Ultimate Gettysburg Self-Guided Bundle Tour

The directions and audio explanations were informative. The ability to stop and spend time whenever we chose was a big positive.

II would recommend this self-tour to anyone that enjoys American history and the Civil War. I saw the movie Gettysburg before my visit and this visit, seeing the actual battlefields and the stories attached to each battlefield; well, it was just impressive. I enjoyed the stories that followed the tour.

Well narrated and well directed for map navigation. Informative and simple to follow. Get close to a WiFi for ease of ap download prior to initiating the tour. At first it may seem the directions are taking you way out of the way but be patient and follow the instructions. Don’t hesitate to pause the narration to walk around and take-in the sites or take a break. It picks right up where you left off and very easy to replay. Make time- the tour is long and detailed sometimes taking short but time consuming detours that nevertheless are well worth it and a terrific value for the price. The detours are voluntary and it will tell you when occurring so you have the chance to postpone and pick up the tour another day or time. I can’t pick a favorite location, it’s all very impressive but forced to say, I’d point to the near initial portion of the tour. All you have to do is observe, better yet, WALK, the location at the rail under the bridge to get a sense of the circumstances under which these soldiers found themselves as vividly described by the ap. You are not sentient if the hair on your back don’t react. I was fortunate to visit during the precise time of year the battle took place (July 4 weekend 2021) and that definitely added a physical dimension to the imagination. All of the grounds are immaculate. All of the participant armies represented with all of their divisions, brigades memorialized, all by their respective States. The scale of this tour is immense, the grounds are hallowed and make for intense meditative spots throughout. Feel free to stop reading here. The balance are more personal thoughts about my visit and not necessarily a review. The history enthusiasts will be thrilled. Pick any subject; military history, military tactics, military weapons, logistics, field medicine, period medical equipment, techniques, medical/surgical tools, artillery tactics, artillery equipment, ballistics, period weapon technology, the politics of the war, the pro and cons, the personal drama, civilian sacrifices, near mythical acts of valor, made-for-epic heroism, inspirational stories of man and mammal. Anyone visiting this place should come out with a minimum sense of the magnitude, the seriousness, the cost and right, wrong or indifferent; the reasons for brother to fight so viciously, so crudely and so violently against brother. Now at the Museum itself, involvement of African American troops is well covered and greatly appreciated. You learn the individual’s name, rank, unit, incredible valor in combat. The tragic conditions before, during and after are enough to make anyone angry that a man be denied a promotion or respect for their valor because of their skin color. This is a good place to feel the burning brand of injustice and appreciate why it’s a big thing that the CSA lost their bid to perpetuate a failed and ignorant cause. In the Service I was told there was only one color; Green. And on any battlefield the only color that equalizes and matters is the one given from your own veins in sacrifice of an higher ideal. I don’t feel it an exaggeration to suggest that every citizen of this country should be made to visit this place, to get a better sense of our times. Is it propagandist? Maybe. History is written by the victors. Yet every American should experience this for themselves and judge the actions taken here with the knowledge of it’s flawed, obscene and immoral reasons, existing on both sides and weigh it's historical value, the heroic, ridiculously suicidal charges and counters and hopefully take from it that we are, by far, a much better Republic. And if we are lucky; perhaps inoculate against the nonsense that continually works to divide us. May the tour leave you a better person, a better citizen, a better American.

The driving tour was a nightmare. The navigation was not working with the signs. We tried to manually move from one site to the next but even that didn’t work properly. After two hour of frustration and we called the help number... “Mike’s “ Pakistani accent was so thick that his advice was useless. Mike asked us silly questions such as “did we download the app?” He was about as useless as the app itself.

We had difficulty with how it operated when we were unknowingly facing the wrong direction starting out. Wish there was more info other than being told to go straight continue forward. When we stopped part way through, my crew was aggravated and didn't really want to resume the next day. I cant imagine driving ourselves through this tour once the tourism season goes into full swing. Traffic and trying to believe we are headed the right way would be a safety concern in heavier traffic.

Learned amazing facts. Very easy to "visualize" from the story tellers's descriptions. Would like more "little" personal facts that we overheard tour guides telling their groups i.e. Lee's horse Traveller, 17 hands tall and he outlived Lee dying after the war, after being involved the entire war, to die of stepping on a nail of tetanus! Trivia facts.

The map was slow to load and the instructions didn’t make sense. But once we found the monuments the facts that were given were very informative.

So much fun, It was our first time and we enjoyed all of it. Being able to go at our own pace a d take it all in was awesome