What to do and see in Greater Williamsburg, Greater Williamsburg: The Best Things to do Adventurous

Offering 1-hour and 2-hour guided Segway tours in historic Yorktown daily! Bike rentals and kayak & paddle board rentals are available in Yorktown for a self-guided experience. We offer a great selection of kites, flags, and fun beach toys in our souvenir and gift shop! Stop in and sign up, call, or book online.

Go Ape is an unparalleled outdoor adventure experience in Williamsburg, Virginia. Guests tackle dangling obstacles, explore the trees from a new perspective and fly around on multiple ziplines from exciting heights. The Treetop Adventure and Treetop Journey ropes courses blend in with the forest environment, fostering a sense of natural wonder. With Go Ape Axe Throwing, park guests have another outdoor activity to enhance their experience. A fun option to toss hatchets, perfect for wannabe lumberjacks, group outings, team building and even birthday, bachelor or bachelorette parties.

Enjoy the Zen experience of a private yacht that is safe, clean and easy to sail. Take the wheel or bring a bottle of wine. Up to six people sail the York River for three hours to see the scenery and learn a short history of the Battle of Yorktown from the perspective of the water. Join us any day of the week at York River Yacht Haven, 8109 Yacht Haven Road, Gloucester VA 230612. COVID-19 – Virginia reopened May 15 for sailing and fishing charters. He will meet you at the marina with a mask, removing it once we board the boat. We provide free masks for those who want one, and we practice social distancing. The boat is disinfected before and after cruises. We have hand sanitizer and hand wipes onboard. Your captain has had both Covid vaccine shots. He will inquire about having a fever and recent overseas travel.

Looking for a fun challenge? Stop searching, unless you are in one of our escape rooms looking for the next clue! Test your wits as you try to solve all of the mind puzzling obstacles with your friends, family, or colleagues!

Keeping cool during a summer packed with thrills is easy at Water Country USA®. Virginia's largest water park offers fun for the entire family with resort-style amenities and more than 40 state-of-the-art water rides and attractions. Experience a rush aboard Colossal Curl™, the park’s first family thrill ride and the first of its kind in North America. Unwind and relax on a journey down the park’s lazy river or catch a wave at the Surfer’s Bay Wave Pool. Little ones can have a “splashtastic” good time in one of the park’s KIDsiderate® play areas designed just for them. Water Country USA also offers swim lessons and classes to help guests stay safe and feel confident in the water. With something for everyone, Water Country USA is hot destination for a cool summer.

Colonial Ghosts is the most real walking ghost tour through Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary, ranked as one the Top 10 Ghost Tours in the US. Colonial Ghosts was awarded the Best of Williamsburg Tour Operator, and has been recognized by Huffington Post and Southern Living Magazine. Our stories are taken from our own research and interviews with people who have had first hand haunting experiences, not from folklore. See our youtube page or website for captured hauntings and interviews! We have tour options appropriate for everyone and private groups of all sizes. This tour features more locations and hauntings not covered on other tours. We take a documentary and factual approach to the hauntings, versus a fantasy or costume-lantern-theatrical approach. Guests often witness hauntings on our tours, most commonly during the 10PM Ultimate Tour. Tours are offered nightly at 8 and 9pm, lasting one hour. Ultimate tours at 10pm are 90 minutes. All tours have an exclusive extended tour through the College of William and Mary that adds 30 minutes and several new tour locations! All tours are appropriate for all ages. Children 6 and under are free to the 8 and 9pm tours. Our stories are derived from factual events, research, history, personal accounts, and hauntings sourced from eyewitnesses accounts and those captured on video, which you can view on our website. The special 10PM Ultimate Tour is perfect for adults and offered on select nights. The latest tour available in Williamsburg features new locations and stories not featured on other tours. More importantly, this is the tour where most witness paranormal activity during or after the tour. Electromagnetic field detectors (EMFs) are available to rent to help identify paranormal activity near each person for $6 each. We also offer a GPS guided audio tour app on iTunes and Google Play that features several more haunted locations in Williamsburg, in addition to 20 other cities across the US. We want to make sure you have fun and are entertained by the intriguing tales of haunted Williamsburg on your ghost tour of Williamsburg. From large private groups over 200 to small intimate birthday, business, or bridal parties, we want to serve and scare you! Many of our guests witness strange phenomena on our tours, and we're not talking about "orbs" in photos! Many have felt hand on their shoulders, something breathing on them, or have even been choked. We hope you'll join us on one of our ghost tours!

We are Virginia’s oldest ghost tour. The Original Ghosts of Williamsburg Candlelight Walking Tour stands above all others as the most authentic and successful ghost tour in Williamsburg. Our exclusive copyrighted research and writings our tours are based on verifiable facts and actual hauntings, not fabricated tales or unsourced stories. Paranormal events do happen on our tours, and we will take you to secret locations where the hauntings are likely to occur. So be sure to bring a camera along with your courage! Our 30 year old, 90 minute family friendly Original Ghost Tour meets at the William & Mary Bookstore in Merchants Square. In 2012 we launched the first late night Extreme Tour. This 2 hour tour meets at Bruton Parish Church. For the last three decades we have toured thousands of happy guests who return year after year, knowing that nobody does a ghost tour like we do. After all, we invented them!