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MONDAY and FRIDAY – Kentucky River Tours & Buffalo Trace Distillery – This 4 hour experience is offered as a package tour with Buffalo Trace Distillery. Have you had trouble getting a tour booked at Buffalo Trace? Well, this experience is a tour on the Kentucky River and a tour of Buffalo Trace Distillery. Our Friday tours (between Memorial Day and October 31) go downstream through Lock and Dam #4, which allows you to view the back of Buffalo Trace Distillery. Monday tours go upstream through our beautiful downtown areas (not through the lock!). After the boat tour, you will participate in a Buffalo Trace "Old Taylor Tour", which allows you to walk in the footsteps of EH Taylor Jr., and see some of the older parts of the distillery. This tour does also include a tasting. This is a 4-hour experience in total. Cost: $69.95/person; Reservations required. To register, visit: www.kyrivertours.com Phone: 502.219.3318
MONDAY at 4:30 pm, and WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY, and SATURDAY at 4:00 pm. – Kentucky River Tours – Our flagship tour! This is a great way to learn about the river and its impact on an entire industry! On this tour 1 hour on Monday, 1.5 hours F/S/S, tour, we will discuss 6 different distilleries near the river, see the operational Lock and Dam #4, Daniel Boone's grave from below, "Frank's Ford" from above, the Leestown Settlement, and much more. Throw in a slice of wild Kentucky with critters ranging from Blue Heron to Bald Eagles, and river otters to white-tailed deer. Top that off with a little local Bluegrass flare coming through the speakers, and you’ve got the perfect recipe. There are two options, Upper Deck and Lower Deck. Upper deck has better views, lower deck is fully enclosed. Prices vary. Reservations required. To register, visit: www.kyrivertours.com Phone: 502.219.3318
MONDAY – Kentucky River Tours – This 4-hour experience is offered as a package tour with Buffalo Trace Distillery. Have you had trouble getting a tour booked at Buffalo Trace? Well, this experience is a tour on the Kentucky River and a tour of Buffalo Trace Distillery. This tour operates on Mondays and starts with a tour at the historic and famous Buffalo Trace Distillery. Home to some of the finest bourbon produced, you will learn and see how bourbon is made, aged and bottled. After your distillery tour and time in the gift shop, you will head to the river that built bourbon, the Kentucky River, where you will enjoy a 1.5-hour river cruise. During your time on the water we will complete the story of bourbon that was began at the distillery and enjoy some great sites along the way. Cost: $59.95/person; Reservations required. To register, visit: www.kyrivertours.com Phone: 502.219.3318
MONDAY – Kentucky River Tours – This tour is the perfect compliment to anyone visiting Kentucky for the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. This two-hour experience gets you a view of bourbon history from the water, where you will pass the Old Hermitage Distillery, learn about bourbon tycoons like the Colonel's Albert Blanton and E. H. Taylor Jr., see Kentucky's State Capital building and more. Throughout your tour, a bourbon concierge will be on board, where they will walk you through a tasting of some products of their choice. This concierge is a master at teaching and helping enjoy the bourbon tasting experience. This is our only tour where we enjoy bourbon on board the boat while we cruise the river! This is a 2-hour experience in total. Cost: $89.95/person; Reservations required. To register, visit: www.kyrivertours.com Phone: 502.219.3318