Inside Alcatraz and Golden Gate Bridge Bay Cruise
Description
Enjoy two Classic Same Day San Francisco experiences in one day — a visit inside Alcatraz Island and an additional same day sightseeing Golden Gate Bridge Boat Cruise. Guests are assigned an Alcatraz boat and on the SAME DAY a Golden Gate Bridge sightseeing boat. Guests will be allotted enough time to experience both attractions. Our tour is designed to be an easy package to experience two of the most popular attractions in one day. Relax as we pass along San Francisco’s breathtaking waterfront, passing under the Golden Gate and around Alcatraz! Learn the history of San Francisco Bay with open-air viewpoints and observe local marine life such as sea lions and more. Audio narration is provided. Guests will be assigned an Alcatraz time slot by us somewhere between 8:45am and 4pm. We will assign your time slots and guests do not pick their slot.
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Itinerary
Package includes: • Round trip ferry to Alcatraz Island Access • Self guided audio tour on you personal cell phone
Allow 1-1.5 hours for this additional boat experience. This boat will pass along San Francisco’s breathtaking waterfront, sailing under the Golden Gate and around Alcatraz! Learn the history of San Francisco Bay in an open-air museum setting and observe local marine life such as sea lions, pelicans, whales and more.
he cruise passes San Francisco's bustling waterfront district, where travelers can spot sea lions lounging on the docks and see the famous Pier 39 attractions from the bay.
Travelers enjoy spectacular panoramic views of San Francisco's iconic downtown skyline, including the Transamerica Pyramid and modern skyscrapers rising dramatically from the bay.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Golden Gate Bridge Boat is same day. The Alcatraz boat does not go to Golden Gate Bridge. Guests who do not meet for this portion will forfeit this activity with no future credit.
- Guests do not have at attend Golden Gate Boat if they only want to experience Alcatraz boat.
- No refunds for missed Alcatraz tours (this includes plane relate delays, weather delays, or postponed trips)
- Departure time sent by additional Viator email 1-2 days in advance.
Reviews(246)
The boot trip to the location was great. Not too fast but also didn’t take long. Enough space to move around. The tour itself was fun and you were at your own pace which is great when you go with a big family.
We loved having you join us! We appreciate you!
Overpriced on Viator. Just do it on your own for less. Viator adds no value. They include an optional bridge tour but this is not convenient or linked to the tour. Disappointed as I usually value Viator
supply and demand is the reason. Plan ahead three months and save!
Alcatraz was great. The bay cruise requires its customers to PRINTOUT the QR code. That seems acceptable to me. Very difficult to get access to a printer while traveling so we didn’t even get to go on the cruise.
You could have told the box office and they would have printed it for you. They require paper tickets as that is the payment from Viator. Hate their policies and not us.
I made a reservation to go in a tour on 07-19-2026 that offered me a stay in Alcatraz Island for 2 hours and a tour under the Golden Gate Bridge after that and it support to start at 2:15 pm, but when I arrived to pier 33 to get my tickets they told me that my tour was at 12:00 am, another mistake from your side is that the ticket was in a different name not in mine and also my Boucher was Schedule for 2:15 pm so everything was a terrible mistake in every way so I am asking for a full refund. Thanks for your attention to this matter. Yours Enrique Rodriguez 07-20-2026
Obviously the time is not 12am. We sent you 2:15pm tickets and messaged you saying it was 2:15pm. We also texted you saying the time was 2:15pm.
I bought the tickets for friends and just because it was purchased underneath my name they could not get in. They had the paper tickets and the scanning code on their Apple wallet.
We sent your tickets to your email and you did not open it. It says you didnt open it. We also texted you the day before asking you to check for tickets and guess who didnt?
Be prepared to learn about the bridge and the Rock. The walk between the two cruises is easy. Give yourselves 30 minutes to make it.
We enjoyed both experiences. Just know that you have to go in person to the ticket booth at Pier 39 to select your time for the Golden Gate boat tour. It’s a short walk to the Alcatraz ferry pier, so we walked over after the Alcatraz tour and selected a time that enabled us to eat lunch along the pier before getting on the boat.
This was great! Even my kids, 13 & 11, loved it and found it extremely beneficial. We were actually all more surprised how much we enjoyed it.
Good experience with the family, definitely take a sweater and wear comfortable shoes. They do have snacks and drinks on the boat.
Last min was able find the ticket same day, I had bad experience at another place. They contacted me right away, made sure I got my tickets. They text and email the PDF. My husband and I are only here for long weekend, we booked a month advance at another location. They canceled the morning of. I would def recommend this to ANY ONE
