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Gold Coast City Lights Tour - Canal Cruise at Night
Our beautiful Gold Coast City Light Cruise is a great way to unwind. Take in the spectacular Surfers Paradise canals, Marina Mirage & Gold Coast Broadwater’s views.
Our beautiful Gold Coast City Light Cruise is a great way to unwind. Take in the spectacular Surfers Paradise canals, Marina Mirage & Gold Coast Broadwater’s views.
Highlights
- Witness spectacular city lights over the beautiful Gold Coast waterways
- Hop aboard a boat to navigate through the fascinating canals
- Seize the chance to view Australian wildlife, such as sea eagles
- Cruise past the million-dollar homes of the local rich and famous
- Enjoy the commentary of fun and informative facts about the area
- Sit back and relax on the sundeck
Our beautiful Gold Coast City Light Cruise is a great way to unwind. Take in the spectacular Surfers Paradise canals, Marina Mirage & Gold Coast Broadwater’s views whilst enjoying complimentary nibbles. Our upstairs sundeck is the perfect place for that glorious Gold Coast city lights cruise picture.
The city lights cruise is a 1.5hr cruise. Enjoy the Gold Coast waterways as we pass million dollar homes and luxury yachts. Our city light cruise will take you past Marina Mirage, into the Gold Coast Broadwater and the southern tip of Sea World. Including a fun facts commentary of the Gold Coast & Surfers Paradise, this will be the best value sightseeing activity you will do on the Gold Coast. Why not enjoy one of our cocktails on the sundeck.
Our fully licenced bar offers icy cold beers, wine, champagne, cocktails or soft drinks for you to purchase as you cruise through the Surfers Paradise canals and Gold Coast Broadwater.
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- Adult$31.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$29.00
- Senior$29.00
- Family (2Ad+2Ch)$119.00
- Adult$39.00
- Child$29.00
- Senior$29.00
- Family (2Ad+2Ch)$119.00
- Adult$31.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$29.00
- Senior$29.00
- Family (2Ad+2Ch)$119.00
Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme
Great tour
Marysia Skret from
Australia
Relaxing night
Tammy from
Australia
Absolutely awesome experience
Kelly Henderson from
NZ
Absolutely awesome experience
Kelly Henderson from
NZ
Absolutely awesome experience
Kelly Henderson from
NZ
Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme
Showing all 32 authenticated Bookme reviews
From Gold Coast City Lights Tour - Canal Cruise at Night
Hi Elspeth, thank you so much for your lovely review and for continuing to join us on our daytime cruises each year. We're delighted that you decided to try our evening cruise this time and enjoyed seeing the Gold Coast waterways from a different perspective. It's lovely to hear you enjoyed the City Lights cruise and found it to be great value for money. We truly appreciate your continued support and look forward to welcoming you back on board again next year. Kind regards, Surfers Paradise River Cruises.
Helene from New Zealand wrote on 16 August 2026
Awesome and great value
Thoroughly enjoyed this canal cruise, great commentry from captain on goldcoast canals and suburbs. The city lights and skyline apartments all sparkling away is so special to see. A great way to spend and evening, highly recommend.
From Gold Coast City Lights Tour - Canal Cruise at Night
Hi Helene, thank you for taking the time to share your wonderful review! We're thrilled to hear you thoroughly enjoyed your evening cruise and our captain's commentary. The Gold Coast skyline and city lights are certainly spectacular, and we're pleased we could be part of your evening. Thank you for the high recommendation and we hope to welcome you on board again soon. Kind regards, Surfers Paradise River Cruises.
Emmanuel Ravin from Australia wrote on 27 July 2026
Relaxing evening
Very affordable and relaxing. Quiet and peaceful way to spend an evening
From Gold Coast City Lights Tour - Canal Cruise at Night
Hello Emmanuel! Thank you so much for taking the time to write this review. We are so happy you had a relaxing way to spend the evening. We hope to see you again on your next trip to Gold Coast! Kind regards, Surfers Paradise River Cruises
Marysia Skret from Australia wrote on 18 July 2026
Great tour
The canal trip was quirky. Pete the Captain very funny at times. Different prospective of the Gold Coast and great pics of the skyline and buildings. Would highly recommend
From Gold Coast City Lights Tour - Canal Cruise at Night
Marysia, thank you so much for the wonderful review! We're so glad that you found the cruise quirky and got to see a different side of the Gold Coast City. Captain Pete is definitely a crowd favourite, and we'll be sure to pass along your kind words to him. That picture you shared of the illuminated skyline is amazing! Thank you for the high recommendation, and we look forward to your next trip with us. Kind regards, Surfers Paradise River Cruises.
Sam Rapana from New Zealand wrote on 12 July 2026
Amazing!
This was definitely worth the money! It wasn't over crowded it was just perfect! Our hosts/captain were definitely entertaining! The free snacks were yum!
From Gold Coast City Lights Tour - Canal Cruise at Night
Hi Sam, thank you so much for the fantastic 5-star review! We are absolutely thrilled to hear that you had an amazing experience. It's wonderful to know that the atmosphere was just perfect and that our crew were able to keep you entertained. Thank you for joining us and we hope to see you again next time. Kind regards, Surfers Paradise River Cruises.
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elspethj from New Zealand wrote on 07 September 2026
Great cruise
We always do the day time cruise when in surfers each year but this was the first time doing the night cruise. It was great having a new perspective and enjoyed seeing all the lights. Great value for money . Thank you