Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Battery Park, State Street and Battery Place, New York City, NY 10004
See the old fortress that once was a theater and immigration center
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, New York City, NY 10004
Enjoy a guided tour of Liberty Island as well as access to the new Statue of Liberty Museum!
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New York City, NY 10017
Enjoy a guided tour of the Ellis Island grounds!
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ellis Island Immigration Museum, 17 Battery Place #324, New York City, NY 10004-3507
Guests will have access to the Immigration Museum. The tour ends on Ellis Island so guests can spend longer in the museum if they wish.
Duration: 1 hour
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Castle Clinton National Monument, New York, NY 10004, USA
3 to 5 hours(approx.)
Ellis Island, United States
Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the start of the tour. The tour departs promptly and if late, you will NOT be able to catch up and will miss the tour. There are no refunds for missing the tour.
Wheelchair accessible
Please note the earliest time tour will have the least wait. Later tours will encounter longer wait times.
Stroller accessible
The guided portion of the tour is approximately either 0.5, 2 or 4 hours.
Food available for purchase on the ferry, at the Statue of Liberty, and on Ellis Island
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Operates in all weather conditions. Please dress appropriately.
Security screening will take place prior to entering the ferry. Visitors to the park are required to undergo airport-style security screening.
Photographs are permitted, but tripods and monopods are prohibited.
Children 3 and under free with paid adult ticket.
Most travelers can participate
Guides are wearing orange hats AND/OR blue shirts or jackets.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : G5521HUanthonyb
Our tour was an amazing experience. To see the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island isn’t enough. To hear of how they were built and how they came to be isn’t enough. In order to truly be immersed in the history and to learn of the importance of these sites to - not just America - but to the world, one needs a passionate and knowledgeable tour guide. We were lucky to have just that! Jeff, a native New Yorker of 7 decades, gave us a wonderful experience. I would recommend this tour company and if you could, would request Jeff!
Logistically, everything went very smoothly. This is another reason to use ExperienceFirst if you’re visiting NYC for the first time. They will take you step-by-step through everything from finding the meeting place, what to bring, and what to expect. The price is very well worth it.
Thank you ExperienceFirst!
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Posted On : 2024-05-21
Posted By : SidiW
Ken did a great job showing us around the Statue of Liberty! The entire trip was very smooth, and the views Ken showed us were perfect! He provided detailed background information on the Statue of Liberty and the buildings on the tour. I would recommend this tour to everyone!
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Posted On : 2024-05-20
Posted By : H5045REmichaelh
Our guide, Marla was great , very knowledgeable and entertaining. She led the 9:00am tour. As an added bonus she provided some fantastic recommendations for area restaurants and bars we could hit after the tour.
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Posted On : 2024-05-20
Posted By : Dwinderjit_V
James was excellent. Very knowledgeable with a great sense of humour. He showed a genuine love if the history of Statue of Liberty and America. Made the whole feel important and engaged with all. Thoroughly recommend athe our with James.
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Posted On : 2024-05-20
Posted By : Hariprasad_S
It was a pleasure trip for us, and the tour guide made us feel cool and comfortable. The trip became so convenient with Amy’s guidance.
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Posted On : 2024-05-20
Posted By : Mitchell_K
We really enjoyed the experience, it was very easy traveling from start to finish between islands, our guide was Jett who was really interesting and knew a lot of information on the islands, he made it more enjoyable by being funny in the way he told stories rather than just lecturing us like a teacher
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Posted On : 2024-05-20
Posted By : Neil_C
James was an excellent tour guide, knowledgeable, entertaining and got us through the lines! He got us where we needed to go.
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Posted On : 2024-05-20
Posted By : Julie_S
Enjoyed James guide knowledge n sense of humor. Made tour of statue of liberty and ellis island a wonderful experience!
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Posted On : 2024-05-20
Posted By : Velox
Despite the weather being a little cold and damp, we thoroughly enjoyed our trip to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. We arrived at the ferry terminal earlier than anticipated having walked from our Mid-Town hotel. Fortunately as the earlier ferry was not full we we welcomed on board and thereby avoided an hour's wait. The Statue of Liberty was very impressive and one can only wonder at it's impact on all those people whose first sight of the USA included the statue. The views back to the New York skyline are quite impressive too. From the Statue it's a short crossing to Ellis Island where the story of the early immigrants to the USA is brilliantly told and depicted. The artefacts such as luggage bags which were sometimes nothing more than a bundle of belongings tied up in a blanket are a timely reminder that mass migration is not a 21st Century phenomenon. At the same time the migrants became the pioneers of a new nation where hard work and initiative is rewarded, and the skyscraper-dominated Manhattan skyline visible from Ellis Island bear testimony to this. If you're interested in how people build nations this trip is well worth doing.
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Posted On : 2024-05-20
Posted By : neilcG7745UO
James was an excellent tour guide who was both knowledgable and entertaining. Also knew how to get us through the lines!
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Posted On : 2024-05-19
