33 Unique Tours
Private Brew-Vie Tours
Our Tour Includes
- Deluxe motor coach transportation
- Professionally trained tour escort
- Private V.I.P. Screening of an opening night movie at Our Town Cinemas Café & Tap House
- Two beers and unlimited popcorn during the movie
- Visit Two Unique Breweries
- TWO Souvenir Pint Glasses
- Three Door Prizes: including two flights given away to two lucky winners ($14.00 value) and TWO FREE TICKETS to a future Brew Ha-Ha or Brew-Vie Tour ($100.00 to $149.00 value)
- THREE free beer tastings at each brewery
- Two “Behind the Scenes” brewery tours
- Complimentary bottled water and snacks on the bus
For more information call 704 765 5104
Price: $69.95 / based on 24 persons
Southern Spirits Road Tours
Our Tour Includes:
- Deluxe party bus transportation (big screens, neon lights and a blow-out sound system)
- Professionally trained tour escort
- Complimentary lunch served at the Lake Town Tavern from 10:30–12:00 ($12.00 value)
- Stop at Four Unique Distilleries: Southern Distilling Company, Muddy River, Doc Porter’s & Great Wagon Road (we will also visit The Broken Spoke)
- TWO Souvenir Shot Glasses (Muddy River & Doc Porter’s)
- Five Door Prizes: including Four giveaways (TBD) to Four lucky winners ($40.00 value) and TWO FREE TICKETS to any of our future tours ($120.00 value)
- Fifteen tastings – 2 bourbon @ Southern Distilling Company / 6 rum @ Muddy River / 3 (bourbon, vodka & gin) @ Doc Porter’s/ 4 (3 whiskey & 1 vodka) @ the Great Wagon Road
- Four “Behind the Scene” distillery tours (a $38.00 value)
- Complimentary bottled water
- BYOB as well!!! (coolers and plastic cups will be available)
We return at 6:00 pm. Our tour can depart from anywhere in the Charlotte or Lake Norman Area
For more information call 704 765 5104.
Price: $64.95 / based on 24 persons
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Private Brew Ha-Ha Tours
Our Tours Include:
- Deluxe motor coach transportation
- Professionally trained tour escort
- Complimentary Appetizers
- Stops at Four Unique Breweries: TBD
- Two Souvenir Pint Glass ($16.00 value)
- Four Door Prizes: including Four flights given away to Four lucky winners ($32.00 value)
- and TWO FREE TICKETS to a future Brew Ha Ha Tour ($120.00 value)
- Free beer tastings at each brewery
- TWO “Behind the Scene” Brewery Tours
- Complimentary bottled water
For more information call 704 765 5104.
Price: $59.95 / based on 24 persons
(no children please)
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Murder Mystery Dinner @ Chima Brazilian Steakhouse
Wow this will be one amazing “Who Done It”. A Murder Mystery on a Cruise Ship with 5 actors.
Your Meal Includes:
Start with an Unlimited Buffet Bar: Seafood Bar, Kale and Sweet Potato Salad, Spring Salad, Biro Biro Rice, Vegetable Skewer, Beef Carpaccio, Gorgonzola Mousse, Endives Salad and many other meats, cheeses, soups and salads.
All of the following are included with unlimited helpings: Top Sirloin, Baby Top Sirloin, Filet Mignon, Filet Wrapped in Bacon, Ribeye, Flank Steak, Leg of Lamb, Lamb Chops BBQ Ribs, Beef Ribs, Chicken Wrapped in Bacon, Boneless Chicken, Parmesan Pork Loin, Sausage, Salmon and Swordfish.
Dessert: Cheese Cake, Key Lime Pie and Tiramisu. Soft Drinks are also included.
Cost: $95.00 per person includes the menu above, the murder mystery (5 actors), CSEG host, room rental fee, 18% gratuity and taxes. This price is based on a 50 person minimum. (We can quote you a price if you have a smaller group.)
(Please note that the published price for the buffet bar, meats and desserts, tax and gratuity is $81.00 per person not including soft drinks!)
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Historic NoDa District Brew-Ha-Ha Walking Tour
Ale is one of the oldest beverages to be produced by humans. Dating back to Mesopotamia, people have been making beer for as long as they have been making bread. Ancient Egyptians and Monks alike have all come to the same conclusion, that most everyone like to sit back and enjoy a cold one now and again. Though we no longer rely on spontaneous fermentation, some have honed the skills to brew what are truly some exceptional and unique brews. What better way to absorb the culture then with a brewery tour? You will tour:
The Noda Brewing Company — tours and group visits are guided. NoDa Brewing Company opened its doors to the world in October 2011 and is one of Charlotte’s newest home-grown microbreweries for beer lovers in the Carolinas! This unique production brewery in the Queen City’s NoDa neighborhood crafts small-batch premium beers, offering something for nearly every beer drinker.
The Birdsong Brewing Company — Birdsong was founded in 2011 with a quest for better beer and a 5-gallon soup kettle. Our vision is similar to many of our favorite craft brewing mentors who have inspired us to open our own brewery: we strive to brew flavorful, unfiltered, quality craft beers for distribution in the Charlotte, NC area
The Heist Brewery — Promising to rattle the status quo, Heist Brewery is continuing to rewrite the rulebook on craft beer and cuisine in Charlotte. In addition to award-winning handcrafted beers and made from scratch sodas, Heist offers an array of artisan breads baked fresh daily, shared plates and wood-fired specialties served up in a renovated, century-old former mill. At Heist, bold and unexpected culinary combinations are the norm, creating an innovative and appetizing dining experience for guests
Tour includes: Transportation, tour guide and a minimum of 6 beer tastings (lunch/dinner optional at Heist Brewery)
Tour Time: 4 hours
Minimum: 23 attendees
Tour cost: $49.95 / $59.95 at the door
(no children please)
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Lay of the Land Charlotte City Tour
You are about to visit one of America’s most interesting southern cities rich in history and full of incredible accomplishments. As the largest city in the Carolinas, Charlotte offers everything you’d expect from a city with the friendliness of a small town. Sports, museums, nightlife, food, action and the arts, from visual to performing, offers even the most demanding visitor that perfect element of satisfaction. Charlotte is a one-of-kind city that seems to have it all. Uptown’s Historical, “Old South” including the Historic 4th Ward, Uptowns “New South” Sights Include: The 60-Story Bank of America Headquarters currently stands as Charlotte’s tallest building. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center is an Uptown center for the performing arts. The Levine Ave of the Arts (Charlotte’s key cultural destinations, comprised of Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Harvey B. Gantt
Center for African-American Arts + Culture, John S. and James L. Knight Theater and Mint Museum Uptown), 7th St. Public Market, The South End, Dilworth, Time Warner Arena, home of the new Charlotte Hornets & Bank of America Stadium home of the Carolina Panthers.
Tour includes: luxury shuttle bus, tour guide and bottled water
Tour time: 45 minutes
Minimum: 12 attendees
Chimney Rock Park / Lake Lure Tour
On the first part of this spectacular tour we visit Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park. It’s more than just a walk in the woods or an awe-inspiring view. It’s an unforgettable experience with one of North America’s truly great natural wonders. After your hike sit and relax under a covered pavilion and enjoy a hearty lunch before departing for Lake Lure.
On the second part of this tour you will cruise along local attractions and landmarks used in the filming of “Dirty Dancing” and discover the beauty and charm of Lake Lure on a covered pontoon. Listen to the legends of the lake and learn about the natural and cultural history of Hickory Nut Gorge, home to Lake Lure, North Carolina. After the tour enjoy some leisure time at one of Lake Lure’s beaches or Marinas.
Tour includes: Luxury mini bus transportation, tour escort, bottled water, lunch, admission fee into Chimney Rock Park and a narrated guided boat tour of Lake Lure. Gratuities for the driver and your escort are not included in the price.
Tour Time: 10 hours
Minimum: 23 attendees
Cost: $119.95 per person
Vintage Vineyards Tour
Be whisked off from Charlotte, NC and taken to Yadkin Valley Wine Country, NC.
Stop 1) Laurel Gray Vineyards for a vineyard tour and tasting
Stop 2) Shadow Springs Vineyards for a tasting (followed by Lunch outside, weather permitting)
Stop 3) Shiloh General Store (Amish owned old time store) shop till you drop but they only accept CASH!
Stop 4) Dobbins Creek Vineyards for a tasting and some time on their front porch rocking chairs
Each group will be led by an expert tour guide that will be able to answer any participant questions. These expert guides will give a complete overview of the art of wine-making and fill guests will stimulating information. Throughout the day guests will be able to participate in the tasting different wines made by each unique vineyard.
Tour includes: luxury transportation, escort, expert wine tour guides at each vineyard, lunch, 22 tastings and free wine glasses.
Tour time: 8 hours
Minimum: 23 attendees
Tour Cost: $99.00 per person
(No children please)
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Casino Madness Tour
Harrah’s Casino – Cherokee
Take a day trip to fabulous Harrah’s Cherokee Casino, just 3.5 hours outside Charlotte.
Tour includes: luxury transportation, escort, $25.00 in casino cash and unlimited bottled water.
Tour time: 15 hours
Minimum: 50 attendees @ this price. (Prices are available for groups of 30, 23 or 12.)
Cost: $38.00 per person (add a box breakfast for just $12.00)
(add 3.25% bank service fee if paying by credit card)
(no children please)
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Charlotte Uptown Foodie Walking Tour
Explore the culinary mecca found in dynamic Uptown Charlotte. We will start out at the 7th Street Market (Pure Pizza) and make our way through the busy city streets. We sample farm to table restaurants, wonderful wines, fabulous pastries and more! You will meet the artisans who create these incredible culinary dishes and find out what motivates them, learn about Charlotte’s deep history and view the architectural beauty the city offers. Eat Drink Walk with us through Uptown Charlotte.
Tour includes: Tour guide, food, wine, dessert Time: 3 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
(no children please)
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US National Whitewater Center
Come play amongst the trees, and through the babbling brooks at the world’s premier outdoor adventure and environmental education center. You will have the opportunity to experience kayaking or rafting on the world’s largest man-made river, mountain biking, rock climbing, zip lines, or ropes course.
Tour includes: All Sport access pass, transportation, lunch voucher and escort.
Tour Time: 6 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
(**waiver of liability is required in advance)
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Birds of a Feather Tour
The Carolina’s has unique bird venues that are interesting for the entire family. We will visit the Carolina Raptor Center that has over 25 species of raptor in a zoo like setting. Then we will travel to the Birdbrain Ostrich Ranch, Ostrich are raised for a healthy source of red meat here. You will discover memorabilia from 1900 Ostrich farms, visit the birds, and feed them their dinosaur food.
Tour includes: Escort, transportation and admissions
Tour Time: 5 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
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Carolina Raptor Center and Latta Plantation Tour
Carolina Raptor Center is dedicated to the conservation of birds of prey. Their 3/4 mile Raptor Trail is an educational visitor attraction that displays over 25 different species of raptors in a nature preserve setting in Huntersville, NC. The Jim Arthur Raptor Medical Center on the property sees over 900 injured and orphaned raptors a year — releasing almost 70% of the birds that live for the first 24 hours back into 
the wild.
Birds come from almost all of North Carolina’s 100 counties and selected areas in SC, VA and GA. Their educational programs reach over 25,000 school children a year onsite and in their classrooms.
- Carolina Raptor Center just opened “The Owl Forest – a Nature Notebook” combining nature observation with art expression.
- Their veterinarian, Dr. Dave Scott, is an internationally known avian surgeon, presenting new surgical techniques to colleagues at conferences all over the world.
- Carolina Raptor Center’s resident bald eagles, Savannah and Derek, sit on eggs and hatch chicks every January. Watch on our EagleCam.
Built in 1800, Latta Place was owned by James Latta, an immigrant from Northern Ireland. A successful traveling merchant through 1820, Mr. Latta then retired and turned his property into a cotton plantation consisting of 742 acres and 34 enslaved people. After Mr. Latta’s death in 1837, his wife Jane sold the property to David Harry. In 1853, William Sample purchased the property, which was owned by the Sample family until 1922. Crescent Land and Timber, a subsidiary of Duke Power, then purchased the property because of its proximity to the Catawba River, and rented the home out to tenant farmers, until the house was abandoned in the 1950s.
In the 1970s, a group of citizens recognized the structural and historical significance of Latta Place and formed a private non-profit entity, Latta Place, Inc., to save and restore the property. With much diligence, and due in large part to the efforts of Jean Boggs, Latta Place, Inc. secured $110,000 from Mecklenburg County to restore the home, and opened it to the public in the mid 1970s. At that point Latta Place, Inc. donated the house and land to Mecklenburg County and recommended that the adjacent property be purchased by the county to form what is now Latta Plantation Nature Preserve.
Today, Historic Latta Plantation is still operated by Latta Place, Inc. In addition to daily tours, Latta offers 35 special events each year, five themed summer day camps, homeschool programs, workshops, educational field trips, and daily tours year-round. The 12,000 school children that visit the site annually are able to participate in unique interactive historical programming, visit rare and endangered breeds of historic livestock, see the process of growing short-staple cotton first hand, visit our honeybee exhibit, and much more!
Tour includes: Luxury transportation, escort, admission to both the Carolina Raptor Center and the Latta Plantation, guided tour of the Latta House, box lunch and bottled water
Tour Time: 5 hours
Minimum: 30 attendees
Cost: $93.00 per person
(includes a 3.25% credit card service fee)
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Contemporary Art Museum Walking Tour
Explore Charlotte’s art community. We will walk the downtown area while in route to 2 of the premier museums in Charlotte at the Levine Center For the Arts. We will tour the Bechtler Museum of Contemporary Art home of works by Miro, Giacometti, Calder, and Warhol. This previously private collection was up until now unseen by the American Audience. The collection features mid-20th century modernism along with books, photographs and letters that illustrate the personal relationship the Bechtler family maintained with some of the artists in the collection. Then we will visit the Mint Museum of Craft and Design. This 145,000 square foot facility provides visitors with unparalled educational and cultural experiences in American Contemporary and European Art.
Tour includes: Admission, escort and guide on premise.
Tour Time: 3 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
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The Catawba Queen Lunch & Site Seeing Cruise on Lake Norman
Step back in time when the paddle wheel boat was the queen of the lake. You will tour Lake Norman on the paddle wheel boat and enjoy lunch as you cruise the lake and take in the beautiful area sites and homes.
Tour includes: Transportation, escort, boarding pass and lunch
Tour Time: 4 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
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Biltmore Estate Tour
A visit to Biltmore Estate is a full day’s adventure. Enjoy the beautiful scenic ride to an estate where the driveway is measured in miles and the floor plan is measured in acres.
Some of the highlights of The Biltmore Estate Tour include:
•The Story of the Estate
• Frederick Law Olmstead, brilliant landscape designer, who also designed New York’s Central Park, created the gardens and grounds.
• The Winery, established in 1985, follows George Vanderbilt’s original concept of a self-supporting European estate. The 90,000 square foot facility is located in the former estate dairy operation.
• Dine at one of four scrumptious restaurants on the Estate.
Tour includes: Transportation, escort, admission, audio self guided tour and a box lunch on board your bus. Wine tasting is available on site at an additional cost.
Tour Time: 10 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
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Let’s Have a Tea Party!
Lecture & Tea Party at the Lower Providence Log Cabin – You will love this quant historic log cabin built in 1938 and the sweet hospitality from true “Southern Bells” – the lower providence lady’s club members.
The Lower Providence Community House is a historic building in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was built in the 1939 as the meeting house of the Providence Women’s Club.
The construction of the Lower Providence Community House is quite an interesting tale. It has been said that it started out with the informal formation of the Providence Women’s Club in 1934. They grew in number quickly, so building a meeting house became necessary. Construction took place almost immediately. There weren’t a lot of expenses involved in the process as it became a community project. The materials were largely donated, as well as the land. The laborers volunteered to help, as well as the maintenance.
Today, the Lower Providence Community House is open to the public as a reminder of the community’s past and history. If you are from the northeast it’s a “My Cousin Vinny” moment! I should know I’m from “Da Bronx” LOL!
Tour includes: Transportation, escort, tour, home-made tea sandwiches & dessert, hot tea and lecture.
Tour Time: 3 hours
Minimum: 30 attendees
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Take a Walk on The Wild Side – Asheboro Zoo
Take a voyage through the Animal Kingdom, and discover wildlife hailing from the African and North American continents at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. Journey through 500 acres of exhibits that house more than 1,600 animals and more than 52,000 plants. You’ll see zebras, giraffes, and ostriches at the Forest Edge; bison and elk in the Prairie; lions and river hogs in the Bushlands; baby gorillas in the Forest Glade; and so much more.
Tour includes: Transportation, escort, combo pass admission (includes single-day Zoo general admission and FUN tickets which may be used at any zoo attractions.)
Tour Time: 8 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
** Stroller and wheelchair rentals are available at additional cost – please notify us of your needs when you register for the tour.
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Heritage City Tour
You are about to visit one of America’s most interesting cities rich in Black history and full of incredible accomplishments. As the largest city in the Carolinas, Charlotte offers everything you’d expect from a city with the friendliness of a small town. Sports, museums, nightlife, food, action and the arts, from visual to performing, offers even the most demanding visitor that perfect element of satisfaction. Charlotte is a one-of-kind city that seems to have it all. Uptown’s Historical, “Old South” Sights Include: 3 old Black neighborhoods (Washington Heights, McCrorey Heights, and Biddleville. Johnson C Smith college campus, a look at the old mill town and its influence on Charlotte. Uptowns “New South” Sights Include: The 60-Story Bank of America Headquarters currently stands as Charlotte’s tallest building. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center is an Uptown center for the performing arts. The South End, Dilworth, Time Warner Arena, home of the new Charlotte Hornets & Bank of America Stadium home of the Carolina Panthers.
Tour includes: Guide and transportation
Tour Time: 3 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
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Come Fly with Me – Carolina’s Aviation Museum Tour
Walking through the Carolinas Aviation Museum, you will learn all about historical aircrafts With their collection of equipment, gadgets, and helicopters there is so much to see. Using interactive displays for visitors of all ages, you can actually climb into the pilot’s sear of their F4 Phantom! Providing military, civil, commercial, and historical aircrafts, you can see so much of our development in the engineering of these machines. Some of the aircrafts include the Savoia Marchetti, the Grumman F-14D Tomcat, the D-558-1 Skystreak, and the CH-46C Sea Knight.
…And don’t miss out on their prized exhibit – US Airways Flight 1549 – which took off from LaGuardia airport for a flight to Charlotte and as a result of multiple bird strikes was forced to land on the Hudson river.
After leaving the museum, you will be taken to the best secret spot in the City to see actual planes that are coming into the Charlotte Douglas Airport.
Tour includes: Escort, admission, and transportation.
Tour Time: 4 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
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The Billy Graham Library
The Billy Graham Library is a 40,000 square foot family friendly complex where guests will see the newly constructed library, the Graham Family home place, a bookstore, and café. Visitors will journey through history, from Billy Graham’s humble beginnings on the family dairy farm to beloved worldwide evangelist and one of the most respected men in history. The dairy-barn styled Library is home of state-of-the-art exhibits, multimedia displays, and films, all designated to appeal to casual visitors, spiritual seekers, researchers, historians, and schoolchildren. The library bookstore gives visitors the chance to shop for unique treasures in “Ruth’s Attic,” a boutique named for Graham’s late wife, Ruth. You may also relax on a wooden bench to take in the pastoral scenes Billy Graham enjoyed in his youth.
Tour includes: Transportation and escort. (Donations are welcome!)
Tour Time: 3 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
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Outlet Shopping Spree
(just 30 minutes from uptown)
North Carolinas #1 Tourist attraction, Concord Mills is home to such outlet retailers as Coach, An Taylor, Bass Proshops, DKNY, Jones New York, Kasper and many, many more.
Trip includes: transportation and escort.
Tour Time: 5 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
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Discovery Place Tour
Within walking distance of the Convention Center the group will enjoy discovering Charlotte as they are heading towards the Discovery Place Museum. Don’t let the word museum mislead you, the Discovery Place is full of interactive science experiments, and activities. It is home to the IMAX theater, an aquarium, and a rain forest. It is scientifically proven fun! After spending time at the Discovery Place we will take the group to Imaginon library for a quick drop in to see what creative programs they have.
Tour includes: Escort and admission.
Tour time: 4 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
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Black History and Art Tour
Experience Charlotte through its art and its history. We will travel through uptown and discover Black heritage in the acts of courageous people who built this city. We will visit the Harvey B Gantt African American Cultural Center, named for Harvey B Gantt, the Charlotte architect and community leader to see the John and Vivian Hewitt Collection of African-American art. Next we will travel to the Levine Museum of the New South where you will learn about Southern history and see its centerpiece exhibit: Cotton fields to Skyscrapers”. The museum includes artifacts, images, video, music, oral histories, and more. Finally we will walk through Spirit Square before the tour concludes.
Tour includes: Transportation, tour guide, guided museum tours and admissions fees
Tour Time: 4 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
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Carowinds Fun Excursion
A visit to Charlotte’s most exciting theme and waterpark. The park features over 50 rides, shows and attractions, including 13 world-class roller coasters. Planet Snoopy is a big hit with the children, and Boomerang Bay is a 20 acre waterpark that will have 4 new attractions in 2014. Carowinds is a cool way to spend the day!
Tour includes: transportation, admission, and lunch.
Tour Time: 8 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
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Start Your Engines – Charlotte Speedway Tour
The “Over the Wall Experience” offers fans a close-up look at areas that are off-limits on race days. You will see the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Garage, navigate through two infield race tracks, make your way down Pit Road and take a picture in Victory Circle. Learn the history of Charlotte Motor Speedway while enjoying a comfortable van ride around the Superspeedway where you will feel the full-tilt force of the 24-degree banking. Plus, visit zMAX Dragway and The Dirt Track at Charlotte on this exciting tour!
Remember, this tour is designed for the hard-core NASCAR fan. This intimate group tour also includes: a walking tour through The Speedway Club and a visit to one of our 113 suites, Performance Racing Network (PRN) studios, and experience the breathtaking view of Charlotte Motor Speedway from the top of the Ford Grandstand. Later you will cruise down pit road and experience first-hand the feel of the 24 degree banking. Tour the Media Center and take a walk down memory lane as you view timeless photos of CMS history. This tour is limited to fans 10 years of age or older.
*Before or after your tour at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, you have the opportunity to enjoy lunch in the luxurious Speedway Club at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Tour includes: Transportation, escort, admission and tour guide on premise.
Tour Time: 4 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
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Southern Soul Foodie Walking Tour
We will visit 2 of Charlotte’s top restaurants for a taste of Southern Soul Food. Each location will provide a sample plate of 3 unique dishes, and tea will be served with all meals. Known as the Heart and Soul by Charlotteans and visitors.
King’s Kitchen is a non-profit restaurant that serves Southern cuisine with fresh local ingredients. All the profits from this restaurant are utilized to serve the community.
Mert’s Heart and Soul’s Southern, Low Country, and Gullah-inspired dishes leave guests with an unforgettable “home cooked” experience. **Group is on their own for any other beverage or alcohol.
Tour includes: Escort, food and sweet tea.
Tour Time: 3 hours
Maximum: 25 attendees
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The Garden Getaway Tour – Danielle Stowe Botanical Gardens
Take in the breathtaking views at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden. Enjoy Annuals, Perennials, a butterfly garden and an herb garden are highlights of this 18,000 square foot, 18 bed garden. Over 3,000 varieties of plants are grown here.
Enjoy a guided tour through the Botanical gardens and learn so much! After your tour take time to visit the Gift and Garden shop!
Tour includes: Transportation, escort, guided tour & admission
Tour Time: 5 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
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Grandfather Mountain Full Day Tour
Towering above Northwest North Carolina, Grandfather Mountain is the region’s premier and most ecologically diverse nature preserve; a vast wild place, where knowledgeable guides and modern conveniences make a personal mountain adventure accessible to all. On Grandfather Mountain, you become part of a wonder-filled community that invites you to seek out salamanders, become king (or queen) of the boulder, or throw a Frisbee. Never before have you felt so eager to run and play, or had such a perfect place for it. With rocky outcroppings and fragile forest hideaways to explore, it’s easy to tap your inner adventurer. Come find an adventure that’s just your size, at just your pace.
Proceeds from your ticket are used to preserve and protect Grandfather Mountain for future generations:
The Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation which was established to preserve Grandfather Mountain, operate the nature park in the public interest, and participate in educational and research activities. All proceeds from sales of tickets and souvenirs go toward caring for and presenting Grandfather Mountain in a manner that inspires good stewardship in others.
Main Attractions:
- Lofty altitude gives guests the exhilarating sense of being above the surrounding mountains
- Beautiful mountain scenery
- Mile High Swinging Bridge
- Environmental Habitats for native wildlife
- Black Bears, River Otters, Cougars, Deer and Bald Eagles
- Nature Museum
- excellent exhibits about the natural history of the region
- theater that shows nature movies made on the Mountain
- restaurant and gift shop
- South’s best alpine hiking trails
- More than 12 miles of regularly maintained trails ranging in difficulty from easy nature walks to strenuous backcountry challenges
Tour includes: Transportation, admission, escort, guided tour and a $10.00 lunch voucher for Mildred’s Grill.
Tour Time: 10 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
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A Walk Back in Time – Winston-Salem
Your Afternoon will be spent in Old Salem. Experience this old Moravian village and see a town come to life with the household activities and trades common two hundred years ago. Old Salem is one of the most extraordinary and inviting historic towns in the United States. Meet the blacksmith, visit the candle maker, explore the gardens and enjoy the old-fashioned Moravian hospitality. A “must-see” is the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. There you will wander through twenty period rooms and six galleries that showcase furniture, paintings, textiles, ceramics, silver, and other metal-wares made and used in the Southeast through the 1820’s. Your journey takes you from a one-room cabin on the frontier through the elegance of tidewater Virginia and coastal Carolina cities.
Tour includes: Transportation, tour guide, escorted all-in-one admission ticket to the Old Salem Museum & Gardens, admission to the African American Heritage Tour at the museum with a guided tour of St. Philips Heritage Center and box lunch. WOW!
Tour Time: 8 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
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Baseball – Take Me Out to the Ball Game!
Charlotte Knights
(Triple A Chicago White Sox Affiliate)
Spend the evening watching the Charlotte Knights play their inaugural season at the new BB&T Baseball Park, Uptown, Charlotte. The stadium opened April, 2014. We have box seats reserved for you. Tickets will go fast
Tour includes: Escort, box seat tickets, $2.00 bonus value tokens, and a whole lot of fun!!
Tour Time: 4 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
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NASCAR Hall of Fame 3 Hour Tour
Located in Uptown Charlotte next to the convention center, the 150,000-square-foot NASCAR Hall of Fame is an interactive, entertainment attraction honoring the history and heritage of NASCAR. The high-tech venue, designed to educate and entertain race fans and non-fans alike, opened May 11, 2010 and includes artifacts, interactive exhibits, and a 278-person state-of-the-art theater. Also on the property is Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant and the NASCAR Hall of Fame Gear Shop. The goal of the facility is to honor NASCAR icons and create an enduring tribute to the drivers, crew members, team owners and others that have impacted the sport in the past, present and future.
All trips to the NASCAR Hall of Fame start in the High Octane Theater. This 278 seat theater features a 64 foot wide projection screen with surround sound.
You’ll watch a movie that traces NASCAR’s historic roots from the sandy beaches of Daytona to present day. This movie has high production quality and is both entertaining as well as educational. It will set up a great day of exploring the museum.
Tour includes: Escort, admission, entrance to the High Octane Theater, 1 simulator ride and lunch at the Pit Stop Café.
Tour Time: 3 hours
Minimum: 12 attendees
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