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Boston Duck Tours

Boston Duck Tours

Address: 1 Science Park
Science Park
Boston, MA

617-450-0068

Product Rating
 
4 stars
 (2 Ratings)
  • Seasonal
  • No express entry
  • Good for families
  • Gift shop
  • No audio tour available
  • Guided tour available
  • Not historically significant
  • Parking available
  • No restaurant or snack bar
  • Restrooms
  • Elevators
  • Disabled access
  • Reservations are necessary

Included Extra! Just for card holders.

Included Extras

  • 50% savings on a Duck Tour with the Go Boston Card
Description

Add the Duck Tour to your Go Boston Card for an additional $16.28 for an adult ticket (regularly $32.57) and an additional $11.00 for a child (regularly $22.05).

Present your valid Go Boston Card at the Boston Duck Tour Ticket Booth at either the Prudential Center OR Museum of Science to redeem this offer (subject to availability).

You've got to love a tour guide who encourages you to quack at passers byers. The Boston Duck Tours combine high-energy fun with a unique perspective on all the history that makes Boston a great town. During the 80-minute tour, see the gold-domed State House, Newbury Street, and much more. Then, just when you think you've seen it all, the World War II style landing craft you've been riding in takes you to the edge of the Charles River... and drives right in! Your tour bus becomes a tour boat, and you get a duck's-eye view of Boston and Cambridge from the water.


Your Tour will typically take you through and by the following neighborhoods and sights:

  • Prudential Tower
  • Christian Science Church
  • Copley Place/ Arts Square
  • New Old South Church
  • Arlington Street Church
  • Boston Common
  • Boston Public Gardens
  • Swan Boats
  • Beacon Hill
  • State House
  • Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
  • Mary Dyer
  • Old Scollay Square/ Government Center
  • Old West Church
  • West End
  • TD Garden
  • Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge
  • Museum of Science
  • Charles River
  • Esplanade
  • Longfellow Bridge
  • Hatch Shell
  • Bunker Hill
  • U.S.S. Constitution
  • Old North Church/North End
  • Rose Kennedy Greenway/North End Parks
  • Holocaust Memorial
  • Faneuil Hall/ Quincy Market
  • Old State House
  • King's Chapel
  • Granary Burying Ground
  • Make Way for Ducklings
  • Cheers
  • Newbury Street
  • Trinity Church
  • Hancock Tower
  • Boston Public Library

Get a half-priced Duck Tour ticket, plus FREE admission to 70 of Boston and the surrounding area's top museums, sights, and tours all for one low price with the Go Boston Card. Click the button below to:

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Note:

Your Go Boston Card MUST be valid on the day of tour in order to receive this discount. Taking advantage of this offer will activate your card. One discount per life of card.

Tip: On weekends and during the summer season, tours sell out early. We suggest that you arrive early in the day to make your reservation. This offer is valid for same-day reservations from opening to 5:30 pm. It is not valid for departures beyond 5:30 pm.

Cost without the card:
Adult $32.57, Child $22.05
Hours:
March 22–November 28: Daily, 9:00 am until an hour before sunset, every half hour. Go Boston Card discount is honored until 5:30 pm.
Closed
Thanksgiving Day through late March. All holiday hours are subject to change without notice.
Public Transportation:
Take the T: Green Line “Lechmere” train to Science Park stop. Note: Science Park is not wheelchair accessible; call the MBTA at 617-222-5000 for assistance.

Please read: important instructions on how to use your card.

Redemption Instructions:
Present your Go Boston Card at the Duck Tours ticket booth at either the Prudential Center OR Museum of Science to save 50% on a single ticket purchase. Each ticket purchased requires its own Go Boston Card for the savings to apply.
Reservation Instructions:
Present your Go Boston Card at the Duck Tours ticket booth at either the Prudential Center OR Museum of Science to save 50% on a single ticket purchase. Each ticket purchased requires its own Go Boston Card for the savings to apply.

The Go City Card is accepted until 5:30pm unless otherwise noted; during all other times standard admission will apply.

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[5 of 6 customers found this review helpful]

 
Duck Tour is a great start!
By texasrose Verified Reviewer from austin, tx on 11/8/2009
Pros:
Great overview of sights, Entertaining
Cons:
Corny humor,
Best Uses:
Great start to trip,
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Smart Destinations Boston Duck Tours:

great start to the trip, entertaining overview of the city and a great way to be on the Charles

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[6 of 6 customers found this review helpful]

 
Great intro
By Happy Host Verified Reviewer from Wellesley, MA on 11/8/2009
Pros:
Great views, Fun to be in the water
Cons:
Reservation process,
Best Uses:
Intro to city, Kids and adults
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Smart Destinations Boston Duck Tours:

Each trip will vary based upon the personality of the driver/captain. We enjoyed ours for the most part though some of his schtick was on the corny side. We made this our first activity, starting from the Museum of Science. As walk-ons, we had no wait---got on the next boat. (November probably different from summer, crowdwise.) We were uncomfortable with the reservation process in which the total would have been charged to the card, then refunded, so we took our chances..

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