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    Captain Dan's Around the Island Tours

    613 Reviews
    #2 of 28 Tours in Chincoteague Island
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    Open Now: 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
    4113 Main St, Chincoteague Island, VA 23336-2411
    Open today: 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
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    Specializing in Wild Ponies since 2006! Ask about our Afternoon Pony Tour, available daily. Family friendly nature tours of Chincoteague and Assateague Islands. Our trip combines a sight-seeing and guided tour together. We search for wild ponies...more
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    Suggested duration: 2-3 hours
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    All reviews bald eagles great tour hampton inn his knowledge sunset cruise wild ponies private tour saw dolphins great boat pontoon boat ask questions highly recommend this tour great stories comfortable boat beautiful sunset take pictures highlight of our trip
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    Reviewed December 9, 2018
    Great local guide

    Very friendly and knowledgeable guide who makes sure you have the best chance to see what you want. We were lucky enough to see eagles, ponies, and dolphins on our trip!

    Date of experience: September 2018
    Thank Jeff M
    Reviewed November 28, 2018
    Best time ever!

    We had a fantastic experience with Captain Dan. We were able to see almost all of the ponies since Dan knows where they go. The reservation process was efficient and thorough as well as friendly. We had a wonderful day and highly recommend this trip!

    Date of experience: November 2018
    Thank Excursion369349
    Reviewed November 18, 2018
    Tour around the Island

    Capt Dan's Boat Tour was one of the most interesting and fun adventures of our vacation in June 2018. He ask what all of us were most interested in seeing and we seen 2 eagles in trees and he had to record the sounds because...More

    Date of experience: June 2018
    Thank clara903
    Reviewed November 6, 2018 via mobile
    Wonderfully relaxing tour around Chincoteague Island!

    Captain Dan gave us a fantastic ride in his very comfortable boat around Chincoteague Island, VA. He is a very knowledgeable and friendly guide who gave us a good opportunity to get up close to the ponies on Assateague and also get some great pictures...More

    Date of experience: October 2018
    Thank sparkylori
    Reviewed November 3, 2018 via mobile
    The best experience- highly recommend!

    We had the pleasure of joining Captain Dan on a boat trip around Assateague and Chincoteague yesterday. It was the highlight of our visit to Chincoteague! He picked us up at our hotel (Hampton Inn). It was a cloudy day and drizzled off and on,...More

    Date of experience: November 2018
    Thank dreaminofvacay
    Reviewed November 1, 2018
    Great tour

    This boat was great. Leisurely boat ride, stopping for enough time to enjoy the horses. Guide was amazing. Narrative and conversation added to the trip. He just added so many cool, informative things to the sightings. Stopped for dolphin watching. Great way to spend a...More

    Date of experience: October 2018
    Thank Mary R
    Reviewed October 31, 2018 via mobile
    Perfect morning for a boat cruise

    Perfect weather to tour around the island. Captain Dan was very engaging and shared a lot of information regarding the island it’s history, the habitat, oysters, birds, fish, oysters and ponies.

    Date of experience: October 2018
    Thank RoseL703
    Reviewed October 28, 2018 via mobile
    Chincoteague Trip

    Trip to Chincoteague wouldn’t be complete without a tour of the island and looking for wild ponies. Took the Captain Dans tour and it was very good. Dan found lots of ponies for us pointed out the ponies by name and picture, and added a...More

    Date of experience: October 2018
    Thank tmrringo
    Reviewed October 27, 2018
    Excellent boat ride: very friendly and takes time with showing you the around the island

    Wonderful boat ride: Dan is so very nice. He takes time showing you around the island: what was a two hour trip turned into 2 1/2 hours. He positions the boat for great views. We did around the island tour which I would recommend: we...More

    Date of experience: October 2018
    Thank ontheroadagain33
    Reviewed October 23, 2018
    MAGICAL!

    Combine incredible knowledge with uncanny luck and you get the boat trip of a lifetime. We stumbled across Captain Dan as he pulled in with his boat. Boy are we glad we did. We started our trip with a Dolphin jumping completely out of the...More

    Date of experience: October 2018
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    TrailBlazer358330
    October 2, 2018|
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    Response from Capt-Dan-Chinco | Property representative |
    In short, yes. The Ponies...certainly...they live on the Island year round. Dolphin will start to move out when the temperatures dip...this year it’s warm for the first couple weeks of October. Towards the tail end of the... More
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    Leslie S
    June 26, 2018|
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    Response from Capt-Dan-Chinco | Property representative |
    Hey Leslie, I actually run right up until December 1st. It can get chilly on the water Oct-Dec and at the season start Apr-early June. But I’m here! April 1st to December 1st, weather permitting. -Capt. Dan
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    CML754
    June 18, 2018|
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    Response from Capt-Dan-Chinco | Property representative |
    I would say book at least a week in advance (maybe 2). If you have a specific time of day you want to go, or a larger group (any more than 2 people), maybe book even earlier. We do have a “portable chemical potty with... More
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