A Highway 49 Drive: A Self-Guided Audio Tour from Placerville to Jackson
- 2.5–3 hours
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
- Private tour
Highlights
Experience California’s historic Gold Country on a driving tour from Placerville to Jackson with this affordable audio tour. • Find out about the hard-rock mining era of the California Gold Rush which began in the 1850s, shortly after the area’s placer mines began to run dry • Hear from producer Lynn Momboisse, a California native with a penchant for telling stories • Do it all in 150 minutes or linger at stops along the way with complete control over when you start and finish • Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it • Use the virtual tour option at home Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You Go”. Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code. The app displays directions to the starting point, and when you’re in the right place, just tap start. VoiceMap has automatic GPS playback, with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.
Inclusions
What's included
- VoiceMap App for Android and iOS
- Lifetime access to this tour in English
- Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
What's not
- Food/Drink
- Smartphone and headphones
- Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
- Transportation
Itinerary
This self-guided driving tour starts in Placerville. You’ll learn about the hard-rock mining era of the California Gold Rush which began in the 1850s, shortly after the area’s placer mines began to run dry.
The tour takes you through Plymouth.
On this tour, you’ll drive through the Shenandoah Valley and learn how wine making, which also started in the 1850s, created liquid gold for some of the early pioneers
On this driving tour, you'll have the opportunity to stop the tour and partake in a little wine tasting at this venue.
The tour passes by Amador Flower Farm.
On this driving tour, you'll have the opportunity to stop the tour and partake in a little wine tasting at this venue.
On this self-guided tour, you'll drive through the California Gold Rush towns of Fiddletown, Amador City, Sutter Creek, and Jackson.
On this self-guided tour, you'll drive through the California Gold Rush towns of Fiddletown, Amador City, Sutter Creek, and Jackson.
On this tour, you'll find out what remains of Treasure Mine, Kennedy Mine and Bunker Hill.
On this self-guided tour, you'll drive through the California Gold Rush towns of Fiddletown, Amador City, Sutter Creek, and Jackson.
On this self-guided tour, you'll drive through the California Gold Rush towns of Fiddletown, Amador City, Sutter Creek, and Jackson.
The tour passes by Miners' Bend Park.
Cancellation
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Reviews
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Ratings come from 9 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- VoiceMap Audio Tours
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
How it compares in Sacramento
- Its from-price is 75% below the median of the 109 experiences we list in Sacramento.
- It is longer than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 18 of 109.
About Sacramento
Sacramento is California's capital, a river city where the Sacramento and American Rivers meet, with Gold Rush history and a farm-fresh food scene.
Sacramento grew up during the California Gold Rush, at the meeting of the Sacramento and American Rivers. Old Sacramento keeps wooden boardwalks and brick buildings of the 1850s beside the river, and the California State Railroad Museum shows steam locomotives. The domed State Capitol stands in a park of trees from around the world, and Sutter's Fort, an adobe fort of the 1840s, recalls the settlement that preceded the Gold Rush.
Top-ranked sights in Sacramento: Old Sacramento, California State Capitol and Museum.
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