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NORFOLK NAVAL STATION BUS TOUR

EXPERIENCE A GUIDED TOUR OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST NAVAL STATION

Quick Details

Guests

$ 22

Norfolk’s Ultimate Naval Station Tour!

Get on board for an approximately 60 minute guided bus tour of Naval Station Norfolk – the world’s largest Naval installation.  After clearing security, the bus will take you through Gate 2 into the home of the Atlantic Fleet.  Our tour guide will provide a “navy-approved” tour that includes the homes of the 1907 Jamestown Exposition, Chambers Field Air Station, the ships of the fleet and much more.

The Navy has determined that only citizens of the following countries are eligible to participate in the bus tours onboard Naval Station Norfolk:

United States, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom

  • For U.S. Citizens:
    Government Issued Photo IDs are required for tour participants over the age of 18
  • For NON-US Citizens From Tour Eligible Countries:
    Must Book on-line at least 5 Days in Advance – can not book in person
    Passports are required for non-US citizen
    To make the check in experience easier non-citizens should and bring a completed copy of this form with them.  Additionally, you should plan on arriving an hour prior to the tour departure.

Consent Language

“This event is being held within a Department of Defense Restricted Area, designated pursuant to 50 USC § 797 and applicable Department of Defense directives.  Entry into this Restricted Area constitutes consent to search of personnel and property, physical surveillance, and concealed monitoring, in order to ensure the safety and security of Department of Defense personnel and equipment, as authorized by title 50, Chapter 23 and Title 18, Chapter 37, U.S. Code.”

Other Rules/Regulations

  • All guests will have to go through a security check.
  • If you have a heart condition ie. a pacemaker or stint, or if you have a metal bone replacement please let Navy Security know at check in
  • Bus is not wheelchair accessible.
  • Personal Items/Photography Policy:

No bags or personal items are allowed on the bus during the tour.  All items must be left in your vehicle before boarding.  Phones, key remotes and key fobs may be secured in individual lockers inside the Tour Office (we do suggest leaving phones in your car).  Please note that no items may be left unattended inside the tour office during the tours (aside from the small items mentioned above).  Additionally, photography is strictly prohibited.  Although no devices capable of capturing video or photographs are permitted on the bus, Navy Security will enforce a strict no-photography policy throughout the tour.

Prohibited Items

a.    Contraband. Items, the possession and/or use of which, is prohibited except as authorized by the Commanding Officer or other lawful authority.

 b.    Alcoholic Beverages.  Alcoholic beverages are beer, wine, distilled spirits, and malt beverages.

 c.    Controlled Substance.  Any item defined and listed in the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, as amended (reference a).

 d.    Instrumentalities of a Crime.  Objects or things used in the commission of a crime or capable of use only in the commission of a crime. This includes but is not limited to gambling devices, pipes used to smoke marijuana, hypodermic syringes used to inject a narcotic or controlled substances, altered or false armed services identification cards, and burglary tools.

e.    Personal Weapons.  Any dangerous weapon, instrument, or explosive device or compound to which the U.S. Government neither owns or utilizes for official purposes pursuant to reference (b), and is specifically designed for or intended to be used to inflict bodily harm upon another.   This includes but is not limited to firearms, devices which expel a projectile either by air or gas, switchblade knives, blackjacks, brass knuckles, leaded clubs, a cord/leather/wire garrote, or an edged weapon, the blade of which is more than three inches in length.