Bonaventure Cemetery Tours

About your walking tour of Bonaventure Cemetery

One of the oldest sayings in Savannah is, “No visit to Savannah is complete without a visit to Bonaventure Cemetery.” With 800,000 people a year exploring 150+ acres of natural splendor mixed with statues, ironwork, and some of Savannah’s most famous reposed lying in state, you’ll soon understand why this should be at the very top of your Savannah bucket listAnd, if you’re a present fan or one to be of “Midnight In The Garden of Good & Evil,” this Savannah Bonaventure cemetery tour is a no-brainer. A number of the “characters” are buried here, and the cemetery itself is a setting for some of the book’s important scenes, making this one of the most unique haunted tours in Savannah.

During the Bonaventure cemetery tour you’ll learn the cemetery was originally a 1750s plantation that became Savannah’s great park during both Industrial Revolutions.  Nowadays, Bonaventure is not only Savannah’s chief escapist place, but true to Savannah form, their setting for cocktail hour at sunset! Because of all this it was, and still remains, a great point of pride that we became the first company to offer daily Bonaventure Cemetery tours; to share her secrets and her serenity with visitors from all over the world!

Most guests comment that they wish they had made this Bonaventure cemetery tour the very first thing they’d done in Savannah, to help them grasp more about the city as a whole, and we couldn’t agree more!It’s one of the best ghost tours in Savannah. Book your Bonaventure Cemetery tour online today!

History and points of interest on the most complete Bonaventure Cemetery tour available:

• Bonaventure Plantation: The history
• Freemasonry: Secret societies revealed
• Little Gracie: Savannah’s guardian angel
• Johnny Mercer: 1,568 songs, 4 Oscars & Moon River
• Conrad Aiken: Poetry & martinis at sunset
• John Walz: Savannah’s greatest sculptor
• Harry Hervey: Screenwriter & novelist
• Corinne Lawton: Romantic rebel
• Symbolism, funerary rites, & much more!

(*) This list represents a partial picture of this Savannah cemetery tour, but some sites may not be covered due to guide prerogatives, other tour crowds, or legal time restrictions on certain sites per Savannah laws.

Photography: Permitted.

Accessibility: All sidewalks and parks have handicap access.

Restrooms: Limited availability. Please refresh prior to arrival.

Alcohol: NOT permitted.

Smoking: NOT permitted.

Pets: Service animals only please.

Check in time: Please plan to arrive 15 minutes before.

Meeting location: Bonaventure Cemetery Tours Welcome Center & Gift Shop (415-B Bonaventure Rd., 31404)

Please note:  We are located approximately one block from the entrance of Bonaventure Cemetery.  Parking is available for our tour guests in the unmarked spaces.  Private restroom is also available for our guests.  Do not drive directly to Bonaventure Cemetery.