Bonaventure Cemetery golf cart tour review: the highest score here, and the reason
My verdict: the best-rated product on this site, and its reviews agree on why: you ride rather than walk. Bonaventure is large, beautiful and unshaded in the way that Georgia summers punish, and a guided golf cart turns a hot trudge into an easy hour or two of stories. It is cemetery only — it does not go to Wormsloe, and nothing but the Bonaventure and Wormsloe tour does. So the honest use is either as the cemetery half of a day you finish with your own drive out to the Isle of Hope, or as the better cemetery experience if the cemetery is what you came for. On heat alone, it earns its rating.
Why the golf cart is the whole review
deb, lowercase in the source: “it was nice get the tour on the golf cart especially with the heat. the guide was very knowledgeable and let us stop and ask questions and take pictures.” That is the product in one review — the cart, the heat, and a guide who stops when you want to look at something. Jan says the same thing from the other end: “My grandson and I enjoyed this tour. It was great that we rode on the golf cart and didn’t have to walk. I only wish we had gotten more supernatural stories.” Savannah in summer is hot, humid and buggy, and Bonaventure is exposed; that is exactly the weather warning I give people about the Wormsloe trails on the best-time page. A tour that solves the heat is a tour that gets five stars from people who would otherwise have got halfway and wilted.
What else the reviewers wrote
Guides and knowledge, over and over. Lauren: “We loved our guide Erin! She was fun, friendly and very informative!” Marilyn W.: “It was really great. Our tour guide was VERY knowledgeable and good at explaining the history of the cemetery.” David: “Excellent historical tour of the cemetery. Our guide was great and very knowledgeable.” A 4.9 across 256 reviews is the strongest score on this site, and the pool is big enough to mean something. Jan’s wish for more supernatural stories is the only real criticism in the written record, and it is worth reading as a hint: if you have come for ghost stories rather than history, ask your guide early which they lean towards.
How it pairs with Wormsloe
Two sensible routes. If you have a car, take this in the morning and drive out to Wormsloe afterwards — the two sit within a few miles of each other southeast of downtown, and the getting-there page has the road. Georgia State Parks lists adult admission at $12 at the time of writing, hedged as always because the state changes its prices; check gastateparks.org and read tickets and prices before you set out. If you have no car, do not build that day — take the tour that covers both with transport instead, even though you lose the golf cart. Which of the two versions suits you is worked through at the Savannah day page.
What works
- 4.9 from 256 reviews — the best-supported score on this site
- You ride, which in a Georgia summer is the entire argument
- Guides let people stop, ask questions and take photographs
- Cheap enough to pair with a self-drive to Wormsloe the same day
Worth knowing
- Cemetery only — it does not go anywhere near Wormsloe
- Light on ghost stories, by one reviewer’s account
- You still need a car, or another tour, for the Isle of Hope
- Small carts mean small groups and dates that fill
If you are doing this and Wormsloe on the same day, do the cemetery first and drive out to the oak avenue afterwards only if you have hours left — the site closes at 4:45 p.m. and the light on the avenue is better early anyway, as the photography page explains.
Who it is for
Anyone visiting Savannah between May and September, anyone who does not want to walk a large cemetery, and grandparents with grandchildren — one of the reviews above is exactly that pairing. It is the wrong booking if Wormsloe is the reason for your trip, in which case read the Wormsloe tours page and then the flagship review. All five products are ranked against each other at the reviews hub.
Frequently asked questions
Does the golf cart tour go to Wormsloe?
No — it stays in Bonaventure Cemetery. The two places sit within a few miles of each other southeast of downtown, but only the tour at the flagship review covers both with transport included. With a car you can do the cemetery in the morning and drive on; how to get there has the route.
Why is this rated higher than the other tours?
The cart. Reviewers say it plainly — riding rather than walking a large, exposed cemetery in Georgia heat is what turns a good tour into a five-star one, and 4.9 from 256 reviews is what that looks like in the data. The same heat is worth planning around at Wormsloe too, which the best-time page covers.
Is it a ghost tour?
Not really. It is a history tour of the cemetery, and one reviewer left wishing for more supernatural stories. If ghost stories are what you want, say so to your guide at the start rather than hoping. For what Wormsloe offers by contrast — ruins, museum, colonial life area, trails — see what to see.
Can I do this and Wormsloe in one day?
Yes, with a car. Cemetery first, then out to the Isle of Hope, keeping an eye on the 4:45 p.m. closing at Wormsloe — opening hours has the detail, and how long to spend will tell you whether you have left yourself enough afternoon for the avenue and the trails.