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Step aboard Adelaide’s iconic heritage boat and experience the city from its best vantage point. This delightful sightseeing cruise down the historic River Torrens offers the perfect blend of relaxation, history, and stunning scenery. 🛥️
A Scenic Journey Through Adelaide’s Heart
Departing from the beautiful Elder Park Landing, you will glide effortlessly through the city centre. Take in spectacular views of Adelaide’s most famous landmarks, including:
- Adelaide Festival Centre: The cultural hub of the city.
- SAHMRI: Marvel at the striking, world-class architecture.
- Adelaide Gaol: Catch a glimpse of South Australia’s intriguing history.
Relaxation and Local Flavours
As you drift along the tranquil waterways, listen to captivating live commentary from your local captain, sharing stories of the river’s rich heritage. To make your journey even more relaxing, treat yourself to a South Australian made drink or snack from our fully licensed onboard bar. 🥂
Flexible Exploring
Want to combine your cruise with a day out? You have the convenient option to disembark near the end of the cruise to explore the Adelaide Zoo or wander through the lush Botanic Gardens. 🌸
Important Information
- Accessibility: While we can accommodate prams and walkers, please note that our heritage vessel is not wheelchair accessible.
- No-Show Policy: No-shows on the day will not be able to receive a refund.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Cancellations
Popeye requires a minimum of 24hrs’ written notice to cancel any booking.
Cancellations received with less than 24hrs’ notice of the intended cruise date will not receive a refund.
Cancellations received with greater than 48hrs’ notice will receive a full refund of the ticket price.
Popeye reserves the right to cancel any cruise due to unfit weather conditions (winds over 60km/h) and/or temperatures over 38 degrees at any point leading up to the cruise. In this case a refund or rescheduling will be made available to the customer.
Rescheduling
If your booking needs to be moved to a different day or time Popeye requires 24hour’s notice.
Weather
If there are unfit weather conditions to cruise (winds over 60km/h) and/or temperatures over 38 degrees) you will be notified by our office staff at any time leading up to the cruise. We aim to give us much notice as possible.
Alcohol
Popeye reserves the right to refuse service of alcohol to intoxicated passengers. The bar may be closed at any point due to intoxicated behaviour.
Facilities
Restrooms are not available on board.
Public Holidays
Public Holiday bookings incur a 15% surcharge on booking fees.
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The captain and his deputy were friendly and interacted with all the passengers from various parts of the world. We learnt so much and we would love to return again.
Thank you for a wonderful time.
The skipper was so knowledgeable and funny
We would recommend this trip
The commentary was insightful and entertaining. The morning tea was delicious and they catered to our gluten free diet.
Couldn't fault the weather, we were very lucky. Value for money.
Excellent service, very helpful and informative tour guide and crew and the scones were just delicious.
The tour takes you up and down the Torrrens with the expert guide fiving in-depth information and even handing around old pictures to back up the stories. We had Sam, and he was great, funny, and very calm even with some kids getting over excited and making a lot of noise.
It is fun seeing and waving to all the people in the parklands along the tour. Especially when Sam toots the horn.
The price is good and reflects the quality experience.
Excellent commentary, revealing local history, highly recommend booking in advance.
Local snacks and drinks available.
Say hi to Popeye, you won't be disappointed.
90 years. The captan is full of lovely Adelaide stories & refreshments are available on board if required.
Captain is amazing he showed old pictures of same sites or historical facts
Kids can go and press the boat horn which is amazing they love it
I would recommend to anyone going on the cruise to book online. This guarantees a place on the tour. It's easy to follow on the website. From start to finish, it was a wonderful time.
It’s really quite like going back into time to small cruises with locals running the show. The staff were great - the Devonshire tea huge (2 massive scones, heaps of cream and jam plus a coffee/tea), and just a pleasant way to learn more about the city.
(You can tell that the “captain” giving the commentary loves his city!)
It could be vastly improved and made more interesting by including the Kaurna Indigenous cultural history and current Kaurna relationship with the modern-day city. The commentary provided was 99% white Australian &/or colonial related, with just a passing mention of the Kaurna people having predated &/or being around during colonial settlement.
Thank You Adelaide Popeye
We hopped off the tour at the Botanical Gardens which saved us another walking trip!
Captain was very interesting by explaining where we going & showing photographs of the start of the original Popeye
Would definitely recommend - great value.
Highly recommend this relaxing, beautiful trip in a great location. Thank you.
We had a delightful hour on the Popeye with a prepacked Devonshire Tea supplied.
The scones were large and fresh with ample Jam and Cream.
There was a constant commentary by the skipper and we saw and learned things about and around the Torrens that as locals we did not know before.
Thoroughly recommend this.
There is a bar on board to purchase snacks and drinks from.
We had absolutely stunning weather for our cruise.
People did not have to have pre purchased tickets; it is also possible to purchase tickets on site where the boat docks at Elder Park.
Many thanks for the lovely tour 🛥️🌊











































