Narrated 90-minute cruise past the resort, the floating green, and the lakefront homes that line one of America's most scenic mountain lakes.
$30 adult (scenic); $75-$84 (brunch/dinner cruises)
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A 90-minute narrated cruise past the resort, the floating green, and the lakefront homes that line one of America's most scenic mountain lakes.
The cruise covers the southern portion of Lake Coeur d'Alene from a perspective that simply isn't available from shore. Seeing the Resort course from the water, watching a group play the floating green from a boat 200 yards offshore, understanding the scale of the lake the courses sit beside, all of it sharpens the golf you came for. Osprey nests, bald eagle sightings, and the lakefront homes ranging from log cabins to architect-designed estates supply a steady visual narrative that the onboard guide fills in with local history and ecology. Lake Coeur d'Alene runs 25 miles long and is surrounded by forested mountains, and the cruise covers enough of it to communicate scale that any single vantage point cannot. For non-golfing companions, it's the single best introduction to the destination.
Ninety minutes to two hours. The cruise office at 115 South 2nd Street opens at 8 a.m. daily during the season, April through October. Standard scenic cruise about $30 adult; sunset dinner cruises around $84 and weekend brunch cruises around $75. Multiple sailings make scheduling around tee times straightforward. Reserve dinner and brunch cruises ahead in July and August. The lake stays cool even on warm days; bring a light jacket.