Bonaventure Private Tour: Explore Hidden Realms

Explore Bonaventure Cemetery in-depth with Shannon Scott. Enjoy exclusive access, personalized insights, and hidden gems on a private tour.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Bonaventure Cemetery - Explore various sites in the oldest parts of the cemetery with numerous opportunities for photos.

What's Included
  • Bathroom Break
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

While public Bonaventure tours are very entertaining and in depth, Private Tours permit for greater exploring opportunities and direct conversation and question asking ones with Shannon Scott. You will just see more and learn more than the average tour taker. As Bonaventure is over 200 acres, public tours only cover a fraction of that whereas these tours take you into off the beaten realms.

Location
330 Bonaventure Rd
Bonaventure Road
The guide will discuss with the traveler, but generally speaking, we meet at the parking lot on the riverfront or river bluff of cemetery and not at the front entrance as logic might suggest.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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H1834tgjamesw
Mar 26, 2024
Best Cemetery Tour I've Experienced - Time well spent! Went on the after-hours tour to scout locations for A Joyful Rebellion Podcast and learned SO much on this tour that I'd never heard on any others. The azaleas and Wisteria were popping all over Bonaventure. I would recommend this tour to anyone traveling to Savannah.
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Nomad450015
Mar 13, 2024
Interesting historical and personal history of cemetery and many buried there. - Beautiful spring day for Bonaventure tour. Richard was an excellent tour guide; informative, organized, friendly, entertaining. Definitely recommend this tour. If going solo, without a guide, one would never acquire the information received. The historical and personal history of many buried there is enlightening.
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225cherylz
Feb 17, 2024
A great experience! - Shannon Scott is amazing! He has spent decades uncovering the true stories behind some of the most infamous people buried at Bonaventure Cemetery. What a great way to experience some of the "forbidden" history of Savannah!
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Kelly
Aug 4, 2023
Excellent Tour - A Must Do - There is no better way to visit this historic cemetery. Our guide and interpreter, Paschal, was excellent. We learned the history of the cemetery and about some of its oldest residents, what certain headstone symbols mean, how certain sayings came about, and more. My daughters were exhausted before our tour even began and I am sure Paschal felt they were not interested; however, they loved the tour and we all learned a lot. I highly recommend this tour. We will visit again!
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Robertds2303fk
May 2, 2023
Bonaventure cemetery tour - Great insights into the history and early people of Savannah. Rich was very knowledgeable with lots of interesting background stories that brought the cemetery back to life. The cemetery itself is a serene place to just walk around. It would have been good to have a car but Uber was an inexpensive way to get there and back from the city.
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Kimlt8664lg
Mar 22, 2023
A great day, well worth your time. - We had a group of 6 and did a private tour that was wonderful. Full Disclosure - we did get off to a late start because of an issue outside of Mr. Scotts control BUT it was handled well. Stuff happens and Mr. Scott was gracious, accommodating, and more than made up for it and isn't that what you want? Someone who takes care of their customers? Anyway, if your looking for the same old stories you can find in the books and guides this wasn't the right place. Every story we heard was one relayed to Mr. Scott by those involved. Well researched, very knowledgeable, something different and well worth it. We will definitely tour with him again if/when we get back to Savannah..
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Annsd2999zb
Mar 9, 2023
EXCELLENT TOUR - Our guide Paschal was knowledgable, engaging, a perfect host for our tour of Bonaventure Cemetery. He really brought you to the time periods with his historical knowledge of the families and plots. I learned so much about the symbolism of the different headstones, and the story each tells of those that had passed on. This is a must do! It is worth every minute of the 2 hour tour! When you finish you have a whole new appreciation for places like this!
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Patsy
Dec 5, 2022
Highly recommend. - We really enjoyed his personal stories. He took his time and has a personal investment in the cemetery. Very knowledgeable of the history and to expound on anything of interest to our group. Its not just a job to him, his passion for the history of this city and cemetery were very evident. Thanks Shannon we look forward to our next tour with you.
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640chrissyw
Jun 11, 2022
Highly Worth It! - Shannon put together an excellent custom private tour of Savannah and Bonaventure. Shannon is a skilled storyteller who is very knowledgeable and respectful of the history and people of Savannah. We felt so lucky we were able to book him. Definitely recommend! We learned a lot and had a great time!
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Rado_kid
May 26, 2022
Bonaventure Cemetery Tour with Shannon Scott - My husband and I went on the Bonaventure Cemetery tour with Shannon Scott and it totally exceeded our expectations. Shannon‘s knowledge of the cemetery and Savannah as a whole was exemplary. The tour was full of interesting and fun information…just fascinating.
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