Many celebrity homes in Tampa can only be reached by boat. This Tampa Celebrity Homes Boat Tour takes you out on Tampa Bay to the canals near Davis Islands without having to rent a boat. Catch sight of famous folks’ homes, including baseball players, football players, and actors and actresses. Most tours also run into dolphins in the water as they cruise.

See impressive homes of the rich and the famous
Cruise the canals near Davis Islands in Tampa Bay
Choose between two tour times for what’s best for you
Bottled water and soda included for convenience

What's Included

Celebrity Home Cruise
Bottled water
Soda/Pop

Gratuities (optional}
Parking
Transportation to/from attraction

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

PWT3 - History Center/Amalie Arena
Tampa, FL 33602, USA
Departure Point: Behind The Tampa Bay History Center at the dock Tampa FL. Address: 801 Old Water Street Tampa, FL 33602 Directions: Dock (water taxi dock #3) behind the Tampa Bay History Center 801 Old Water Street. Parking at parking lots on Chanelside drive Board the blue boat with yellow top

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Meet your guide and small group of fellow travelers at the dock behind the Tampa Bay History Center where your hour-long experience begins. Spend the next hour cruising through the Tampa Bay and alongside the Davis Islands, where many of the city's biggest and most impressive homes are located.

Many of these mansions are owned by celebrities, including famous athletes and actors. If you’re lucky, you may even spot some dolphins playing in the surf along the way. Listen to your captain provide commentary about the impressive homes and the people who own them, and see pirate ship "Gabriella" while you're at it.

Tampa Water Taxi Company (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 1 day of travel. In this case confirmation will be received as soon as possible, subject to availability
Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Not wheelchair accessible

Service animals allowed
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Kenesha_S

It was a wonderful relaxing experience for my birthday, I enjoyed the scenery and the captain was very warm, welcoming and informative. I will recommend 👌🏿 to other persons and in addition to that it's a very nice way to get a different view of Tampa.

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Fun excursion

Kryste_O, Apr 2024

Captain Mark was very friendly and knowledgeable. He gave lots of interesting historical facts. The homes were secondary as the history was fascinating.

Great experience.

Cathy_E, Apr 2024

Great tour! Took eight sisters and friends for an 80th birthday celebration. Guide was very knowledgeable.

Nice to be on the water!

Sherry_S, Apr 2024

Guide/captain was very informative. Loved hearing the history of Tampa. The mentions were beautiful! Sad they are tearing down the Derik Jeter/Tom Brady home.

First Boat Ride, Wonderful Experience

Nakisha_K, Apr 2024

It was a great tour! Awesome job! I really enjoyed myself and the tour guide was super kind and professional.

I really enjoyed the tour

Kenesha_S, Apr 2024

Educational, relaxing, boat tour

Kevin_S, Apr 2024

Beautiful night, great to be on the water, your guide was excellent gave a great fun and fact filled tour. Learned a lot about the area and the history, he was on top of his game. Not crowded very comfortable

Fantastic Guide

James_G, Mar 2024

Our guide was extremely knowledgeable about the history of Tampa. He pointed out major points of interest and led a lively tour. He was friendly and a pleasure to listen to. This experience is a must do while in Tampa; I highly recommend!

Not happy with your procedures when you cancel the tours.

robert_E, Mar 2024

After finally finding where the taxi was we were told that our trip was cancelled! We never received an email informing us of the cancellation. We were very disappointed and not too happy having to pay $12.95 to park. You need to have a better system set up for cancellations.

Worth the money!

LeAnn_L, Mar 2024

Larry was personal, informative and funny. The tour itself was a full 1 1/2 hours! We learned alot about the harbor/Bay Area.

Great

Janice_B, Feb 2024

The captain was a good speaker who was knowledgeable about the history of Tampa. I was disappointed we didn’t get to see the Jeter estate but the wind got too bad. I would recommend for the price a good deal

Awesome tour!

rosemcegan, Feb 2024

Lots of information about what we saw, history and interesting facts. Tour guide was very professional and made sure we were all comfortable, answered all our questions. We would do this tour again.

Excellent Experience

Cathy_A, Feb 2024

We had a beautiful day on the Celebrity Boat Cruise. The tour director/ captain was very informative. If you want a good place for lunch try the Columbia Cafe near stop#3. The Mojitoes were so good. Cuban sandwich and their signature salad was very good as well

Nice!

Lynnel_K, Jan 2024

Great tour, knowledgeable tour guide. Worth the money. Great for people new to Tampa. Take a jacket if windy!

Great Day on The Water

Rick_G, Jan 2024

Second time on the tour - great way to spend time and learning the area and seeing some of the structures otherwise limited driving & walking

We had an amazing time...

Caroline_V, Jan 2024

We had an amazing time during our tour. We did this tour as part of our team‘s first quarterly meeting of the year and since we are real estate agents it was a great addition to our day plus we learned some new things about Tampa!

Very informative about...

Denise_D, Jan 2024

Very informative about the history of the area. The info on the houses just make you say Uh! Thanks Michael.

Tampa history tour

Emad_M, Jan 2024

New year eve with friends and family, enjoy the tour , our guide was so knowledgeable of tampa history and very nice too, it was really good to plan this tour before going to the dinner at down town restaurant.

A recommended tour. Worthy of your money.

Jiqian_X, Dec 2023

Mark, the captain, welcomed us at Doc #3 when we were not sure we were at the right spot. He provided Tampa history in this area in detail. The boat went smoothly. We enjoyed the tour. Thank you.

Infomative River Cruise

Art_K, Dec 2023

The tour of the celebrity homes in the bay area was good. We were a little surprised that we only saw 4-5 homes of well-known people. The tour director, however, was very versed on the history and development of the local area. That part of the tour was better than seeing the homes. All in all, a nice tour and beautiful scenery and weather.

Interesting

Barbara_R, Dec 2023

We enjoyed the tour and the interesting history of the area. We also lucked out with beautiful weather! Thanks Mark. Barb Rose.

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