One of the most iconic activities related to Niagara Falls is the Maid of the Mist boat tour. Half-hour tours are available during the warmer months of the year and take passengers to the base of both falls. Docks for the Maid of the Mist are available in Canada and the U.S.
If playing blackjack or slots is on your vacation agenda, you can check out the Seneca Niagara Casino in New York and Casino Niagara in Canada. Seneca Niagara Casino offers more than 6,000 machines and 140 tables of gambling fun. Casino Niagara has more than 3,000 machines and 100 tables.
For a sky-high view of the falls, you can take the Niagara Helicopters or Rainbow Air Helicopter tours that features narration and once-in-a-lifetime views of the rapids leading to the falls and the amazing sight of the water plunging over the falls into mist clouds at the base of the falls.
Many dining options are available around Niagara Falls, including the Top of the Falls restaurant, Hard Rock Café, the "Oh Canada Eh?" dinner show and the Niagara Falls Grand Dinner Theatre. Fast food, ethnic offerings and fine dinning restaurants are also available in abundance.
Watch the nightly illumination of the falls where xenon lights dance on the waters and make the falls light up in a magical display. Walk along the boardwalks that line both sides of the falls for free and take in the sounds of the falls and the brilliant display. On special occasions, fireworks displays are also common over Niagara Falls.
For history buffs, tours of the Battle Ground Hotel and the Willoughby Historical Museum provide a glimpse in to Niagara Falls historic past. Old Fort Niagara is a short drive from the falls and displays the military struggle among France, Britain and the Iroquois Indians for control of the region.
For adventure enthusiasts, Snow Park Niagara Falls offers winter sports such as tubing and ice-skating. Niagara Freefall and Interactive Center offers indoor sky diving in a wind tunnel. Whirlpool Jet Boat tours offer speedboat journeys up the Niagara Gorge and through the Devil's Hold and Whirlpool rapids.
