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    Dragon Lady Airboats

    5.0 (14 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Sharon R.

    Captain Cris gave a great tour. He is a skilled navigator, knowledgeable about the flora and fauna in the bayou, and made sure we had a great time. We will be back when the flowers are blooming!

    Rob Z.

    This is a trip that everyone should take...... Captain Sallie is not just a boat captain or a tour guide. She is true historian, conservationist and educator.... It's was absolutely an amazing experience and would recommend this tour to anyone..... Will defiantly back for a second tour...

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    Scott P.

    I went out in the Blue Elbow Swamp and Sabine River Friday morning with Captain Sallie and had a blast. Not only was Captain very knowledgeable about the local flora and fauna, but was extremely friendly. The scenery was gorgeous. Some of the views were other worldly. I could scarcely believe I was on Earth, much less in Texas. (Though, parts of the voyage did take place in Louisiana.) I enjoyed myself so emphatically, I vowed to return in the fall to see the swamp in a different light. I'm sure it'll be amazing. Can't wait!

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    This was an amazing experience!!! We had. A great time. Sally is so much fun and very knowledgeable!

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    Thank you Frank! It was wonderful to meet you and Barbara!

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    Captain Sallie was so professional and fun - the 1 1/2 hour tour we took was perfect and worth every dollar.

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    We went to Elissa as part of the Dickens on the Strand festival and it was our favorite part of the…read morefestival! Of course it's open other times too. It was clean, amazingly fun to see all the spaces. If you have a baby you'll want to baby wear them. Strollers can't go below deck because it's stairs. We took kids 2+ years old and it was possible and functional for them. Some of the stairs are tight or small spaces but you don't have to take the smallest stair you can take one main stair down and then back up. The crew were so kind and helpful! The atmosphere was light and jolly. We have a delightful time. There is a bathroom in their gift shop and benches by the gift shop for anyone who needs to sit. There is also parking just there near it, paid is what we used, not sure about unpaid. Worth every penny!

    While visiting Galveston I decided to take this harbor tour for the first time thinking it would be…read moreinteresting and it was. An adult ticket for the one hour boat tour is $17 and you can add another tour of the adjacent sailing ship Elissa for another $8 to make it a combo price of $25 total. Tickets can be purchased online or at the ticket booth at Pier 22 between Fisherman's Wharf restaurant and Willie G's restaurant. This tour is conducted on a 50' boat with twin inboard motors. The boat has a lower deck that is covered with open sides and another deck upstairs that is open air and provides the best seats for viewing as long as the weather is good. All seats are general admission so if you want a topside seat board early. The tour makes one loop of the inner harbor along with venturing just outside near the shipping channel and on the other side of Pelican Island. There you pass by the Naval Museum that includes a destroyer escort and submarine from WW II both on land and a little further you will see the remains of the old SS Selma freighter that was scuttled there. It was a ship that was built of concrete during WW I and then scuttled shortly thereafter. For some reason, my tour only got with about 250 yards of it and no closer. Also during the boat ride you will numerous dolphins that are native to the area. There are other tours advertised as dolphin watching tours and I'm not sure how they are different from this one because my tour saw many on our ride. An added treat was being able to cruise by Battleship Texas which is currently in dry dock on the other side of the harbor and fully exposed from the stern for great viewing. The tour returned on time. The only reason I don't give 4 stars is because we should have gotten closer to the Selma for viewing and pictures and the audio speakers topside were very weak and made it hard to hear the live narration of the sites we saw passing by. If you visit the island and want to get out on the water and see the sights this is a good diversion to consider.

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