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Your ultimate guide to tours of Kansas City

Explore the City of Fountains through its history, food, drink, and art on these tour experiences.

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Bop around our beautiful city with these tours.

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Whether you’re a lifelong Kansas Citian longing to embrace your inner tourist, or you have a limited amount of time in the City of Fountains, here are 20+ tours guaranteed to show you the sights you want to see.

Note: Price estimates are based on individual adult rates available at the time of publishing. Check each company’s website to see current pricing.

Top tours

Kansas City Fun Tours | $10-$22 per person | See the most popular sites while riding on an air-conditioned trolley.

Kansas City Segway Tours | Prices vary | Check out parks, museums, art, and even breweries while gliding around town on a Segway.

Kansas City Museum History Tours | $0-$10 per person | Learn about the Long family with this one-hour guided tour of Corinthian Hall.

Eat and drink

KC Beer Tour | $300-$350 per group | Visit three craft breweries with up to 24 of your fellow beer lovers.

KC BBQ Experience | Free | Download the app and check in to 100+ regional restaurants offering the classic KC cuisine.

Taste of Kansas City Food Tours | Prices vary | Choose the Original Foodie Tour, or switch it up with the Prohibition Tour checking out KC’s speakeasy style bars.

Kansas City Winery Tour | $83 - $98 per person | Wine not? Visit local wineries with your besties with this guided tour.

All in on history

KC Rainbow Tour | Free | Learn about KC’s LGBTQ+ history with this self-guided app.

KC Gangster Tour | $35 per person | See the melodrama of mob homes + hangouts, turf wars, and infamous crimes like the Union Station massacre.

The Arabia Steamboat Museum | $0-$16.50 per person | Hear the legendary tale of the loss + discovery of the Steamboat Arabia and see pieces of its 200 tons of cargo.

River City Civil Rights Tour | $21 per person | See history unfold along the Streetcar line with guidance from Erik Stafford.

Art is all around

Graffiti and Murals Walking Tour | $250 for up to three people | Explore the Crossroads Arts District’s most interesting + elaborate murals and graffiti art.

Be Bop & Beyond Walking Tour | $21.99 per person | Stroll the Historic 18th and Vine District while learning about Kansas Citians who blazed a trail for civil rights.

Self Guided Crossroads Walking Tour | Free | Stroll the neighborhood at your own pace while checking out murals + graffiti art.

Kansas City Instagram Tour | $60 per person | Looking for the best photogenic spots around KC? This tour has IG-worthy destinations from food + drink to local parks.

Get ghosted

Kansas City Ghosts & Gangsters Tour | $60 per person | This tour takes you to haunted buildings + introduces you to various characters from the city’s past.

The Elms Hotel & Spa Paranormal Package | $25 per person | Get your ghost on at this haunted hotel.

Haunted Taxi Ghost Tours | Prices vary | Tour the region’s spookiest sites, including hotels + cemeteries.

Alexander Majors House Ghost Tours | $150-$375 for 15-30 people | Hear the strange events + ghosts who are said to haunt the rooms of this historic KC home.

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