The 7 Best Savannah Ghost Tours of 2023

The Rundown

Best Walking Tour: Savannah Ghost Walking Tour – Buy Tickets at Viator "Lasts around 90 minutes and moves at a leisurely pace but still covers a fair bit of ground."
Best Trolley Tour: Ghosts and Gravestones of Savannah – Buy Tickets at Viator "An evening ride to some of historic Savannah’s most haunted sites.
Best Private Tour: Private Walking Tour of Historic Savannah – Buy Tickets at Viator "Perfect if you prefer something a bit more historically factual"
Best Single-Site Tour: Savannah Gribble House Ghost-Hunting Tour – Buy Tickets at Viator "Participate in an actual 90-minute paranormal investigation."
Best Haunted Pub Crawl: Legendary Haunted Pubs of Savannah – Buy Tickets at Viator "Visitors have reported seeing and feeling ghosts in every conceivable place."
Best Cemetery Tour: Bonaventure Cemetery After Hours Tour – Buy Tickets at Viator "It’s an amazing way to get a glimpse into the true heart of this gorgeous city."
Best Paranormal Investigation Tour: Paranormal Activity Tour in Savannah – Buy Tickets at Viator "Skeptics and believers alike will have fun helping Burns attempt to prove the existence of ghostly presences."

Best Walking Tour: Savannah Ghost Walking Tour

River Street, Savannah, Georgia, America — Courtesy of Getty Images.

Take a nighttime stroll through the Savannah Historic District while hearing tales of hair-raising hauntings and local legends, combined with some basic history and anthropology of the city and its many inhabitants, including some of the traditions and rituals of the Gullah people. The tour lasts around 90 minutes and moves at a leisurely pace but still covers a fair bit of ground, so wear your walking shoes. This walking tour is wheelchair-accessible and dogs are welcome.

Best Trolley Tour: Ghosts and Gravestones of Savannah

Climb aboard “the Trolley of the Doomed” for an evening ride to some of historic Savannah’s most haunted sites while your tour guide regales you with spooky stories of the city’s past. Trolley bus riders get exclusive nighttime entry into the Andrew Low House, said to be permanently occupied by the spirit of Robert E. Lee, and the Perkins and Sons Chandlery, at the heart of the haunted River Street district. The 75-minute tour also passes by local graveyards, battlegrounds, and plenty of Savannah’s famous haunted mansions.

Best Private Tour: Private Walking Tour of Historic Savannah

High angle view of Savannah city waterfront, Georgia, United States — Courtesy of Getty Images.

The tricky part about ghost tours is that guides often don’t let the truth get in the way of a good story, so if you prefer something a bit more historically factual, consider a customizable private tour with a local tour guide who is specializes in local history and architecture. Don’t worry, the guide knows all the good stories of hauntings, too, but if you’re, say, a Civil War buff, or even just a fast walker, you can get a little bit more of the information you’re looking for or move at a pace that you prefer. The minimum group size for this private tour is two people, and it typically consists of a mile to a mile and a half of walking.

Best Single-Site Tour: Savannah Gribble House Ghost-Hunting Tour

In 1909, a shocking, gruesome triple murder took place at the Gribble House, a boarding home for women in downtown Savannah. The ensuing manhunt and trial was covered in national newspapers, horrifying and shocking readers around the country. The Gribble House quickly became the site of reported hauntings, and when it was torn down in 1944 and replaced with a warehouse, the ghosts stayed put. Nowadays, visitors can enter this warehouse, take a guided ghost tour, and then participate in an actual 90-minute paranormal investigation, complete with state-of-the-art ghost hunting equipment. Will the woman in white and her cohorts appear for you? You’ll have to wait and see.

Best Haunted Pub Crawl: Legendary Haunted Pubs of Savannah

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The ghosts of Savannah — a few of them, at least — have the good sense to spend eternity haunting some of the city’s favorite watering holes, which makes for a great tour. Visit Anne, the resident ghost of the 17Hundred90 Inn, or have a pint next to the Revolutionary War soldier who occasionally shows up at the bar at the Olde Pink House. This two-hour tour always stops at the Moon River Brewing Company, a local microbrewery that is located in one of Savannah’s most haunted buildings, a former hotel and makeshift hospital where visitors have reported seeing and feeling ghosts in every conceivable place, from the basement to the ladies’ room. Drinks are not included in the price of the tour but are available for purchase at most stops.

Best Cemetery Tour: Bonaventure Cemetery After Hours Tour

Tombstones and gravesite at Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia. Live Oak trees and Spanish Moss in the background. — Courtesy of Getty Images.

Fans of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil — either the book or the movie — will recognize this eerily beautiful cemetery, and ghost hunters will delight at this after-sunset private tour that involves the tour group being literally locked into the Bonaventure Cemetery for over two hours. It’s an amazing way to get a glimpse into the true heart of this gorgeous city, by listening to the stories and legends about the people buried in its most famous cemetery. And who knows, maybe you might even run into one or two of them.

Best Paranormal Investigation Tour: Paranormal Activity Tour in Savannah

Savannah, Georgia, USA skyline on the Savannah River at dusk. — Courtesy of Getty Images.

As one of the country’s most haunted cities, Savannah naturally draws (and produces) a large number of paranormal investigators, including television star Patrick Burns, of the TruTV series Haunting Evidence. Burns hosts this fascinating investigative tour. Guests join him on a thorough nighttime ghost hunt through a deeply haunted stretch of Savannah’s historic district. The 2-hour tour involves both background information about the sites being visited and real-time demonstrations of ghost-hunting equipment, including Electric Voice Phenomenon (EVP) recorders. Skeptics and believers alike will have fun helping Burns attempt to prove the existence of ghostly presences in this charming historic neighborhood.