Memphis City Tour: Riverboat Cruise Adventure

Experience the best of Memphis with a guided city tour and a scenic Mississippi Riverboat cruise. Discover downtown Memphis, explore Beale Street, and enjoy a relaxing sail along the Mississippi River. Don’t miss out on this unforgettable combo tour!

Duration: 6 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Memphis Best Tours - After pickup from your downtown Memphis hotel, Our professional humorous guides will help you discover downtown Memphis and the Mississippi river all in one package. You will see some of the most famous and infamous sites around our historical city.
What's Included
  • Complimentary Hotel Pick-Up/Drop-Off
  • Professional Guide with Live Narration
  • Tour Past Victorian Homes and Cultural Landmarks
  • Guided Memphis City Day Tour with Riverboat Cruise
  • See Historic Sites, including Pyramid Arena and Lorraine Hotel
  • Admission to Memphis Riverboats: Mississippi River Cruise
  • Free Time at Iconic Beale Street
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Lunch (time for lunch on own between city tour and riverboat cruise)
Additional Information

This all-inclusive tour offers a comprehensive experience of Memphis. Our well-informed and entertaining guides will introduce you to downtown Memphis and the Mississippi River in a seamless package. You will surely feel like you’ve covered the essential Memphis sights. It’s a tailor-made chance to digest the entire city while you’re visiting. Following…

Location
Memphis Best Tours
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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B1389oskarenn
May 20, 2025
Great City Tour with Sam! - Our driver, Sam, absolutely made this a great experience for us. He provided so much information and did it in a very entertaining manner - all while safely maneuvering the bus and managing all of the passengers' different schedules. His love for the City and people who live there is very evident and heartwarming.
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Cnalls
May 17, 2025
Outstanding tour - Complete tour by a most knowledgeable guide. Sam is the best tour leader I have met in many years. Bus was clean, comfortable and on time. Do add the Sun Studio tour.
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Bill_l
May 14, 2025
Great Tour and River Cruise - This was a great tour. Saw many sites in Memphis. Lunch stop was nice. Great cruise on The Mississippi .
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Bill
May 14, 2025
Great bus/riverboat tour in Memphis! - We had Larry as a tour guide and Calvin as a driver. Calvin was cool as a cucumber in his role as driver, never faltered and a gentleman. Larry as our guide was fun, funny and knew about Memphis. Our bus riders asked him all sorts of questions regarding things all over town and Larry had answers. He cracked jokes and kept the tour light, informative and moving along. I think everyone came away with a better understanding of Memphis’ music history, MLK and civil rights that helped to shape our world, and some of the history regarding the founding of Memphis. Then we got on the riverboat, a great 1 1/2 hrs or so on the water there. Nice to see the town from the rivers POV. Lots more info on the history of Memphis here as well. A beautiful end to the afternoon. This tour is well worth the price of admission, worth doing if you’re in town for a visit.
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Ann_a
Apr 27, 2025
Enjoyable Overview of Memphis - We had a very pleasant and funny guide, Darrell, who shepherded us to all the big Memphis sights and gave us great details along the way. A very enjoyable day, concluding with a 90-minute riverboat cruise along the Mississippi River which also featured commentary so you learned more about the region and the sights. A good experience!
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Kerrye
Apr 11, 2025
Fun & Informative - Good history tour to figure out what you want to see and do. Never felt rushed. Michelle was a great guide.
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Sohnie_l
Apr 8, 2025
Memphis Tour - Michelle was a fabulous guide; very knowledgeable and fun! She was great with offering information and had excellent people skills!
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Diane_h
Apr 21, 2025
Paddle Boat - Boat ride was nice, we could buy drinks and snacks on 1st level. Three seating levels gave us a choice. the tour was informative. The day we went it was very windy, but we both enjoyed the ride.
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Tr0tter88
Apr 19, 2025
Great city tour horrible cruise! - The city tour was excellent. We had Sam who was very funny and informative. He seams to know everything and everyone there is to know about Memphis. However, the Riverboat cruse was horrible! First and foremost the Riverboat Dock is VERY unsafe. The only way to get to the boat is by using a wide steep 25 (approximate) stairway. The hand rails are about 50 feet wide. The dock is being held in place by a tracker anchored right between the 2 stair railings so that there is no way to hold on to the railing without crossing to the other side free handed. I almost fell on the way down as I must use a cane. But, worse of all as we were leaving I saw a man fall and roll all the way down the concrete stairs because he had nothing to hold on to. His face was bleeding very badly as he landed on the cobblestones. The riverboat tour itself was boring as the commentator gave a lot of uninteresting personal facts that had nothing to do with Memphis and seamed to be more focused on soliciting tips than providing an educational fun experience. So in short buy the City tour (ask for Sam) but stay away from the Riverboat cruse. Perhaps the Sun Studio option is better (it could not be worse).
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Camper65291596816
Apr 7, 2025
Memphis Guided Tour - The tour guides on the bus and boat were fabulous. And the boat ride was great. The bus tour was disappointing. Would have liked to have seen more of the area. But hotel pick up, great customer service and great guides, I recommend. Just expand the city tour, my two cents.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).