Orlando Black Heritage Tour

Orlando, FL, USA

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Barefoot Treasures Getaways, LLC
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Duration: 1 day
Group size: 13 - 300
Orlando Black Heritage Tour
Orlando, FL, USA

Barefoot Treasures Getaways, LLC
  • Email address verified

Duration: 1 day
Group size: 13 - 300

About this trip

Calling all Family Reunions and Convention Attendees! Our exciting 3 to 5 hour excursions begin with pickup at ICON Park on International Drive. Our tours showcase Orlando's Black historic communities. Discover the history, triumphs, tragedies and legacy of the people and places that contributed to the development of the City Beautiful and its surrounding areas.  We have 3 tours to choose from and depending on the tour we will stop at Three Masks art gallery, Hannibal Square Heritage Center, Winter Park scenic boat tour,  the historic town of Eatonville, FL, Wells' Built Museum and Goldsboro Museum and more. Lots of photo and video opportunities.  

Great tour for history buffs!

What’s included

  • Transportation
    Roundtrip air-Conditioned pickup at ICON Park on International Drive
  • Guided Tour
    Fully guided and narrated
  • Admission
    To art gallery and all museums
  • Gratuities
    For Driver and Tour guide
  • Refreshment
    Bottled Water

What’s not included

  • Meals
    Cost of meals are not included
  • Travel Protection
    Recommended but not included

Available Packages

Trip Price
$69

Itinerary

One Day
Orlando Black Heritage Tour

Contact us to arrange your Group Tour. Minimum of 13 participates are required. We will customize your date and time.  Pickup and drop-off will be at ICON Park on International Drive.  There is free parking. Choose your tour from the options below.

407-535-2536 or travel@btgetaways.com



Tour 1  ( 5 hours)

Three Masks Art Gallery is a local African shop gallery and venue that specializes in authentic, straight from the motherland experience—masks, statue, jewelry.

Hannibal Square Heritage Center is a tribute to the past, present, and future contributions of Winter Park’s historic African-American community.

Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour ( additional  $14.00 per person)  Located on Lake Osceola in the quiet suburb less than 10 minutes from downtown Orlando, the boat tour offers hour-long, guided cruises through three of the seven lakes and two, narrow man-made canals on the tranquil Winter Park chain. 

Historic Town of Eatonville, FL  Incorporated 1887. Newly freed slaves who had come into the area from Georgia, Alabama and further north and the not-yet-incorporated Maitland first settled the town in 1880. Hometown of Zora Neale Hurston who was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. 



Tour 2 (4 hours)

Wells' Built Museum of African American History and Culture  The Wells ’Built Hotel has been converted into a museum housing memorabilia of Orlando’s African-American community and displays on the Civil Rights movement along with some African art and artifacts.

Zion Farm & Market  Through gardening urban youth are also able to experience nature in a way they likely have not before. Kids and adults alike can join us and learn about basic agriculture education, environmental protection and sustainability.

Three Masks Art Gallery  is a local African shop gallery and venue that specializes in authentic, straight from the motherland experience—masks, statue, jewelry.



Tour 3 (3.5 hours)

Three Masks art gallery is a local African shop gallery and venue that specializes in authentic, straight from the motherland experience—masks, statue, jewelry.

Hannibal Square Heritage Center is a tribute to the past, present, and future contributions of Winter Park’s historic African-American community.

Historic town of Eatonville, FL Incorporated 1887. Newly freed slaves who had come into the area from Georgia, Alabama and further north and the not-yet-incorporated Maitland first settled the town in 1880.  Eatonville is the hometown of Black Renaissance author Zora Neale Hurston who was also a anthropologist and filmmaker. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God.



** Dining option can be added to any tour. Price of meal is not included

 *In the case of adverse weather conditions, for safety reasons or for any other reasons deemed appropriate, the itinerary, times and duration of the excursions included in the itinerary may be substituted. Barefoot Treasures Getaways has the right to alter, change or cancel the tour if it deems necessary. If the tour is cancelled, you will receive a full refund.


The number of attendees highly impacts the tour; therefore, the tour will only operate with a minimum of 13 participates and is non-refundable.

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Barefoot Treasures Getaways, LLC
Travel Agency specializing in Africa and Jamaica Immersive Cultural Experiences.

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