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Bat City Bridge Segway Tour in Austin
2h30
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About this activity
Meet your guide at the shop in Austin Food Park and start with a detailed orientation on how to use a Segway. Practice to get familiar with the controls, and once you are comfortable, follow your guide into Austin’s streets.
Glide towards your tour’s main destination: the Congress Avenue Bridge, home to North America’s largest urban bat colony. During spring and summer around dusk, the bats make their nightly appearance as they leave the colony to hunt for food. Witness the beauty of 1.5 million bats taking flight!
The Austin bat colony is comprised of Mexican free-tailed bats that migrate from central Mexico to the southwestern USA every spring. The misunderstood creatures were initially feared, until wildlife experts explained that bats benefit the city by eating up to 20,000 pounds of insects every night, including agricultural pests, and they are harmless to humans if left undisturbed. Nowadays, the city considers them part of the community; it's a popular sight to see among locals and visitors alike.
Your guide shares more fascinating facts about the bats as you marvel at the cloud of tiny winged mammals for about 20 minutes.
On your journey to and from the bridge, cruise by several Austin landmarks. See the grandiose 19th-century Texas State Capitol building, then buzz by the 165-foot-tall (50 m) Moonlight Towers, thought to be the only remaining light towers in the world.
Continue past the Paramount Theatre, a staple of Austin entertainment for more than 100 years, and zip through the Sixth Street Historic District. Stop at the Angelina Eberley statue to hear your guide talk about the legendary protest of this Austin heroine.
After about 1.5 hours, your guide returns you to your starting point to end your tour.
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Glide towards your tour’s main destination: the Congress Avenue Bridge, home to North America’s largest urban bat colony. During spring and summer around dusk, the bats make their nightly appearance as they leave the colony to hunt for food. Witness the beauty of 1.5 million bats taking flight!
The Austin bat colony is comprised of Mexican free-tailed bats that migrate from central Mexico to the southwestern USA every spring. The misunderstood creatures were initially feared, until wildlife experts explained that bats benefit the city by eating up to 20,000 pounds of insects every night, including agricultural pests, and they are harmless to humans if left undisturbed. Nowadays, the city considers them part of the community; it's a popular sight to see among locals and visitors alike.
Your guide shares more fascinating facts about the bats as you marvel at the cloud of tiny winged mammals for about 20 minutes.
On your journey to and from the bridge, cruise by several Austin landmarks. See the grandiose 19th-century Texas State Capitol building, then buzz by the 165-foot-tall (50 m) Moonlight Towers, thought to be the only remaining light towers in the world.
Continue past the Paramount Theatre, a staple of Austin entertainment for more than 100 years, and zip through the Sixth Street Historic District. Stop at the Angelina Eberley statue to hear your guide talk about the legendary protest of this Austin heroine.
After about 1.5 hours, your guide returns you to your starting point to end your tour.
Included
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Professional guide
- Use of helmet
Not included
- Gratuities
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Children under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian
- Minimum age is 10 years old
- All participants must sign a liability waiver
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers
Features
Tourism
95%
Original
85%
Cultural
70%
Adrenaline
45%
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Absolutely the best way to see Austin. Great tour Hugo was very knowledgeable and a great instructor. Two kids who had never done a Segway and all around town wuth zero problems
Wonderful experience. Hugo gave us just what we asked for. We ended up being the only family on the tour, so he tailored the tour to better fit our teenagers, which meant finding them lots a areas they could just roam around and have fun and get used to riding the Segway, with just enough history to keep the grown ups interested. Since my son is studying architecture, he even took us to a historic hotel and stayed with the stuff so that we could all look around inside. This trip was well worth booking and I'm so glad we booked it instead of the cheesy ghost tour which our boys would have thought was silly. Thanks again to Hugo for being a great guide.
The tour itself was lots of fun with Juan. He was very helpful and got my husband past him falling during training. The Segway is a fun way to get around a city and I would recommend it to anyone. We had an issue since my husband fell before the tour began but Juan coaxed him into continuing on and my husband was very happy that he did though we ended up in the ER later that evening to find out he broke his elbow.
Unfornately due to Tropical Storm Bill out tour was put on hold. I am still waiting to receive the certificate for future use due to the storm. Juan was very helpful and worked things out so he gets a top Bravo Zulu for being customer focused during a difficult situation!!!! 10/10 for Juan!