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New York City 1-Day Hop-on Hop-off with Empire State and Statue of Liberty Ferry

New York City 1-Day Hop-on Hop-off with Empire State and Statue of Liberty Ferry

Overview

With a 1-day Big Bus ticket to New York City, you can follow two hop-on hop-off routes—downtown and uptown. In addition, gain entry to the 86th-floor observation deck at the Empire State Building and enjoy convenient transport service to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty National Monument via round-trip ferry. Rather than booking separately, save time and money with one ticket.

- Board a hop-on hop-off Big Bus at any stop along two routes
- Explore the sights of downtown and uptown Manhattan
- Admission ticket to the Empire State Building observation deck included
- Travel round-trip by ferry to Ellis Island and Liberty Island

City: New York City

Tue 24 Dec

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Starting at $106.50

Make a reservation

Tue 24 Dec

Starting at $106.50

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Ferry to Liberty & Ellis Islands

Admission to the Statue of Liberty Island (only)

Audio commentary on board

Audio Tour for Liberty & Ellis Islands

2 Routes - Uptown and Downtown

Admission to the Empire State Building observation deck

1-day hop-on hop-off bus pass

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Tickets claimed after 3pm are valid for the next day
The Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Ferry operates from 9:00am to 3:00pm with regular departures from Battery Park. You will need to redeem your ticket voucher with a Big Bus Tours staff member before heading to the ferry terminal
This ticket includes a ferry journey to both Liberty Island and Ellis Island, but not interior monument or museum access.
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (144)

macielita40

Jul 2021

Please do yourself a favor and DO NOT USE I repeat DO NOT USE this company to hop on/off in NYC. It was my husband and my mom's Birthday, they ruined it with their absolutely super mega BAD SERVICES! I waited a few days to write this review because I knew it was not going to be a nice one. We redeemed our tickets for Bus HOHO, Statue of Liberty & Empire State at the First Bus Stop as we were told even when we booked our date and time online as it was required after we purchased the tickets and were given a confirmation that shows that we just needed it to go directly to the attractions line and show the confirmation we printed at the time of the online booking (please see picture). After Tickets were redeemed (Rep insisted that printed confirmation won't work) with the Big Bus Rep at First Stop by M&M world in NYC, the attendant told us that we couldn't take the bus because we were going to be late to the Statue of Liberty Security Checkpoint and they wouldn't let us in, we decided to take a taxi to try to arrive ontime, we arrived 5-10 minutes after our booking time, ran like 'Forrest Gump" with my mom which is 76 years old and finally once we got to the Security Checkpoint, they just scan our tickets and let us in to the Ferry to Statue of Liberty, that was it! They don't check your time, validate the ticket to enter. After we were back from Statute of Liberty we had to walk to whatever place/attraction we were going because the BIG BUS never stop on any of the stops we were waiting and waiting, we literally walk the entire day, never used the bus tickets, my mom couldn't walk anymore, we had to take a taxi to the Empire State, once at Empire State Observatory, the attendant scanned our tickets (previously redeemed) and told us those tickets were VOIDED, yes, VOIDED, which mean we couldn't enter, unable to get any help since as others wrote on their reviews, there is no Customer Service Phone Number, only the chat option and they were not available at the time, we waste our time and money, we went back to the hotel with 8 HOHO unused tickets & 8 Empire State unused Tickets, $800 worth approx.. I have been waiting in the chat for about four days now and they have no giving me any answers. I would like to ask TRIPADVISOR to remove this company from their listing and make BIG BUS TOURS stop ripping people off!!

Edith R

Jul 2021

Don’t waste your money. This is the worst company. Go with any of the other companies that offer the hop on hop off service. I’ve used other companies but decided to go with big bus because of the price. Totally regret it. Bus broke down audio commentary was inaudible, they changed us to a regular bus without ac, the app is never up to date, HORRIBLE!! Just don’t waste your money.

shaybug2018

Jun 2021

My wife brought the ticket and I am the one who used with my sis and 9 year old. In the tickets it was never mentioned you need to activate the ticket in a Bus stop( you need to go to a particular bus stop to activate ?). We went to Statue of liberty and find out the ticket we have is not useful as they didn't give the right tickets online. There is no Customer care number to contact so we need to take the chat option. while waiting for the chat person to replay found big bus and try to communicate to Driver. Driver have no understanding about the ticket. there was NO guide on the bus. Now we are struggling to get refund Big bus is not ready to refund when we didn't use the ticket once. I will never recommend Big bus for any Kind of Tour.