Tiki Tours celebrates expansion on Saratoga Lake
SARATOGA LAKE, N.Y. » The Tiki Tours Saratoga Lake is now offering Saratogians and visitors a new way to experience Saratoga Lake.
The company now has boat tours on both Lake George and Saratoga Lake.
The Tiki boat holds 12 passengers and guests can book a 75-minute boat tour that travels across Saratoga Lake. Guests can bring their own refreshments, drinks and food to enjoy while the boat tours and there are coolers for storing the food and drinks.
The Tiki Tours owners, Anthony Ali and Greg Teresi, opened their sister company, Capital City Cycle Tours, in Saratoga Springs last year. Capital City Cycle Tours are located in Troy, Albany, Schenectady, and Saratoga Springs.
“We’ve been on Lake George for sometime now and a lot goes on in Saratoga and there’s a lot going on at the lake so we wanted to move in here,” Ali said. “It gives people a way to experience the lake without having to rent a boat.”
While explaining what the Tiki Tour is, Ali noted, “It’s a slow, intimate ride around the lake. It’s a Bring-Your-Own so we have a cooler with ice that people can bring their own refreshments, drinks, food, and things like that. It’s very unique and a different experience that you’ll get on the water and spend some time.”
The Tiki Tours boats always have a New York state-certified captain to run the boat while the tour is going on. Children are welcome on the boat tours and if you would like to bring your dog, you must have a private charter and the dog has to have a personal flotation device.
On the boat tours, there is music and there are bluetooth-capable stereo systems on the boat that can sync to your phone so that you can listen to your own choice of music while on the tour.
Ali and Teresi have been operating the Tiki Tours for a total of five years on Lake George and it’s their first season on Saratoga Lake. This season, there will be two tour boats on Lake George and one on
Saratoga Lake.
When speaking about how the Tiki Tours have been received so far, Ali said, “It’s great, we get a lot of returning customers. People enjoy it.”
Along with the regularly scheduled tours, customers can also reserve the whole tiki boat for special occasion rides. Groups often book the tours for events such as birthdays, bachelor or bachelorette parties, wedding rehearsal parties or corporate events.
Each time, customers can book up to two-time slots if they wish to go for double the amount of time, but if customers want to stay out on the water all day, then they must book the entire boat of twelve seats.
The Tiki Tours Saratoga Springs start at $60 per person and can be reserved online through the company’s website. Additionally, the boat tours operate seven days a week and are a fun, relaxing way to enjoy the water of Saratoga Lake without any worry.
More information about the Tiki Tours Saratoga Springs is available online at www.thetikitours.com or by calling (800) 6910770.