 Now with dockside check-in for your convenience! Season: May 1 through October 15 Reservations are necessary and can be made by telephone. We accept Visa, Master Card, Discover or American Express as payment. If time allows, payment may also be sent by mail. Minimum 24 hour cancellation policy for individual reservations, minimum 14 days cancellation for charter tours. May through September tours: Depart at 8:00 a.m. and return at approximately 1:00p.m. Dockside check-in at 7:45 a.m. Afternoon Tours Available June through early September Depart at 2:00 p.m. and return at approximately 7:00 p.m. Dockside check-in at 1:45 p.m. (Note: Afternoon Tours may/will be offered once we have reached a minimum number of 10 passengers on the boat) October tours: Depart at 1:00 p.m. and return at approximately 5:30 p.m. Dockside check-in at 12:45 p.m. Most Tours depart from the Lee Blvd dock located in Howard Amon Park, Richland, Washington. Custom tours may leave from different locations to accomodate our customers __________________________________________________________________ Hanford Reach National Monument Our most popular tour! Join us for an exhilarating tour of the Hanford Reach National Monument, the last free-flowing section of the Columbia River within the United States! As our twin-engine, shallow draft jet boat motors upstream, signs of civilization disappear. You enter the seldom-seen lands and waters of the "Reach", where coyotes outnumber people. Wildlife sightings are common. Giant White Pelicans (endangered in most portions of the West, but common on the Reach) gracefully glide by on ten foot wingspans. Trophy mule deer browse along the shores. Great Blue Herons, terns, beaver, porcupines and other species are often seen. You will see the ghostly, monumental hulks of long-silenced nuclear reactors -- the only visible signs of the top secret Manhattan Project, having the mission of producing bomb-grade plutonium during World War II and the Cold War. You may feel like the first people to travel into this remote area, but Native Americans lived along the Reach since the beginning of time. You will learn about these people and about the first non-Native American to visit the Reach, Englishman David Thompson, who canoed the Columbia from the Rocky Mountains to the sea in 1811. You will also learn about the settlers who founded the towns of Hanford and White Bluffs in the early 1900's, and those who followed. This is a tour far from mainstream America, generally inaccessible by road, accessible only by shallow-draft jet boat. You will soon understand why in June of 2000, this 195,000 acre home to rare plants, wildlife and remnants of human history was named the Hanford Reach National Monument. We recommend dressing in layers for the early morning departures with a warm jacket even in summer. Take a camera, film, binoculars, a hat, sunglasses and sunscreen for our sunny days. Passengers are asked to check-in at dockside 15 minutes prior to departure. The tours leave from the Lee Blvd Dock located in Howard Amon Park in Richland, Washington. Our Hanford Reach National Monument tour lasts approximately 4 1/2 hours. Let us show you the beauty of the Hanford Reach National Monument! FARES: FARES: FARES: FARES: Call or e-mail us with your individual, group or corporate needs! Fares subject to change without notice. Sales tax and optional guide gratuity not included in fares shown. Trips dependent upon minimum number of passengers, weather and water conditions |
