Tours & Activities in Waco

Come enjoy a memorable wrangling adventure on a Texas ranch with authentic cowboys. Perfect for couples, families or other groups eager to ditch their smartphones, swing into the saddle and ride under the Texas sky! It doesn’t matter if you have never been on a horse before or if you have not ridden in years, our expert guides will start you off with an easy to understand lesson, ensuring that you will be comfortable and safe. No matter your experience level, you will enjoy the scenic views, fresh air and learning from our guides as they share their unique experiences as horsemen. The kids will love demonstrating their cowboy skill on top of a gentle horse specifically chosen for their experience level.

Ranked TOP #4 Overall Experience in the United States by TripAdvisor! During this 2.5-3 hour tour, you'll learn the complex and fascinating history of Waco, see the best highlights from Fixer Upper, explore beautiful neighborhoods, and be treated to a local coffee or ice cream! You'll see hidden gems you never would have imagined finding in Waco--breathtaking scenic overlooks, unique mom-and-pop shops and restaurants, and more! This tour is one of the most FUN things you'll do while in Waco! Our extensively trained tour staff are some of the best in the business--they are customer service AND Waco experts! Consider Waco Tours your personal concierge service for your Waco visit, showing you where to eat, where to shop, and the best things to do to make the most of your time. We recommend guests experience our tour at the beginning of their trip to Waco.

Beautiful Central Texas scenery. Engaging guides eager to share the western experience. Feel, touch and smell what only you can see in the movies!

There is no better way to see and learn about Waco's past and present, along with the local wildlife, than from the water. You will see the unique landmarks and nature of the Waco area from the river, while learning about the city’s history. The morning tour allows you to see the river and Waco as it’s waking up. The sunset tour starts out while it is light and provides the experience of a beautiful sunset from the river and breathtaking lights of the city reflecting off the Brazos. Enjoy these fun and easy going 2 hour tours as we show you the sites from this unique perspective. Sit back and de-stress as you glide down the Brazos with us.

What better way to start a Fixer Upper tour than to begin in the former Harp Design shop! As well, you might get to go into a home done on the show! 2024 TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award and 2022 Viator Experiences Award winner as one of the Top 20 experiences in the entire USA and #1 attraction in Waco as chosen by Viator customers. This is the tour for Fixer Upper fans, but also those who want to learn more about Waco as you will see landmarks, and surprises from the HGTV show in Waco, Texas. *During this 2.5 hour tour you usually get to go inside a Chip and Joanna-designed home from the show!* Our 5-star rated tour guides keep you engaged and entertained while showing you Waco in a way you never would imagine.

You will have a fun time exploring the discovering Central Texas and its vineyards on a winery tour from Waco. You will head to a few boutique wineries for guided tours of the facilities and wine tastings. For lunch, enjoy a delicious charcuterie meal at a pre-arranged location so that you can fuel up for your next tastings.

Brazos Tours is proud to offer the ONLY mobile haunted tour in Waco, TX. Our city was founded in 1849 and with a history that extends back even further, there are plenty of certifiably haunted locations to visit! We start out in Downtown Waco and visit sites affected by the infamous tornado of 1953, Waco’s legal red light district that was in operation until the 1920’s, and eventually make our way into Historic Cameron Park. You will hear of various haunts and legends, and will even experience some of them yourself! Your tour guide will lead communication sessions using technologies proven to be responsive to energy, and you will be given the opportunity to try interacting yourself if you so choose. Whether you are a believer, a skeptic, or somewhere in between - this tour will be intriguing, interesting, and of course, very, very spooky.

Enjoy Waco's top food tour and experience its award winning culinary scene. You will taste some of the best food the city has to offer on this tour. Relax, let us show you around the food fare of our wonderful city in a comfortable air conditioned and heated van!

Our very unique, immersive adventures are the only ones of their kind. We, unlike other companies, provide your very own remote, interactive, live host to assist and encourage you along through your phone. We are an Austin, TX-based global custom event design company offering scavenger hunts and other events in 300+ cities in North America and beyond. Our specially hand-crafted adventures are equal parts tour, creative challenge, detective hunt, and social experiment! Guests get to discover in an alternate reality our favorite hidden gems off the beaten trail and creatively interpret fun art, history, and culture clues - for points! They get to enjoy fame and glory while appearing on our website’s international leaderboard, no matter what their score. They get to essentially race other teams in other cities, even if they don’t have competitors who have signed up in their city that day. Get ready to discover unusual oddities, laugh out loud, and make the experience your own!

From the chilling tales of the lingering spirits of the Suspension Bridge to the haunted sites of the Silos and historic buildings, this tour will guide you in the footsteps of history and tornados, uncovering the stories and secrets that shaped Waco. Go at your own pace this tour is on our walking tour app, take it anytime. The tour never expires. The tour takes more than one hour without stopping. But feel free to stop in at one of the haunted sites to explore more, if you dare!

The Waco Wacky Walks scavenger hunt is a royal-themed experience that will use an app to give you a list of items around the city to find and challenges to complete. Along the way, compete in royal tournaments to determine the King/Queen throughout the game. Gain points for your team by taking photos of the items you find and challenges you complete. The goal is to hold on to the King/Queen title the longest and gain as many points as you can. Play for as long as you want anywhere in the city you'd like. A remote host will be following along virtually and chatting with you if you need anything. Come reign in Waco today!

Walk around Waco while trying to survive the zombie apocalypse with Zombie Scavengers! On an app, you'll be given a list of items to find (in any order you choose) to help you survive a zombie apocalypse. You'll get points for finding these items, as well as completing some zombie themed challenges. Figure out the best game plan to get the most points in order to survive. A remote host will chat with you during the game if you have any questions. Prove you can survive the zombie apocalypse in Waco for bragging rights with all your friends!

Operation City Quest of Waco lets your team discover the city in a fun and different way. Our app will instruct you to find a variety of items throughout the city in any order you'd like, and do funny challenges, for points! See your points stack up to others during the game on the app's ranking feature. All scavenger hunts come with a remote guide to help you via chat. Come compete with us in Waco.