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Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery After Hours Group Tour

Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery After Hours Group Tour

Overview

Savannah’s ONLY after hours, cemetery tour! Conducted by Shannon Scott, this specialty adult tour delves into layers of secret society topics, root doctor ritual work, gangsters, bootleggers, murderous lovers and other clandestine story gems that Scott defines as “the taboo tales” of Bonaventure. For fans of Midnight In The Garden of Good & Evil? This is the ultimate show as you roam the grounds discussed in the novel where many of the characters are now buried and per expectation told in a highly personal, maverick manner by The Bard of Bonaventure, Shannon Scott!

City: Savannah

Thu 26 Dec

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Starting at $56.42

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Thu 26 Dec

Starting at $56.42

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What's Included

Professional local guide

Additional Info

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Customers must have a cell phone on them and provide cell phone number at the time of booking.
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately

What To Expect

Shannon Scott Tours

Tour the South's most illustrious, Victorian Cemetery with 29 year, resident storyteller, Shannon Scott or one of his other premium story hosts! Bonaventure is home to poets, songwriters, actors, artists, industrialists, duelists, Confederates, and every life story under one sunny cemetery! Fans of Secret Societies like The Freemasons won't be disappointed either as Bonaventure is imprinted everywhere with their emblems! See Little Gracie, Johnny Mercer, Conrad Aiken, Noble Jones and more! Fans of "Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil?" Get close to the characters! Talk about a personal & impacting day out! Inquire about Historic District Hotel Transportation!

Bonaventure Cemetery

During this 2.5 hour tour, you will be joining a very exclusive club of people who have seen the cemetery after it closes to the public. Not since it opened in 1846 has this been an opportunity, but thanks to your very special local host, now it is. You are literally locked in the cemetery the entire time; for the right taker, there's no price you can put on the joy of that. Imagine having the serenity, stillness, and quiet of the cemetery, uninterrupted by the living world. Stories stretch from the present day all the way back to Bonaventure's plantation beginnings in 1754. Our topics range from the funny and uplifting to the macabre at its most morbid. Some of the stories that will be covered include those of: • A "hooch runner" for Al Capone • A bizarre love story that ended in one murder and one visit to the electric chair • Savannah's role in The DaVinci Code • Lady Minerva & Jim Williams in Midnight in The Garden of Good and Evil

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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Reviews (142)

Renee E

Nov 2015

This tour was worth every penny. I would even go as far as to say this was the highlight of our entire Savannah trip. We learned a great deal about Savannah's history and the storytelling was wonderful. Friendly tips - bring a flashlight, bug spray just in case and wear sensible shoes.

Sabaljamesd

Nov 2015

My friend and I met in Savannah for the Savannah Children's Book Festival in Forsyth Park. After the festival, we had reservations for the tour in Bonaventure at 5:00. Not really knowing what to expect other than we both love visiting the cemetery, we arrived a little early because of our excitement and looked around on our own. So once 5:00 came, not only did we get the honor of being in the cemetery after hours and in the darkness, but we met a wonderful storyteller. Shannon has a passion for the stories he tells and he breathes life into the people he tells about. Although I knew about some of the people we were told stories of, I felt more for them as the people they were and the lives they led with Shannon's stories. There were other stories that I'd never heard before and it was so interesting to hear them last night and learn a little more about Savannah's people. I love that he started us out with the layout of the cemetery and the symbolism of that. I'm home now from my favorite city, Savannah, and am planning my next trip there, which will include having another tour with Shannon. Same tour, only this time my mom and mother in law will join me because they will LOVE it. I would HIGHLY recommend this tour if you have an interest in history, cemeteries, or just good storytelling.

Response from Host

Nov 2015

I'm so happy Deb that you honored my efforts with such a passionate one of your own. It means so much that something I'm doing here in Savannah has added more to your favorite city. It means what I'm doing out here in my little patch of story land called Bonaventure is succeeding and I'm so blessed by your patronage and again, am in your eternal gratitude for sharing your own story about my stories. Really hope you return often and that I get to see your faces again and as I like to say, Roam together in Bonaventure and share things as people!

david k

Oct 2015

When my brother in law wanted to take us to Shannon's Bonaventure cemetery tour I was a little skeptical--is this a good way to spend 2.5 hours? Was this a good idea when pouring rain was predicted? This cemetery tour was hands down the best tour of any type we've ever been on. By telling their stories Shannon returned to life the people long buried at Bonaventure, and doing so, animated the whole life of the South, and of Savannah in particular. He took us through lives of the wealthy and the common man, to the plantation party moved outside (but continuing) while the plantation main house burned, to the story of one of America's premier music men. The pouring rain near the end of the tour did not detour a single person of our group back to their cars. All held on for the very last of Shannon's recountings-he clearly loves his work and so did we. This is a treasure not to be missed!