Florida Keys Unveils Restored African Queen

Visitors to the Florida Keys can take a ride on the African Queen, the original vessel from John Huston's classic 1951 film by the same name starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. Registered as a national historic site, a major $70,000 restoration project provided for structural, mechanical and cosmetic repairs.

Plans for the African Queen include, starting next week, offering 90-minute canal cruises several times daily and dinner cruises on selected nights, all from the Holiday Inn Key Largo, mile marker 100 oceanside, on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway. Costs are $39 per person for the daytime cruise, $25 for children under 12 and the dinner cruise is $89 per person, including the meal.