Ocmulgee Mounds Smartphone (GPS/APP) Guided History Walking Tour
- 0.8–1.2 hour
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
From Ice Age hunters to the Muscogee Creek tribe, evidence has been found of 12,000 years plus of human habitation on this land. This is a smartphone app location aware (GPS) guided tour. it's a step by step adventure that is professionally scripted and narrated and produced with music. You will go through the national historic park from the visitors center, to the Earth Lodge, the Trading post and the great and lesser mounds. The tour is one mile long. You’ll hear the stories of the people that built the mounds, their culture and traditions, the history and interactions with the settlers, how they were forcibly removed and how they may return. This tour is location aware smart phone guided experience, put your phone in your pocket and you’ll be guided step by step by WalknTours patented technology. To note, the park is free to enter. The tour starts at the Ocmulgee Mounds Visitors Center. The tour never expires, you can go anytime.
Inclusions
What's included
- Smartphone guided tour of Ocmulgee Mounds National Park on our walking tour app
- Learn the history and story of the native people that lived here
- Location aware step by step guided experience
What's not
- No food, drinks or in human guide, this is a smartphone app guided tour
Itinerary
You'll walk through the trails and see the sites of Ocmmulgee Mounds National park and see the great mount, lesser mound, Earth Lodge, crossings, sites of the old trading post and hear the story of the Mississippian native people, the history of the natives in the area, the story behind the mounds and the history of the land.
The tour stops at the earth lodge where you'll hear about it's purpose, the people that lived here and their history.
You'll climb the steps of the Great Temple Mound and see the sites of the park and learn what happened on the mound and it's purpose. You'll also learn how the natives were forced to leave the land.
The tour starts and ends at the visitors center where you can learn more about the park.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- The tour starts outside the front of the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park visitors center, just at the steps. Outside the Visitors center open the WalknTours app, open your tour and press play. From there you'll turn left and follow the path into the park to see the mounds and learn their history.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- WalknTours
- Service animals allowed
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in USA, outside the cities
- Its from-price is 90% below the median of the 2274 experiences we list in USA, outside the cities.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 811 of 2274.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
Special offers in USA, outside the cities
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