About Amish Experience/ Amish Tours/ Magic Lantern Shows
SuperSaver Package includes three activities that best exemplify the Pennsylvania Amish: The Amish Farmlands Tour, The Amish Experience Theater and The Amish Country Homestead.
Amish Farmlands Tour (Approx 2 hours) - Travel the scenic backroads with a certified guide on our motorcoach or van. See everything from children playing outside an Amish one-room school to a farmer working the fields with horses. Stops usually include an Amish farm or craft/bake shop (Amish businesses are closed Sunday), as well as a tasting of local wines. Learn about aspects of Amish life such as weddings, funerals, cottage industries, farm practices, etc.
The Amish Experience Theater (Shows hourly) - Sit in a barnyard setting for "Jacob's Choice," the moving story of an Amish boy's decision to join the faith or live in the modern world. You'll be moved and thrilled as you experience 400 years of Amish history thru magical effects.
The Amish Country Homestead (tours hourly): The only Amish house tour designated a Heritage Site by Lancaster County. A guide will take you thru this 9-room house to explain Amish dress and what life is like without electricity. We unravel some of the riddles of Amish life, such as why a bottled gas refrigerator may be used, but not an electric one. NEW this year is the Fisher Amish schoolroom, furnished and decorated authentically with the help of an Amish schoolteacher.
You may decide upon arrival on the times you wish to do the homestead and the theater, which run throughout the day. Some people do them before the bus tour, and some after. (If you wish to do ONLY the 2-hour farmlands tour, please call or email us directly.)
March 6 - 20, 2010, tours run Saturdays only at 10:30 am and 1:45 pm. Beginning March 27, tours run every day (see separate listing). Type in or select the day you want to check availability. SuperSaver pricing: Adults $39.95. Children (4-12) $20.95. (Individual tickets for "Jacob's Choice" and the Homestead are not available online.)