All five Savannah tours, and the one that turns in at the Wormsloe gate
Group one: the tour that goes inside Wormsloe
One product, and I want to be exact about why it sits on its own. The Bonaventure Cemetery & Wormsloe State Historic Site Tour, from $59 and rated 4.8 from 285 reviews, runs about six hours, pairs Wormsloe with Bonaventure Cemetery and includes transport from Savannah. A lunch stop turns up repeatedly in the reviews; one reviewer names the Driftwood Cafe. What the reviews mostly do, though, is name guides. Ruth: “Dennis was fabulous. You can tell he really enjoys giving this tour and keeps you engaged.” Claudia: “Dennis was amazing. Loved his stories and knowledge of the sites.” Tammie: “We had Albert as our guide and driver and he provided us with a very safe and enjoyable experience. It was a very nice day.” That is what you are buying here, and it is worth buying, because this site does not explain itself to anybody who arrives cold.
Group two: four Savannah tours that do not go to Wormsloe
These are on the site because they are good, not because they will get you down the avenue. None of them stops at Wormsloe. Pair one with a morning at the gate and a self-drive out Skidaway Road and you have a full day; book one expecting the oaks and you will be annoyed with me, which I would rather avoid.
Old Town Hop-On Hop-Off Trolley Tour, $46 — rated 4.7 from 1,862 reviews, the biggest review base in Savannah. Fifteen stops around the historic district, and the sensible use is orientation before you drive yourself out. Stefanie: “Our guide ‘Bear’ was funny and educational.” The honest counterweight is that guide quality moves driver to driver, and Tammy wanted clearer signs at the stops — the full review, complaints left in.
Old Savannah Tours Historic Overview, $35 — rated 4.6 from 997 reviews, and the cheapest city tour here. You stay on the bus and it is narrated the whole way; Kathy booked it thinking it was hop-on hop-off and preferred what she got. Does not go to Wormsloe.
Bonaventure Cemetery Golf Cart Guided Tour, $38 — rated 4.9 from 256 reviews, the best-rated product on this list. Cemetery only. Reviewers keep thanking the golf cart for the heat, which anyone who has walked Bonaventure in August will understand. Deb: “it was nice get the tour on the golf cart especially with the heat.”
Historic Districts & Bonaventure Private Tour, $175 — a private guide covering the historic districts and the Isle of Hope area. It is rated 5.0, and that 5.0 rests on 6 reviews, which is not the same animal as a 4.7 from 1,862. The listing does not put you inside the Wormsloe gate, even though the Isle of Hope is where the gate happens to be.
Most reviewedSavannah: Old Town Hop-On Hop-Off Trolley Tour
Cheapest city tourSavannah: Old Savannah Tours Historic Overview
Best ratedSavannah: Bonaventure Cemetery Golf Cart Guided Tour
Private guideSavannah: Historic Districts & Bonaventure Private Tour
The comparison that is really the whole site
The flagship, the most-reviewed city tour and the private option, side by side. Read the second row first.
| The only one that goesBonaventure Cemetery & Wormsloe State Historic Site Tour | Savannah: Old Town Hop-On Hop-Off Trolley Tour | Savannah: Historic Districts & Bonaventure Private Tour | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $59 | $46 | $175 |
| Goes into Wormsloe? | Yes — the gate, the avenue and the site | No — 15 stops downtown, none of them Wormsloe | No — historic districts and the Isle of Hope area |
| What it is | About six hours with a guide, transport from Savannah included, paired with Bonaventure Cemetery | City orientation you hop on and off all day | A guide who answers only to your group |
| Review base | 4.8 from 285 | 4.7 from 1,862 | 5.0 from 6 reviews — a very small base |
| Who it suits | Anyone who wants Wormsloe told to them and would rather not drive | First-timers getting their bearings before a self-drive | A private day, if Wormsloe itself is not the point |
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Whichever way you go, the timing advice does not change. One detailed Saturday account has the site quiet at 10 a.m., with 95% of the photographs free of other people, and packed by 12:30 p.m. If you are driving yourself, be at the gate at opening; if you are booking the guided day, take the earliest departure offered — when to go.
Before you pick one
The category page goes deeper on the single tour that includes the site and what to pair with a self-drive: tours that include Wormsloe. If the question is money rather than storytelling, I have set all five prices against the gate ticket at tour prices. And if you are still deciding whether the place earns a morning at all, I have argued both sides at is it worth it.
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Frequently asked questions
Which Savannah tour actually goes to Wormsloe?
One: the Bonaventure Cemetery & Wormsloe State Historic Site Tour, from $59, rated 4.8 from 285 reviews. It runs about six hours, includes transport from Savannah and pairs the site with Bonaventure Cemetery. Every other tour on this page is a Savannah product that stays in town — what that one tour covers.
Does the hop-on hop-off trolley stop at Wormsloe?
No. The trolley runs 15 stops around the historic district and Wormsloe is roughly 8 miles southeast of downtown, out on the Isle of Hope, with no rail and no city loop reaching it. Use the trolley to learn the city, then drive out yourself — getting there from Savannah.
Is a tour cheaper than driving myself to Wormsloe?
No, and I would not pretend otherwise. Georgia State Parks admission is far and away the cheapest way through the gate, and a guided day costs more than a gate ticket and a tank of petrol ever will. What the extra money buys is the telling and the not-driving — the arithmetic is laid out at tour prices.
Can I do Wormsloe and the rest of Savannah in one day?
Comfortably. A typical Wormsloe visit runs 1 to 2 hours, so an early morning at the gate leaves the afternoon for the historic district, or you take the six-hour guided day that covers Wormsloe and Bonaventure together. I have written the whole day out at a day in Savannah and how long you need.