Cruises & Boat Trips

Reno itself has no cruising water — the Truckee is a river you paddle, not a lake you sail. Everything in this category happens on Lake Tahoe, which is close enough to make it a Reno day.

Tahoe is 22 miles long and 1,645 feet deep, and the only way to see the parts of the shoreline that have no road is from the water. Emerald Bay in particular is a completely different thing from a boat than from the overlook everyone photographs.

Sightseeing cruises run mostly from the south and west shores, which are the longer drive from Reno. From a Reno base, the north-east shore departures out of Incline Village and Sand Harbor are the ones that leave you a day rather than a commute.

Private charters are common here and not as extravagant as they sound once split across a group — for four to six people they often land close to per-head cruise pricing, with the route up to you.