What are my options to get an bird's eye view of the Niagara falls?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 8 Aug, 2023
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We stayed at the Crowne Plaza Hotel with a falls view room and we had great views of both the American and Canadian falls. We fell asleep watching the light show on both! Exceptional!
In addition to the hotels and helicopter tours that are already mentioned, it is also possible, to access one of the two towers that were built for that purpose:
The Konica Minolta Tower Center has a visitor platform at 99 meters and offers a view over the Horseshoes Falls.
A more popular option is the Skylon Tower that offers a really great view over all of the falls.
The views are pretty sweet from some of the hotels. Here’s one from a room that cost me $25 extra for a “falls view room”:
Really, it’s from the room:
I’m pretty sure it was the Sheraton.
Update: since someone mentioned the Skylon tower, here’s a shot (on a fairly old cellphone) from the restaurant.
Go up for dinner on a night they have fireworks, and you can see fireworks from above, which is very cool.
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You can do a helicopter tour, many tour agencies provide this kind of tour on both the USA and Canada sides. Prices are a little bit expensive ($110+) but it’s worth every penny.
I picked up random tour agencies from Google search, one on the Canadian side and the other on the American side.
Furthermore, there is a skydiving center near Niagara falls, not sure if you will be able to see the falls from that high but you can give it a try for $299.
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