Birding & Nature Tours, Sunset Cruises, Sailing, Family Fishing Trips
Chappelle Excursions offers fully customizable boating adventures on a 24' Sea Hunt, Hobie Getaway sailboat, and Laser sailboat.
All excursions are offered Monday - Saturday.
Contact us to customize any excursion!
Birding & Nature Tours
The Alabama Gulf Coast is full of nature's beauty. There are not many places you can watch bald eagle soar as dolphins hunt mullet. From Gilliard's Island in Mobile Bay to 3 Rivers in Bon Secour Refuge, you never know what you will get to see on an inshore birding and nature tour!
Inshore - 3 hours - $300 1-3 people, $50/additional person
(up to 5 people)
Neotropical - 4 hours - $450 1-3 people, $50/additional person
(up to 5 people)
Sunset Cruises
2 hours - $300 1-3 people, $75/additional person
(up to 5 people)
Basic Operations of a Vessel
Learn safe boating operations, how to dock a boat, navigation basics, and how to load and unload a boat from the trailer. This is offered on our boat or yours.
$150 per hour (3 hour minimum)
Youth Summer Camps
Schedule TBA - Coming soon Spring 2024!
Boat Rides
Cruise around Weeks Bay, Fish River, and Magnolia River
- 3 hours - $300 up to 5 people
Spend the day boating to and around Orange Beach and back to Weeks Bay
- 6 hours - $550 1-2 people, $50/additional person (up to 5 people)
Family Fishing Trips
Spend the day fishing the Weeks Bay / Mobile Bay area and experience the thrill of fishing for jack crevalle schooling on top of the water, sight fishing for triple tail, and live baiting on popper corks for speckled trout. Captain will also share basic knowledge like how to tie a hook, how to hook live bait, and how to properly net a fish. This family fishing trip is intended for the 'not everyday fishermen', but the ones who are just wanting to go!
4 hours - $400 1-3 fishermen, $75 additional person (max 5 people)
6 hours - $600 1-3 fishermen, $75 additional person (max 5 people)
*Bait, Tackle, and Fishing Licenses included
Beginner & Youth Private Sailing Lessons
On a Laser (Dinghy) or Hobie Getaway
3 hours :
1 person - $295
2 people - $195 each
3 people - $175 each
Gift Certificates
Give the gift of adventure! Gift certificates are available for all excursions.