San Diego

Haunted San Diego Ghost Tour

Badge of ExcellenceSan Diego, USA

1 hour 55 minutes
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Hear spine-tingling stories about San Diego’s history and infamous residents during a ghost tour led by an entertaining guide. Visit five locations with supernatural tales behind their facades, and learn why San Diego is known as one of the most haunted cities in the west. You’ll join a small group that is limited to 14 people, traveling by bus and on foot.

See San Diego on foot and by bus
Combines history, humor, and hauntings
Small-group tour with a maximum of 14 people
Hear insightful commentary from the guide

What's Included

Haunted San Diego Ghost Tour
Experience the Ghost Coach, our Coffin on Wheels.
Historically Accurate Ghost Stories
Spooky and Haunted Locations
World-Class Storytellers and Trained Thespians
Disembark at All Locations and Enter the Majority of Them
Intimate Tour with Limited Seats

Due to our bus size and the older nature of our locations we are not wheel chair accessible. If you have a member with ambulatory challenges, please call us (619.255.6170) to go over it.
Children under 10 are not recommended. If you have a child under 10, please call us (619.255.6170) to make sure this is a good fit.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

2415 San Diego Ave, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
Old Town Corral Plaza - 2415 San Diego Ave, San Diego, CA 92110 Directions: Tour departs from Old Town Corral Plaza (across the street from the Cemetery, next to the Mermaid Store and the cowboy figures in the plaza). Please arrive 20 minutes before your tour time and use the bathroom before.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Meet up with your small group, limited to just 14 people, and allow your guide to introduce you to haunted San Diego.

Travel by bus and on foot, arriving at your first of five eerie locations. Immerse yourself in the history that has earned San Diego its reputation as one of the most haunted cities in the west.

As you continue moving to various locations, enjoy hearing stories, jokes, and commentary from your guide. Walk through each destination and learn about infamous residents of the city.

Return back to your starting point after both getting your steps in and getting spooked during the experience.

Gaslamp Museum at the Davis-Horton House

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Horton Grand Hotel

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Villa Montezuma Museum

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Whaley House Museum

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

El Campo Santo Cemetery

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Our Haunted Guided Tour is small and intimate. We have only 14 seats available per tour. As such we require at least 8 people/ghost hunter in our to run. If for some reason it looks like the tour will not go (this is rare but does occasionally happen), we will personally call you with a tour update 2-3 hours before your tour is set to go. If your tour does not go, again very rare, we will refund you or move you to another date. Feel free to call (619.255.6170) us or email us with any questions or if you just want an update on how many have signed up so far. If we don't pick up immediately we will get back to you shortly.
Please make sure to be at the plaza 15 minutes before you tour embarks. We operate out of and pick you up from Plaza Guanajuato | 2415 San Diego Ave, San Diego, CA 92110. It is the plaza across the street and down a store front from the Old Town Graveyard (El Campo Santo Graveyard official name). You'll see our purple bus.
Service animals allowed
Please make sure to use the bathroom before your tour. You will be going to historic locations which have no bathroom access, and your party definitely should use the bathroom before joining us. Bathrooms can be found in the neighboring restaurants and businesses. There is a public restroom at the back of Cafe Coyote a block away. Just walk to the very back of their plaza.

Near public transportation
If you are driving, please show up early to get parking.
Most travelers can participate
Service animals are allowed provided they are small and do not disturb the other attendees. If you have a larger animal like a German Sheppard you would need to purchase an additional seat and may not be able to enter some of the locations as there are antique and very valuable, fragile historic artifacts in them.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 4 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Reviews

4.5

417 reviews

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Krystal_A, May 2024

Tour guide Cowboy Pete was great! Very information made it a fun time! Loved all the jokes and voices.

Canceled at last minute

Vahna_B, May 2024

Our tour was canceled on the afternoon we were supposed to go. Too late to book anything else. When you are on vacation and you pay for an excursion you do not expect it to be canceled at the last minute. Bad start to our vacation

Josephine was great! We...

sabrinarayna, Apr 2024

Josephine was great! We had a fun time and you learn a lot of history about San Diego. You are able to go inside a few museums that are closed and definitely get that spooky feeling.

Good Guide. No entry into Whaley House.

Shari_S, Apr 2024

I really enjoyed the stories and the guide. The ad is misleading because you do not get to go into the Whaley house. But it was a good tour.

Fun and informative

Franklin_T, Mar 2024

Very knowledgeable guides, great access to areas and interesting stories. Good variety of areas and attractions. Recommend ride share to and from as parking is tight near pickup

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thanks. Parking can be tight ride share is a good call. Also check your confirmation email for a link to a free parking map. Gratitude!

Would Definitely Recommend

Holly_S, Mar 2024

We loved it! So fun. Our guide Rosalinda and driver Mike were wonderful! It was a cool way to see parts of San Diego and learn some interesting history:)

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Nice passing this on to Rosalinda and Mike :)

Fantastic

Bree_B, Mar 2024

Awesome … loved the jokes, laughs, very interesting… was awesome I would so go again. The weather was great … driver was very courteous as well as the host . Very welcoming atmosphere

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thanks Bree :)

Fun and different!

Sarah_G, Mar 2024

Rosalinda made the tour a lot more fun. Very interesting and we learned a lot of information we didn’t know before.

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thanks Sarah :) I'll let her know. Positivity like this means the world to the hosts really does. Thank you!

Cowboy Pete’s the bomb!

Terri_T, Mar 2024

Loved Cowboy Pete and his haunted bus tour. Actually getting to ride on a bus and get out and enter some of the homes Cowboy Pete told us about made this tour better than walking tours I’ve been on before. Pete is a great character and makes the evening very entertaining. Highly recommend!

Response from Host, Apr 2024

I am sending this too him right now. Pete recently got blasted by another group for being too over the top and a bit crass - so positivity like this means the world. Gratitude Terri!

Overall a fun time....

Michael_K, Feb 2024

Overall a fun time. Josephine the host / tour guide was very engaging and quite funny. Not an overly scary tour but fun to see some behind the scenes history of frights in san diego.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Thanks Michael - yep not scary we don't fake anything. We call it spooky. Couple of the locations have activity but you have to get lucky. I am passing this on to Jo she will be delighted :)

Fun and exciting

Joseph_L, Feb 2024

This was a fun and informative tour. Cowboy Pete definitely made this enjoyable. You will not be disappointed.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Thanks Joseph - passing this on to Pete. He will appreciate it.

Would have liked to gone on this but…

Mark_B, Feb 2024

Tour was cancelled just a few hours prior. Was looking forward but tour operator could not find another guide.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Good day Mark Bur.. We recently faced an unexpected situation where our host tested positive for COVID-19, shortly after their roommate received a positive diagnosis. Despite our efforts, finding a replacement host on Super Bowl Sunday proved impossible, which is a rarity for us as we usually manage to find substitutes when someone falls ill. We understand the inconvenience this has caused you, and it's clear from your review that you're extremely displeased. I can only read the harshness of the rating meaning that the tour should have gone suggesting that we should have proceeded with the tour despite the host's illness. We've noted similar sentiments from others; however, we prioritize safety above all. Conducting the tour with a contagious host not only poses a health risk but also legal ramifications for endangering our group, which we cannot ignore. Your dissatisfaction and the resulting review have taken us by surprise, especially considering our previous friendly exchanges via text. Given the severity of your review and rating, clearly aiming to put us out of business, and believing firmly that we made the responsible decision for everyone's safety, we feel compelled to take further action. We will be submitting your review, alongside the details of the events and our text conversations, to an industry database. This will allow them to assess the fairness of your review and potentially flag it for other service providers to consider. We regret that it has come to this, as we always aim for our tours to be enjoyable and safe for everyone involved. We would have much rather toured that night. Your feedback is important to us, and we take such measures with a heavy heart, but we must stand by our commitment to safety and legality.

Josephine was a wonderful...

Kris_H, Feb 2024

Josephine was a wonderful host. Informative and fun. We really enjoyed the Villa Montezuma and the Whaley house. This was the first Ghost tour we have done and it was fantastic.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Thanks Kris - gratitude seriously!

Cowboy Pete made this not only Fun but Spooky

Yany_c, Feb 2024

From the time you get on the bus the decor sets the tone to what is about to come. Cowboy Pete made the entire experience to die for. He remained in character the entire time. The places we went to had a ton amount of history. The narration and history was phenomenal. Our driver kept us save at all times. Finishing at the cemetery really did it for me. Afterwards looking at some of our videos we did find some paranormal activities that we could not explain.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Thank you - Pete will love this! Thanks for your kindness. You got lucky and captured something I hope. Please feel free to send it to b at hauntedsandiegotours so we can take a look and give you our thoughts if you like. :)

A good end to a stressful day

Anastasia_S, Jan 2024

During some holiday traveling, I had 1 day to spend in San Diego. I did a few other activities, but this was by far my favorite, even with it being the end of the day and tired. Got to see some very interesting places with lots of history and spirits, and walking was at a minimum due to having the ghost trolley, great driver too, to get us from place to place.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Thank you :)

The last hotel in Gas...

Lisa_M, Dec 2023

The last hotel in Gas Lamp, interested in the hotel room that is haunted. very comfortable seats on the bus

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Thanks Lisa - glad you enjoyed.

Like the history of the...

David_M, Nov 2023

Like the history of the area and the info of the place we went. Cowboy Pete was fun and interactive.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Thanks - Pete will be delighted. Your kindness is appreciated.

Very good

Christina_R, Nov 2023

Tour guide was excellent. He stayed in character the whole time all the stories he told were great. He was funny and fun

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Thanks :)

Amazing

Anahi_C, Nov 2023

Omg we loved are tour he was very fun and made it very interesting even though was raining before we started he reassure us going to be amazing thank god stop raining though but was so much fun.

Great experience with an amazing tour guide.

Daniel_P, Nov 2023

Daunte was amazing. Highly informative and great locations visited. This is the only Ghost your you should book.

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