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07/27/2024

Come enjoy National Lighthouse Day, Aug 7th, at the Cape Henry Lighthouse on Ft. Story!

07/26/2024

In its 40th year, the Norfolk Jazz Festival promises unforgettable musical acts, a smooth summer breeze and the gorgeous backdrop of the Elizabeth River. Here’s all you’ll need to know about this year’s Jazz Festival, plus some other ways to experience amazing jazz in Norfolk while you’re he...

07/04/2024

Happy 4th of July!

05/12/2024

Happy Mother's Day from all of us here at AFR Tours!

05/03/2024

We've had a busy April here at AFR Tours! We helped welcome stranded ships from Baltimore, provided shore excursions for two Viking cruise ships, and welcomed inbound motorcoach groups for the Virginia International Tattoo. More fun coming our way in June as we welcome 4 Princess Cruises stops! ,

03/31/2024

and did a fantastic job with little notice, on Easter Sunday, to welcome the Carnival Legend. AFR Tours pitched in to help move all the passengers efficiently onto buses for their trip back to Baltimore. We were happy to make a small contribution to a huge effort, organized beautifully by the top notch team .

03/22/2024

The Virginia International Tattoo is coming up soon! See some of the highlights here.

Mar/Apr 2024

02/03/2024

In 1988 Congress established Feb 3 as "Four Chaplains Day". Most people do not know the heroic story - read it here. https://veteran.com/four-chaplains-day/

Each year on Feb. 3rd, Four Chaplains Day honors four military chaplains who sacrificed their own lives to save fellow service members during WWII

01/22/2024

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01/17/2024

Welcome Mandy Lee, AFR Tours Director of Operations! Mandy has been with AFR for over 17 years and is excited to begin this new role managing day to day for AFR Tours. She has a wealth of experience in transportation and logistics and we are so grateful to have her on the team.

12/13/2023

2023 is a wrap! We provided tours to over 4500 cruise passengers and reunion attendees this year. Many thanks to our tour partners in the Greater Hampton Roads area and the Historic Triangle. Looking forward to another successful 2024. Pictured is the Silver Nova, the last ship stop of 2023.

10/29/2023

A big thank you to Doumar’s for opening on a Sunday for our shore excursions from TUI Cruises! They LOVED it!

04/17/2023

Welcome Viking Octanis, part of Viking Expeditions, to Norfolk today for the first of three port days in 2023. Over 200 passengers set off to enjoy a day in Williamsburg while the rest had a behind the scenes tour of the USS Wisconsin and exploring AFR Tours is kicking the tour season into gear!

12/07/2022

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from our family to yours. Thank you to our wonderful tour guides for making this such a successful year!

11/15/2022

As Norfolk's only tour operator, AFR Tours is thrilled to learn of Carnival Cruise Line's decision to bring even more guests to Norfolk and the Coastal Virginia area!

Carnival Cruise Line today announced it will more than double its cruises from Norfolk, Virginia, in 2023, and extend sailings to a consecutive six-month p...

07/25/2022

All hands on deck! Today AFR Tours welcomed Holland America Line's Caribbean Princess. This is by far our busiest day with over 600 passengers going on tours.

07/05/2022

We caught the NCL Joy on it's way out of port on Independence Day. Just in time to clear the way for the 39th Annual 4th of July Great American Picnic & Fireworks!

It's halfway through the cruise season and Norfolk has welcomed tens of thousands of passengers from various cruise lines. We're delighted to showcase the best of

03/14/2022

Exciting news from Festevents: The 295-foot USCGC EAGLE, the flagship of the U.S. Coast Guard, has announced its return to the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront from March 18-21, 2022, marking the first tall ship visit to the Mermaid City of 2022.
https://festevents.org/events/2022/eagle/

03/07/2022

This past Saturday, we welcomed the second Norwegian Cruise Line! The passengers were excited to see our beautiful city on the Norfolk Walking Tour and the Norfolk Highlights Tour. Next cruise ship will be here March 12th, come on out and join us!

02/20/2022

Welcome to Norfolk Norwegian Cruise Line! Today is the first call of Norfolk's busiest cruise season ever, and the Norwegian Getaway just unloaded 2,000 passengers downtown who will be enjoying our fine city for the next few hours.

Stay tuned this spring and summer to find out when you can catch one of these monsters in port. She's a beautiful ship!

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10/22/2021

It’s official, guests are ready to cruise again. We’re ready to welcome them back to Norfolk! AFR Tours is busy planning shore excursions to show off the best of Coastal Virginia. Can’t wait to see you in port!

Survey found that more than 80 percent of past cruisers say vaccine requirements are important.

10/05/2021

Welcome to Norfolk, Ocean Explorer! AFR Tours is proud to welcome Vantage Travel's brand-new Ocean Explorer ship to Norfolk for the first time. We can't wait to show you around our city!

09/10/2021

You never know what you will see in Downtown Norfolk! On this beautiful day, the tall ship Cuauhtémoc, a training vessel for the Mexican Navy, pulled into port at Town Point Park. Those are sailors standing across the sails!

07/04/2021

This Independence Day, Coastal Virginia's firework shows are coming back with a bang! You won't want to miss your city's 4th of July display.

05/24/2021