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Best Local Tour Guides in Austin
2021

We scored 167 Local Tour Guides in Austin, TX and Picked the Top 16

Here are the Picks:

AO Tours Austin

ATXcursions

Austin Biplane

Austin Brewery Tours, LLC

Austin Detours

Austin Duck Adventures

Austin Tour Company

Bike and Brew ATX Tours

Capital Cruises

Discover Texas Private Wine Tours

Double Decker Austin Tours

Good Time Tours

Live Love Paddle

PubCrawler of Austin, LLC

SherpaLux Tours & Transportation

Sunshine Machine Boat Tours

Why These Local Tour Guides?

Our goal is to connect people with the best local experts. We scored Austin Local Tour Guides on more than 25 variables across five categories, and analyzed the results to give you a hand-picked list of the best.

Reviewed Curated Top Picks 167 106 16

Our Selection Criteria:

  • 1. Availability

    Consistently approachable and responsive, so customers never feel ignored.

  • 2. Qualifications

    Building customer confidence with licensing, accreditations, and awards.

  • 3. Reputation

    A history of delighted customers and outstanding service.

  • 4. Experience

    Masters of their craft, based on years of practical experience and education.

  • 5. Professionalism

    Providing service with honesty, reliability, and respect.

Read more about our selection process

AO Tours Austin

AO Tours Austin is a sightseeing tour company located in Austin offering private and custom tours of Austin & Central Texas. AO Tours Austin provides daily 90-min tours of Austin and Hill County. The company's destination management services provide transportation services and activities associated with custom tours. AO Tours Austin has won the 2016 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Award. The agency is also the winner of the Viator 2014, 2015, and 2016 awards due to their top-rated small group tour.

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Austin, TX 78641

Website

(512) 659-9478 Website

Reputation:A+

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We scour the internet for reviews from well-known resources. Each provider is evaluated based on the quality and quantity of their reviews, their presence on multiple review sites, and their average minimum rating.

Online Profiles:

3 (Best)

Average Review Score:

4.8 / 5 (Best)

Total Reviews:

183 (Best)

Score Consistency:

Consistent (Best)

ATXcursions

ATXcursions is a tour agency located in Austin that offers river tubing, Austin brewery tours, and custom tours. Tourists can enjoy a float down the river with the river tubing tour. The company provides tube rentals, coolers, and ice. With the Austin brewery tours, tourists can visit up to three breweries to sample the local beer. ATXcursions has been rated 5-stars on TripAdvisor, Yelp, and Facebook.

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Austin, TX 78701

Website

(866) 759-7375 Website

Reputation:A+

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Online Profiles:

2 (Better)

Average Review Score:

4.9 / 5 (Best)

Total Reviews:

354 (Best)

Score Consistency:

Consistent (Best)

Austin Biplane

Austin Biplane is an aircraft tour company located in Austin and founded in 2015. With Austin Biplane, visitors can escape the hustle and bustle and experience Austin in all its glory. Tourists can soar over Town Lake, the University of Texas, the Capitol Building, Lake Austin, Lake Travis, and other places. Austin Biplane also offers aerobatic flights. The company's flights deliver truly unique experiences whether it's a romantic sunset flight for two or an exciting aerobatic flight for one.

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Austin, TX 78719

Website

(512) 981-6016 Website

Reputation:A+

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Online Profiles:

2 (Better)

Average Review Score:

5 / 5 (Best)

Total Reviews:

64 (Best)

Score Consistency:

Consistent (Best)

Austin Brewery Tours, LLC

Austin Brewery Tours, LLC is a brewery tour agency in Austin that has offered services to visitors for over a year. The company provides brewery, winery, and distillery tours. Tourists can expect to visit three different breweries on a 4-hour brewery tour. The agency also offers charter van service and exclusive discounts. Austin Brewery Tours, LLC Tours has been rated as "excellent" by 35 travelers on TripAdvisor.

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Austin, TX 78745

Website

(512) 412-9268 Website

Reputation:A+

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Online Profiles:

1 (Good)

Average Review Score:

5 / 5 (Best)

Total Reviews:

42 (Best)

Score Consistency:

Consistent (Best)

Austin Detours

Austin Detours is a sightseeing tour agency in Austin offering tours focusing on the city's local landmarks, food, history and art, wines and distilleries, and more. The company also hosts corporate events, music tours, evening tours, scavenger hunts, and bachelor/ bachelorette parties. The agency has been rated #3 in the Best Thing To Do in Austin category by TripAdvisor.

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Austin, TX 78701

Website

(512) 962-8636 Website

Reputation:A

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Online Profiles:

1 (Good)

Average Review Score:

5 / 5 (Best)

Total Reviews:

8 (Good)

Score Consistency:

Consistent (Best)

Austin Duck Adventures

Austin Duck Adventures is a boat tour agency offering amphibious tours of downtown Austin. The company boasts a reputation as the #1 kid friendly tour in the area while accommodating adults and seniors as well. Visitors can enjoy their time around the beautiful Lake Austin area inside a reliable Hydra-Terra vehicle that was inspected by the U.S. Coast Guard.

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Austin, TX 78701

Website

(512) 477-5274 Website

Reputation:A+

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Online Profiles:

2 (Better)

Average Review Score:

4.4 / 5 (Better)

Total Reviews:

488 (Best)

Score Consistency:

Consistent (Best)

Austin Tour Company

Austin Tour Company is a tour agency in Austin offering tourists a variety of adventures that includes distilleries, breweries and bars, floats and boats, seasonal events and festivals, food, art, and other unique experiences. The company conducts and handles corporate events and team building programs while providing transportation solutions for both small and large groups.

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Austin, TX 78745

Website

(512) 282-8687 Website

Reputation:A+

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Online Profiles:

3 (Best)

Average Review Score:

4.9 / 5 (Best)

Total Reviews:

186 (Best)

Score Consistency:

Consistent (Best)

Bike and Brew ATX Tours

Bike and Brew ATX Tours is a tour operator offering a premier city and libation adventure in Austin. The company provides visitors with a custom bicycle to use for a unique experience while exploring the sights and culture of the city. Bike and Brew ATX Tours also features the breweries in Downtown/East Side, Hill Country, North Austin, and South Austin.

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Austin, TX 78723

Website

(832) 773-4012 Website

Reputation:A+

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Online Profiles:

3 (Best)

Average Review Score:

5 / 5 (Best)

Total Reviews:

124 (Best)

Score Consistency:

Consistent (Best)

Capital Cruises

Founded in 1991, Capital Cruises is a boat tour agency located in Austin. Features tours include bat watching, public tours, dinner and lunch cruises, private events, and rentals. Boat rentals for activities on Lady Bird Lake are also available. The company also provides stand up paddle rentals, swan pedal boats, canoe rentals, kayaks, Duffy rentals, Duffy 21? rentals, Longhorn 21? rentals, and Duffy 16? rentals. Capital Cruises has won the 2016 Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence award.

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Austin, TX 78704

Website

(512) 480-9264 Website

Reputation:A

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Online Profiles:

1 (Good)

Average Review Score:

4 / 5 (Better)

Total Reviews:

1 (Good)

Score Consistency:

Consistent (Best)

Discover Texas Private Wine Tours

Discover Texas Private Wine Tours is a winery tour agency located in Dripping Springs that offers bachelorette wine tours and wine tours for two. The company also provides full and half day Texas Hill Country wine tours. The agency's recent offerings include a complete Wine Tour Stay and Play package that can accommodate up to 12 guests. Discover Texas Private Wine Tours features award-winning vintages produced at Fredericksburg, Dripping Springs, and Wimberley wineries.

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Dripping Springs, TX 78620

Website

(512) 656-8299 Website

Reputation:A+

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Online Profiles:

1 (Good)

Average Review Score:

4.5 / 5 (Best)

Total Reviews:

38 (Best)

Score Consistency:

Consistent (Best)

Double Decker Austin Tours

Double Decker Austin Tours is a locally owned and operated sightseeing tour agency located in Austin. The company features stops at attractions such as the Austin Visitor Center, the Museum of the Weird on the 6th Street, the Texas State Capitol, the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum, the Bullock Texas State History Museum, and The South Congress District. Double Decker Austin Tours receives excellent ratings on TripAdvisor.

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Austin, TX 78701

Website

(512) 596-2925 Website

Reputation:A+

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We scour the internet for reviews from well-known resources. Each provider is evaluated based on the quality and quantity of their reviews, their presence on multiple review sites, and their average minimum rating.

Online Profiles:

2 (Better)

Average Review Score:

4.6 / 5 (Best)

Total Reviews:

61 (Best)

Score Consistency:

Consistent (Best)

Good Time Tours

Good Time Tours is a boat tour agency based in Austin providing an elegant, upscale luxury boat service for touring on Lake Travis. The company specializes in hosting a variety of celebrations for occasions such as anniversaries, birthdays, bachelor parties, bachelorette parties, and other special events. The agency provides clients an opportunity to relax and enjoy the lake with friends while the Captain attends to their needs.

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Austin, TX 78734

Website

(512) 924-2911 Website

Reputation:A

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Online Profiles:

1 (Good)

Average Review Score:

5 / 5 (Best)

Total Reviews:

23 (Better)

Score Consistency:

Consistent (Best)

Live Love Paddle

Live Love Paddle is a canoe and kayak tour agency located in Austin providing kayak and paddle board rentals. The company offers Austin Kayak Tours including Congress Bridge Bat Tours, the Urban Kayaking Tour of Austin, and Team Building Excursions. Customers can also choose to paddle through Lady Bird Lake, also known as Town Lake. Live Love Paddle is the exclusive NuCanoe dealer in Austin.

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Austin, TX 78741

Website

(512) 804-2122 Website

Reputation:A+

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Online Profiles:

2 (Better)

Average Review Score:

5 / 5 (Best)

Total Reviews:

358 (Best)

Score Consistency:

Consistent (Best)

PubCrawler of Austin, LLC

PubCrawler of Austin, LLC is a tour operator located in Austin with routes that include the Market District, Warehouse District, Capitol, Barton Springs, and UT Football Tailgating. The company offers team building and corporate events as well. The tour agency also sells souvenirs for the tourists. All of PubCrawler's tours are BYOB. PubCrawler of Austin, LLC has won the 2015 and 2016 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Awards.

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Austin, TX 78703

Website

(512) 657-7334 Website

Reputation:A+

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Online Profiles:

1 (Good)

Average Review Score:

5 / 5 (Best)

Total Reviews:

171 (Best)

Score Consistency:

Consistent (Best)

SherpaLux Tours & Transportation

SherpaLux Tours & Transportation is a sightseeing tour agency located in Austin that specializes in corporate and personal tours. The company's tours include the Culinary Crawl, Wine Tour and Bar-B-Q, The Night Crawler, Christmas parties, Austin Your Way, day tours and public events, bachelorette parties, and the Live Music Crawl. SherpaLux's goal is to create an experience for their customers that shatters all expectations.

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Austin, TX 78701

Website

(512) 712-5620 Website

Reputation:A

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Online Profiles:

1 (Good)

Average Review Score:

5 / 5 (Best)

Total Reviews:

22 (Better)

Score Consistency:

Consistent (Best)

Sunshine Machine Boat Tours

Located in Austin, Sunshine Machine Boat Tours is a company with a multi-level party boat suitable for hosting office parties, entertaining out-of-town guests, birthdays, swimming parties, weddings and wedding-related events, team building, and other special occasions. Visitors can cruise under the Pennybacker Bridge and enjoy the view of spectacular cliff top and lakefront homes.

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Austin, TX 78730

Website

(512) 345-8327 Website

Reputation:A

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Online Profiles:

1 (Good)

Average Review Score:

5 / 5 (Best)

Total Reviews:

8 (Good)

Score Consistency:

Consistent (Best)

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