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BOOK YOUR FERRY TRANSPORTATION TO
CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK HERE

A trip to Channel Islands National Park is a bucket list experience. In order to enjoy a seamless experience to the islands, it is very important you book your trip correctly. Please follow the steps below to book your trip.


SELECT YOUR TRIP TYPE:

Trips to the Channel Islands

TRIPS TO CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK

Campers and Day Visitors to the islands book here!

  • Santa Cruz Island (Scorpion Cove, Prisoners Harbor)
  • Anacapa Island
  • Santa Rosa Island
  • San Miguel Island

NON-LANDING TRIPS (WHALES, BIRDS, DOLPHIN)

WHALE, WILDLIFE, & SPECIALTY CRUISES

These trips do not land at Channel Islands National Park and passengers remain on the vessel the entire duration of the trip.

  • Wildlife Watching Cruises
  • Whale Watching Cruises
  • Ventura Departure

Anacapa Shoreline Cruise

Anacapa Shoreline Cruise
– Ventura Departure

(Also known as the North Shore Wildlife Cruise.)

The perfect introduction to Channel Islands National Park!

This 3 ½ hour, non-landing trip is an excellent choice for a big day in a small package. Passengers on these excursions enjoy the beauty of the Park, the wildlife, and surrounding waters from the comfort of one of our vessels. Passengers traverse the Santa Barbara Channel, search for wildlife along the way and receive narration from a professional naturalist. There is never a guarantee of wildlife sightings, but your crew makes a concerted effort to find and visit with seals, sea lions, whales, and dolphins. Bird life on these trips is usually abundant.

This trip highlights the natural, human, and economic history of the islands and the waters surrounding them. Island habitation, from the Chumash who called the islands home for over 13,000 years, through decades of ranching era, oil development, wildlife, as well as commercial and sportfishing, are all topics your crew may discuss.

The Anacapa Shoreline Cruise is available year-round, typically operating 3-4 days a week in the summer and 1-3 times in the off-season. Most days these trips are offered both in the morning and early afternoon. Reservations can be made online or by calling our reservation team at (805) 642-1393.

These trips are good choices especially for:
• Passengers who have a limited amount of time but want to see the islands
• Those who would rather stay on a boat than hike on the island
• Those with limited mobility
• Those with service animals
• Small children
• Wildlife enthusiasts.

! Please Note: This wildlife cruise will stop briefly at Anacapa Island to offload passengers who booked the island landing trip.

Fares:

  • Adult (13-54): $47
  • Senior (55 and up): $43
  • Military (Active): $43
  • Child (3-12): $34
  • Infant (under 3): $0.00
  • All Ages
  • 3.5 Hours
  • Non-Landing Trip
  • Oxnard Departure

Anacapa Shoreline Cruise-Oxnard

Anacapa Shoreline Cruise
– Oxnard Departure

(Also known as the North Shore Wildlife Cruise.)

IMPORTANT ACCESSIBILTY NOTICE

The perfect introduction to Channel Islands National Park!

This 3 ½ hour, non-landing trip is an excellent choice for a big day in a small package. Passengers on these excursions enjoy the beauty of the Park, the wildlife, and surrounding waters from the comfort of one of our vessels. Passengers traverse the Santa Barbara Channel, search for wildlife along the way and receive narration from a professional naturalist. There is never a guarantee of wildlife sightings, but your crew makes a concerted effort to find and visit with seals, sea lions, whales, and dolphins. Bird life on these trips is usually abundant.

This trip highlights the natural, human, and economic history of the islands and the waters surrounding them. Island habitation, from the Chumash who called the islands home for over 13,000 years, through decades of ranching era, oil development, wildlife, as well as commercial and sportfishing, are all topics your crew may discuss.

The Anacapa Shoreline Cruise is available year-round, typically operating 3-4 days a week in the summer and 1-3 times in the off-season. Most days these trips are offered both in the morning and early afternoon. Reservations can be made online or by calling our reservation team at (805) 642-1393.

These trips are good choices especially for:
• Passengers who have a limited amount of time but want to see the islands
• Those who would rather stay on a boat than hike on the island
• Those with limited mobility
• Those with service animals
• Small children
• Wildlife enthusiasts.

! Please Note: This wildlife cruise will stop briefly at Anacapa Island to offload passengers who booked the island landing trip.

Fares:

  • Adult (13-54): $47
  • Senior (55 and up): $43
  • Military (Active): $43
  • Child (3-12): $34
  • Infant (under 3): $0.00
  • All Ages
  • 3.5 Hours
  • Non-Landing Trip

VENTURA SUMMER WHALE WATCH

Join us for a summer whale watching excursion looking for Humpbacks and Blue Whales! Cruise and search for Whales and other local marine life on this summer whale watching cruise. Summer Whale Watches are longer in duration than Winter Whale watches due to greater distances traveled.

Fares:

  • Adult (13-54): $84
  • Senior (55 and up): $79
  • Military (Active): $79
  • Child (3-12): $69
  • Infant (under 3): $0.00
  • 6 Hours
  • Non-Landing Trip

VENTURA PELAGIC BIRD TRIP

Look for a variety of seasonal pelagic species including the newly named species Townsend’s Storm-Petrel. Heading south of Channel Islands, we will search deep waters and warm currents for this range restricted Storm-Petrel. Other possibilities are tube-noses: Black-footed Albatross, Northern Fulmar, Leach’s Storm-Petrel; Pink-footed, Flesh-footed (rare), Sooty, & Buller’s Shearwater.

Fares:

  • $223 per person
  • Ages 13+
  • 10 Hours
  • Non-Landing Trip

LOOKING TO BUILD A FULLY CUSTOM ITINERARY?

Island Packers has recently expanded options for traveling between the Channel Islands. On select dates, inter-island and inter-port shuttles are available for campers to visit and/or extend their camping experience. Click the “Book a Custom Trip” button to get started