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Original Tiki Tours

Sit back and relax with friends on this memorable, guided, 75-minute tour on the Queen of American Lakes. You bring your favorite snacks and beverages, and you can even control the music! Original Tiki Tours is perfect for group outings or parties.

Escape to a Floating Paradise on the Lake

Whether you're getting out with friends or celebrating a bachelor or bachelorette party, Original Tiki Tours can customize the ideal chartered cruise for you on their thatch-covered, 14-passenger floating tiki boat. You bring the food and drinks, and they supply the cooler, cups, and ice. The Original Tiki Tours has bluetooth-capable stereo systems that can sync to your phone and choice of music.

The captain makes the cruise, and that's why the Original Tiki Tours only hires vetted, skilled, experienced professionals who are knowledgeable about the lake. You might learn some fun tidbits as you cruise along at four to six miles per hour!

The Original Tiki Tours has been operating on Lake George since 2016, and they now offer tours on Saratoga Lake as well. It's the perfect midweek or weekend activity in the area.

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Original Tiki Tours ℠

LIFE'S TOO SHORT FOR A NORMAL TOUR ℠

Life's too short for a normal tour

Come tiki with us, a 75-minute tour, private & public tours, it’s byob, a thatch-covered 16-passenger floating tiki boat is perfect for your next trip out on the lake it’s the perfect venue-on-the-water for everything from a corporate event to a wedding rehearsal or bachelor, bachelorette party. just bring your favorite drinks, climb aboard and drift away with us we provide cups, cooler, ice and crew.

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$860 per boat, $960 per boat, $60 per person, $75 per person, thank you for your interest in original tiki tours℠. we will respond to all inquiries via phone or email within 24-48 hours. if you’d rather not wait, you should feel free to contact us by phone (800-691-0770) or email ([email protected]) any time., lake george, saratoga lake.

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THE TIKI TOURS: All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)

The TIKI RESORT Lake George, New York

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Poolside Double Queen

Our standard poolside room with a convenient exterior entrance. These rooms have private bathrooms with new walk-in showers. These rooms  can accommodate four guests. Rollaway bed is not available for this room type.

Double Queen Room

Deluxe Queen Room is located in our hotel building with a stand up balcony, full baths with tub and shower. These rooms can accommodate up to five guests and a rollaway bed.

Family Suite

Family suite features two queen beds and a full size sofa sleeper, new walk-in showers and an outdoor patio. These suites can accommodate six persons.

The iconic  TIKI  Resort overlooks the panoramic mountain scenery of beautiful Lake George. Secluded, serene, simply luxurious... nestled in a breathtakingly beautiful spot in lovely Lake George, relax and enjoy our spacious, comfortable lodging with a host of amenities.

Need   activity ?  We have swimming at our 60 foot pool that overlooks the beautiful vistas of Lake George, a heated indoor pool, children's playground, barbeque grills, fitness room and much more for our guests to enjoy .  

We are a 5 minute walk to the center of the Village and Lake George Cruises, 4 miles to the shopping outlets, next to the Festival Commons at the Charles R. Wood Park and 25 miles to Saratoga Race Track

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“ The Tiki Resort offers a fantastic collection of Witco pieces, along with other great tiki treasures. ” in 6 reviews

“ Dont forget that the polynesian show can be purchased WITHOUT the dinner option! ” in 6 reviews

“ Indoor pool was awesome especially after a long drive. ” in 7 reviews

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2 Canada Street

Lake George, NY 12845

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Polynesian themed resort motel featuring Polynesian shows in-season. Deluxe rooms with plush pillowtop beds, flat screen television, private baths, in room safes, iron and ironing boards, electronic locks. New indoor pool and large outdoor pool. Meeting and banquet facilities. Located on the south tip of Lake George Village, minutes to outlet shopping and walk to cruises on the lake. Breakfast cafe on site. Tiki bar open daily in-season. …

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3 night stay at the Tiki Resort over delivered expectations on all levels given the poor reviews. We stayed in a 2 queen poolside room on the second floor and room was very clean and appeared to have been renovated in the last few years. Bed were very comfortable, rooms were cleaned daily, a/c worked great, nice clean bathroom, microwave and mini fridge both new and worked great, table with a couple comfortable chairs, nice flooring and simple decor. Flat screen TV worked well too. Pool was nice. Tiki bar has solid cocktails at $10 a piece, great in tourist area and bartender was very friendly. We did the Waikiki Supper Club one night during our stay and the show was fun. You're paying for the entertainment not the food so folks complaining about the $60 food are looking at it wrong. The food was just okay, I got the crispy orange beef and it was just like you'd get from any Chinese takeout, nothing wrong with it but you'd expect to pay $15 for it. As I said the ambiance of the supper club and the performers is what you're paying for and we had a fun time. Great for families and the kids chicken tenders and fries were good. Great location too as you can walk to a lot of spots within LG in less than 15 minutes and for the price this place is 5 stars! I paid less than $400 for 3 nights in August - come on you cannot beat that! I was prepared for the worst but was very happy with everything. Staff during check in was friendly, staff at dinner was very professional and as I said the bartender at the tiki bar was excellent! For an affordable taste of Polynesian on the strip in Lake George you can't beat the Tiki Resort - we would come again and recommend it.

My 13 year old son nicknamed this place the Tiki Toilet. He's not too far off. The bathroom in our room was disgusting and not clean. The toilet seat had a pice of used toilet paper stuck to it and the floor was grimy with debris in various corners. As an added bonus the tub was very slow to drain. Overall the hotel is very run down and in need of a major overall. The only bright spot was the friendly staff. If you're looking for a nice clean place to stay move along this place ain't it.

First room dirty and toilet would not flush, they moved us to second room, a handicapped capable room. Second room dirty and shower was gross. Left on day two of four night stay. Giving two stars as management was fair enough to refund final two nights of non refundable booking

I should've read the reviews before booking because oh boy were right!! My boyfriend and I checked out an hour after checking it. The place was DISGUSTING! The halls smelled like mold and there was a moist feeling in the room. The couch felt like cardboard and had an unrecognizable stain. Thank god the front desk person was so understanding. He gave me a refund and allowed me to check out with no problems.

I stayed here for a few nights and it was a decent place. I'd stay here again since the location is a decent walk to the lake and easy access to the pier and beach. ** please note that parking near the beach can cost $8 an hour by the Around the World mini Golf. $15 for the whole day at the parking lot across from the pier or $10 with a proof of purchase from the boat tours ** Also the walk to the main strip isn't bad for those that enjoy a lengthy walk. The outside was kept clean and looked inviting. The scenery was nice and relaxing. As for the room, it could have been much better. The bathtub had two bars of soap left over from the prior occupants, the telephone wire was exposed hanging out from the wall (it wasn't even plugged in) and the night table wasn't sturdy it wobbled when you'd put anything on it. Also my main issue was that none of our towels would dry in this room. Even with the vent on in the bathroom. The towels provided are 85% polyester and 15% cotton which explains why they don't dry very well. I followed other occupants with hanging them outside to dry on the chairs and fence. Also the Wi-Fi wasn't consistent and I gave up and just used my data since that was more reliable. Also the ice machine never had enough ice. We went out at 11:30pm there was only one cube then the next evening around 6pm and there was only a cup of ice available. The resort offers $5 vouchers to anyone that selects their eco-friendly option to not have the housekeepers to remove the sheets. This saves on the cost of water and etc. However it appears that by excepting the offer, that means no housekeeping at all. We needed to call the front desk for new towels once the towels never dried after two days. Then housekeeping never can by to change the garbage and every night we needed to remove our garbage into the can outside of the room. They determine the vouchers from he length of your stay. I accepted the offer and received the vouchers for use at the restaurant. We mainly only ate breakfast at the resort. The menu is basic and not much of a showstopper but the food was decent and came out quickly. The waiter and waitress we had during our stay were nice and friendly. There was no issues redeeming the vouchers which was a huge plus. The outdoor pool was 4ft to 5ft and was a lot of fun. They provided pool noodles and extra towels were placed on the table for anyone who might need them. There also was a 12 inch deep pool to the side of the main one with is great for kids that are small. The indoor pool looked awful and very uninviting. Right next to the outdoor pool was a recreational area for a BBQ with picnic tables and a small jungle gym for the kids to play on. Overall there were a hits and misses with my stay although after writing my review and reliving my trip I would stay here again. My family enjoyed themselves even with the small hiccups. There is room for improvements

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Place is Worn down. We came on Memorial Day weekend they weren't ready for guess obviously. The outdoor pool wasn't ready wasn't ready on a Friday and still hadleaves at the bottom of it when we went down there at like 3 pm. The walls are so thin you can hear everybody's business in the room next to you on both sides. Inside pool which is supposedly heated felt cold and I had a dirty feeling when I came out of it. The whole hotel smells musty and damp. They need to reinvest money in this place. for the price I spent I don't think I got my money's worth other than it being in a good location. I probably won't come back and use this place

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This resort offers two very different sides: the hotel and then the motel. We booked the júnior suites in the hotel which included 2 Queen size beds, a microwave, small counter top with sink, separate area with pull out couch, jacuzzi tub, hair dryer, safe, coffee maker, and outside patio. (Sidenote: Always book for the hotel side as the motel dwellers encountered an issue which left them without running water.) We arrived early but were not allowed to check in until an hour prior to check in. We were able to use the indoor and outdoor pools as well as other facilities in the interim. Skip the indoor pool as it's mostly used by the kids and why would you want to be indoors in the glorious summer heat? The staff was friendly and very informative when asked. They generally give you your space-- which I like. There is an extremely cheap breakfast option on-site which you should take advantage of. It will not blow you away but it is composed of the basics so that you can be on your way. Btw their coffee is amazing! Again, this place is not the Ritz but the beds are super confortable and they are genuinely interested in making your stay the best it can be. It is close to the Lake although a bit on the Edge of the town. This worked for us as we didnt want to be in the middle of the commotion so that we could do our own thing. It would be nice if they advertised their karaoke and other evening events more but we definitely made the best of it. Dont forget that the polynesian show can be purchased WITHOUT the dinner option! See ya there!

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**PLEASE READ IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING STAYING AT THIS HOTEL** I wish I could give half a star, which I feel is the most appropriate rating due to the fact that the people I dealt with at this hotel were not hesitant in helping my girlfriend and I. This is the only pro. My girlfriend and I decided that since we pass this hotel every year on our annual trip to Lake George, that it would be cute to try it. On the outside, the concept is adorable. Fake palm trees and all. We checked into our room late afternoon, put our things away, and headed right out to Lake. When we got home later that night, we went into the shower only to find HAIR. We grew weary and started checking everything. Hair in the sink. Hair in the tub. Hair on the walls. Hair on the ceiling. Pubic hairs too. My girlfriend went to go turn on the A/C, just to find dirt, little bugs crawling around, and what we seemed to be hardened mouse feces. We also took note of unrecognizable stains on the walls. I automatically picked up the phone in the room, just to realize that there is no way to call the front desk from there. I had to use my cell phone to call the hotel number. I spoke to Lori, and she was very understanding of the situation. I explained that we were highly uncomfortable staying in a room under these conditions. She gave us the option of switching rooms, assuring us that this floor had a different maid, so that the new room should be more sanitary. We packed our bags and moved rooms. Upon entering our new room, we checked everything. The A/C vent was sparkling. However, the hair was still an issue. In the sink. On the walls, etc. We decided that since it was already 11:30 at night, that there was nothing more that we could do and just hope that nothing else was wrong with the room. My girlfriend and I, GUESTS at this hotel, cleaned up these hairs and went to bed. The next morning, my girlfriend was brushing her teeth, when a full blown CENTIPEDE flies straight out of the sink drain, and lands on the carpet in front of me. There was no drain stopper. We decided we needed to get the hell out of there ASAP. We spoke with the manager of the hotel, Kathy, and she sincerely apologized and told us we would be receiving a full refund. The fact that we had to act as maids, switch rooms, and lastly switch hotels, was a huge inconvenience to us. We should have read the reviews more in depth before choosing Tiki, because cleanliness seems to be an ongoing issue. Wouldn't recommend.

Mid Century Modern Kitsch Hotel- this is a must see/stay piece of post WWII America roadside attraction! Traveling with friends we stopped at The Tiki. Staff was pleasant & helpful. Rooms were across from the outdoor pool. Pool was clean. And a small playground next to it for the little kids. Rooms are a little small but people have become larger since the 1950's. Rooms were very clean beds comfortable with lots of hot water in the shower. Mini bar was a good touch. Outside chairs by the door like the old school motor lodge it is. Indoor pool was awesome especially after a long drive. Oh, and there is Polynesian music piped in 24 hours at both pools & banquet room. Breakfast food was reasonably priced. Since it was the off season room price was really good - dinner show wasn't available until July but we enjoyed this place very much! It's not the Hilton but it's way more fun & nostalgia filled history than an upscale big box hotel. Will definitely stay again!

Horrible. Dirty,run down, outdated, and unkept. That's just a few words I have to explain our stay at "the tiki"! By far the worst place I've ever stayed. Their website is a joke! Had they put an actual accurate description of the place they would have zero guest! I feel they should list on their website the fact that you only get 6 channels and are all local so basically this place is too cheap to get any sort of cable. They also do not have internet at all! This day and age to not have cable/net at $130 a night is absolutely,positively ridiculous!!! Next they do not list anywhere on their joke of a website that the Waikiki super club is only in the months of July and August! Next the pools are disgusting. The outside one is freezing because obviously this cheap place doesn't have a heated pool and the one inside is in a creepy,smelly basement with absolutely no air or breeze so you get a headache and sore throat from the massive amounts of chlorine they dump in their to avoid cleaning. Next I'll get into my room itself! Disgusting! There is a door in the room the goes to the next door neighbors so basically you an hear their entire conversation and tv all night long so forget about sleeping. Also there is about a inch and a half step to get into the bathroom so if not looking in the middle of the night you stub your toe which I, my husband and 2 year old all did! In conclusion this is by NO MEANS a resort and rather a over priced roadside dump motel! Stay somewhere else all I have left to say!

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