Cape Cod Self-Guided Tour: Scenic Beauty and History

Embark on a self-guided driving tour of Cape Cod, exploring its rich history and stunning beaches. Purchase one tour per car and listen together!

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Cape Cod Visitor Center - Begin the journey into America’s rich history at the Cape Cod Visitor Center. Discover the story of the Pilgrims, the nation’s beginnings, and the extensive history of the Cape. As the drive through charming Massachusetts towns begins, learn about the Nauset tribe, their legends, traditions, and their cautiousness when…
What's Included
  • Easy-to-use app: download Action’s Tour Guide App onto your phone
  • Great value: purchase per car, not per person. More affordable than bus or guided tours!
  • Engaging storytelling: Uncover unique tales and thrilling history for a memorable journey!
  • Perfect narrator: nothing can beat listening to a great voice. Proven with tons of rave reviews!
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What's Not Included
  • Attraction passes, entry tickets, or reservations
Additional Information

Explore Cape Cod’s scenic beauty with this self-guided driving tour. Visit the Cape Cod Visitor Center, then ascend Scargo Tower for breathtaking views. Discover Harwich and its picturesque Cape Cod Lavender Farm. Relax at Bank Street Beach, and delve into history at Eastham’s First Encounter Beach. Stop by Salt Pond Visitor Center, marvel at Nauset…

Location
Cape Cod Visitor Center
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Alexandra_s
Aug 25, 2022
The tour gives you a... - The tour gives you a great chance to drive and get bits of history at the same time. First encounter between Pilgrims and Native Americans was truly awesome.
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Kellyr
Jul 10, 2023
Good tour to guide your trip to the Cape - Took a little work to get the tour going after buying on Viator—had to download the Viator app and then the third party app and it felt like a lot of steps to get to the tour. Once it was up and running, it worked well. I didn’t have any problems with the app or the tour. In terms of the tour itself, it was good. We found a few places we probably wouldn’t have found or stopped at ourselves that were really fun and I’m glad we did it. I do wish there were more pieces of information along the way. It felt like we drove in silence a little bit too much. I would have appreciated more stories or history during those places and a couple of the stops were a little short on info. Overall, though, a well done tour that is very helpful to learn the Cape. A few tweaks would make it great.
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Sandy
Jun 15, 2023
Enjoyable - Listened to this as we drove from Dennisport to PTown. Interesting facts. Only complaint was that the GPS with it was sometimes confusing and slow to point out whennwe needed to make turns. But glad we ised it on the drive. Saw things we might have missed.
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Angieax7646ml
Apr 10, 2023
Overall, great audio tour!! Easy navigation, solid narration, and interesting facts! - Overall, great audio tour...and I've been on many!! Easy navigation, solid narration, and interesting facts! There's 1 planned restroom break, which was necessary and thoughtful, altho I wish there were more. Having never gone to PTown, I got way more from this tour than I bargained for. It's the off season, so it was mellow and chill. I had no issues with parking and crowds. I couldn't imagine doing this tour in the thick of the season tho. I do wish there were recommended food and touristy venues included in the tour too. While the map showed a ton of places, was hard to know which to choose. The recommendations I'd give to other patrons doing this tour are 1. Beware of the traffic. Leaving the cape was a nightmare of traffic and slow moving. I didn't think it'd be that bad on a Sunday off season. 2. Plan for more driving time if you do any of the detours which are also nice. I started skipping a few because I wanted to get to the good stuff. 3. Take the Pilgrim monument tour, I missed out. It looked like it would be great. 4. If I had it to do all again, I'd do it over multiple days and really enjoy the beaches and what Ptown has to offer. Hope your experience is great! Highly recommended!
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Kporter9876
Mar 27, 2023
I'm glad I did it, but... - Let me start by saying that 2-3 hours is not accurate unless you don't do any of the detours. I did most of them and it took me about 6 hours. This was a pro for me because it filled my Sunday afternoon. And it was nice that there were additional narrations within the detours. However, this was two to three times more than I've paid for other self-guided tours, and therefore, I would've expected it to be pretty perfect. But there are a few things that need to be fixed. First, because I was doing this solo, it got tricky finding my way along the route and detours at times. Second, there was no "go to this stop" button like it said to get you back to Google Maps, which would've been incredibly helpful in finding my way back after the detours when I needed to keep my eyes on the road, especially on tricky/rural roads. Third, some of the narrations weren't timed well and a couple of them said to turn with no or almost no warning, and others cut off because the next stop approached and the narration changed. So, I'm glad I did it but I've done amazing self-guided that were much cheaper, so this one should be updated.
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Steven_p
Nov 1, 2022
Great although a little glitchy - A really good app tour. It follows your course and locates where you are before starting each point/section. It can be a little glitchy sometimes and start the next section before finishing the previous one so you may miss a bit. Would recommend it less for solo travellers as trying to drive and keep control of the app can be a little difficult. Great way of exploring though. Oh, and allow a minimum of 4 hours!
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Terryp421
Jun 7, 2022
Drive to Provincetown - The audio tour was interesting and informative. The street directions were a bit hard to follow. We saw some great sights.
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Kathy_o
Apr 4, 2022
Not as I expected - Things were not as expected. We ended up traveling by 6a instead of 6 so for the first part of the trip did not use. I used at later sites but things were closed or not there anymore such as Wydah Museum in Provincetown. Even though things such as beaches were supposed to be open restrooms were closed often.
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Christine_w
Aug 14, 2024
Frustrating!! - We did not use the audio tour - we found it very frustrating to use the app - we would like a refund for the $16.99 we spent to purchase it!! Due to this we had to change our plans for the day!!! It was a horrible experience - I DO NOT recommend purchasing the Cape Cod Self Guided Audio Tour!!!
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Brad
Jun 14, 2023
Garbage - Could not get this to work. Absolute waste of money Just kept asking to book after I had paid and followed the cryptic instructions
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