Rugosa Lobster Boat Tour
Kennebunkport, Maine Coast
About This Activity
Rugosa Lobster Tours offers 75-minute tours aboard a working lobster boat departing from the Nonantum Resort & Marina. The crew demonstrates hauling traps and explains the Maine lobster fishery — sustainable fishing methods, trap gear, and the lobstering license system. Guests can try banding lobsters themselves. Operates three times daily (10:30am, 1pm, 3:30pm) May through September. Adults $40, children 6-12 $30.
Seasonal note: Tours run May-September; 3 daily departures; children must be 6+; lobster season peaks June-November
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