The Hornblower Niagara Falls Boat Ride is located at 5920 Niagara Parkway in Niagara Falls Ontario Canada. Phone: +1 855-264-2427.
2026 Boat Ride Ticket price: Adult $47.95 CDN, Child 3-12 $32.95 CDN – plus taxes. < 3 no charge.
Now open for the season. Hours: 9:00am to 5:00pm during the spring and fall with extended hours of 8:30am-6:00pm during the summer months.
Open seven days a week during the months of May through November.
Visitors average 40-60 minutes here.
Restrooms and gift shop available.
There is no automobile parking available at the entrance.
The WEGO shuttle stops at the boat ride in Queen Victoria Park.
The 20-minute Voyage to the Falls boat tour that gets you as close as possible to the magnificent Niagara Falls. Journey past the American Falls, Bridal Veil Falls and into the heart of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls aboard Niagara City Cruises. This legendary boat tour takes place aboard a state-of-the-art catamaran. Hornblower Niagara City Cruises is the official supplier to Niagara Parks, providing Canada’s only Niagara Falls boat tour experience.
Reservations are not necessary and tickets can be purchased at the attraction ticket window. During a typical season the boat rides below Niagara Falls open in late April or early May and operate until late December.
All guests are issued a disposable plastic poncho to wear during the tour which will keep you reasonably dry. When the boat gets close to the Canadian Falls is where you will encounter the majority of mist. If you wish to stay dry simply move to another location on the boat where there is less mist. The tour lasts 15-20 minutes. For clothing, summer is for shorts and t-shirts. A pair of beach shoes or sneakers work fine but don’t wear anything you wouldn’t want to get damp. For spring and fall weather you need to dress appropriately for the local weather and just expect to get slightly damp. Usually you will have the ability to get great photos right up until you get close to the base of the Canadian Falls. Remember that even a slight mist on your camera lens will ruin any photo!
The entrance for the boat ride is in Queen Victoria Park less than a minute walk from the base of Clifton Hill. Parking is available at one of three very large parking lots near Queen Victoria Park.
This video displays the old Maid of the Mist boat passing in front of the American Falls.
We chose the firework cruise specifically as all the research showed it did NOT go into the base of the falls. It did. I feel like I paid for a cruise and ended up with a haute couture trash bag memento. It was to dark to really sea anything but the fireworks. I give it a solid 3 stars because even though I was miserable and felt like the boat would sink at any moment there were SOME good views when you could see stuff.
Additionally it took us over an hour to walk from our hotel not the five minute walk the hotel concierge told us it was. We ended up managing to get a uber back. Honestly I would never do this attraction again, but I very much dislike boats and my experience will differ from others. Everyone in our group really enjoyed the boat ride.
