Do you want to spend your vacations on the shoreline of the Columbia river? Do you want to enjoy fishing while staying in a cozy and affordable houseboat?
If your answer is yes (which I know it is), you have come to the right place. Today, I’ll be reviewing 10 pontoon houseboats and their features, allowing you to make a well-informed decision about your next vacation.
A pontoon houseboat serves a multi-purpose role in your family vacations. It not only ensures a luxurious yet comfortable stay but also allows you to move around in the waters to catch fish for your dinner. It’s a win-win situation!
If you are looking to enjoy your next vacation on a houseboat, this guide will help you make an informed decision about choosing any of the 10 pontoon houseboats reviewed here.
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10 Pontoon Houseboat Reviews
The 10 pontoon houseboats in my list offer accommodation capacity varying from six to 26 people. Not only that, some houseboats extend up to three stories allowing you to host life-size parties.
Lets’ find out what else they have on offer.
Lil’ Hobo Caterman Cruiser Weekender
The Lil’ Hobo Caterman Cruiser Weekender is an excellent pontoon houseboat with all the facilities and amenities required for a relaxing weekend. It features a 50 HP Mercury four-stroke motor to drive it for long hours in salt and freshwaters.
The beam length is 8.5 feet, while the overall length is 30 feet. It’s a perfect medium-sized houseboat to accommodate two to three people.
The overall fuel capacity varies from 11 to 20 gallons of gas. The hull is made with fiberglass to keep it lightweight and durable.
It comes with a single outboard engine, which is a perfect space-saver and low maintenance motor.
Additionally, it comes with a heavy-duty trailer designed to tow it along the shores.
It’s a simple rectangular houseboat with two front and rear decks. You can find a storage compartment at the back deck, allowing you to store your fish.
The compartment is cozy and contains all kinds of features such as a wardrobe, a fully-functional kitchen, a dinette, and a comfortable couch.
The kitchen includes a mini-refrigerator, a sink, two stoves, and a storage cabinet. The dinette allows you to host a dinner party for four people.
Specifications
- Model – Weekender
- Hull Material – Fiberglass
- Engine Type – Single outboard
- Engine Make – Mercury
- Engine Model – EFI 50 HP four-stroke
- Fuel Capacity – 11 – 20 Gallons
- Length – 30 feet
- Beam – 8.5 feet
Landau 24 x 40 Pontoon Houseboat
The Landau 24 x 40 Pontoon Houseboat is also known as the floating camper due to its incorporated amenities.
It features total dimensions of 24 x 10 feet with a 40 x 12.5 feet pontoon deck. These dimensions are further broken down into a 10 x 12 feet covered front porch and 6 x 13 covered back patio along with a sun deck and a roof.
It houses a heavy-duty V4 two-stroke engine, which drives at a power of 140HP, which is higher than the houseboat discussed above. It comes with a winterized and carb cleaner motor with 9/19 plugs.
The interior is quite spacious with a total accommodation capacity of six people. Yes, it features six memory foam mattresses for six to eight people to sleep comfortably.
It’s a perfect houseboat for a vacation in all kinds of weather. Its fully-functional air-conditioning keeps you cool in hot summers while its six-gallon water heater protects you from harsh cold winters.
It houses two spacious front and rear decks with shades above to protect you from the sun as well as rain. You can find a coffee table and two chairs on the front deck, which allow you to enjoy the cool breeze and spectacular scenes.
You can find stairs leading to the upper portion, guarded by rails on all the sides. You can customize and utilize it according to your requirements. In my viewpoint, it’s a perfect spot to host a mini shore party.
The fully-functional kitchen features a four-burner gas stove and oven, allowing you to cook as well as bake.
It takes into account the basic hygiene and water pollution factor. It saves the toilet water into holding tanks, which can be drained in sewerage afterward. However, the sink and shower water is directly drained to the lake in the runtime.
Additionally, it comes with entertainment facilities such as two flat-screen TVs and a Blu-ray player.
Specifications
- Model Dimensions- 24 x 40
- Make – Landau
- Engine – 140 HP Johnson V4 two-stroke
Armadia Pontoon Houseboat
The Armadia Pontoon Houseboat combines the elegance of a houseboat and the convenience of a pontoon boat.
The 80-feet houseboat is mounted on aluminum pontoon floats. It’s one of the longest houseboats discussed in this review so far. That is why it features more living areas and capacious rooms than any other cruiser or houseboat.
It’s a two-story houseboat which offers all kinds of amenities just like a regular house on the water. It includes a sun terrace, a practical kitchen, a BBQ area, a comfortable room, and a spa.
The avant-garde designed pontoon floats are made of Aluminum to keep it lightweight, sturdy, and affordable.
It features an oversized front, which enhances stability and buoyancy through the towering waves.
The rear deck comes with a pragmatic and unique design to provide safe and easy access to the on-borders.
The concrete floor base is made of NIDA-CORE composite with honeycomb-shaped cells to provide mildew resistance.
The overall structure of the houseboat is made of Aluminum to keep it lightweight and robust.
It comes with waterproof indoor flooring saving a lot of your time and effort utilized in cleaning.
The interior is designed, keeping in view the basic principles of optimal ergonomics. It houses a master bedroom with the necessary facilities. It also includes a bathroom with a shower, a fully-functional kitchen.
The kitchen includes a refrigerator, a stove, a double sink, and a microwave oven. Not only that, but it also features cabinets for storage.
The living room is equipped with a comfortable sofa and a dining table. As you move to the front end, you’ll see a cockpit equipped with state-of-the-art navigational instruments.
The finishing of the exterior is done by using fiberglass to give it an elegant outlook.
Specifications
- Dimensions – 45 x 12 feet
- Accommodation – four adults and two children
- Total capacity – 12 people
- Moor – 2 x 60 Yamaha Go High Thrust Motor
- Generator – 4.5kW Onan Generator
65 feet Titan Houseboat
The Titan Houseboat is a majestic houseboat at 65 feet in length with triple decks. It’s not just an ordinary houseboat but a masterpiece of comfort and entertainment.
This giant beast can accommodate 26 people in its six staterooms with a sleeping capacity for 22 people. It comes with six queen beds, a single bunk, a double bunk, a double dinette conversion table, and a double pull-out couch bed.
The lowest floor is known as the Titan main deck, which includes two staterooms, two bathrooms, a fireplace, a convertible dinette, a gallery with a sunshine ceiling, and a convertible couch.
The second story is called the Titan California deck, which consists of more spacious rooms. It features two staterooms with a combined bathroom, a sunshine ceiling, and a bunk room.
If you want to enjoy quality time with your wife, then there is a private deck area on the second story.
Finally, the third story, known as Titan Texas deck, is an open deck equipped with luxury features.
The third deck is an epitome of luxury and relaxation with its eight-person hot tub and a spiral tube water slide. Not only that, but it also includes a wet bar, fridge, TV, and a crows nest dining area.
It features all kinds of high-end entertainment features like a widescreen TV, home theatre system, fireplace, wet bar, tracking satellite, and temperature-controlled wine cabinet. All of these amenities are available in one main salon.
That’s not all; a master suite is also equipped with a separate entertainment system, fridge, microwave, and a coffee maker.
Specifications
- Dimensions – 65 x 16 feet
- Accommodation – 22 persons
- Total capacity – 26 people
10 x 35 Day Boat Pontoon Houseboat
The Day Boat Pontoon Houseboat is a roomy houseboat allowing you to enjoy a relaxing vacation with your family and friends.
It is supported by 25 feet pressure-tested pontoon tubes allowing it to maintain its stability in water. It features two feet insulated walls with one fiberglass siding, rubber roof, anodized rails, and trim.
The exterior comprises ¼ feet rail spacers, stainless steel piano hinges, running lights, and a marine-grade plywood deck.
The cabin occupies a space of 10 x 22 feet covered with a sundeck rooftop. For your safety, the deck is protected with rails.
You can find multiple decks allowing you to enjoy different views. The front deck, measuring around 10 x 8 feet, comes with two benches.
The back deck is of a smaller area with total dimensions of 10 x 5 feet. It provides room for a gas tank, generator, battery, and a ladder leading to the upper open deck.
It houses a dual-purpose bench, which also serves as a driver’s seat. Additionally, it features a dinette seating with flip flop backrest.
The dinette’s two benches and table drop down to make a sleeping space for two people. It also features a sofa and a queen-size bed.
Other amenities include a patio door, icebox, five lights, a sink with manual pump water, a three-burner stove, and a portable toilet.
Specifications
- Dimensions – 35 x 10 feet
- Pontoon Tubes – 25 feet
- Walles – 2 feet insulated
- Cabin – 10 x 22 feet
- Front Deck – 10 x 8 feet
- Back deck – 10 x 5 feet
- Deck – ¾ feet inches marine-grade plywood
- Motor – Honda 60 HP motor
Cascade Houseboat
The Cascade houseboat is an affordable yet comfortable houseboat with an accommodation capacity for eight people.
As the name indicates, it features cascade beds, which can be used in multiple ways. You can either use them as compact double bunk beds or double pull-out beds.
The cabin has in-built air-conditioning keeping you cool in hot summers.
It comes with a fully-equipped kitchen with all the utensils and plates. Not only that, it features a microwave, a stove, a blender, a toaster, and a coffee maker.
Even though it’s quite a compact houseboat, yet it features two spacious decks – upper and back. It’s your choice to enjoy your bbq on either of these two decks.
It houses one semi-private stateroom and one fully-functional bathroom. Additionally, it includes one double bunk bed and two pull-out beds.
The special features include a stereo, sun deck, deck furniture, cooler, and four deck chairs.
The floor plan is quite simple, with two decks on both sides of the cabin.
There are protective gates on both sides of the walk-around deck. You can easily walk from one tier to another without entering the cabin.
You can find a gas bbq facility on one side of the front deck and an ice chest on the other side. The aft deck houses the generator, swim ladder, and ladder to the sun deck.
Finally, the studio consists of a fully-functional kitchen and pull-out beds on both sides.
Specifications
- Dimensions – 42 x 14 feet
- Capacity – nine people
- Sleeping capacity – eight people
- Fuel – 50-gallon fuel tank
- Freshwater tank capacity – 40 gallon
- Holding tank capacity – 68 gallon
MatrixMX24 Gampboat
If you are looking for an elegant, stylish pontoon houseboat, then the MatrixMX24 Gampboat is an apt choice for you.
It’s made of an Aluminum chassis pontoon frame for additional strength and stability. The polyethylene pontoons are filled with firm EPS foams to maintain balance while afloat.
The mariner 9.9 high thrust outboard ignites with a remote electric start. Moreover, the Aluminum keel serves as a protector strip for the outboard transom.
It comes with a rearview camera allowing you to keep a check around the deck.
The cabin is constructed in a half-tube structure to increase the covering space. It comes with an external composite cladding and UPVC french doors and porthole.
It can store 140 liters of freshwater for kitchen and bathroom use. Not only that, it features all kinds of internal and external storage, allowing you to keep your luggage and other belongings.
The walls are heated with an electric heater to keep you warm in the chilly winter season. The deck is covered with a slip-resistant birch ply thermoplastic coating.
Moreover, a stainless steel railing runs all-along the deck to protect you and your family from falling off accidentally.
It’s protected with a hybrid 50mm insulation to enhance the boat’s durability and strength to withstand harsh conditions.
It features different lighting types such as interior LED lighting and up-down exterior lighting to illuminate its inside-out.
The bathroom comes with all necessary features such as a shower, sink, and Thetford C223 auto flush cassette toilet. It houses a fully-functional kitchen unit equipped with a Smev LPG gas hob/sink and a 12V marine fridge.
Other amenities include a sofa, kids’ bed, removable table, double bed with storage, and 12V TV with DVD.
Even though it’s quite an elegant houseboat, however, it houses both fore and aft decks.
One of the distinguishing features is that it’s powered with solar eco power panels fitted on the cabin rooftop.
Specifications
- Storage Capacity – 140-liter fresh water
- Brand – Matrix
- Outboard – Mariner 9.9 high thrust
- Power Source – Solar Eco Power
Hybrid recreational Vessel (HRV)
As the name indicates, the Hybrid recreational vessel (HRV) is an affordable hybrid model that allows you to enjoy a comfortable vacation.
Southland, Canadian manufacturing, has developed this hybrid concept of combining luxury and comfort in a houseboat.
The entire structure is made with Aluminum to keep it lightweight as well as economical. It runs on three types of power sources, including green, electric, and propane, to save your cost spent on the fuel.
It draws solar power from 80W panels and wind power from 20W wind turbines. Both of these powers can run major onboard appliances like fridges, washing machines, pumps, and microwave ovens.
It also features a 110V shore power inlet to charge up the batteries at the dock.
Additionally, all the appliances, including fridge, microwave, water heater, and stove, are powered by propane. Don’t perry about your safety because the gas cylinders are placed outside.
It houses a spacious outside seating area, cabin, stand-up shower, dinette, and a fully functional kitchen.
Specifications
- Length – 34 feet
- Floor-length – 32 feet
- Maximum capacity – 10 people
- Maximum capacity on the upper deck – Four people
- HP Capacity – 150 HP / 112 kW
- Weight – 6,800 lbs.
- Brand – Southland
- Power Source – Solar Wind and Propane
The River Den Pontoon Houseboat
The River Den Pontoon Houseboat is a fully insulated min-home perfect for spending Christmas vacations on the water.
It’s a 33 feet long houseboat with a total of 253 square feet of interior space. The internal cabin is fully-insulated and kept warm with the help of an antique wood stove.
Moreover, the cabin features double-paned glass windows allowing you to enjoy scenic views while remaining cozy in front of the heater.
The houseboat is built on five pontoons to keep it afloat while storing some water to keep the boat stable. Additionally, the unique designs allow the pontoons to freeze in the ice.
The kitchen is equipped with a sink, which draws up water for dish-washing from the river. The round window right in front of the sink allows you to enjoy views while washing the dishes.
As you move up a floor, it features a double bed on a steel grill flooring. The background behind grill flooring allows the heat from the heater to rise during the winters.
Not only that, it gives a neat and spacious look without making it look over-stuffed. You can easily access the sweet cedar rooftop deck from the sleeping loft.
By the way, the bathroom comes with a Separett composting toilet.
The helm houses steering and a 60 HP motor. Moreover, it draws the electricity from a 12-V deep cycle marine battery to power the flights and pumps.
Specifications
- Dimensions – 33 x 11 feet
- Motor – 60 HP
- Interior Space – 253 square feet
- Heating source – Wood Stove
Chris Craft Sundance Houseboat
The Chris Craft Sundance Houseboat features three Aluminum pontoons to provide it required stability while floating on water.
It comes with all kinds of amenities one wishes for in a compact houseboat. It includes a 32-inches flare TV with DVD, two refrigerators and a microwave oven.
Moreover, it features two sofa beds enough for four people to sleep comfortably. In addition to the sofa beds, there is a master bedroom with TV places right in front of it. It means it can accommodate six people in total.
It also houses a fully-operational kitchen with a sink and stove.
The kitchen comes with upper and lower cabinets allowing you to store enough food for your entire family. You can utilize the countertop space to place different utensils, a coffee maker, and other plates.
A Mercury 60 HP engine drives this houseboat in freshwater lakes and saltwater shores. Other features include a 4 kW generator, marine battery, and water and oil pump.
It offers a deep fish finder so that you can catch fish for your delicious dinners.
Specifications
- Model – Sundance Houseboat
- Hull Material – Aluminum
- Engine Type – Single outboard
- Engine Make – Mercury Engine
- Engine Model – 60 HP
- Fuel Type – 60 HP
- Fuel Capacity – 21 – 30 Gallons
- Length – 32 feet
- Beam – 10 feet
- Type – Three Aluminum Pontoon Houseboat
- Accommodation – Six people
Conclusion
To sum up, a houseboat serves as a perfect vacation accommodation for people who enjoy staying in the waters. As the name indicates, it’s a mini-house with master beds, a living room, dinette, kitchen, and bathroom.
Consider houseboats as water RVs which float in lakes and on shores.
It’s a better approach to opt for a pontoon houseboat because pontoons are known for providing stability and strength to the entire house structure. Not only that, but they also weigh down the boat to keep it afloat on waters when not in motion.
The guide must have helped you choose the perfect pontoon houseboat for your vacations.
Keep sailing!
