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Added by Jopie, at 09 March 2017
Opening Hours
- Monday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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7 Reviews
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13 October 2017
I would 100% recommend a private tour. You can choose from 1 hour, 1.5 hours or 2 hours. Each tour gives a basic ride around the island and historical information provided by the personal guide. However the private tours offers opportunities for additional questions and stops. The difference in time for the private tours (besides cost) is where all the carriage will stop or go to to in that time. Our guide, Stephanie, was very knowledgeable and friendly. The horses, Sonny and May, were fun to watch as apparently Sonny is a bit lazier and needed to be coaxed to work lol. We chose the 1.5 hour tour which was the perfect amount of time to see all of the island-old Victorian homes and history, shops, Grand Hotel, Arched Rock, cemeteries, etc and to end at the fort. We additionally stopped at the Grand Hotel‘s carriage house and got to see all of the old carriages - very interesting look at how transportation options have changed. Considering the amount of walking or biking needed to get around- would highly suggest the carriage tour to see the majority of the what the island has to offer!!
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29 August 2017
The taxi drivers on the island are horrible! Within five minutes of dealing with 3 taxi drivers we seen one almost injure an elderly person by telling the horses to go without waiting for all passengers to finish climbing in. Two other taxi drivers were incredibly rude as we were asking island questions and started mocking us loudly as we walked away. I would suggest avoiding the dangerous and rude taxis and take the wonderful tours with the nice tour guides or bike to your destinations. The tour guides get five stars.
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26 June 2017
Took the carriage tour today for the first time. The first driver Brian was excellent nice, funny, informated. The second driver Adam was very rude to my 2 year old grand daughter. Said she was talking over him and he could not concentrate. When she was quietly singing a song to herself. Being very good not crying or anything. He had spent the whole time yelling at the horses. I felt he couldn't control the horses. His stories where very loud and uninformed. I thought this was supposed to be a family fun tour.
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20 June 2017
Lots of fun. Four different drivers and all made me laugh out loud. The best scenery. The most relaxing ride.
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16 June 2017
Fantastic and informative tour of the island, I recommend doing this first once you arrive as it shows you alot of the island and your guide will also tell you about different things to do, this is crucial if you are unsure of what to do during your stay on the island. The tours are not cheap but then again nothing on Mackinac Island is cheap.
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28 May 2017
The carriage tour was one of my favorite parts of visiting Mackinac. Our in-room driver was Joey, and he was very knowledgeable about Island history. We switched to a three-horse carriage at Surrey, and Walker took us to Arch Rock and Fort Mackinac. You do only get about 8 minutes at Arch Rock, but it's enough time to snap a few photos and take in the sights. We got off at Fort Mackinac and had no trouble reboarding about an hour later. Overall, it's worth the money and a great way to see the sights.
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16 March 2017
After so many years of growing up and coming to the island, I saw and learned many many new things by going on the tour. I plan to go again. It was fun and a refreshing break-in the middle of a long day.
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