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About this trip
Our tours can be booked, here, online or you can call us and we will make your reservation over the phone. You can mail a check for payment. Credit card payments have a processing fee.
The LIfe of the Amish "Farmlands Tour"
Simplicity * Harmony * Obedience * Hard Work * Unity
Friday October 18, 2024
Unique happenings, roadside stands, bake shops, intrinsic beauty and patchwork farmland will delight you today. The best part of this day is that you experienced the life of the Amish and the memories are your to keep.
Package Includes:
* A 2-Hour Guided Tour by motorcoach. Experience the back roads and people of Lancaster County in the comfort of your tour bus. As we wind our way through the scenic farmlands, we’ll make stops including a visit to an Amish-owned business. Learn about the 18th century lifestyle of our Amish neighbors from our experienced tour guides. - Itinerary subject to weather and schedule.
* Lunch at Shady Maple Delicious & Authentic. Experience the excitement of dining at the United States’ largest smorgasbord, featuring 200 feet of deliciously authentic PA Dutch cooking.
* Free Time at Kitchen Kettle Village- a place for sharing laughter, and relishing a Lancaster, PA hospitality experience all rolled into one quaint, walkable village of local cooks, quilters, and shopkeepers looking forward to your visit. You will always find a warm smile and lots of friendly faces at Kitchen Kettle Village.
Deluxe Motorcoach Transportation
Meal tax & gratuity
For groups of 10 or more please call our office for reservations. Online bookings are for solo travelers and party's up to 9 people. Online reservations do carry a service fee. Once paid you will recieve a confirmation of payment.
To avoid online fees call our office at 888-287-7271 #2 and make a reservation over the phone. You can mail a check: Payable Stout's - mail to 20 Irven St. Trenton, NJ 086238 ATTN: Tours
What’s included
- Round Trip TransportatioDeluxe Motorcoach Transportation via Stout's Tour & Travel's own motorcoach
- LunchDelicious smorgasbord at Shady Maple Restaurant
- Guided Tour2 hour guided tour on motorcoach
- Meal Tax & GratuitiesMeal taxes, gratuities and any service charges
What’s not included
- Driver GratuityGratuity while customary, is optional, and a personal choice. Our motorcoach operators take great pride in their duties and you will decide on your gratuity.
Available Packages
Itinerary
Final Itinerary to be issued 2-3 weeks prior to departure. Additional pick up location could be added to accommodate clients which may alter the departure time from clubhouse up or back 15-20 minutes. Watch for final itinerary 2-3 week prior to trip date.
Other departure locations may be added upon request. PLEASE CALL
Stout’s Tour Package
Amish Farmlands Tour
Friday, October 18, 2024
8:30 am Depart from Ridgeway Volunteer Firehouse
2848 Ridgeway Road Manchester, NJ 08759 (back of lot)
**PLEASE ARRIVE 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO YOUR DEPARTURE TIME
11:00 am Arrive at Shady Maple for a little shopping first.
Group should meet in lobby to be seated together for your lunch reservation.
11:45 am Smorgasbord Lunch at Shady Maple
1:00 pm Depart for Kitchen Kettle Village where you will meet your tour guide
Amish Farmlands tour begins.
Our motorcoach and your step-on guide will take you through some of the most beautiful farmland you’ll ever set eyes upon. You’ll experience a new sense of the work and family ethics that continues to mark the Amish way of life. You'll witness spectacular panoramas of patchwork farm land that are unparalleled in their intrinsic beauty, all farmed with horses and mules rather than tractors. Roadside stands, bake shops, or a visit to a craft or quilt shop on an Amish farm are among the unique happenings that may be enjoyed on your 2- hour Farmlands excursion. Your tour will return you to Kitchen Kettle Village.
3:30 pm You will have 1-hour to wander through Kitchen Kettle Village, a wonderfully charming walking village with shops and restaurants
built around the nationally celebrated Jam and Relish Kitchen.
4:30 pm Depart for home
7:00 pm Arrive back at Ridgeway Volunteer Firehouse
All itineraries are subject to change. Every attempt will be made to include all sites listed within this itinerary. At times, circumstances beyond our control such as admission lines, traffic, closures, weather and late arrivals can severely restrict timing and cause items to be excluded. All timing, except scheduled appointments, is approximate. In the event a passenger does not return to the motorcoach at the scheduled time (as directed by the motorcoach driver/tour guide), and the motorcoach departs without them, Stout cannot be held responsible for any portions of the tour missed as a result, and the passenger is responsible for securing alternate transportation at their own cost. All tour packages include roundtrip motorcoach transportation and no portion of this package will be given to anyone not onboard the coach. Persons not on the coach will be considered “NO SHOWS” and will forfeit all parts of the tour package including but not limited to, tickets, meals, and admissions.
No refunds will be given for “NO SHOWS”.