Cruise Port Guide
The bucket-list things to do — and the private, expert-led way to do each.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, and the private, small-group, or expert-led way to make it yours — your own pace, real access, none of the crowd.
Climb inside Lady Liberty herself to the Crown — 354 steps above New York Harbor — for a view fewer than 240 people a day are permitted to see. This is the rarest ticket in New York City.
Stand at the base of the statue's torch-bearing arm on the Pedestal observation deck, 89 feet above Liberty Island, for unobstructed 360° views of the Manhattan skyline and harbor — a privileged vantage point most visitors never reach.
Join a maximum-25-guest expert-guided experience through Liberty Island and the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration — the story of America told in the two most iconic square miles in the nation.
Sail New York Harbor aboard the 1920s-style luxury yacht Manhattan, circumnavigating the Statue of Liberty and drinking in the full Manhattan, Brooklyn Bridge, and Governors Island skyline on a 90-minute hosted cruise.
Experience Ellis Island's National Museum of Immigration with a National Park Service Ranger — a free, expert-led journey through the Great Hall where 40% of Americans can trace an ancestor's first steps in the New World.
Board Liberty Cruise NYC's top-rated harbor vessel for a fast-boarding, live-guided circumnavigation of the Statue of Liberty — maximum views, minimum queuing, expert live narration, and a seamless return to Manhattan.
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