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Awesome experience and guide was fantastic. She shared her enthusiasm for Chicago and its architecture!!

The CAC tours are absolutely the best in Chicago. The crew and ticket sales staff are friendly and helpful. And the location on the River Walk just east of Michigan Avenue is super convenient. But best of all are the guides/docents. Everyone I’ve sailed with has been an architect or related professional and they are extremely knowledgeable. The information they provide is in-depth and interesting, unlike the cheesy stories and “jokes” you get on the commercial boats.

The tour is totally worth it!! They take you to the river and back. Then after leveling the water between the river and lake they take you into the lake. I would recommend to sit up front.

Very entertaining and eligible to our guideWe took the 6:30 PM Cruz and it was perfect because we had some buildings in Light and some and sunset and some in dark

Grant was an amazing tour guide and had amazing facts about everything!

Great way to see the city and our guide combined educating us about architecture, architects, and history with some fun anecdotal stories.

Wonderful tour! Would definitely recommend. Family friendly, spacious seating and knowledgeable guide

Sooo beautiful… the architecture of the buildings with the lightening is an experience you’ll want to see more than once! Best views will be at night!! What a way to spend my birthday with the perfect weather! I will return!

our tour guide was amazing! She was very informative and had a great personality!! We actually not thinking of doing a tour since w had walked around looking at all the buildings and felt like we didn’t need to go on this tour. But it is well worth the money and we really enjoyed it!

Eric was a great tour guide. He sang and gave us a great Chicago experience. The day waa foggy and had rained all day and still the city was beautiful. Extremely knowledgeable and the jokes were actually really funny. Thanks for a great memorable experience. He also acknowledged someone birthday. Very kind person.

The cruise was informative and chock-full of diverse architecture and interesting history. Our guide Richard was knowledgeable, hilarious and attentive! The crew was extremely helpful, helped with my mobility issues (they should find away to add a ramp to the docking area.

The docent was excellent - knowledgeable, funny, and engaging. It was my first time on Lake Michigan, but not my first tour of the River. It was definitely worth the extra time and money!

The views from the boat tour were amazing !! So worth the money and was a great team bonding experience!

Great time, Bridgit was very helpful and made it much more enjoyable for both my heart and and I to interact with the exhibits and make silly pictures for the kids to enjoy.

Complete 360 view of Chicago City and environ

Great experience. Wonderful way to see Chicago and learn about its history. HIGHLY RECOMMEND for young and old.