Amish Experience Visit-In-Person Tour

Overview

Many visitors to Lancaster seek out meaningful personal contact with the Amish community. Imagine visiting three Amish properties where our longstanding relationships allow you to become their guests during your stay. This exclusive tour is limited to 14 guests, and provides the rare opportunity to meet and talk to various Amish where they live and work. The three stops: Visit an Amish farm at milking time, go behind-the-scenes with an Amish craftsman, and then sit and chat with an Amish family right in their home.

City: Lancaster

Sat 16 Nov

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Starting at $65.33

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Sat 16 Nov

Starting at $65.33

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Local guide

Transportation between locations

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Transportation by 14-passenger bus is provided between locations of the tour
No children under the age of 6 allowed on this tour
Please dress respectfully
We ask that no photographs be taken of our Amish hosts
Please check in at the theater box office, east parking lot, at least 15 minutes before your tour
No pets allowed.

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (400)

Helena L

Oct 2016

The movie Jacob's Choice was a great start to our visit providing insight in to the Amish Church and the community of family. The tour of the Amish House and One Room School House provided an opportunity to see 'behind the door' and to ask questions. The tour guide was knowledgable and very patient. Impressed how the timings fitted together very well; we waited only 15minutes for the film to start and transitioned almost immediately to the house tour. Overall, a great learning experience and one that provided a useful and instructive insight in to the Amish way of life. We are now far better informed.

Response from Host

Oct 2016

Dear Helena, Thank you very much for your review! Very glad to hear that everything went smoothly and you enjoyed your guide. Thanks for making us a part of your visit to Lancaster!

frocknc

Sep 2016

The Amish Experience was an excellent tour. Our bus driver and tour person, Jim Reed gave us a wonderful ride through the country side narrating along the way makein us feel we were visiting friends. Very interesting learning how the Amish work and live. The movie was good along with visiting the one room school house and the house where Amish would like. The buggy ride was great too, using the same roads that we drive on. The Amish driver was very nice and answered all our questions. Great tour! FR

Response from Host

Sep 2016

Thank you for your review and for your nice words about Jim! Glad to hear that you had a great experience.

Pam S

Aug 2016

I took the super saver tour and found it to be exactly the kind of experience I was hoping to find. There are three parts to the experience--farmland tour, Amish house & schoolhouse tour, and "Jacob's Choice," a near-stage experience (movie presented on 5 screens that tell the story of "Jacob" and a choice he has to make as a young adult. The combination of all three experiences provided a 1 1/2 hour shuttle bus right through community roads to see Amish & English farms. The driver narrated the tour, seemed well informed, and took the bus to a good variety of sights that fill the daily life of a typical Amish resident. The school house & farmhouse tour were close to an hour long and formed a guided walkthrough of a typical Amish school house and residence, both fully furnished with unlimited opportunities for photos. A perk for taking the super saver tour was a voucher for a free buggy ride, which I enjoyed. The carriages were packed like sardines, not especially comfortable but doable, and the ride visited a single house with an opportunity to buy cookies / lemonaide. The afternoon was a good balance of Amish lifestyle, and I found it to be very informative.

Response from Host

Aug 2016

Dear Pam, Thank you for visiting, and for your great review! I'm glad to hear the SuperSaver was just what you were looking for. We'll look forward to seeing you the next time you are in Lancaster!