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Alcatraz tour with free round trip cruise & App Audio Packages
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At a glance
- Duration
- 2–4 hours
- Price from
- $65 / person
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 · 371 reviews
- Languages
- EN
- Group
- Small group, up to 100
- Cancellation
- See policy below
- Meeting point
- Please pick up 2 hours before your scheduled Alcatraz departure time. This is the ticket redemption location. The tours do not depart from this location.
- Confirmation
- Instant
Prices checked on Sep 11, 2026Things to do in San Francisco
Description
Epic San Francisco Experience! Begin with a thrilling guided bus tour across the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, offering stunning views of the bay. Or grab a 40-minute bike rental to cruise the vibrant streets, waterfront, or even across the bridge itself. Explore hidden neighborhoods or famous landmarks like a local—free and fearless. Alternatively, enjoy a 1-hour Golden Gate Bay Cruise to see the bridge, Alcatraz, and city skyline from the water. Next, take a ferry to Alcatraz Island with your prepaid ticket—no waiting in sold-out lines! Immerse yourself in a 3-hour audio tour, exploring the eerie corridors and haunting history of the notorious “Rock” at your own pace.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Once you take the ferry over to Alcatraz Island and you are dropped off, you will make your way up to the main prison building, where you receive an audio headset, and the audio tour will guide you through the Alcatraz Prison. Once the audio tour is over, you can continue taking pictures and exploring the Island, or you can walk back down to the ferry landing and hop on the next ferry headed back to San Francisco. The Alcatraz tour typically takes 2-3 hours to enjoy.
Highlights
Audio tour of the Alcatraz Island inside the Prison
Official Alcatraz ticket, including ferry ride to the island (Value $45.25)
What's included
Included
Audio tour of the Alcatraz Island inside the Prison
Official Alcatraz ticket, including ferry ride to the island (Value $45.25)
Traveller Ratings
4.5
371 reviews
Important Information
- 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
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please call us to set your desired Alcatraz departure time
Frequently asked questions
How long does this tour take?
Alcatraz tour with free round trip cruise & App Audio Packages lasts about 2–4 hours. The itinerary has 1 stop.
How much does this tour cost?
Prices start at $65 per person for this San Francisco experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There are 5 booking options, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
Can I cancel this tour for free?
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Where does the tour start?
The meeting point is Please pick up 2 hours before your scheduled Alcatraz departure time. This is the ticket redemption location. The tours do not depart from this location. . Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
What languages is this tour offered in?
The experience is available in EN.
Is this a private or a group tour?
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 100 participants.
Is the tour suitable for children?
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap Specialized infant seats are available
Is the tour wheelchair accessible?
Wheelchair accessible Transportation options are wheelchair accessible All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Reviews(371)
D
Must-do penitentiary tour.
Fun boat ride and informative island tour. Well organised with tourist options on the island. Immerse fully in the history, or stroll round at your leisure. Audio tour was worth doing for the stories.
D
First time visiting Alcatraz
Great tour! Very informative and interesting. Very popular and busy, as it was very challenging to book three tickets. Very happy we did it.
J
A pain to pick up physical tickets 2hrs before in SF not at harbour
Last minute tickets great except for having to pick up physical tickets from address 2 hrs before trip in central SF which not at all close to the harbour. This wasn’t clear at purchase information and as we were not staying in SF was very inconvenient. Should really be able to have tickets emailed/ messaged. Highly recommend Alcatraz itself which was awesome!
J
Fantastic Tour
Great experience. We enjoyed the Alcatraz tour. This operator saved our vacation because are previous reservation was canceled . The views on the ferry ride are amazing and the audio was so interesting. Definitely something everyone should do while visiting San Francisco.
J
Don’t Use Viator
This company does not sell tickets. They sell vouchers which you use to then get you tickets. The pick up location guy is very nice and informative. The pick up location is 15 car ride from the boat pier. The pick location had a lot of homeless / drug users nearby. Not good for kids to see. .
A
Good tour but poor ticket process.
Not sure what to say here. The actual Alcatraz tour was good. You sometimes have to wait a bit for a boat back so allocate time. We then did the boat tour after around the bay for an hour which was also good. Difficult to hear the commentary on the boat but great to go under the Golden Gate Bridge. My problem here was that we booked a 1:05 pm Alcatraz boat tour. Even though we got online tickets you DO have to turn up to the address on Post Street to get the ‘actual tickets’. They don’t make this clear! Also when the guy gave me by boat ticket it said 1:35pm. I mentioned this - he said I’d be on the 1:05 boat. He lied! We could only board the 1:35pm and took an expensive Uber to the pier to accommodate the earlier time. We didn’t get what we booked. At the pier they won’t make changes since we booked through a ‘third party - Trip Advisor’ so you were stuck. We had to rearrange our evening plans. I’ve booked with Trip Advisor all over the world but this one left a sour taste since the tickets not explained well and they changed but confirmed tour time.
S
Very accommodating to our...
Very accommodating to our requests and made it simple and easy to get there. The experience was brilliant
R
Alcatraz tour with family
Was a wonderful tour and would definitely do it again!
W
A challenge
You had to pick up the tickets 2 hours before the start at a completely different location in the middle of the city. Finding the piers was not that easy, especially for the second boat trip. The trips themselves were good.
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