Please meet at 1101 Wood Street (see map below). Wood Street is between San Jacinto and Main Street (around the corner from Allen’s Landing and the UHD main Campus). There is metered parking on Wood Street and under I-10.
To access the area, you will need to go through the private UHD parking lot (very small lot of approximately 10 spaces) and walk along the gravel trails that becomes concrete (to your left) – you will see very large steps leading down to the water and this is where you will be meeting the boat.
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Price: $45
The Port to Port Tour is a cruise east of downtown on Buffalo Bayou from Allen’s Landing to the Port of Houston Turning Basin.
In 1914 with the opening of the Houston Ship Channel and the modern Port of Houston, the section of Buffalo Bayou from the port’s turning basin to the foot of Main Street (now known as Allen’s Landing) was called the upper channel.
Very few Houstonians today get to experience the upper channel by boat which has a very different environment from that of the bayou west of downtown.
Join bayou guide Andrew Groocock on a historical tour of the upper channel of Buffalo Bayou focusing on the historic significance of this industrial stretch and Houston, as you cruise the approximately seven miles from the old port of Houston to the new port of Houston.
Questions? Contact Trudi Smith by email or phone at 713-752-0314 ext. 103