Free cancellation
Up to 24 hours before departure.
Duration
Ferry: allow 4 to 5 hours. Bus: 24 or 48 hours, your choice.
City Guide
New York audio tours and tips. Download them in the app to listen offline.
About this tour
See the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island with an official Statue City Cruises ferry ticket, then explore Manhattan from the open top deck of a Big Bus hop-on hop-off sightseeing bus. Choose a 24-hour or a 48-hour bus pass when you book.
Use the bus to reach the sights on your own schedule, and let the Le Way Go City Guide tell you what you are looking at.
What’s included
Included
- Official Statue City Cruises ferry ticket (Liberty Island and Ellis Island)
- Big Bus hop-on hop-off pass: 24 hours or 48 hours (see below)
- Audio commentary in several languages on the bus
- Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
- Le Way Go City Guide: New York audio tours, places and tips. Download tours in the app to listen offline
Not included
- Pedestal and Crown access
- Live tour guide
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup
Choose your bus pass
Both passes include the same ferry ticket, Liberty Island, Ellis Island and the City Guide. The difference is the bus.
| 24-hour pass | 48-hour pass | |
|---|---|---|
| Big Bus ticket | Discover Ticket | Essential Ticket |
| Hop-on hop-off | 24 hours | 48 hours |
| Routes | Downtown Loop (Red) | Downtown (Red) and Uptown (Blue) loops |
| 2-hour Night Tour with a live guide | Not included | Included |
| Price per adult | $135 | $145 |
Your day, step by step
- Choose your ferry departure time when you book.
- Join the security line at Castle Clinton in Battery Park at your ticket time, then board the next ferry.
- Visit Liberty Island and Ellis Island, then ride back to Battery Park.
- Use your Big Bus pass to hop on and off around Manhattan. With the 48-hour pass, join the Night Tour one evening.
Meeting point
Statue City Cruises security screening and ferry departures at Castle Clinton in The Battery (Battery Park), Lower Manhattan. The ticket office is inside Castle Clinton. Your ticket time is when you join the security line. Subway: 1 to South Ferry, 4 or 5 to Bowling Green, R (or W on weekdays) to Whitehall St. Open in Google Maps
Know before you go
- Your ticket time is your security check-in time, not the ferry departure. Arrive at least 30 minutes before your ticket time: lines can take more than an hour at busy times.
- Suitcases, carry-on luggage and large parcels are not allowed on the ferries or the islands, and there is no storage at Battery Park.
- Your Big Bus pass starts on your ferry date. The 48-hour pass covers 2 consecutive days.
- Show your Big Bus ticket on your phone to staff at any stop or on the bus. They give you a receipt to use for the rest of your pass.
- 48-hour pass: the Night Tour leaves at 7:00 PM and 8:00 PM from Big Bus Stop 1 (M&M’s World, Times Square). It is a nonstop tour.
- Children under 16 must travel with someone 16 or older.
- Children 2 and under are free. From age 3, Big Bus charges a child fare, so the Child price applies.
Your Le Way Go City Guide
Every tour comes with the Le Way Go City Guide, your app for New York. We email you a private link 10 days before your tour (right away if you book later), and it is in your ticket email too. It opens in your phone’s browser, and in the Le Way Go app for iPhone and Android, coming soon to the App Store and Google Play. In the app, download the audio tours you want before you go and they play offline on the ferry and the islands.
- Audio tour of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
- More audio tours across New York
- Top places to visit and where to eat
- Map with what’s near you
- 1 to 3 day itineraries
Questions
When do I get my tickets?
Your booking is confirmed right away. We send your official ticket 24 hours before departure, or right away if you book less than 24 hours ahead.
Can I cancel?
Yes. Cancel for free up to 24 hours before your departure for a full refund. After that, tickets cannot be refunded.
Is the Crown included?
No. Crown tickets are issued in each visitor’s name and sold only by Statue City Cruises.
What is in the Le Way Go City Guide?
A New York city guide with audio tours, top places to visit, where to eat, a map of what’s near you and 1 to 3 day itineraries. In the app, the audio tours you download play offline; the browser version needs an internet connection.