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    Kentucky River Tours

    5.0 (25 reviews)
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    Sara C.

    What an amazing experience! After 19 distilleries in 5 days, this wife was ready for something a little more low key and to learn about the history and to see the world of bourbon from this angle. Thank you to the owners of Kentucky River Tours for helping to make my husband's 50th birthday celebration that much more special. Keep up the excellent work!

    The tasting board

    This group is professional, informative, and a great deal of fun. We sampled 2 bourbons and 2 ryes, learned a great deal of history, and had a blast. This will definitely be on our agenda again next time we visit.

    Raven T.

    This was our last stop before leaving Frankfort and our first day on the bourbon trail. It was a great tour from a great family run business. We got a smooth ride (it had rained and the river had a good amount of debris) and so much history! We learned about Kentucky and its historical figures, about bourbon, and about the river. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and engaging. We got local soda, water, and chocolate. Highly recommend!

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    Byron V.

    No better way to relax!! Over an hour on the river with the best guide/captain on the entire Kentucky River. Do not miss it!

    Buffalo Trace Distillery from the KY River
    Jen B.

    I cannot say enough good things about this tour. Captain Allison and Captain Nathan were fantastic. So knowledgeable about bourbon and the Kentucky River. Not only did they talk bourbon, but they also talked wildlife and history of Frankfort. We had an absolutely perfect day on the river. Lasted longer than expected. I could have stayed all day. Picked us up at Buffalo Trace and then took us back for a private tour ran by Buffalo Trace. Great social distancing measures taken on the boat. I will recommend the Lock/Dam tour to anyone.

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    Outstanding history lesson! Fascinating stories abound, and our captain / Colonel was a fantastic story teller. Five stars!

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    Thank you so much. We had a great time with you and your friends.

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    We went on the Ky Bourbon River Tour with our 14 yo grand son, Captain Nathan did an excellent job!

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    This is the most disrespectful person I have ever met in my entire life . I've traveled with my…read morehusband for the past 8 years different States cities and even small towns for his job . I needed a ride one day and came across this lady Shannon ask her to pick me up at 12:30 because I had an appointment at 1:00 it was a 20 minute drive . She had plenty of time to get me to my appointment at the capital but decided she need to pick up another Rider on the way which was 10 Mi out of the way . Needless to say I was late for my very important appointment at the Capitol building there in Frankfort Kentucky. I have to visit Frankfort because of my job and will always rely on Uber or Lyft to give me to where I need to be because this lady Shannon is not dependable . If you have a job and you are depending on Happy Trails Shannon which is never happy to get you to where you're going you might as well just chalk it up and call you a Uber or Lyft that's not very professional either but Uber and Lyft is way more professional than happy trails Shannon . After speaking to a few coworkers at the meeting I had to go to that day I have heard so many bad things so the next part is just hearsay but it came from more than one person that are locals to Frankfort . She is continuously late picking you up and continuously late getting you to your job appointment whether it be a doctor or just dropping someone off at a friend's house she is always late . If she makes a mistake like falls asleep and forgets about you she blames it on other people that work for her . She's supposed to be a nice Christian lady but there's nothing Christian about the gossip that I heard in the backseat of her vehicle on the way to my appointment to the Capitol . I'm just trying to save people from being late to their very important appointments since Frankfort is the state capital of Kentucky and people are coming in and out of Frankfurt for various reasons . Shannon you could be much better at your job if you wasn't trying to do 15 other things and the gossip and the Christian thing that we had a conversation about in your vehicle during my ride does not sit right with me I let you know that the day of and I'm letting you know that now . Happy Trails needs to be a gossip columnist because because that's all you are about . Hope this saves professional ppl so you don't ever have to be humiliated in front of your employees like I was when I showed up late to my meeting because Shannon thought she was saving a few dollars in gas by picking up the other rider b4 dropping me off. This is not only dangerous to riders but to ppl she picks up with other riders already in her vehicle.

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    Governor's Mansion

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    I've visited here in a few field trips with my daughters over the years on there 3rd grade field…read moretrip to the Capital. The governors mansion is always a highlight of the field trip for the class. Lots of history and sites to take in on the visit. Te tour guides always do a good job of handling not only the class and questions but keeping it fun and interesting for the kiddos and adult chaperones such as myself

    This is the Executive Mansion, Home of the Governor and Kentucky First Lady, located at the Capitol…read moreComplex. Located at 704 Capitol Avenue in Frankfort. Regularly scheduled public tours of the mansion are available Tuesdays and Thursday from 9 to 11am we were there on a Friday so was not able to go inside. The mansion officially opened with a large party on January 20, 1914, 96 yrs ago tomorrow. The mansion has 25 rooms, including 2 dining rooms, a grand ballroom, a commercial size kitchen, sunroom, and private living quarters for the Governor and his family The mansion is 80 ft wide and 200 ft long. Made of brick covered by limestone to match the Capitol building. Put on National Register of Historical Places in 1972. The first Governor's mansion is located downtown and built in 1798. There is a formal garden with fountain, very BEAUTIFUL in the spring and summer...definitely going back then to check it out. The current mansion took 2 yrs to build and cost $75,000 to build. Governor James B McCreary and his family were the first to live there. He was the 27th and 37th Governor of Kentucky. It is a tradition when the new Governor and family moves in to the home, they are greeted with a country ham, biscuits and a white cake...thus is a traditional meal for decades. The mansion was inspired with French influences by architect CC and EA Weber. Inspired the French chateaux, Petit Trianon, located at Versailles created by King Louis XV for his mistress, and later given to Queen Marie Antoinette by King Louis XVI.

    Kentucky River Tours - boattours - Updated September 2026

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