nighttime tour includes a narrated cruise at sunset, cell door demonstrations, and talks from expert historians. For the Alcatraz Night tour ONLY: If you plan to take both tours on the same day, you must take the Bay Cruise before your Alcatraz tour. Otherwise, the Bay Cruise may be taken any other time or day according to the schedule. You will take a short ride on a ferry (15min) to Alcatraz Island from Pier 33. Enjoy a 45-minute immersive audio tour to listen to the incredible history of the infamous prison. After that, you have all the time you want to explore the rest of the island. Then you can take any ferry back to Pier 33. The ferry usually runs every 30 minutes. A multi-language audio tour included is now available in nine languages: English, Spanish, Mandarin, Italian, French, Japanese, Korean, German, Portuguese, and Dutch. Please arrive 30 minutes prior to your scheduled departure time.
Take advantage of prime photo opportunities with unobstructed views in every direction aboard Blue & Gold Fleet’s 60-minute Bay Cruise Adventure. Sail past the famous PIER 39 sea lions and along San Francisco’s historic waterfront, revealing the city’s fascinating skyline. Cruise under the Golden Gate Bridge for a fantastic photo opportunity. This comfortable San Francisco Bay Cruise tour has both indoor and outdoor seating with full narration describing major landmarks as you sail by them. You haven’t experienced San Francisco until you’ve taken a Bay Cruise. The Bay Cruise departs from Pier 39. You may take the San Francisco Bay cruise anytime you choose. A schedule of departure times will be sent to you after booking.
The 60-minute Bay Cruise typically sails toward or under the bridge for photography.
Visible from the Bay Cruise as it departs/returns to the waterfront area.
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What's included
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please note that this package is 2 separate tours - Alcatraz tour PLUS a separate Bay Cruise.
Reviews(1,004)
Just get a regular ticket to Alcatraz. The bay cruise was like a side note that you’d have to chase down tickets for and go on a separate boat ride. Pretty sure I over paid for this tour when there was no coordination with a guide. You’re just part of the regular “heard” getting on and off the Alcatraz boat. Don’t get me wrong, we had a good time. But I paid a lot extra for nothing.
The additional Golden Gate Bridge portion of this tour is very misleading. I was of the impression that the boat that took us to Alcatraz would also be taking us over to the bridge. That was not the case. The bridge portion of the tour required a different boat, so a separate trip, and that boat left from a totally different location ( pier 39, not pier 33). Needless to say I did not get to experience that piece of what was included in the price.
Over all Tripp was amazing and worth while seeing, we liked how you could go at your own pace and explore by yourself, our tour guide was a beautiful lady and very knowledgeable, we spent about 3.5 hours on the island exploring and the audio tour was very informative and historical, we would definitely recommend it and will definitely be going again.
Ticket scalpers. They canceled right before the excursion. Ruined our trip.
Alcatraz trip and boat tour was a great package. Spent a few hours on Alcatraz Island touring the buildings and walking around the facility. If you take a morning tour, you come back by lunch and walk over to Pier 39. After lunch we took the boat tour to the Golden Gate Bridge. Fun day of activities.
Just as advertised. fast service to and from island . multiple pick ups from the island, steady boats two and from island.
Worthwhile tour of Alcatraz on the ferry with audio tour information! Affordable and convenient pickup.
We had the night tour of Alcatraz. It was so great to see it in the evening, as it was less crowded. In addition, there we nighttime only ranger talks which we loved. Highly recommend!
Visiting Alcatraz was an amazing experience for my family and me. I never imagined how small and confined the prison cells were. It really gave us a new perspective on what life must have been like for the inmates. We also learned a lot about the island’s fascinating history. I highly recommend visiting Alcatraz if you have the opportunity.
Was NOT clearly told in the ticket links to go to the Bay Tour first and miss half of the experience
