# Boat tours on the Savannah River

> Independent comparison guide to every tour you can actually book on the Savannah River, Savannah, Georgia. Not a tour operator and not a booking platform: we catalogue every real GetYourGuide and Viator listing departing from the river's docks, compare them by category, price, duration and real review count, and send visitors to the operator's own listing to book. We earn a disclosed affiliate commission.

Here is what this file covers: 23 bookable tours sorted into seven categories, each one linked to a live booking page. The operators behind them include Savannah Riverboat Cruises, Savannah Harbor Cruises and Island Head Savannah, along with a pair of listings that name no provider. Every tour publishes a from-price.

Each of the seven categories holds live listings: sightseeing and historic river cruises, dinner cruises, sunset cruises, dolphin-watching trips toward the coast and Tybee Island, combo tours that pair a boat ride with a trolley or city tour, port tours, and private whole-boat charters.

The numbers, all taken from the live listings, and prices shift by date: published from-prices start at $41.82 for the 90-Minute Savannah Riverboat Sightseeing Cruise and top out at $1,195 for a private charter carrying up to 35 passengers. Review volume points to the 90-Minute Savannah Riverboat Sightseeing Cruise as the most-booked trip, rated 4.0 across 3,601 reviews. Next come the Savannah River Cruise and Hop-on Hop-off Trolley Tour at 4.5 across 2,161 reviews, then the Savannah to Tybee Island with Dolphin Cruise at 5.0 across 1,574 reviews. One private charter, the 2-Hour Private Sunset Cruise up to 35 Passengers, has no reviews yet, which fits a new listing. Two products, the Tybee Island dolphin cruise and the Land and Sea historic trolley-and-riverboat combo, list no operator, a pattern typical of third-party-assembled combos rather than a sign of trouble.

Several docks cover the river. Downtown, riverboats depart from 9 East River Street in the historic district, steps from restaurants, shops and hotels. Dolphin tours also leave from River Street Landing, in front of Spanky's, and from the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, 1 Resort Dr. Combo and port tours use the Savannah Visitors Center at 301 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd and West Boundary Street, and the two private charters depart from the Savannah Convention Center parking lot, across from the marina. Operators sharing a dock cluster often board from different points, so confirm the exact spot on the live booking page before you set out.

The roster splits among three named operators, plus a couple of listings that leave the operator blank. Savannah Riverboat Cruises handles the bulk of it, running both narrated sightseeing options, the two Sunday brunch sailings, the standard dinner cruises, the gospel dinner sailings, the sunset runs, and the land-and-sea and trolley combinations, all from the East River Street dock. Savannah Harbor Cruises covers the dolphin eco tours, the harbor-and-trolley combo, and the two port tours. Island Head Savannah owns the private charter side: the larger boat goes for $1,195 per group with room for up to 35 guests, and the smaller one starts at $45 per person with a cap of 14. The Tybee Island dolphin excursion and one trolley-and-riverboat pairing publish no operator name, so those two call for a closer look at the live booking page. Cancellation terms are generous across most listings, with free cancellation attached to nearly everything, though a few duplicate listings on the marketplace side carry different terms, so check before assuming.

A few distinctions worth spelling out, since they trip people up when comparing options:
1. The two dinner products are not interchangeable. The buffet dinner cruise with live entertainment starts at $92.52 per person and leans on the food and the show. The gospel dinner cruise starts at $77 and centers on Southern buffet fare with live gospel performance. Different price, different atmosphere.
2. The private charters are priced on different bases. One charges $1,195 for the entire boat, up to 35 passengers. The other charges from $45 per person for a vessel capped at 14. Comparing either against the other, or against shared cruises, only works once you know which basis applies.
3. The Savannah to Tybee Island with Dolphin Cruise is the outlier on time. It runs 5 to 6 hours, while nearly everything else on this page falls between 1.5 and 2 hours. Treat it as a half-day coastal outing with dolphin watching, not a quick turn on the river.

## Tour comparison
- [Homepage](https://savannahrivercruises.com/): the complete roster: 23 tours across seven categories, from-prices from $41.82 to $1,195.

## Tour categories
- [Sightseeing & Historic Cruises](https://savannahrivercruises.com/sightseeing-historic-cruises/): four sightseeing and brunch riverboat cruises, including the roster's most-reviewed listing.
- [Dinner Cruises](https://savannahrivercruises.com/dinner-cruises/): buffet and gospel dinner cruises with live entertainment out on the river.
- [Sunset Cruises](https://savannahrivercruises.com/sunset-cruises/): two sunset sails from $55.05, both operated by Savannah Riverboat Cruises.
- [Dolphin-Watching Cruises](https://savannahrivercruises.com/dolphin-watching-cruises/): five dolphin trips, among them the 5.0-rated Tybee Island excursion.
- [Combo Tours](https://savannahrivercruises.com/combo-tours/): boat cruises matched with a trolley tour or city tour.
- [Port Tours](https://savannahrivercruises.com/port-tours/): a pair of informational port cruises from Savannah Harbor Cruises.
- [Private Charters](https://savannahrivercruises.com/private-charters/): whole-boat and per-person charters, capacity up to 35 passengers.

## Guides
- [Guides hub](https://savannahrivercruises.com/guides/): straight answers on prices, departure times and booking a Savannah river or harbor cruise. New guides appear regularly; the hub carries the current list.

## Blog
- [Blog hub](https://savannahrivercruises.com/blog/): close looks at individual cruises and the operators running them.

## About this site
- [About and author](https://savannahrivercruises.com/about/): assembled through desk research: every tour here was checked against its live booking page before publication. No operator pays for placement, and nothing here claims to be a firsthand trip report.
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