Ghost Cities · Georgia
The best ghost tour in Savannah is the History and Haunts candlelit walk, 4.9 stars across 3,445 reviews from $39, with Fraidy Cat from $30 as the family pick and the 10pm Spirits and Scoundrels walk for adults. The numbers on this page were checked on Viator on July 28, 2026, and re-checked on July 30, 2026 for all but three of the compared tours; the Haunted Savannah Paranormal Ghost Tour card was re-checked on August 3, 2026.
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Our top picks in Savannah
The Savannah History and Haunts Candlelit Ghost Walking Tour is the best overall ghost tour in Savannah, and our top pick. It runs 90 minutes through the historic squares by lantern light, past moss-draped oaks and cobblestones, while your guide works through the city's record of war, executions, and mystery. 4.9 stars across 3,445 reviews, from $39.
Genteel and Bard's Savannah Dark History and Ghost Encounter Walking Tour is the best storytelling ghost tour in Savannah. The walk moves through the city's deepest sagas, from the Sorrel Weed House and Colonial Park Cemetery to the apparitions of 12 Oglethorpe and the violence that marked Madison Square. 4.8 stars across 1,700 reviews, from $35, and it frequently sells out.
The afterlife rides comfortably on this 75-minute trolley tour past former battlegrounds, historic cemeteries, and old mansions, with a nighttime stop on River Street, a known gathering spot for wandering spirits. 4.0 stars across 3,202 reviews, from $42.80.
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Fraidy Cat: The Family Fun Ghost Tour of Savannah is the best family ghost tour in Savannah. It is built for kids and their adults, 90 minutes to two hours through the squares with the scares kept at a take-home size. 4.8 stars across 329 reviews, from $30.
The late shift: an adults only walk that leaves at 10pm, after the family crowds clear the squares, and keeps the darker material in. One hour and 50 minutes, 4.8 stars across 550 reviews, from $35.
The cemetery everyone asks about, covered in one hour by golf cart with a guide, so the wrought-iron gates and the old markers come to you instead of the other way around. 4.9 stars across 1,746 reviews, from $38.
The Dead of Night walk visits the city's most haunted locations while tracing the notorious characters who shaped one of America's oldest ports. Dimly lit streets, dark history, and whatever else keeps to the shadows. 4.4 stars across 2,556 reviews, from $34.99.
A small-group ghost walk and hunt covering Colonial Park Cemetery, Chippewa Square, and the Andrew Low House, with a local guide connecting the sightings to the city's past. 4.9 stars across 706 reviews, from $35, and the group stays small enough to ask questions.
The original adults-only route: two hours of Savannah's harder material with an expert guide, meeting outside Clary's Cafe. 4.7 stars across 1,203 reviews, from $36; advance reservations required, and worth it.
A haunted bar crawl through the historic district that pairs the city's two best assets: reported hauntings and a serious bar scene. Stories between rounds and to-go cups for the walks between stops.
The long-form night out: three hours of haunted pub stops through the district, with the history and hauntings of each told over a raised glass. 4.9 stars across 1,249 reviews, from $39.92.
The equipment tour: EMF detectors, thermal cameras, and 4K night vision in your hands as you work the city's darkest corners with a guide. For guests who want to record their own evidence.
A group walking tour built around the city's harder files: murder cases, voodoo lore, and the hauntings tied to both. For travelers who want the true-crime edge of Savannah after dark.
A 90 minute guided ghost walk from Savannah Walks, from $30 and in stock at our August 3, 2026 check. Guests rate it 3.4 stars across 204 reviews at that check, the lowest rating of the twelve Savannah listings we track and the only one under 4.0.
A guided ghost tour through historic Savannah that keeps the documented history in front and the legends close behind. Check the listing for current route and meeting point details.
A historic district property dating back to 1851, steps from the River Street shopping and dining stretch, with pet friendly rooms and free WiFi. Old walls, short walks, an easy base for a night tour.
A renovated bed and breakfast in the heart of Savannah, a 4-minute walk from Monterey Square, with a restaurant and a 24-hour front desk. Small enough that the building itself becomes part of the trip.
Part of the Historic Inns of Savannah Collection: a smaller property in a historic building where the architecture and the service carry the stay. The boutique pick for travelers who want the district's character after the tours wind down.
The short answer, with every number checked on Viator as of July 2026: the best overall ghost tour in Savannah is the Savannah History and Haunts Candlelit Ghost Walking Tour, 4.9 stars across 3,445 reviews, from $39 for 90 minutes by lantern light. Best storytelling is Genteel and Bard's Dark History and Ghost Encounter walk, 4.8 across 1,700 reviews, and it frequently sells out. Best for families is Fraidy Cat, the family ghost tour, from $30. For adults only late at night, Spirits and Scoundrels departs at 10pm. If you want wheels, the Ghosts and Gravestones trolley covers the district from $42.80, and the cemetery everyone asks about, Bonaventure, books a one hour guided golf cart tour, 4.9 across 1,746 reviews. The booking cards above carry the links; the comparison table below carries the numbers.
How we built this page: on July 28, 2026 we went through the several dozen ghost tour listings Viator shows for Savannah and kept the 15 you see here. Every price and rating in the comparison table was checked that day, and re-checked on July 30, 2026 for all but three of the compared tours, which still carry their July 28 numbers. On August 3, 2026 we re-checked one carded listing, the Haunted Savannah Paranormal Ghost Tour, and its card carries that date; the compared tours keep their July numbers. The filters are the ones we use at home in Arizona: guide names that keep recurring in public reviews, routes with substance behind them, group sizes that let you hear, and cancellation terms we would accept ourselves.
Savannah is often called America's most haunted city, and the setting makes the case before any guide says a word. Established in 1733 and laid out around 22 parklike squares, the historic district survived the Revolution and the Civil War largely intact, so today's pubs, museums, and hotels occupy the same walls where the stories happened. Names like the Sorrel Weed House, Colonial Park Cemetery, 432 Abercorn, and Moon River Brewing come up on nearly every route, though what the record actually supports varies sharply from address to address. We are Arizona tour guides who research haunted history everywhere, so read this as our honest shortlist for Georgia's crown jewel. The ranked list lives in our guide to the spookiest Savannah ghost tours.
| Best for | Tour | Length | When | From | Rating (reviews) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-timers, the classic | History and Haunts Candlelit | 90 min | Night | $39 | 4.9 (3,445) |
| Storytelling depth | Genteel and Bard Dark History | 1 hr 50 | Evening | $35 | 4.8 (1,700) |
| Riding, not walking | Ghosts & Gravestones Trolley | 75 min | Day and evening | $42.80 | 4.0 (3,202) |
| Kids and families | Fraidy Cat Family Ghost Tour | 90 min+ | Evening | $30 | 4.8 (329) |
| Adults only, 10pm start | Spirits and Scoundrels | 1 hr 50 | 10pm | $35 | 4.8 (550) |
| Bonaventure Cemetery | Bonaventure Golf Cart Tour | 1 hr | Daytime | $38 | 4.9 (1,746) |
| Pub crawl | Booze and Boos Ghost Walk | 3 hr | Evening | $39.92 | 4.9 (1,249) |
| Ghost hunt | Ghostwalker Tour and Ghost Hunt | 90 min | Night | $35 | 4.9 (706) |
| Adults, darker material | Sixth Sense Savannah | 2 hr | Evening | $36 | 4.7 (1,203) |
| Late-night departures | Ghost City Dead of Night | 90 min | Night | $34.99 | 4.4 (2,556) |
Prices and ratings in this table were checked on Viator on July 28, 2026, and re-checked on July 30, 2026 for every listing except Fraidy Cat, Spirits and Scoundrels and the Bonaventure golf cart.
Colonial Park Cemetery in Savannah was established about 1750 and has been closed to burials since 1853. By the city's own records it holds more than nine thousand graves in about six acres, and a marker inside remembers the yellow fever epidemic of 1820, the year nearly 700 Savannahians died. Several routes trace its edges after dark, and the duels that filled some of those graves come up more than once.
"In this cemetery many victims of the Great Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1820 were buried," reads the historical marker that stands among the graves, preserved in the Digital Library of Georgia's marker record. The same inscription counts two local physicians among the dead, lost while caring for the stricken.
The Sorrel Weed House gives Savannah, a city laid out around its squares beginning in 1733, its most argued-over address, and guides still lower their voices for the death in its story. 432 Abercorn keeps its reputation without needing a plaque, Moon River Brewing may be the only brewery where the upstairs is more discussed than the beer, and along River Street the old Perkins and Sons Ship Chandlery adds the waterfront's share of sightings.
Bonaventure Cemetery, the Savannah cemetery visitors ask about by name, was a private cemetery from 1846 until the city took it public in 1907, and it rewards a visit under its oaks; the golf cart tour covers the ground without the walking. The longer files on every address in this section live in our guide to haunted Savannah.
A classic walk trades away nothing: you are on foot in the squares after dark, and the city does the set dressing. Our pick is the Savannah History and Haunts Candlelit Ghost Walking Tour, the best overall tour on this page at 4.9 stars across 3,445 reviews, 90 minutes by lantern light from $39. Its listing operates in all weather short of severe conditions, lists wheelchair accessibility, welcomes strollers, and asks that children stay with an adult.
Verdict: the default pick, and the one we would book first.
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The trolley trades on-foot intimacy for coverage and a seat. The pick is the Savannah Ghosts and Gravestones Trolley Tour, 75 minutes from $42.80, running day and evening with a nighttime stop on River Street. Two honest notes from its listing: bookings are confirmed within 48 hours subject to availability, and pets and emotional support animals stay home. Its 4.0 rating is the lowest in our table.
Verdict: the coverage play, for when a seat matters more than the cobblestones.
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A pub crawl trades some story time for bar time, a fair trade in this city. The pick is the Haunted Savannah Booze and Boos Ghost Walking Tour, 4.9 stars across 1,249 reviews from $39.92, with a costumed guide leading you through the district's historic bars and the hauntings told over a raised glass. The listing does not state what the price covers at the bar, so ask the operator before you budget the night.
Verdict: the best format for a group that measures a story by the round.
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A ghost hunt trades passive listening for participation. The pick is the Savannah Ghostwalker Tour and Ghost Hunt, 4.9 stars across 706 reviews from $35, a small-group night walk covering Colonial Park Cemetery, Chippewa Square, and the Andrew Low House. The listing itemizes no equipment, though guests mention EMF readers in their reviews.
Verdict: the hands-on pick, best booked once your night is locked.
The family format trades the hardest material for scares kids can carry home. The pick is Fraidy Cat, the Family Fun Ghost Tour of Savannah, run by Mad Cat Tours: 4.8 stars across 329 reviews from $30, with a Recommended by 95% of travelers badge on its listing. It runs in the evening, welcomes strollers, lists wheelchair access with a caveat about uneven surfaces at the sites visited, and asks that children stay with an adult.
Verdict: the easy yes for mixed ages.
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The cart trades nighttime atmosphere for the cemetery visitors ask about by name, seen in daylight while its gates are open. The pick is the 1-Hour Bonaventure Cemetery Golf Cart Guided Tour from Wise Guys Historical Tours, 4.9 stars across 1,746 reviews from $38, with discounted rates for kids and seniors, and infants riding on laps.
Verdict: the right vehicle for Bonaventure, and a daytime counterweight to any night walk.
Practical notes: late evening runs are the strongest, when the squares empty and the lamps take over, and fall books out well ahead. Reserve early, wear comfortable shoes for the cobblestones, and expect reports of cold spots and orbs at the usual addresses whether or not you brought a camera. On accessibility, the pattern runs opposite to instinct: six of the ten compared tours list wheelchair accessibility on Viator, including walking routes like History and Haunts, Genteel and Bard, and Dead of Night, while the two seated options, the trolley and the Bonaventure golf cart, do not list wheelchair access at all. Fraidy Cat lists it as well, with the honest caveat that the city's streets and sidewalks are accessible but the surfaces at some of the sites visited run uneven. Strollers are welcome on several of the walks and on the golf cart, per the listings.
Almost every hotel in the district claims a resident or two, and two inns carry the best known files: the 17Hundred90 Inn, where a young woman named Anna is said to still wander the rooms, and the Foley House Inn, where the legend involves ghostly children. We keep the longer versions in our guide to haunted Savannah; the short version is that in this city, checking in does not always mean checking out.
If you would rather sleep inside the story than beside it, stay in the historic district itself. Hotel Indigo dates back to 1851 and sits steps from River Street. Bellwether House is a renovated bed and breakfast a 4-minute walk from Monterey Square. The Olde Harbour Inn, part of the Historic Inns of Savannah Collection, trades size for character. Between them they cover the boutique and the grand ends of the district, and all three carry booking cards in the list above.
The full rundown, river view towers and the golf resort across the water included, lives in our guide to where to stay in Savannah.
Two tracks work. The family track books the early walk: Fraidy Cat runs in the evening with the scares kept at a take-home size, so put dinner on River Street first, along the shopping and dining stretch, and the kids finish the night tired at the right hour. Daylight plans live in our guide to things to do in Savannah.
The adults track starts later: a slow dinner, then either the 10pm Spirits and Scoundrels walk or the pub route through the district's historic bars. Savannah is famously friendly to the second option. Under city code Sec. 6-1214, a licensed bar may send each person out with one alcoholic beverage in a paper or plastic cup, no glass and no cans, and the cup cannot exceed 16 fluid ounces. The same section runs the to-go zone's southern boundary along Jones Street. For the nightcap, Moon River Brewing is already on your map, the brewery where the upstairs is more discussed than the beer.
Meeting points sit on each listing, and they are not all in the same corner of the district. The pub walk meets at Tandem Coffee and Spirits, 225 E Bay St, per its itinerary, and the History and Haunts listing asks guests to arrive about 15 minutes before the start, a habit worth applying to every tour on this page. If you are driving in, the city operates six parking garages downtown with flat evening rates in place after 5 p.m., per Savannah's parking garage schedule, so park once and stay parked. The rest of the geography, including which hotels put you closest, is in our guide to where to stay in Savannah.
The label is repeated often enough to argue about, and the case rests on the district itself: a 1733 city that kept its original squares and buildings through two wars, a dark history with slavery, and cemeteries like Colonial Park absorbing its plagues and duels. The stories never had to move.
The shortlist most guides agree on: the Sorrel Weed House, 432 Abercorn, Moon River Brewing, Colonial Park Cemetery, and the Perkins and Sons Ship Chandlery on River Street. The Andrew Low House earns its spot on several routes as well.
Families book Fraidy Cat, the family ghost tour: 90 minutes to two hours pitched so the kids still sleep afterward, 4.8 stars across 329 reviews, from $30. The trolley and the gentler classic walks also work with children. Adults have their own lane: Spirits and Scoundrels runs adults only at 10pm, the Sixth Sense walk covers two hours of harder material, and the two bar routes are for grown-ups by definition. Fraidy Cat's listing asks that children be accompanied by an adult, and discounted child rates show up on the trolley, on Genteel and Bard's walk, and on the Bonaventure golf cart. Two age lines worth knowing: Ghost City's Dead of Night sets a minimum age of 16 years, and the adults only listings, Spirits and Scoundrels among them, do not publish an exact age threshold, so check with the operator before bringing older teens.
Walk if you can; the squares by lantern light are the experience. Take the trolley when the weather or the miles argue otherwise, or when you want River Street and the wider district covered in one evening. The Ghosts and Gravestones trolley runs 75 minutes, from $42.80.
Plan on $30 to $42.80 per person. Fraidy Cat starts at $30 as of the July 28, 2026 check on Viator, most of the major walks run $35 to $40, and the Ghosts and Gravestones trolley starts at $42.80 at our July 30 re-check. Fall dates book out well ahead, so reserve early rather than counting on a walk-up. For party math: a family of four on Fraidy Cat runs about $120 before fees at its $30 from-price, and two adults on the pub walk come to $79.84, though its listing does not state what the price covers at the bar. Budget for tips too; Genteel and Bard's listing excludes gratuities, and the History and Haunts listing notes that gratuities are appreciated. And if you want the crowd's verdict on the whole field, the ten compared tours carry more than 16,600 reviews between them.
The review record says yes. The top walks hold 4.8 to 4.9 stars across thousands of reviews: History and Haunts at 4.9 across 3,445, Booze and Boos at 4.9 across 1,249, and the Bonaventure golf cart tour at 4.9 across 1,746. Format matters more than brand here, so choose the candlelit classic, the family route, the late adults walk, or the trolley, and let the city do the rest.
Mostly in the evening and at night, which is when the squares do their best work. The late anchor is Spirits and Scoundrels, which departs at 10pm by name. If you want daylight instead, two compared tours offer it: the Ghosts and Gravestones trolley runs day and evening, and the Bonaventure golf cart runs in the daytime, while the cemetery gates are open. For exact clock times, the booking page for your date is the authority.
Earlier than feels necessary. Genteel and Bard's walk frequently sells out, and October is the crunch, when Halloween demand lands on a fall calendar that already books out well ahead. The good news: booking early is close to risk free, because nine of the ten compared tours offer free cancellation up to 24 hours before start time. The exception is the Ghostwalker Tour and Ghost Hunt, which is non-refundable, so save that one for a night you are sure of.
Two of the compared tours answer on their listings: History and Haunts operates in all weather conditions unless they turn severe, and Sixth Sense Savannah also operates in all weather conditions. For the rest, the listing for your date is the place to check. The cancellation terms take most of the sting out of a bad forecast either way, since nine of the ten compared tours are free to cancel up to 24 hours out; the one that is not is the Ghostwalker Tour and Ghost Hunt, whose listing makes it non-refundable.
Mostly no. The compared walks are exterior storytelling, told from the streets and squares in front of the addresses. The clear exception is the Booze and Boos pub walk, whose listing includes visits to the district's historic bars. The equipment tours are hands-on in a different way, working the sites with a guide, though each listing differs on what gear it actually promises. Colonial Park Cemetery is the special case: the city closes it to pedestrians at 5 p.m. from November to March and at 8 p.m. the rest of the year, per the city's cemetery page, so night routes work its fence line instead of the grounds.
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