Boulder, Colorado - Banjo Billy's Bus Tours

Banjo Billy's Bus Tours take you on a guided trip of Boulder in a bus that's basically a hillbilly shack on wheels, complete with a pitched tin roof and old wood siding. The inside of the bus is decorated with wild colors, disco balls, and astroturf, and you sit on saddles, recliners and couches as the bus bounces through town. The whole experience is fun and crazy.

The tour is also really informative. Banjo Billy takes you all over Boulder telling you about the interesting history of the town and some of its buildings, the early settlers and their interactions with the natives, and fun and unusual facts. He also tells ghost stories about some of the places in town that are supposedly haunted. He's really done his research and he knows his stuff.

Banjo Billy's tour includes lots of jokes (good and bad) and he has a really fun delivery that gets everybody interacting. He's even got a sound effects horn that he honks at people on the street (cow moos, horse neighs, etc.). The people in town seem to know him and they all wave and holler "Hey Banjo Billy!" [Stephanie Lupenski, 02/06/2008]

This guy cut the top off a school bus that looks like a hillbilly shack. It even has saddles in the bus instead of seats. He tells 90 minutes of ghost tales, crime stories and history. Most city tours I've been on are mildly interesting, but never leave an impression. This one does. Want some funky in your life while visiting Boulder? Check this one out. [John, 06/21/2006]