Guides & Receptive Tour Operators
The following step-on guides provide the highest quality Amish Country group experiences. As well as receptive services and custom itinerary planning, many provide lodging, and dining experiences. Call for availability and itinerary.
Buggy Lane Tours
Contact: Kenny Stutzman
0320 S 1150 W
Middlebury, IN 46540
574-825-5474
Cell 574-238-4498
KSTU369@aol.com
Description: We invite you to visit beautiful Indiana farms in our Amish Country of Middlebury and Shipshewana, the gateway to Amish Country. Since 1985, Buggy Lane Tours has been showing people like you the wonders of the Amish-Mennonite traditions. Join us for fun filled days of rest and relaxation! Wathc the horses and buggies trotting by, or maybe even take a ride in one. We would love to show you our Amish/Mennonite community.
Please give us a call to plan your itinerary. We have over 22 years of experience in touring and planning special events. With one, two, and three day tours, we can plan anything you would like. There is nothing that would please us more than to show you our beautiful Northern Indiana Amish Country.
10 to 15 minute buggy ride or wagon rides…$5 pp
Thrasher’s Dinner with 2 mets, dessert and beverage….$18 pp incl
Step on guide backroads tour. Visit furniture store, cheese and noodlefactories and Yoder’s popcorn….$3.50 pp for 1.5 to 2.5 hours….$6 pp for 3 to 5 hours)
Amish Church Lunch….$10 pp incl
Amish Farm Visit….45 minute tour…$5 pp
Buggy Shop Tour…45 minute tour….$1 pp
Buggy Lane Tours Information (PDF)
Buggy Line Tours
Phone: 888 44BUGGY, 574-825-2730
Email: mbuggyline@aol.com
Web: buggyline.com
Contact: Sandi Miller
Description: Buggy rides, country tours, Amish farm tours, and Thresher meals inside Amish homes. Full service trip planning and receptive services available.
Admission: $33 pp incl for buggy ride and in-home Amish meal. $3 pp for three hour step-on tour, $2 pp for buggy shop tour and $5 pp for farm tour.
Phone: 800-348-7487
Address: 202 E. Winslow
Middlebury, IN 46540
Email: sdodd@cardinalbuses.com
Contact: Sheila Dodd
Description: Motorcoach transportation throughout US and Canada. Serving Indiana, Michigan and Greater Chicago area. We're here to help if you need motorcoach service or repairs during your visit to Amish Country. Cardinal Buses offer reliable and professional full service maintenance facilities. Our well trained mechanics with ongoing training make Cardinal a trusted stop in the northern Indiana region.
Specializing in:
-Senior Adults
-Future Senior Adults
-Student/ Youth Groups
-Business / Bank Groups
-Faith Based Groups
-Social Organizations
-Sports Enthusiasts
Cardinal Buses Inc. Brochure
Down the Road Tours
Phone: (574) 266-0048
Email: downtheroadtour@yahoo.com
Web: downtheroadtours.com
Contact: Karleen Richter
Description: Tours designed for your group; step-on guide service; receptive operator; backroads country tours, Amish businesses, specialty tours, and itineraries to other sites in Northern Indiana.
Admission: varies according to tour
Brown Bag Backroads Tour of Amish Country
$125 PLUS $12 pp for components
Brown bag is provided with 4-5 goodies at each stop to be selected with guide. (Note can do backroads tours without brown bag components).
Sit back, relax and observe the Amish lifestyle as you travel picturesque back roads of Northern Indiana. Step back in time and learn of the fascinating lifestyle of these “plain people”. With a knowledgeable guide hear about the area and the history, traditions, and customs of the Amish. Bag some fun for your group by adding a new twist to your Amish Country Tour. We'll give each tour group member a "Brown Bag". As groups visit select, unique, locally owned shops along the scenic Amish Country backroads, they will get a special treat to fill their "Brown Bags".
Meet your guide at Das Dutchman Essenhaus Bakery, Middlebury
Official Participant of:
Tours Plus
Phone: 574-773-4995
Email: ejfarmwald@myexcel.com
Contact: Esther Farmwald
Description: A life-long resident of the area, Esther offers in-depth knowledge of Amish beliefs and traditions. Backroads tours, visits to Amish businesses and dining in Amish homes.
Shingle Shoppes Backroads Tour
$85 for 2 hours
$115 for 3 hours
$145 for 4 hours PLUS $5 for working Amish farm and $2 for Amish school
Groups delight in new experiences as step-on-guide, Esther Farmwald, takes them on excursions along backroads surrounding Nappanee. They’ll stop at a working Amish farm, chat with the family and witness traditional Amish farm life first-hand. In fall, its fun to watch the cider/sorghum press rumble into action. It’s a rare treat as groups shop along side local Amish women at an Amish version of a super-market or discover things found only in Amish Country in a rural general store. And groups step back in time visiting a one-room Amish schoolhouse.
Meet your guide at The Nappanee Heritage Center
