Wormsloe tour prices, measured against driving yourself
The DIY option, priced
Georgia State Parks lists Wormsloe admission at $12 for adults 18–61, $9 for seniors 62 and over, $5.75 for youth 6–17 and $3.25 for children under 6, at the time of writing, with the gate open 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. daily and closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Prices and online-ticket rules are the state’s to change, so confirm them at gastateparks.org before you set off. Add whatever the drive costs you: about 8 miles each way from downtown, 15 to 20 minutes with light traffic, longer at rush hour, parking at the site. A rideshare each way is the other route and I am not going to quote you a figure that moves by the hour — getting there.
So two adults driving themselves are into Wormsloe for twice the adult rate plus fuel, and out again in one to two hours with the afternoon intact. That is a good morning and a cheap one. It is also a morning in which nobody tells you that the low grey walls are tabby, made of lime, sand, water and oyster shells, or that Noble Jones started building here in 1736, or that the family has held this land since the 1730s and still lives on it. Whether that matters is the entire decision.
What the five tours cost, and what the money is for
$35 — Old Savannah Tours Historic Overview. Rated 4.6 from 997 reviews. The cheapest thing on this site, a narrated stay-on-the-bus city tour. Does not go to Wormsloe.
$38 — Bonaventure Cemetery Golf Cart Guided Tour. Rated 4.9 from 256 reviews, the best rating here. Cemetery only; the golf cart is the point in July. Does not go to Wormsloe — the review.
$46 — Old Town Hop-On Hop-Off Trolley Tour. Rated 4.7 from 1,862 reviews, the largest review base in the city. Fifteen stops downtown, all day. Does not go to Wormsloe.
$59 — Bonaventure Cemetery & Wormsloe State Historic Site Tour. Rated 4.8 from 285 reviews. About six hours, transport from Savannah included, Bonaventure and Wormsloe in one day. This is the only one that turns in at the gate, and the $59 is buying you six hours of guiding and somebody else’s steering wheel — not a discount on admission.
$175 — Historic Districts & Bonaventure Private Tour. Rated 5.0, and that 5.0 comes from 6 reviews, so treat it as early evidence rather than a verdict. A private guide for the historic districts and the Isle of Hope area; the listing does not put you inside Wormsloe. Cynthia’s is one of only two written reviews that exist: “Terrific. Our guide, Andy was an expert on all things Savannah!”
Three prices, three different purchases
| The only one that goesBonaventure Cemetery & Wormsloe State Historic Site Tour | Savannah: Old Savannah Tours Historic Overview | Savannah: Historic Districts & Bonaventure Private Tour | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $59 | $35 | $175 |
| Enters Wormsloe? | Yes | No | No |
| What the money buys | Six hours, a guide and transport from Savannah, Bonaventure included | A narrated city loop from the cheapest seat in Savannah | A guide who works for your group alone, all morning |
| Review base | 4.8 from 285 | 4.6 from 997 | 5.0 from 6 reviews — a very small base |
| Cheaper than the gate? | No — and it is not trying to be | No — different product entirely | No |
| Book this → | View → | View → |
If the budget is the constraint and the photograph is the point, pay the gate rate rather than the $59 and spend the saving on being early. Admission at opening on a weekday buys you the avenue almost to yourself, which no amount of money buys at half past twelve on a Saturday — how to shoot the avenue.
The one-line answer
A tour is worth paying for when you want the storytelling and you do not want to drive. It is not worth paying for as a way through the gate, because the gate is cheap and the state sells it directly. If that settles it, the single tour that goes is on the Wormsloe tours page; if you want all five in one table, they are on the hub; and if you are not yet convinced the place earns either sum, start with is it worth it.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to get into Wormsloe Historic Site?
Far less than any tour on this page. Georgia State Parks charges four age-banded rates, which I have set out above with the hours as they stood at the time of writing; they are the state’s to change and the online-ticket rules move too, so confirm before you drive out — the tiers explained.
Is a Wormsloe tour worth the extra money?
It is worth it for two things and no others: somebody telling you what you are looking at, and somebody else doing the driving on a six-hour day that also covers Bonaventure Cemetery. It is not worth it as a cheaper way through the gate, because there isn’t one — my honest verdict on the site itself.
What is the cheapest Savannah tour on this site?
The stay-on-the-bus historic overview at $35, rated 4.6 from 997 reviews. It is a city tour and it does not go to Wormsloe, so pair it with a self-drive and a gate ticket if the site is on your list — the one tour that does go.
Do I still pay admission if I take a guided tour?
Whatever the tour includes is itemised on its booking page, so read the inclusions before you pay; what a tour price is really covering is the guiding and the transport rather than a discount at the gate. Driving yourself, you pay the state directly at the entrance — what happens when you arrive.