Boat Rentals and Tours
Get On Board!
Relax and enjoy the NYS Canal System on a canal boat tour, dinner cruise, or multi-day voyage. You'll find tours within an hour's drive of every major city in the Canalway Corridor. You can also rent kayaks, canoes, and stand-up paddle boards or rent self-skippered canal boats for multi-day vacations.
Vacation Boat Rentals
Rent a self-skippered canal boat or overnight cruiser for a multi-day vacation. Rental boats are equipped with sleeping quarters, a galley, and plenty of deck space for relaxing. You'll get lessons in steering, docking, and locking through before heading out.
| COMPANY | LOCATION | BOAT TYPE |
|---|---|---|
| Erie Canal Cruise Lines | Seneca Falls | English-style narrowboats |
| Low Bridge Charters | Waterloo | English-style narrowboats |
| Finger Lakes Water Adventures | Waterloo | Luxury houseboat and smaller houseboat rental on Seneca Lake and Cayuga-Seneca Canal |
| Erie Canal Adventures | Macedon | English-style narrowboats, canoes, rowboats, kayaks, paddleboats |
Canal Tours
| REGION AND CRUISE COMPANY | LOCATION |
|---|---|
Capital Region, Hudson River and Champlain Canal | |
| Captain J.P. Cruise Line | Troy (Hudson River) |
| Dutch Apple Cruises | Albany (Hudson River) |
| Mohawk Maiden Cruises | Schuylerville (Champlain Canal Lock 5) |
| Mohawk River Boat Rides | Schenectady (Erie Canal/Mohawk River) |
Eastern NY, Erie Canal | |
| Erie Canal Cruises | Herkimer |
Central NY and The Old Erie Canal | |
| Syracuse Boat Tours (Onondaga Lake and Seneca River Cruises) | Syracuse |
| Camillus Erie Canal Park (Old Erie Canal) | Camillus |
Greater Rochester Area, Erie Canal | |
| Colonial Belle - Erie Canal Cruises | Fairport |
| Captain JJ's Duffy Electric Boat Tours | Fairport |
| Riverie Boat Tours | Rochester |
| Cornhill Navigation / Sam Patch Boat Tours | Pittsford |
| Knothin's Easy Yacht Cruises | Macedon/Fairport |
Western NY, Erie Canal, Buffalo River, Niagara River, Lake Erie | |
| Buffalo Harbor Cruises | Buffalo |
| Buffalo River History Tours | Buffalo |
| Buffalo Sailing Adventures | Buffalo |
| Lockport Locks and Erie Canal Cruises | Lockport |
| Niagara River Cruises | Grand Island |
| Queen City Bike Ferry (bike/ped ferry between Canalside and Outer Harbor) | Buffalo |
| WNY Classic Cruises (tours by appointment) | Buffalo |
Finger Lakes, Cayuga-Seneca Canal | |
| Canalside Experiences | Waterloo |
| Captain Bill's | Watkins Glen |
| Discover Cayuga Lake | Ithaca |
| Finger Lakes Water Adventures | Waterloo |
| Ithaca Boat Tours | Ithaca |
| School's Out Charters | Lansing |
| Schooner Excursions | Watkins Glen |
| Water to Wine Tours | Interlaken & Aurora |
Multiday Cruises
| COMPANY | LOCATION |
|---|---|
| American Waterways Cruise Lines | Cruises on Finger Lakes, Erie Canal, and the Hudson River |