Amish Experience Visit-In-Person Tour
Overview
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3 hours
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Many visitors to Lancaster seek out meaningful personal contact with the Amish community. Imagine visiting three Amish properties where our longstanding relationships allow you to become their guests during your stay. This exclusive tour is limited to 14 guests, and provides the rare opportunity to meet and talk to various Amish where they live and work. The three stops: Visit an Amish farm at milking time, go behind-the-scenes with an Amish craftsman, and then sit and chat with an Amish family right in their home.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Transportation by 14-passenger bus is provided between locations of the tour
No children under the age of 6 allowed on this tour
Please dress respectfully
We ask that no photographs be taken of our Amish hosts
Please check in at the theater box office, east parking lot, at least 15 minutes before your tour
No pets allowed.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Stop 1: Amish Farm When we arrive at the farm, we enter the barn to learn about the milking process firsthand. You may be surprised to learn that the Amish do not milk cows by hand. You will also discover how milk is kept cold in the bulk tank with “Amish electricity.” Other aspects of farm life may also be included. Stop 2: Amish “Cottage Industry” With the price and scarcity of farmland, many Amish have started their own small enterprises, making everything from gazebos and furniture to farm equipment and quilts. These “home businesses” have become the subject of books and articles emphasizing the balance these entrepreneurs achieve between work and family. Our visit may be to a harness or carriage maker, basket weaver, greenhouse, leather or wood worker, among others. An actual demonstration is normally a part of this fascinating stop. Stop 3: Amish Home Visit To conclude our evening, we travel scenic backroads to a distant farm in the countryside. As we step inside the house, we find that friendly conversation awaits as we sit, chat, and visit the way the Amish do, talking informally without TVs, IPhones or computers. It comes as no surprise that strangers soon become friends.
What‘s Included
Local guide
Transportation between locations
Food and drinks
Options
Visit-in-Person Tour
VIP Tour: Amish Visit-In-Person Tour
Reviews
504 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Learning the Amish way of life
Wolfgang B,Apr 7, 2026
- Review from Viator
4.00Overall it was a very interesting experience where we learned a lot of the everyday life of the Amish. We first visited an animal farm, where we watch milking of the goats, explained how the milk was used for producing soap. Then visited another estate were metal tire frames etc were produced and at the end entered a private home where we weee able to talk to an elderly Amish couple and ask all kind of questions about their life.
Wonderful experience
dawnsL5528HV,Apr 3, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The experience was wonderful. It was very eye opening learning about the Amish culture. We will definitely go again
Great experience for the whole family
maurafabris,Mar 23, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Our tour guide really made the entire experience. He, being "English" as the Amish call everyone who is not Amish, is so welcomed and engrained in their community, it gives the people in the tour great opportunities. Also he has so much knowledge he shares.
VIP Amish Experience
saradX9726PS,Oct 18, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We went on the VIP Amish Experience. We visited 3 homes. It was a phenomenal experience. Beth our tour guide was fantastic and SO knowledgeable. The last stop was with Isaac and Sarah, we will never forget visiting with them. They were so kind and friendly. We will definitely do this again and request Beth.
This was a fantastic tour!!
E3312UMtracym,Oct 17, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Would absolutely recommend this tour. You’re not only visiting a dairy farmer, you’re also visiting with the Amish dairy farmer and learning about his business. Same with a leather products artisan. The best experience was visiting with an Amish couple in their home and learning from them about their life, their work, and their family! Well worth it!!!! Our tour guide Beth was very knowledgeable and explained everything very well!
Awesome Ecperience
Susan S,Oct 15, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00From beginning to end was so good! It was like visiting family. Entire family from 10 years to to 65 years enjoyed this!
Wonderful Amish Experience
lmjordan10,Oct 10, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Very much enjoyed our tour and would recommend it. Our guide, Kent, was very knowledgeable of the Amish and provided great narrative during the tour. We visited a farm where goats are milked and had the opportunity to watch and to purchase soap and other crafts. Visited a carriage shop and learned how the buggies are made. It was a very informative stop. Last we stopped at a home where the Amish family makes wood playgrounds and we sat and visited in their home. Each family was very welcoming and interactive. It was a very enjoyable evening.
Immerse yourself in Amish Culture!
nancyhW2322HJ,Oct 7, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00What a wonderful tour, we learned so much. Loved meeting real Amish people and asking lots of questions. Thanks to the Amish folks for their openness. So unique to see how differently some groups choose to live. Loved it!
A real treat to meet the Amish people!
Denise R,Sep 30, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00This was the highlight of our trip so far! We thoroughly enjoyed our guide, Jim, who was so knowledgeable of the Amish and obviously a great friend to them, which helped us better understand and respect the Amish way of life. It was very interesting and exciting to actually meet people and learn about their businesses (dairy farming and harness making) and especially to have to relaxing time to sit in the home of a lovely Amish family and get to know them through conversation.
Warmly welcomed into Amish lives
583beverlyf,Sep 29, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We loved this tour. We had another Amish tour with a different company previous to this and were thinking. "Why did we book two Amish tours?" However, we are glad we did. Our guide, Joe, was much more informative and accurate with his information than the previous guide. The three locations gave a full experience and each of the people with whom we had conversations added a new component to our understanding and a richness to the experience. Thank you.
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