Driving Lake Tahoe: A Self-Guided Tour from South Lake Tahoe to Tahoe City
Lake Tahoe, USA
- 2 hours to 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Explore the south and west shores of Lake Tahoe, from South Lake Tahoe to Tahoe City, at your own pace with this flexible, self-guided driving tour. Pass by attractions like the Tallac Historic Site, Emerald Bay, D.L. Bliss State Park, and learn about historic points like Tahoe’s historic homes, gaming, and the trees of Tahoe’s forests. Includes convenient offline access to audio commentary, maps, and geodata.
- A self-guided driving tour from South Lake Tahoe to Tahoe City
- Explore the sights that interest you, at your own pace
- Audio tour guide provides history, stories, and directions
- Great value with lifetime access to app and data
What's Included
- Lifetime access to this tour in English
- Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
- VoiceMap App for Android and iOS
- Food and drink
- Smartphone and headphones
- Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
- Transportation
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Golden Nugget Lake Tahoe Hotel & Casino50 US-50, Stateline, NV 89449, USA
Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
End point
- William B Layton Park130 W Lake Blvd, Tahoe City, CA 96145, USA
The tour ends at William B Layton Park.
Arranged start time
Confirm time with the local provider in advance of your experience.
- 07/30/2020 - 04/09/2027
Monday - Sunday : 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Itinerary
South Lake Tahoe (Pass By)
Camp Richardson Marina (Pass By)
Tallac Historic Site (Pass By)
Inspiration Point Vista (Pass By)
Vikingsholm (Pass By)
Emerald Bay State Park (Pass By)
D.L. Bliss State Park (Pass By)
Meeks Bay Beach (Pass By)
Sugar Pine State Park (Pass By)
Chambers Landing Bar and Restaurant (Pass By)
Eagle Rock Hiking Trail (Pass By)
Gatekeeper's Museum (Pass By)
Tahoe City (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Infants must sit on laps
- Most travelers can participate
- Near public transportation
- Not wheelchair accessible
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
Traveler Photos
Reviews
4.1
based on 33 reviews
Jane_N, Dec 2025
Starting place needs to be pretty exact. Took a while to figure that out.
Info about Tahoe history was something we would not have gotten without the tour. Ample opportunities for taking time at different stops.
Lynn_S, Oct 2025
We really overcomplicated this App when we first started, but once we realized we needed to let it do the work, it was super easy and informative. Basically, it's no-touch but gave great driving instructions, including where parking lots are located and lots of history and trivia about the area. We stopped at several places - some we had heard of and some we had not. It was a great way to spend an easy day exploring at our own pace. The one thing that would be nice to see however, would be if the directions would transfer to the auto's mapping system. But we coordinated them which was fine. All-in-all, it was a great App and a nice addition to our trip.
Anne_N, Sep 2025
This was so informational and helped us find some unique stops we never would have found in our own, like Pope Manner.
However, the last 4-6 stops towards Tahoe City had poor audio quality, which made it hard to hear through the vehicle Bluetooth at times.
Mindy_H, Jul 2025
Give yourself a couple of stops to become accustomed to the function of the experience. The narration and history are really good. It does pair with your GPS and will pause to allow you time to catch up if needed. Or will just keep up if you don’t stop at some of the points of interest. It was nice to have a second person in the car to help if anything was missed. And you can go back if you do miss something. We very much enjoyed this trip and found so many things we would have never known were there. We found it very much worth the money. One thing to note is that the starting point is not accessible. We just pulled into the next driveway, found a place to park and started there which was no problem. We did make a couple of wrong turns at Heavenly (user error) but quickly figured it out and got on the right track and the narration paused to allow us to get where we needed to go every time we stopped to take something in.
Marianna_A, Apr 2025
Hard to follow. Doesn’t sink to the map on its own. First time I’ve been disappointed by a viator tour.
Response from Host, Apr 2025
Hi there,
I'm sorry that you were unhappy with your experience. When you were having technical difficulties, did you contact VoiceMap support via email or telephone? We are contactable by both telephone and email, so if you have technical difficulties, please reach out to us so we can identify what is going wrong.
Again, I'm sorry about the poor experience you had.
Best, Helene
April_L, Oct 2024
We completed all 3 of the self-guided tours around the lake. We struggled a little bit getting started with it and figuring out how it worked like starting & stopping. One of the directions didn’t seem to match up so it may need to be updated. Other than that found the information provided was really informative and help us complete a successful tour around the lake.
Greg_W, Sep 2024
The stories told along the way were interesting. GPS location was very accurate. I’m glad my husband was driving because I’m afraid of heights and there were some true drop offs. Nail clenching beautiful views.
Calvin_Y, Sep 2024
This audio program kept disconnecting while we were driving. When we restarted it it would revert back to the starting point. It also seemed to be unable to track where we were often telling us about a historic site or landmark after we had passed it. After about 30 minutes of frustration trying to get the app to work correctly we aborted our trip and went back to our hotel.
Response from Host, Sep 2024
Hi there,
I'm sorry that you were unhappy with your experience. Can you email more information to support@voicemap.me? This way, we can identify exactly what went wrong and process a refund if there was a technical issue.
I'm sorry for your frustrating experience.
MELANIE_P, Aug 2024
Great experience and lovely voice guiding us. My daughter was with me. I used to own a condo in Zephyr Cove and Tahoe will always be my Happy Place! Wish they would limit the # of boats in Emerald Bay! Thanks!
SONG_P, Jul 2024
The guide on the road.
The history of the sightseeing.
The audio clips are really amazing.
I have no more idea.
Elaine_G, Jul 2024
Emerald Bay, Meeks Bay. Falken Leaf Lake, Tallac Historic site and all the wonderful lake views and snowy mountain views. Fabulous!
John_C, Jun 2023
We tried 2 different days to use it. The first day it worked for about 10 minutes until we stopped at one of the sites. When we tried to restart it it would not work. The next day we tried it again and that day it would not do anything.
Response from Host, Jul 2023
Hi John
We're sorry to hear this. Did you try to use our resume function which allows you to pick the tour up where you left off? If not, this would explain why it didn't work when you tried to restart the tour.
If you did resume, please will you email us with more information so we can investigate what happened.
Thanks,
Alicia
Iryna_M, Jul 2022
Poor tour information. We did travel twice around the Lake Tahoe and both times used Audio Tours: VoiceMap ($11.99) and Action Tour Guide ($10). Strongly recommend to by Auction Tour guide .
Response from Host, Jul 2022
Hi Iryna – We're sorry you didn't get as much value from this tour as you should have! Unfortunately you appear to have started it in the middle instead of following the route from the Hard Rock Hotel, so you missed a lot of the tour. You also don't appear to have finished the tour. The script is nearly 9,000 words long, so there's plenty of content, and it's all thoroughly researched. It's a pity you didn't experience it because other reviews of this tour are overwhelmingly positive and VoiceMap's app has a better overall rating than Action Tour Guide's.
Debbie_W, Jul 2022
This was amazing and learned so much that e decided to add the next 2 tours and complete the lake. The only issue is when you pause and stop. It was sometimes difficult to get the your playing again. Did also lose signal once.
bwtollefson, May 2022
The information on the history of the Tahoe basin, especially Camp Richardson, and the visit to Emerald Bay overlook.
Joe_M, Nov 2021
Very nice narration on key points and places to stop and consider stopping during your stay. We loved it
Susan_P, Nov 2021
My family and I really enjoyed learning about the history of Lake Tahoe and finding new spots to explore.
Sim_D, May 2021
The concept is very good. The execution is very frustrating. It was very difficult at first to get to the exact starting spot for at the Hard Rock. It out me in the middle of an entrance where you can't park to listen to the instructions. Getting back to the app after a stop doesn't always work well. I kept getting a message saying that I was lost and off the path. The first time it caused me to turn around and retrace steps. I wasted about 15 minutes. It was because of a temporary loss of signal. This should be anticipated in that area. For $12 its hard to complain, but it was just OK.
Response from Host, May 2021
Thanks for this useful feedback Sim. It's helped us make some improvements to the tour, which has only just been released.
It looks like the publisher of this tour didn't cover the entire parking lot when they set up the starting point. This has been corrected.
When you heard the lost alert suggesting you might have gone off track, it was because you chose not to take optional turn offs. That's to be expected, of course, otherwise these turn offs wouldn't be optional, but we needed to change the configuration slightly on our end to prevent that alert from playing. We've now done this.
Thanks again. This is a better tour now as a result of your feedback and we're contacting you to offer you a free VoiceMap tour.
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