Amphi Tours

The tours start at a small tent at the east corner of where Rue de la Commune meets Boul. St. Laurent at Quai King King Edward, just opposite the science center, not where indicated on the map (which is presumably their business office); tours start at 11 AM in the high season and leave hourly, get your tickets at the tent.
One of the joys of having kids is giving yourself permission to do things you wouldn’t do otherwise. When we were young callow proto-​hipsters visiting Montréal a long time ago — back when the Vieux Port was kind of bombed out and nothing was going on there, anyway — we’d spend our time in eggheaded museums and in cafés near McGill pretending to understand Derrida while we tried not to stick out so much as tourists. Now, with kids, we’re free to take awesome rides on World-​War-​2 era DUKW boats (we were fortunate and drew the oldest one, unrecognizable now from its earlier military use, but still cool) and toot around getting guided tours, on the kids’ first visit.
And I will say, as a great lover of this city and its history and not a newbie to the place, it was a great start for a visit with school-​age kids (and several elderly couples along also enjoyed it). It’s a short and limited tour, in that it is mostly around the old town, but because you go out on the water for the second half of the hour or so, you get a nice overview of the city, and you get a chance to ask questions. The tour patter repeated in French and English was very good for our kid who’s just learning French (and even the corny jokes, complete with self-​aware laugh, were repeated, it is very drole all by itself — what a skill to have!) Because the tour focused on the older parts of Montréal and its relation to the waterfront, there’s more detail about «how the city came to be» than what it is now per se, which is really a feature. I generally don’t like guided tours, preferring to explore myself, but without sounding like a brochure for the bureau de tourisme the tour and the guide really managed to draw out some interesting parts of the 19^th and early 20^th century eras of Montréal history I didn’t know about — and it’s much easier to notice these when somebody else is driving.
The water portion, obviously, is what sets this apart from the other tours (which are longer and can be cheaper), and it was pretty cool. It’s just a short loop on the sheltered side of the fleuve St Laurent, but we got thrillingly close to the part of the channel where the current kicks up to what must have been a 7 or 8 knot flow, with white water showing, and great close-​ups of some ocean-​going ships. And our littlest was utterly thrilled with a car that turns into a boat and back again, which has its own entertainment value.
There are fantastic views of the near part of the city from the water, and the guide very obligingly pauses to take pictures of you and your party with the skyline in the background if you wish. (One of those modern tour guide skills: knowing how to operate every camera and smartphone camera app in existence. Bien fait.)
Good place to start if you’re doing a few days in town and are new to the place.

We were down at the old port and it was late in afternoon and raining lightly. We saw the Amphi Your bus and decided to give it a shot, as we had never done a Duck or Amphibian type tour.
The cost was pretty reasonable, about $ 25.00 USD per person for a 1.5-hour tour. I found the tour very informative. The tour was concentrated to the Old Montréal section of the city and on the Saint Charles River.
Our guide was very good and it was nice way to get to know the city on a rainy day.
3.5 stars.

The location in this Unilocal page is incorrect. We went here and there was just an apartment complex. No sign of the tours. I’ve tried to correct the location on Unilocal but the moderators don’t believe that the location is wrong even though I took a picture of the location they gave which doesn’t exist and pointed to the business web page. So much for the community keeping things up to date.
The correct location is:
2 Rue de la Commune E, Montréal, Canada
Here is link for the business:
We had fun. It was about an hour tour. Half in water, half on land.

The tour guide and the truck driver were really funny and knowledgeable. It’s really worth it!

We decided to take the Amphi tour in order to get a better tour of both the streets in Montréal and the harbour.
We weren’t disappointed.
The tour through town was very informative, and Sammy our guide was great. He clearly loves his city and it’s history and we learned more than we expected. The water portion was a unique way to view the city and is highly recommended.
About halfway through the water portion of the tour, a thunderstorm rolled over the top of Mount Royal and we got hit hard in the open. The captain and guide did a fantastic job thinking on their feet and made what could have been a tough situation a lot of fun. Rain guards were rolled down, ponchos were passed out and jokes were told.
I would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Montréal and looking for a good foundation to build your trip on.

I think the experience is driven by the guide. Ours was very good, especially mixing the French and English in such a way that everything flowed smoothly. Wasn’t sure if he accepted (expected) a tip. We didn’t see anyone else tipping (peer pressure you know) and didn’t tip the guide. I wish we had.
I enjoyed the «handmade» character of the Alo Bus. It’s as if some crazed inventor couldn’t decide if he wanted a bus or a boat. And then painted in is some drugged adelled haze.
We’ve been on the duck tours in the Wisconsin Dells and Boston. This one is about average. Yeah, it’s touristy, but hey you are, after all, a tourist.

I live in Montréal, and I got to do this because friends visit from abroad. I really liked it because the tour guide was really good and entertaining and made the visit quite enjoyable. Learned a few things about old Montréal and the part on the water is great as well since you get to enjoy Montréal skyline from the water and also enjoy the view to the other side. Definitely recommend it for visitors.