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Guided Memphis City Tour with Riverboat Cruise along Mississippi River

Guided Memphis City Tour with Riverboat Cruise along Mississippi River

Overview

This combo tour will help you experience all Memphis has to offer. Our professional humorous guides will help you discover downtown Memphis and the Mississippi river all in one package. You will not leave feeling like you missed out on Memphis. It's a great opportunity to see it all while you are here. After your City Hour, you'll have free time to explore Beale Street or stop for lunch on your own before heading to the riverboats.

Next, enjoy a cruise on the Memphis Riverboats, a Paddlewheel sail along the Mississippi River. Cruise down the Mississippi River and soak in the sights as you hear interesting commentary from your captain. Pass by Tom Lee Park and learn about its namesake, then discover how Mississippi influenced commerce in Memphis and the surrounding areas along the way.

City: Memphis

Thu 26 Sep

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Starting at $80.00

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Thu 26 Sep

Starting at $80.00

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What's Included

Complimentary Hotel Pick-Up/Drop-Off (select Memphis hotels only)

Professional Guide with Live Narration

Pass Victorian homes, historical statues and cultural landmarks

Guided Memphis City Day Tour with Riverboat Cruise

Pass sites such as Pyramid Arena and Lorraine Hotel, where Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated

Admission to Memphis Riverboats: Paddlewheel Cruise along the Mississippi River

Free time to explore famous Beale Street in Downtown Memphis

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund.
Total tour duration is approximately 6.5-7 hours
Please note: Our buses are not wheelchair accessible. We can accommodate if they can get out the chair and step on the bus.

What To Expect

Memphis Best Tours

After pickup from your downtown Memphis hotel, Our professional humorous guides will help you discover downtown Memphis and the Mississippi river all in one package. You will see some of the most famous and infamous sites around our historical city.

Beale Street

Sites such as Beale Street, which is a location where all the blues clubs are located and has become a major attraction here in Memphis. We will also show you Victorian Village which are homes built in the 1800's, two statues of the Kin Elvis Presley and B.B King.

The Peabody Ducks

Don't forget about The Peabody Hotel to stop and see the March of the World Famous Ducks!

National Civil Rights Museum - Lorraine Motel

You will witness history at the Lorraine Hotel where Martin Luther King was assassinated on the balcony

Memphis Riverboats

The Island Queen, a historical paddle-wheel boat with three decks offering great views. We will cruise down the mighty Mississippi River and soak in the sights as you hear interesting commentary from your captain.

Tom Lee Park

Pass by Tom Lee Park, named after Tom Lee, a worker who jumped into the river to save the lives of 32 passengers of a sinking steamboat in 1925. Along the way, you'll learn all about the history of the river and discover how Mississippi influenced commerce in Memphis and the surrounding areas. After this combo tour, you’ll be taken back to your hotel.

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Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (253)

hayesken1966

Aug 2018

The river view of the city adds a different perspective and the barge traffic was interesting to view.

Katie P

Aug 2018

I have no complaints at all with anyone at Memphis Best Tours. My city tour guide (and I could kick myself for not remembering her name) was just great! She was very friendly and a joy to talk to and had not only the usual tour highlights to point out but also told us more personal notes about the city and I could have listened to her all day. I had no idea that the sightseeing part of the tour would be so long and I was pleasantly surprised that I had almost 3 hours worth of driving around Memphis with her. The tour bus was clean, comfortable, and blessedly cool, which for Memphis in August is a necessity! The river cruise I will deal with in 2 parts. The tour guide for the river tour was a local gentleman from just a couple of miles up river and he was a lot of fun to listen to. He gave us a lot of local river history without it seeming like a lecture and was funny without it seeming forced. I enjoyed him very much. The river cruise itself was ok. When we arrived at the terminal we were told that the tour was running behind and it would be about 30 minutes late, which turned into an hour and we were never told why. Because there were multiple boats docked together, several people were asking where to go and which boat were they supposed to board and the 2 ladies at the front desk seemed to be bored and didn't give very good information. The gift shop we were asked to wait in was very sparse and had very little in the way of souvenirs specific to the riverboats themselves. More junk than anything else. The boat was very stuffy and the way the tables were arranged made the interior feel very crowded even though there were only a handful of people on the boat. When we boarded, we were not told that there would be a river guide, nor that he would be at the upper level of the boat, and that if you wanted to see the things he was pointing out you needed to be on that level until the boat was already underway and by then you were stuck in the seat you had chosen because there was no room to move around. The actual distance that the boat traveled turned out to be very short, I wouldn't even call it a tour. It was probably about a half a mile in length right in front of the dock. I would rate the sightseeing portion of the tour and both guides as 5 star all the way, and everyone I dealt with at Memphis Best Tours were great, but the river boat ride itself I would only give a 2 or 3 star rating, So bottom line, next time I would just stick to the City tour, and pass on the boat ride.

Jeff H

Aug 2018

incredibly enjoyable but in the summer in july, its hot on that boat.