What's included in this Niagara Falls power plant tour?

Pre-reserved tickets to the Skylon Tower, the Daredevil Exhibit, and the Niagara Parks Power Station, plus the Tailrace Tunnel Experience with an audio guide and glass elevators, and an expert guide for the walking portion. Your guide handles the bookings across all the sites.

Is the Skylon Tower included?

Yes. You get pre-reserved entry to the Skylon Tower, where the Skydeck gives you a panoramic view of the Falls and the gorge to set up the rest of the tour.

How long is the tour, and is part of it self-guided?

About three hours. Your guide leads the walking portion through the Skylon Tower, the Daredevil Exhibit, and the Tesla story, then you explore the power station and tunnel at your own pace with the audio guide.

How much walking is involved?

A fair amount, including time on your feet across several sites. The walk back up from the tunnel to the elevators is a gentle uphill, so comfortable shoes are worth wearing.

Is the tour suitable for families?

Yes, it's a hit with curious kids; the daredevil barrels, glass elevators, and hands-on machinery tend to win them over. Children's and infant tickets are available.

Is the tour accessible for guests with mobility needs?

We want everyone to enjoy it. The towers and station have elevators, though the tunnel involves a sloped walk; tell us about any mobility needs when you book and we'll advise on what's manageable.

How big is the group?

It's a small-group tour with up to 22 guests, led by an expert guide for the walking portion before the self-paced power station and tunnel.

In the lobby of the Skylon Tower at 5200 Robinson St, next to the Starbucks. Your guide carries a green Walks sign; please arrive 15 minutes early.

What's the cancellation policy?

This tour offers free cancellation; your confirmation email lists the exact window.

Niagara underground

Q: What is the Tailrace Tunnel?

It's the channel that once carried water away from the power station's turbines. You descend 180 feet by glass elevator and walk the tunnel to its end, which opens onto a view of the Falls you can't see from any standard viewpoint.

The power station and the tunnel beneath the falls

From $75per person

Destination

Niagara Falls, Canada

Duration

3 hours

Tour size

Max 22

Language

English

Overview

Everyone sees Niagara from the railing; almost no one sees what's underneath it. This Niagara Falls power plant tour follows the water down, from a birds-eye view atop the Skylon Tower to a 115-year-old power station and a tunnel that ends at a view of the Falls you can't get anywhere else. Along the way is the story of how Tesla's current here lit up New York.

•Take in the Falls from the Skylon Tower's Skydeck with pre-reserved entry
•Meet the daredevils who went over the Falls, and see the real barrels they used
•Hear the Tesla-versus-Edison current war that Niagara decided
•Get hands-on with the original machinery inside a 115-year-old power station
•Descend 180 feet by glass elevator and walk the tunnel to a one-of-a-kind Falls view

What's included

Pre-reserved Skylon Tower tickets and Skydeck access
Daredevil Exhibit tickets
Pre-reserved Niagara Parks Power Station tickets
The Tailrace Tunnel Experience with audio guide and glass elevator
An expert guide for the walking portion

You will visit

The Skylon Tower Skydeck
The Daredevil Exhibit
The Illumination Tower

The Nikola Tesla statue
Table Rock and Horseshoe Falls
The Niagara Parks Power Station and the Tailrace Tunnel

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What to expect

The Skylon Tower: the whole story from above

You'll start with pre-reserved entry to the Skylon Tower, where the Skydeck opens onto the Falls and the Niagara River Gorge. From up here your guide points out the pieces of the story to come, the power station, the control dam, the path the diverted water takes as it drops 180 feet. It's the map before the journey down.

Daredevils and the current war

Back at ground level, the Daredevil Exhibit introduces the people who went over the Falls in barrels, and you'll see the real barrels they used. Then, at the Nikola Tesla statue, your guide lays out the Current War, Tesla against Edison, AC against DC, and how Niagara settled it. You'll pass the Illumination Tower that lights the Falls each night on the way.

"Everyone knows the view from the top. Almost no one knows that the reason your phone charges traces back to this exact spot, to what Tesla built here."

Linda,

WalksDevour guide

"The tunnel is the payoff. You walk the path the water took for a hundred years, and it opens onto the Falls from below. People aren't ready for it."

Kevin,

WalksDevour guide

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Overview

•Take in the Falls from the Skylon Tower's Skydeck with pre-reserved entry

•Meet the daredevils who went over the Falls, and see the real barrels they used

•Hear the Tesla-versus-Edison current war that Niagara decided

•Get hands-on with the original machinery inside a 115-year-old power station

•Descend 180 feet by glass elevator and walk the tunnel to a one-of-a-kind Falls view

What's included

Pre-reserved Skylon Tower tickets and Skydeck access

Daredevil Exhibit tickets

Pre-reserved Niagara Parks Power Station tickets

The Tailrace Tunnel Experience with audio guide and glass elevator

An expert guide for the walking portion