mackPASS Package
Our mackPASS is a great value that includes:
- Round Trip Ferry Ticket
- 1 1/2 hr Narrated Carriage Tour
Enhance your Experience on Mackinac Island by adding one or ALL of our mackPASS add-ons!!
- Fort Mackinac
- Grand Hotel Lunch Buffet and Admission
- Butterfly House
- Mystery Town USA
- Jack Pine Lumberjack Show
mackPASS to Mackinac Island (Round Trip Ferry and Carriage Tour)
Ferry Service to the Island is Available All Year Long (unless the ice bridge forms)
Board the barrier free main decks of a Star Line Hydro-Jet ferry or one of our Classic ferries and enjoy a panoramic view of the Straits that includes the Mackinac Bridge. Sit back, relax and enjoy the area’s scenic beauty from the comfort of our glass enclosed cabins or our open air observation decks. Watch as Star Line’s Hydro-Jets produce their distinctive 35′ rooster tail spray!
Departures from St. Ignace and Mackinaw City Docks
Mackinac Island Carriage Tour
Your 1 1/2 hour narrated carriage tour begins downtown, right in the heart of Mackinac Island plus makes stops at:
Surrey Hills Museum – enjoy a leisurely visit through the museum displaying historical carriages and browse on-site gift shops. Your tour will resume aboard their open 3-horse carriage.
Arch Rock is your next stop for an approximately 5 minute viewing and picture taking adventure of one of Mackinac Island’s most famous rock formations.
Fort Mackinac Avenue of Flags – Spend as much time as you wish enjoying historic Fort Mackinac. As passengers depart arriving carriages, you may re-board as space is available to continue your island tour.
Return to Surrey Hills Museum and board one of the 2-horse carriages to venture back downtown or end at Grand Hotel.
Enhance your Experience on Mackinac Island by adding one or ALL of our mackPASS Add-Ons!!
Fort Mackinac Admission
(Located on Mackinac Island)
Self Guided Tour – You can spend all day or just an hour. Fort Mackinac has live reenactments every 45 minutes in the peak of summer.
Constructed by the British during the American Revolution, Fort Mackinac served as an imposing sentinel in the Straits of Mackinac for 115 years. Within its 14 original buildings, you’ll enjoy informative and interactive exhibits, a children’s play area, and a Victorian-themed museum store. Outside, our 1880’s soldier interpreters play concerts of military music, fire rifles on the parade ground, and deliver a cannon salute over the harbor.
Grand Hotel Lunch Buffet and Admission
Grand Hotel Admission
Enjoy “America’s Summer Place” and walk the world’s longest front porch by adding on Admission Tickets to Grand Hotel if you are a non-guest. Grand Hotel does adhere to an evening dress code after 6:30 PM. Please click here for more dress code information.
Grand Hotel Lunch Buffet
Between noon and 2PM most days, the Grand Luncheon Experience draws international crowds for a one-of-a-kind experience. Regular offerings include fresh and composed salads, succulent oysters, mussels, and assorted smoked fish. Cheese enthusiasts can eat their fill of assorted and domestic cheeses with accompanying fruits and a variety of hot items at the nearest carvery station.
Original Mackinac Island Butterfly House and Insect World
Original Mackinac Island Butterfly House. It is the 1st of its kind in Michigan, and the 3rd oldest LIVE butterfly exhibit in the United States. The world-renowned facility has 1800 sq ft of tropical garden filled with hundreds of live butterflies from four continents. Located behind Historic St. Anne’s Catholic Church off Main Street.
Jack Pine Lumberjack Show
Mind blowing family activity! Come cheer for the lumberjacks in this fast-paced competition of chopping, sawing, pole climbing, logrolling and more. Shows May-September. Covered grandstands, shows rain or shine. Concession stand and full service restroom. Wheelchair accessible. Plenty of parking. GREAT FUN FOR ALL AGES!. 1.5 miles south of Mackinaw City on US
Mystery Town USA
MysteryTown USA™ is a walkthrough adventure that takes you on a journey through many of the world’s greatest mysteries! It’s inspired by many of the vintage roadside Americana attractions of yesteryear- while incorporating new technologies and atmospheres to give visitors a sense of wonder, awe and FUN! MysteryTown USA is a great family adventure for mystery lovers or non-mystery lovers alike… and it’s informative and entertaining for all ages- 2 to 92 and beyond!
The adventure lives on in our “Mystery Market™.” This incredible retail shopping experience immerses visitors in a world-class gift shop where one-of-kind gifts, memorabilia and atmosphere abound. There’s something for every mystery lover at our “Mystery Market™!”
