Chicago River & Lakefront Boat Tours

An amazing time! Mr. Cliff, the tour guide, is fantastic and is hilarious. There were only 5 people on the tour myself and my mom included so it felt like an intimate and special experience. Support these folks!! P.S. my furry best friend & kitty daughter, Miss Aurora, was treated like a VIP.

Great time! An amazing time. Mr. Cliff, the tour guide, is super awesome. There were only 5 people myself and my mom included on the tour and it was incredible. My cat, Miss Aurora, was treated like a VIP. God bless. Support these folks!

Super tour. Awesome tour. Cliff was knowledgeable and also entertaining. We will do another tour with these guys next visit to Chicago.

Great tourist experience We also loved this tour with Cliff’s commentary. Definitely worthwhile even though we had so little time in Chicago we are glad we chose this tour

Our guide cliff was. Both informative and very engaging. I recommend this tour highly

You have to take THIS boat tour!!! Thank you to all the crew of the Fred A Busse! Cliff was our tour guide and he sure knows his Chicago history! He is the perfect guy for the job -he is so engaging and well spoken! We thoroughly enjoyed our time with him and our bartender Manny was excellent as well. I would recommend this crew to EVERYONE looking to take an architectural boat tour.

Excellent

Top notch experience! The crew was knowledgeable and entertaining. Cliff our guide knew a tremendous amount about Chicago history and architecture...plus he was quite funny in his presentation. The fireboat is nostalgic and an amazing part of history in itself. Manny the bartender is a great dude and quick with his service. As a life long Chicago resident I was a bit skeptical on what I would see or learn, however the tour ended up being amazing. So much so that I plan to do it with family again this summer!

This is my new favorite version of the architecture tour! The boat is a real decommissioned fire boat decked out with memorabilia and of course a bar. The guide was so funny and kind (and they even called to help us find the parking lot/waited an extra couple minutes before departing). Guarantee the other tours would never. Highly recommend taking this tour next!

What an amazing tour! The guide was friendly and so knowledgeable!What a great boat!

This was the most amazing tour ever! Huge shout out to Cliff for being so warm and welcoming, and pouring his heart out in the historic details on this tour! We’ll definitely do this again

We did a tour on a Tuesday in April as a school group of 40 people. The booking procedure was excellent. Erich was easy to work with and even amenable to our schedule since we booked so far in advance. The “day of the tour” instructions were clear and specific. We really appreciated the enclosed portion of the boat as it was a chilly day. The guide shared great information during the tour in an engaging way. The staff was very friendly and the whole experience was excellent.

Worth it. An amazing tour.

Crew was very professional and kind. boat was really clean

Did the St Patrick’s day river dyeing cruise and it was great! Very nice crew and we had a great time

How did I just learn about this tour this year? It will become a yearly tradition. It was so much fun. The crew was fantastic, Santa was great, the holiday tunes set the mood, and the views were phenomenal. It was cold, but the hot chocolate helped.

An absolute stellar crew of down to earth Chicagoans. We boarded the 7pm fireworks cruise, had a beautiful ride down the river before returning just in time for the fireworks. Cocktails on board were 10/10 and loved the little museum on board.

Fun for the whole family!! We did the santa boat ride and had a great time! Super friendly staff. Will definitely do again. Highly recommend