In Bar Harbor, Maine, the Bar Harbor Whale Watch Company offers a number of cruises. The puffin and whale watch cruise lasts four hours and takes you into Petit Manan National Wildlife refuge, where you'll observe a large breeding colony of Atlantic Puffins. Finback, Minke and humpback whales are commonly sighted. Shorter cruises include a lobster and seal cruise, sunset whale watch and a nature and sightseeing cruise. All boats include restrooms, an indoor cabin area and outdoor viewing spaces.
Bar Harbor Whale Watch Company
1 West Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
207-288-2386
barharborwhales.com
Boston Harbor Cruises depart from Boston Harbor. The company offers a number of day cruises, the five-hour lighthouse tour being the longest. Passengers travel by a dozen lighthouses including Boston Light, the oldest station in America. Other cruises include a sunset cruise offering views of the Boston skyline, a historic Boston sightseeing cruise that takes visitors past important places in the inner and outer harbor and a Charles River and locks cruise. Whale watching cruises to the ocean are also offered.
Boston Harbor Cruises
One Long Wharf
Boston, MA 02110
617-227-4321
bostonharborcruise.com
You don't have to be by the ocean to take a day cruise in New England. Vermont is home to Lake Champlain, often referred to as "the sixth great lake." The Spirit of Ethan Allen III offers a number of different cruises. Passengers are given views of the Adirondack and Green mountain ranges and the small islands that dot the lake. Kids may wish to keep their eyes out for Champ, the lake's version of the Loch Ness Monster. Cruises include a sunset cruise, jazz dinner cruise, Italian dinner cruise and a scenic narrated cruise. Operating from May through October, the boat can accommodate up to 424 passengers and includes three dining decks, food and drink services and restrooms.
Spirit of Ethan Allen III
348 Flynn Ave.
Burlington, VT 05401
802-862-8300
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