How to Buy a Ticket

Purchase your tickets on line if you are visiting Georges or Spectacle Island and leaving from Boston. Hit the "Boston's Best Cruises Tickets" button on the right. Choose your island destination, date you will visit, and quantity of tickets. Don't forget to book your return! Print out your tickets at home and board the boat.

For trips to Georges or Spectacle Islands the ticket machines at Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion to purchase your tickets with a credit or debit card. You may also call Boston’s Best Cruises (see More below) or buy your ticket at the company’s ticket booths at Long Wharf–North in Boston and Fore River Shipyard in Quincy.

If leaving from Hingham or Hull, purchase your ticket on-board the ferry.

Likewise, purchase tickets on the boat en route to Thompson Island from South Boston (EDIC) or Spectacle Island. Cash only.

You may transfer from the Boston Route to the Hingham Route (to visit Lovells, Peddocks, Grape, and Bumpkin Islands) at Georges Island for a small fee. Pay the fare as you board at Georges.

Tickets are issued and fares collected by Boston’s Best Cruises for the Boston, Quincy, and Hingham Routes. Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center collects fares for the South Boston (EDIC) Route.

Passenger Ferry Costs

Round trip tickets are sold through Boston's Best Cruises from Boston Long Wharf-North, Hingham Shipyard, Hull Pemberton Point, and Quincy Shipyard.  Discounts are available for children, seniors, active military personnel, groups of 10 or more and advanced purchase online.  To access Thompson Island from South Boston's EDIC Pier, please pay onboard the Outward Bound.  A $3 fee is collected at George's Island when passengers switch between routes (e.g. Long Wharf-North to Inter-Island Shuttle or vice versa) as well as between Spectacle and Thompson Islands on Sunday afternoons.

• Adult: $14
• Senior (65+): $10
• Child (ages 3–11): $8
• Children under 3 yrs: Free
• School groups (per student): $8
• Family four pack (2 adults & 2 children): $39

Please note prices may vary due to fuel surcharges.