Dead of Night Adults-Only Ghost Walking Tour

The $34.99 ticket buys one thing and does it well: a professional guide leading up to 30 guests on a 90-minute evening walk through Savannah's Historic District, telling the darker stories the family tours skip. The listing describes the guide as a tour ambassador, and the format is storytelling outdoors, standing at stops in and around the squares while the guide works through accounts of murder, betrayal, tragedy and the reported hauntings tied to the people and places behind them. Because the walk runs late, the guide can go past the softened versions of these stories that daytime and all-ages departures use.

English is the guide language, and the walk ends back in the Historic District, so you are left near the squares when it finishes.

What you get in the price

Four things are included per the listing. First, the guided stops themselves through the Historic District. Second, the full 90-minute adults-only ghost walking tour of Savannah.

Third, the content: dark history, local legends and reported paranormal stories pitched at an adult audience. Fourth, the professional tour ambassador leading the group. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start is part of the booking terms, which matters if Savannah weather turns or your plans shift.

That is the whole package. There is no pickup, no kit and no venue access, so plan your own transport to Johnson Square and allow extra time for parking in the Historic District.

What it does not include

The exclusions list is long and worth reading before you book, because it defines what kind of night this is. Gratuities are not included and the listing says tipping the guide is strongly encouraged, so budget for it. Food and drinks are on you.

There is no entry into buildings, cemeteries or other attractions at any point on the route. No paranormal investigation equipment is provided or used. No transportation or hotel pickup is offered in either direction.

In practice that means you should eat before you arrive, bring anything you want with you, and treat this as a walk and a story session rather than a haunted house visit.

The minimum age is 16, and the booking bands run from 16 to 99, so nobody younger is admitted even with a parent. The reason is the material. Guides on this walk discuss murder, betrayal and tragedy in detail, along with the burial grounds and reported hauntings attached to them.

The listing is explicit that the later hour and mature subject matter let this experience go beyond the family-friendly stories and into territory that is more complicated and unsettling. If you have teens in that 16-plus window who like the creepy end of history, this is one of the few Savannah options built for them. If your group includes children under 16, this tour is simply off the table, and the honest alternative is the gentle Fraidy Cat Family-Friendly Ghost Tour of Savannah, which covers cemetery lore and haunted mansions in a playful register for all ages.

The rules on the listing are short but worth knowing before you leave your hotel. Comfortable footwear is requested, and the walk goes ahead in any weather.

• Arrive 10 to 15 minutes before departure for check-in at the monument
• Wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather, the tour runs rain or shine
• Bring water and bug spray, the listing suggests both
• Moderate fitness is expected for 90 minutes on foot
• The route is wheelchair accessible per the listing and service animals are allowed
• Tip the guide, gratuities are strongly encouraged and not in the price

Everything happens on foot in the Historic District, the National Historic Landmark district laid out around squares since the city's founding in 1733. You gather in the centre of Johnson Square at the Nathanael Greene Monument near 2 E Bryan Street, then move out into the dark with your group of up to 30. The exact stop list is not published in advance, which is normal for ghost walks in this city, so expect a route through the squares and past sites tied to the stories the guide tells.

The walk ends in the Historic District after 90 minutes.

The history underneath the stories

Savannah earns its ghost-tour reputation honestly. The city has carried the title of America's Most Haunted City since a 2002 parapsychology conference gave it the name, though even that conference's founder called the title more honorary than scientific. Colonial Park Cemetery, which opened in 1750 and closed to burials in 1853, holds an estimated 9,000 graves, including more than 700 victims of the 1820 yellow fever epidemic.

Major General Nathanael Greene, the Revolutionary War hero the Johnson Square monument honours, lay in a vault there from 1786 until 1901, when his remains were moved to the square where you will be standing at check-in. Guides tell stories and legends at stops along the route. Treat them as stories: the popular tales you hear on Savannah ghost walks often have no historical record behind them, and the good guides will say so themselves.

How the evening feels

The tone is the difference between this and the family walks. Because it runs late and carries the 16-plus rule, the guide can lean into the disturbing side of the city's past without softening it for children. Reviews of this tour average 4.4 across 2,579 ratings, which is solid but lower than the candlelit walk's 4.9, and traveller feedback is more mixed.

Group size runs up to 30, so how much of the night depends on your guide and where you stand at each stop. If you want a smaller room, the pub crawl caps at 10 and the paranormal investigation at 16.

The district the walk covers is a National Historic Landmark; the National Park Service has the background.

This is the section that prevents the most disappointment. Dead of Night is an outdoor walking and storytelling experience, and the listing says so directly. It is not a haunted house visit.

You do not go inside any building at any point, and you do not enter a cemetery or any other attraction. If your mental picture includes walking among graves at Colonial Park Cemetery or standing in a historic parlour, this is the wrong ticket. The Ghosts and Gravestones trolley goes inside the Andrew Low House and the Perkins and Sons Ship Chandlery, and the paranormal investigation at 416 W Liberty Street runs entirely indoors with ghost-hunting equipment in your hands.

Not a ghost hunt, not a pub crawl, not a ride

No paranormal equipment is provided or used, so nobody hands you an EMF meter. No drinks are involved, and there are no bar stops, so if you want a drink in hand Savannah's Historic District open container rule lets you carry one 16-ounce plastic cup on the street, but this tour itself is sober. It is also not transport: 90 minutes on foot at a moderate fitness level is the deal, in rain or shine.

And it is not a private experience, since groups run up to 30. If any of those missing pieces is the piece you wanted, book accordingly rather than hoping the night turns into something else.

This walk fits adults and older teens who want Savannah's ghost stories told straight, in the dark, without children in the group. It suits travellers who have already done the daytime history circuit and want the night version, and visitors who care more about the storytelling than about stepping inside buildings. The 90-minute format and evening slot make it easy to pair with a late dinner, and free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead removes the risk of booking early in your trip.

The moderate fitness note is real, so if standing and walking for an hour and a half is a concern, a seated trolley option will fit better.

Who should book something else

Families with kids under 16 should book the family tour instead. Travellers who want building entry should look at the trolley with the Andrew Low House or the indoor investigation. Drink-in-hand crowds want the pub crawl.

Anyone who rates guide quality above everything might pay a little more for the candlelit walk, which holds a 4.9 from 3,542 reviews against this tour's 4.4 from 2,579. The honest framing: Dead of Night wins on the darkness of the material and the adults-only room, and loses a little on consistency of reviews.

Here is where Dead of Night sits against the other options in our catalog that a 16-plus traveller is most likely to weigh it against. The price gap is small in most cases, so length, format and who is allowed on the walk tend to decide it. Figures current for Q4 2026.