Top Fort Collins Sightseeing Tours in 2026

Explore Fort Collins' history and cultural heritage with experienced local guides. Discover the city's highlights and hidden gems as your local expert shares the many tales the city has to tell.

Hear all about the local ghosts and spirits on this haunted pub tour of Fort Collins. Your costumed guide will take you to venues infamous for their ghost stories and local history. You will also get some beer specials with this tour, and you can take your beverage with you to secret underground or other hidden spots around the venues.

Take a spooky tour of Fort Collins on a guided ghost tour. You’ll visit Old Town’s famous haunted spots both in and below the city on this tour. Your guide will show you the way, so the hassle is taken out, and you just need to concentrate on spotting ghosts. You’ll get a history lesson on Old Town’s century-old buildings and all of their legends.

We've transformed Colorado State University into a thrilling outdoor mystery adventure! Our app combines the excitement of a Scavenger Hunt with the clever puzzles of an Escape Room, guiding you to 11 iconic campus landmarks. The mission? Cam the Ram, CSU’s cherished mascot, has vanished, and campus morale is at rock bottom. As members of Green & Gold Sleuths, the finest detective agency in town, you and your trusty Basset Hound, Archie, are on the case. You'll search for clues across landmarks like The Oval, Canvas Stadium, and Morgan Library, while uncovering fascinating facts about places like the CSU Trial Gardens, Vietnam Memorial Bridge, and more. Expect to walk about 2.1 miles as you unravel the mystery and bring Cam the Ram home. You can play solo or with friends, and the experience takes about 90 minutes to complete—but you’re free to move at your own pace.

Curious about the lesser-known stories of Fort Collins? Starting with the very first steps of this playful walk, you’ll experience the thrill and beauty of discovery. Location-based riddles will show you the way to our favorite local places, including quiet courtyards, forgotten stories and cute hidden spots we’ll keep secret... for now! Fun fact: this trail was created by our local creator. - Explore Fort Collins (Colorado) during this interactive and fun discovery walk - Learn about the history and local stories of the city centre in a playful way - Solve 12 location-based riddles to unlock directions to your next stop along the route - See popular sights like the Fort Collins Power plant and the Poudre River from a different angle and discover hidden local spots This discovery walk is an educational and fun activity for friends, couples, families with kids, curious locals, visitors, and team building.

Winding their way across the Great Plains like so many ribbons, rivers and streams were vital to survival for all lifeforms that inhabited the parched expanse. For humans, watercourses also served as directional aids, tracks for travel corridors, and convenient boundaries. The Cache la Poudre was such a river. Its verdant valley was referred to as the jáaianahâw by the Arapaho people and first appear on a map of the region as a result of Major Stephen H. Long’s expedition of 1820. By 1835, it was being called the Cache la Poudre, or “hide the powder.” Significant at various times, in various ways, the Poudre River has many tales to tell. From the 1820s to the 1870s this “downstream” segment factored prominently in river lore. This tour takes you around the circumference of Rigden Reservoir while stopping at several sites during the walk to relate stories of the people and events that added to its colorful history.