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Thursday, May 15 *
Thursday, June 19
Thursday, July 17 - Full
Sunday, July 27 **
Thursday, August 21***
Thursday, September 18
Thursday, October 16
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Tours
run twice daily at 10:30 am & 1:00 pm. Boarding time is 30 minutes prior to departure.
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2008 Harbor Tours Flyer  |
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The 2008 Harbor Tour Season will begin on Thursday, May 15th with "All Schools Day". The first regular tour will be held on Thursday, June 19th with the season concluding in October 2008. We will begin taking reservations on April 11th, 2008. Come join us for a FREE, fun harbor tour and enjoy learning about the Port of Oakland.
Experience a bird’s eye view of the Port of Oakland’s giant cranes and maritime operations. The Port of Oakland is the third busiest container port on the West Coast. Every year the Port provides an opportunity for local organizations, school children, senior and recreation centers, and the general public to participate in these free narrated harbor tours. Tours showcase the Port’s history, development plans and operations. The approximately one hour (1 hr) tour will take you alongside port operations along the Oakland Estuary.
 Join us on a comfortable ferryboat with open-air decks as we cruise through the Oakland Estuary and the outer harbor. You'll see the giant cranes that just barely made it under the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on the way to our new terminals. You’ll also view our Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, more than 40-acres of parkland designed for public enjoyment and the 180-acre Middle Harbor Enhancement Area, home to a growing population of natural habitat ranging from eelgrass to birds.
This date is reserved for School Groups ONLY. There will be three tours, each lasting 45 minutes. On this day only, tours will depart at 10:30 a.m., noon and 1:30 p.m. School groups of 3rd-graders and below are welcome to reserve space, however, one chaperone per 4 students is required. Grades 4-6 will require one chaperone per 5 students. Boarding begins 30 minutes prior to departure.
The 2008 Harbor Tours season will begin on May 15th * and will continue monthly, on the third Thursday of each month, through October 16th, 2008. Reservations can be made online or by calling the Port of Oakland Harbor Tour Hotline: (510) 627-1188. You may also email us with questions or comments.
Boarding time is 30 minutes prior to departure. Departure times, for our regular tours, are 10:30am and 1:00pm (It is important to be on time.) Boarding will take place at the Oakland Ferry Terminal located at the foot of Clay Street in Jack London Square.
The closest public parking garage is located on Washington Street, between 2nd and Embarcadero. There is a fee to park in that facility. Groups traveling by bus will need to make advance arrangements with the Port Harbor Tours RSVP representative.
Individ  uals and groups of up to 50 are invited to reserve space for a tour. School groups of 4th-graders and below are welcome to reserve space, however, due to insurance requirements; there must be at least one adult chaperone for every four children. Due to vessel capacity limits, reservations must be made at least 72 hours prior to each tour.
* Schools Only Day (May 15th): Date reserved for school groups only. Tours will last 45 minutes.
** Port Community Day (Sunday, July 27th): Residents in 94607 zip code area receive priority reservations.
*** Port Customers (August 21st): The p.m. schedule is reserved for Port Customer tour. |
