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21. Fitz Montréal Bike Tours

Bike and walking toursPlateau-Mont-Royal

Year-round bike and walking tour company based in the Plateau, running three-hour rides through downtown, Old Montreal, Mile End and Jean-Talon Market since 2010.

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22. Great Lakes Schooner Company

Tall ship cruiseHarbourfront

A Toronto cruise company operating since 1991, best known for public sails on the Kajama, a three-masted schooner built in Germany in 1930, from the downtown harbourfront.

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23. Miami Culinary Tours

Food tourLittle Havana, South Beach, Wynwood

Miami Culinary Tours, founded in 2009, runs guided food walks in Little Havana, South Beach, Wynwood and the Design District, mixing tastings with local history.

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24. New Orleans Steamboat Company

River cruiseFrench Quarter riverfront

The riverboat operator behind the Steamboat Natchez, running daytime and evening jazz cruises on the Mississippi from the Toulouse Street dock in the French Quarter.

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25. Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters

Helicopter and air toursLas Vegas (Grand Canyon tours)

Grand Canyon air tour company flying daily since 1965, with helicopter tours from Las Vegas to Grand Canyon West, canyon-floor landings and a Strip night flight.

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26. Red and White Fleet

Bay cruisesFisherman's Wharf

Red and White Fleet runs bay cruises from Pier 43½ at Fisherman's Wharf, including a one-hour Golden Gate Bay Cruise and an evening City Lights Cruise.

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27. Starline Tours

Sightseeing and celebrity homes toursHollywood

Hollywood-based sightseeing company operating since 1935, known for its celebrity homes tour from Hollywood to Beverly Hills and its hop-on hop-off buses.

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28. Vancouver Foodie Tours

Food toursGranville Island

A female-owned company leading small-group food tours since 2010, with tastings at Granville Island Public Market, in Gastown and around Robson Street.

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29. Wendella Boats

River and lake boat toursMagnificent Mile

Wendella Boats is a family-owned Chicago boat company founded in 1935, running river architecture tours, lake and river cruises and sunset trips all year.

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30. Xoxi Cancún

Evening boat party tourCancún-Puerto Morelos highway

Grupo Xcaret's evening fiesta on colourful trajinera boats, with mariachi, an open bar and a tasting dinner of Mexican dishes, south of Cancún.

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31. Arca Tierra Xochimilco Experiences

Chinampa farm and canal experienceXochimilco

Weekend boat trips to a working chinampa in Xochimilco with a regenerative farming network, including sunrise visits, brunches and farm meals on the canals.

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32. Blazing Saddles Bike Rentals and Tours

Bike rentals and toursFisherman's Wharf

Blazing Saddles is a family-owned bike rental and tour company at Fisherman's Wharf, best known for rides across the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito.

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33. Cajun Encounters

Swamp and plantation toursFrench Quarter office, Honey Island Swamp base

A tour company running two-hour boat trips into the Honey Island Swamp, plus plantation, city and ghost tours, with an office on Decatur Street.

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34. City Sightseeing Toronto

Hop-on hop-off bus and Niagara Falls day tripsDowntown

A locally operated sightseeing company offering hop-on hop-off double-decker bus tours with 13 stops, a 45-minute harbour cruise and guided Niagara Falls day trips from downtown hotels.

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35. Foods of NY Tours

Food tourGreenwich Village

A New York food tour company running tasting walks since 1999 through Greenwich Village, Chelsea Market and the High Line, Chinatown and beyond.

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36. Guidatour

Walking toursOld Montreal

Old Montreal guided tour company founded in 1985, running walking and bus tours in more than 15 languages, from classic old-town walks to murals and Christmas tours.

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37. Island Queen Cruises

Boat sightseeing cruiseDowntown (Bayside)

Island Queen Cruises runs sightseeing boat trips on Biscayne Bay from downtown Miami, including the Millionaire's Row cruise past waterfront homes and the skyline.

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38. Landsea Tours & Adventures

Small-group sightseeing and day toursDowntown

Running tours since 1985, Landsea offers small-group city tours of Vancouver and seasonal day trips to Whistler, Squamish and Victoria's Butchart Gardens.

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39. Los Angeles Conservancy Walking Tours

Architecture walking toursDowntown

The Los Angeles Conservancy's volunteer-led walking tours explore Downtown's historic buildings, Broadway theatres, Art Deco landmarks and Union Station, mainly on Saturday mornings.

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40. Pink Adventure Tours (Pink Jeep)

Jeep and desert day toursLas Vegas (day trips)

Tour company founded in Sedona in 1960, formerly Pink Jeep Tours, running guided desert day trips from Las Vegas in custom pink Jeep Wranglers and Tour Trekkers.

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