Statue of Liberty & Pre-Ferry Express Tour | 4 hours

37 Reviews | New York City
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Fully Guided (Spanish)
2 Adults x $89.99
$179.98
Approx Total
$179.98
Duration: 4 hours
Description: Option includes a Spanish guide, tours of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, and Priority Boarding.
Fully Guided (English)
2 Adults x $89.99
$179.98
Approx Total
$179.98
Duration: 4 hours
Fully Guided : Statue of Liberty Fully escorted tour with a licensed NYC tour. Visit the Grounds at both Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
Pre-Ferry + Ticket (English)
2 Adults x $49.99
$99.98
Approx Total
$99.98
Duration: 4 hours
Description: Option includes a Battery Park tour, Priority Boarding, and self-guided tours of the Statue of Liberty or Ellis Island.

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: German, Russian, Korean, Portuguese, Japanese, English, Italian, French, Spanish
  • Priority Boarding to the ferry OR
  • Multilingual audio tour headsets for Ellis Island
  • Multilingual audio tour headsets for the Statue of Liberty National Monument
  • Express Boarding to the ferry
  • Entry to Statue of Liberty Museum
  • 30-minute Statue of Liberty and Battery Park Orientation Tour
  • Entry to the Ellis Island National Immigration Museum (unless 2 PM tour selected) 
  • Ferry tickets to Liberty Island 
  • Live tour guide on Liberty Island and Ellis Island (if Guided Tour option chosen)
  • Ferry tickets to Ellis Island 
  • Live tour guide inside Statue of Liberty Museum 
  • Live tour guide inside the Ellis Island Museum 
  • Access to the pedestal or crown of the Statue of Liberty
  • Gratuities

Overview

Take a 30-minute orientation tour of Statue of Liberty and enjoy fast track express access to the Statue of Liberty Ferry Liberty to get over to Statue of Liberty. Your guide will then assist you through the various procedures to board the ferry to Liberty Island. Benefit from priority boarding and save precious time. Take a self-guided audio tour with the provided headsets, available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian and Arabic. Cross New York Harbor to the Statue of Liberty. Get access to the brand new Statue of Liberty Museum located at Liberty Island.

Meeting points

24 State Street is also known as One Battery Park Plaza. The tour guide wearing a yellow uniform will meet you on the plaza outside Starbucks. Do not enter Battery Park. Do not go to the Statue of Liberty ticket booth as they will not have your tickets.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

  • Battery Park

    Guided tour of Battery Park

    30 minutes

  • Castle Clinton National Monument

    Pass by as you learn the history of Castle Clinton from you tour guide on the way to the Statue of Liberty Ferry

    15 minutes

  • Statue of Liberty

    As you get off the ferry you will visit and enjoy the grounds of Liberty Island. Take take and go through the Statue of Liberty Museum

    1 hour

  • Ellis Island

    Enjoy the ground of Ellis Island and visit the Wall of Hero's. Look to see if you can discover your families name. Visit the Ellis Island Museum.

    1 hour

Sample Menu

Additional Info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Audio tours are available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Russian and Arabic.
  • Family friendly audio tours designed for children ages 6-10 are also available in the same languages.
  • A mandatory airport grade security screening is conducted prior to boarding the ferry. This means no liquids, alcohol, weapons or large bags are allowed.
  • Depending on the queues, and time of year, any tour departing from 1pm onwards may not make it to Ellis Island before it closes for the day,
  • Minors (17 or under) must be accompanied by an adult (25+)
  • Due to local regulations, the Statue of Liberty Museum, Ellis Island, and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum may not be open on the date of your visit
  • August 2024 – Due to construction, priority boarding is temporarily suspended OR
  • August 2024 – Due to construction, express boarding is temporarily suspended

Free Cancellation

June 18100% refund
June 19No refund

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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37 reviews

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Showing 1-5 of 16 reviews with 5 stars

Best Tour For Avoiding the Lines

Published on Sep, 2024

So there are some pros and cons with this tour. Pros are that you will avoid the rampant scams at this location and you will always go right to the front of some VERY long lines. If you want to visit Lady Liberty up close and personal AND see Ellis Island with a knowledgeable tour guide on a tight schedule, this is the tour for you. But there’s a con here: You are NOT going to have the time to see everything you want to see at each location. The Statue of Liberty offers great photo opportunities, a self guided audio tour, you can go under the Statue, and there’s a gift shop at each location. Pick two. After the 15 minute oral history that could frankly be condensed, you’ll be lucky to do two of them. There are much longer and more inclusive tours of the statue available, including a spiral staircase to the crown, but this turns it into an all day ordeal. Same deal on Ellis Island. You will have time to go upstairs, take some pictures, and go to the bathroom. I think these tours could each be lengthened by 45 minutes and they would be perfect. If you’re on a time crunch, this tour is perfect for you. If you are the type to want to see and do everything there is to do at a tourist location, you will end up being frustrated and disappointed with this one. It really just depends on what you’re looking for.

Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Tour

Published on May, 2024

We had beautiful weather for this tour, which added to the fun! Our guide, Nina, had great stories and information about the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. We had plenty of time to explore the areas on our own also. We did learn that the boats, Liberty Island Cruises, is the only company that will take you to the island and drop you off for the tours. There are many scams out there where they try to get you to book on their boats that do not drop you off at the islands, so beware and use a legitimate tour company like Viator to book your tours and avoid this! This was a good one!

Enjoyed our trip

Published on Dec, 2023

Really informative, definitely worth doing! Our tour guide was very clued up and we had a good time exploring the islands.

Our guide was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic.

Published on Oct, 2023

The boat ride to Miss Liberty and the beautiful New York City harbor that she calls home. It was my daughter's birthday wish to visit the Statue of Liberty. She was overjoyed to finally meet her.

Highly recommended

Published on Jul, 2023

Great guided tour! It was a little difficult to find the meeting spot, but the tour guides helped us tremendously. Tour guide taught us a lot as well!

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