Best Private Ferry Trips — Our Top 10

2.Hiroshima to Miyajima: Private Custom Tour with Ferry Ride

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 77 reviews · 6 hours · from $293

Travel from Hiroshima to Miyajima by ferry with a private local host such as Yuka, Ken, Kaori, or Aya. Your six-hour outing can focus on shrine history, food, photography, temples, backstreets, or Mount Misen. The host plans around your pace, though meals, attraction admission, and some local transport cost extra.

“Tom was an excellent guide while visiting Hiroshima and Miyajima island. Not only he has knowledgeable and interesting, he was also fun and respectful. We had a great tour with the best guide!”

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3.Tangier Private Full Day Tour Including Ferry Ticket & Camel Ride

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 58 reviews · from $194

Spend 8 to 9 hours exploring Tangier with a private guide and driver, round-trip ferry tickets, Moroccan breakfast, a beach camel ride, Cap Spartel, Hercules Caves, the Kasbah, and the old Medina. Guides including Ali, Hamza, Chafik, and Hassan, known as Coca-Cola, are associated with the experience.

“Ali made an amazing experience an unforgettable lifetime memory. It was a perfect day from beginning to end.”

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4.Private Tangier Tour from Ferry or Cruise Ship Including Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 34 reviews · from $150Best value

Meet your representative at Tangier City Port for a private 7 to 8 hour tour with a local guide, air-conditioned minivan, lunch, and WiFi. See Cap Spartel, Hercules Caves, Achakkar Beach, the Kasbah, American Legation, synagogue, gardens, and the medina. Guide Mohammed has tailored visits to guests’ interests.

“Well run, comprehensive, Mohammed was pleasure to be with. Tailored the trip to our interests. A wonderful day . Would highly recommend. Very comfortable MB van.”

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5.Private Bollywood Tours With Elephanta cave Inculiding Ferry Ride

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 23 reviews · from $190

Spend 6 to 7 hours seeing two sides of Mumbai. Your private guide takes you by air-conditioned vehicle and ferry to the Shiva temples of Elephanta Island, then to a Bollywood studio for production facilities, a small dance show, and a drive past stars’ homes. Sanjay and Ajay are among the guides associated with the tour.

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6.Food & Drink Private Tour in Lisbon & Cacilhas w/ Ferry Included

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 14 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $184

Join guide André or another local guide for a private 3.5-hour food walk from Praça Luís de Camões to Cacilhas. Taste Portuguese liqueurs, wine, preserved fish, petiscos, and a traditional fish dinner. Ferry tickets, snacks, drinks, and the meal are included, with time for sunset views beneath the 25 April Bridge.

“We had André as our tour guide. It was very fun and we got to see popular streets of Lisbon, learned a lot of history. Tried very delicious wine and seafood. Portugal has left us very impressed with it’s culture and friendliness from everyone. The ferry to Cacilhas was wonderful. Our tour guide was a polyglot which made this tour more interactive and fun to be able learn about Portugal in various languages.”

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7.PRIVATE: Batam day tour with Ferry, 2-hour Massage and Lunch from Singapore

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 13 reviews · from $289

Cross from Singapore to Batam by high-speed ferry, then tour temples, mosques, a museum, Barelang Bridge, and local shops with a private English-speaking guide. The day includes a four-course Indonesian feast, kueh lapis tasting, private car, and a 120-minute traditional massage. Guides such as Aulia, Diane, Jackey, and Linda have earned especially warm praise.

“We really enjoyed this trip and were amazed at all the things we were able to do and see. Diane (hopefully spelled right!) was an fabulous host -- knowledgeable, amenable, and open to us veering off course a bit. Highly recommend her!”

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8.Cinque Terre Private Tour by Minivan and Ferry-Boat from La Spezia

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 8 reviews · 8 to 9 hours (approx.) · from $497

From La Spezia Cruise Terminal, your private group travels by air-conditioned minivan and on foot to Riomaggiore, Vernazza, Manarola, and Monterosso. A tour escort handles the day, while ferry or train tickets and lunch are extra. Expect 8 to 9 hours and plenty of walking.

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9.Tangier Private Day Trip with Ferry Tickets

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 2 reviews · 11 hours · from $769

Travel from your Malaga hotel to Tarifa, then cross by high-speed ferry to Tangier for a private Moroccan day tour. Your guide leads you past palaces, through the Kasbah and Medina, and to Cape Spartel, where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic. Guides such as Omar and Tifo are noted for their friendly, personal approach.

“A very long day for a relatively short visit to Tangier. Moroccan guide Tifo was very knowledgeable and very personable, and he did his best to show us as much as possible during our short time in Tangier. He even welcomed us into his own home for tea and pastries. Unfortunately, however, he misunderstood the schedule for our return ferry to Spain, resulting in us having to literally run the length of the dock to jump aboard the ferry just as it was leaving port.”

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10.Private Full Day Lake Balaton tour with lunch & wine tasting,and with ferry ride

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $370

Spend about nine hours exploring Lake Balaton in a private air-conditioned vehicle. Visit Balatonfüred and Tihany, see Tihany Abbey, taste wine in Csopak, enjoy a three-course lunch with drinks, and cross the lake by ferry. Guide Susan is one named guide associated with the experience, though guide assignments may vary.

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