Also, don't miss Floatzilla and your chance at a Guinness World Record. Check Quad City Kayak River Adventures for tours and rentals. “It's great fun!” Locals Christiana Headley (owner of Splash) and Margaret Ellis enjoy fun adventures on the water via kayak. He says he puts in at the ramp by the Backwater Gamblers and will paddle to Black Hawk Park and then Uber back to his vehicle. There are five launches in the Quad Cities: Lake Potter or Sunset Park in Rock Island, Illinois, Empire Park or Ben Butterworth Parkway in Moline, Illinois, and Mainstreet, Marquette Street or Credit Island in Davenport, IA.Įric Anderson, Executive Director at River Bend Wildland Trust, loves kayaking and canoeing with his sons. Check out the Explore the River Series for Water Taxi rides with a fun education component on a variety of topics. The Channel Cat service is provided by MetroLINK and runs Memorial Day through September. The boats are handicap accessible and also stroller and bike friendly.

The daily ticket is for unlimited use on the day of purchase. The Channel Cat docks at Ben Butterworth Parkway-Celebration Pier and John Deere Commons Landing in Moline, Illinois, Isle Casino Hotel in Bettendorf, Iowa, and at Foot of Mound Street near the Village of East Davenport in Davenport, Iowa. What a fun adventure for all ages! Travel on this open-air boat around the Quad Cities via the river. You can books seats on an existing public cruise or rent the boat for your party. Made in the QC, the tiki-bar boat looks exactly like a floating tiki bar and comes with a host, state of the sound system, and troughs filled with ice for your drinks. The Tiki Tavern is launching from Princeton, Iowa, for the first time this summer. Visitors come from around the country to enjoy tours on the Mississippi from right here in the Quad Cities!

The choices run as short as an hour or two to multi-day adventures.

You have a lot of options to choose from: themed excursions, musical entertainment, overnight packages, narrated tours. The boat was “specifically designed for cruising the waterways of the great Mississippi River”. This 750 passenger vessel offers guided tours, lunch, and dinner options all while taking in the scenic views along the Mississippi River. Here are favorite ways to get on the water in the Quad Cities: Getting on the water is a must whether you are visiting or living in the QC. We also have lakes, ponds, dams, and more. The Quad Cities straddles the 4th largest river in the world and are we lucky! There are so many fun water adventures here, where the Mississippi River travels east to west and meets the Rock River.

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