HIDDEN HARBOR TOURS®

What Are They?

The primary activity of WHC is the sponsorship of tours of New York and New Jersey's working waterfront – places that are normally hidden from the eyes of most area residents and visitors. We call them Hidden Harbor Tours®.

We offer these tours throughout the summer, typically from May to October. Tours are narrated by people who know the harbor intimately - tugboat captains, maritime historians and other experts. We visit places like the tugboat berths in Erie Basin and Kill Van Kull, container, breakbulk, oil and car ports in Brooklyn and New Jersey, Newtown Creek and many other locations. The world of working maritime vessels and facilities is both fascinating as well as vitally important to the area's economic well being. Want to know where your Toyota came in? How the ingredients for your chocolate bar got here? How your trash is removed? Welcome to the working waterfront.

Hidden Harbor Tours® are educational, interesting, and most of all, great fun. If you haven't been on one yet, we hope to see you soon. WHC's Hidden Harbor Tours® help fulfill our  mission  to strengthen awareness of the working harbor's history and vitality today, and its opportunities for the future.

• The tours do not take place on a tug.
  -The vessel is Zephyr, a large luxurious excursion vessel.
  -Charter tug rides are available by contacting John@WorkingHarbor.org.
• Zephyr is wheelchair accessible on the first deck, including heads (bathrooms).
• There are parking lots & metered parking at the Seaport.
• Narration by Capt Doswell plus guests from the maritime industry (names to be announced).