Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island: Self-Guided Tour

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New York City

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Embark on a self-guided adventure to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island with a roundtrip ferry ride. Explore at your own pace and enjoy audio tours in multiple languages.

Duration: 4 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Statue of Liberty - Travelers will receive an orientation tour of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island prior to boarding the ferry to Liberty Island and Ellis Island. The roundtrip ferry ticket is included. On Liberty Island enjoy the grounds and visit the all new Statue of Liberty Museum. Continue with the ferry to Ellis Island where you can visit the Museum and grounds.

What's Included

Roundtrip Ferry tickets to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
Orientation tour before your self-guided exploration

What's Not Included

Crown and Pedestal Access at the Statue of Liberty

Additional Information

Embark on a self-guided adventure to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, starting with a brief orientation. Enjoy a round-trip ferry service from Battery Park to Liberty Island and Ellis Island. Whether you choose to spend the entire day or just a few hours, the ferry runs throughout the day, allowing you to return at your convenience.
Upon arrival…

Location

Statue of Liberty

Liberty Island

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

3.8

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Seaside253039

Dec 24, 2024

Accommodating! - The experience was fantastic! I’m elderly with a cane and the staff was over the top accommodating, polite, patient. Displays were informative, pictures opportunities many and things were clean. It was very busy but the ‘traffic’ moved steadily. Bravo!

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Tiffany_h

Jun 12, 2024

We had a great time! - Matt was our tour guide and he was wonderful, very friendly and personable and also very well versed in NYC lore. We had beautiful weather which made the tour even nicer. Would highly recommend visitors experience this tour

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Lou_l

May 22, 2024

Spectacular - Nina was very informative. She is a very good tourist guide. To sum up, the whole experience is unforgettable

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Rick_b

Mar 27, 2024

Great time - Loved our guide and the unimaginable history Great time the ferry was clean and efficient the guide was knowledgeable and friendly. Learned alot

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Nita_s

Jul 9, 2023

Great tour with Nina - We visited the Statue of Liberty Ellis Island and 911 the whole day was great and Nina the tour guide was excellent and very informative

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Joergeisenlohr

Aug 5, 2023

Recommended for first-time visitors to New York. Be sure to get tickets for the morning - Waiting times were far too long despite the time slots. In general, we like Ellis Island and the museum in particular, the island with the Statue of Liberty can actually be skipped, you won't get to the Crown anyway.

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Li_s

Jul 23, 2024

actually, you don’t need... - actually, you don’t need this “guided” tour to this landmark totally. The ferry just take $2x.x /p for the round trip. You paid almost 4 times against the official fees and get almost nothing. Trust me, buy the ticket from the official site and to see it by yourself.

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Escape54316868196

Jan 7, 2025

Horrible is a hit - It was awful! We got there and found no one! We went exchange the ticket and charged my card twice. Bad. I sent an email and tried to call and no one responds

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Barb

Dec 27, 2024

Nope- don’t do this one - Nope. Double nope. This was not a guided reserved tour. There were more than 50 people in our group. The tour guide could not take care of everyone. We got on the ship, met at a wall when we got off at the statue and she said meet back in an hour. No guided tour. Go on next boat - meet after get off - had 25 minutes on Ellis island- again no guides tour. We decided would take next boat to actually see it and would take a taxi to 911 memorial to catch up. We waited almost 2 hours for a boat to get off Ellis Island. Completely missed 911 Memorial - was dark and so cold. Pass on this and just do it yourself - would be so much cheaper.

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