Dundurn Castle & Ghost Bus Tour

Special Event featuring Dundurn Castle & a Hamilton Bus Tour

With the most haunted places in Hamilton before a very rare opportunity… inside the national historic monument at night!

Featuring…

  • A one-hour luxury coach bus tour of Hamilton with ghosts, voodoo, insanity & much more.  With stops outside Century Manor Asylum, Auchmar, the Armouries & Custom House.
  • And then go inside Dundurn Castle!  A special setup allows you to wander throughout.  While hearing darker history based on Dundurn’s ‘Death & Dying’ event.

Capped off with ghost stories on a eerie Mini-Walk around the mansion. Hands down our most popular event!

Happens only at Halloween.  This event books up quick…

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Done in 2024. Returns in 2025!

Ghost Walks of Hamilton
Excellent
4.9
Based on 634 reviews
Did the Hermitage walk last weekend. It was great. Tyler was a great storyteller, and overall the ambience was excellent.Only issue is that there were a few very refreshed hicks partaking in the walk as well, who continued cracking beers and drinking during the walk. I'd like to see the organizers keep that particular element out of this type of experience. You know what's a great mood-killer? Someone who reeks of whisky and beer who thinks they're a comedian.
We had Erin as our guide who was an absolutely fabulous story teller. She made the experience so great with the tales she told. I learned so much history about a place I live in that I had never heard before.
Great experience. Did the Dundurn castle and bus tour. Was an awesome outing.
My husband and I had such a wonderful time listening to some of Hamilton’s dark history on the bus tour with Daniel and bus driver Al. Exploring Dundurn castle after dark felt really special and the guides there were extremely knowledgeable. 10/10 would recommend it was awesome!2024Would just like to pop back on and say because we had such an amazing time last year we decided to do the hermitage ruins tour this year. We had a great time with Geoff as our guide as he was very knowledgeable on the history as well as a great story teller. It was a unique experience getting to walk the path in the dark. Again, I highly recommend you try it out.
We enjoyed it but I wish that people were told to keep voices low on the walk. We had a group show up, half of whom had been on the tour before. They were smoking pot and laughing and talking loud the entire time. It took away from the experience. The guide was amazing and funny and a good story teller. I didn't enjoy it because of the large group ruining the atmosphere for the entire group
We did the Dundurn Castle and Bus Tour and had a great time. All the guides were very enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and entertaining. Everything was run very smoothly. They were also very accommodating when I asked to switch our tickets to another date
Fantastic ghost walk at Hermitage Ruins with Erin as our tour guide. Lots of great stories and historic info. Thanks Erin!
We had fun on this tour. Erin was a great story teller.
We did the Dundurn Castle bus tour and ghost walk. It was great. Tyler was very knowledgeable.
The hermitage ruins ghost walk was full of fun and historic spooky stories. I loved that they had a psychic on site to add to the ambiance and overall enjoyment. We managed to capture some great photos as well under the full moon. Such a great experience! Will definitely do another ghost walk in the future. Erin was a great tour guide.
We really enjoyed the ghost walk in Dundas. Tyler was an excellent storyteller and very informative. He also had a good sense of humor. Even though it was raining last night, we still enjoyed it even my kids. There was a great turnout in our group. Highly recommend taking the tour.
Went for a tour of the Hermitage Ruins in Ancaster! Had Geoff as our tour guide. He was very knowledgeable and friendly! We never felt like we walked too far before there was another story and it was cool to have most of them occur around the places where we stopped. We were super impressed with his patience and graciousness with dealing with a small section of the group that kept talking over him when he was trying to share stories. Would happily take a tour with this company again ☺️
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Dundurn Castle

610 York Blvd MAP
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Dundurn & Bus Tour Prices

General . . . . . . . $34.00

+ HST Tax & Small 1.5% Fee

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FAQ & Interesting Info

Why we are different from other Tours?

A focus on masterful storytelling at a reasonable price.  First, we’ve put special attention into respecting the ghost story.  It has a dedication to traditional styles mixed with natural (and interesting) odd history.  Which has been our specialty since 2003.

Reviews | What people are saying…

Ghost Walks of Hamilton
Excellent
4.9
Based on 634 reviews
Did the Hermitage walk last weekend. It was great. Tyler was a great storyteller, and overall the ambience was excellent.Only issue is that there were a few very refreshed hicks partaking in the walk as well, who continued cracking beers and drinking during the walk. I'd like to see the organizers keep that particular element out of this type of experience. You know what's a great mood-killer? Someone who reeks of whisky and beer who thinks they're a comedian.
We had Erin as our guide who was an absolutely fabulous story teller. She made the experience so great with the tales she told. I learned so much history about a place I live in that I had never heard before.
Great experience. Did the Dundurn castle and bus tour. Was an awesome outing.
My husband and I had such a wonderful time listening to some of Hamilton’s dark history on the bus tour with Daniel and bus driver Al. Exploring Dundurn castle after dark felt really special and the guides there were extremely knowledgeable. 10/10 would recommend it was awesome!2024Would just like to pop back on and say because we had such an amazing time last year we decided to do the hermitage ruins tour this year. We had a great time with Geoff as our guide as he was very knowledgeable on the history as well as a great story teller. It was a unique experience getting to walk the path in the dark. Again, I highly recommend you try it out.
We enjoyed it but I wish that people were told to keep voices low on the walk. We had a group show up, half of whom had been on the tour before. They were smoking pot and laughing and talking loud the entire time. It took away from the experience. The guide was amazing and funny and a good story teller. I didn't enjoy it because of the large group ruining the atmosphere for the entire group
We did the Dundurn Castle and Bus Tour and had a great time. All the guides were very enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and entertaining. Everything was run very smoothly. They were also very accommodating when I asked to switch our tickets to another date
Fantastic ghost walk at Hermitage Ruins with Erin as our tour guide. Lots of great stories and historic info. Thanks Erin!
We had fun on this tour. Erin was a great story teller.
We did the Dundurn Castle bus tour and ghost walk. It was great. Tyler was very knowledgeable.
The hermitage ruins ghost walk was full of fun and historic spooky stories. I loved that they had a psychic on site to add to the ambiance and overall enjoyment. We managed to capture some great photos as well under the full moon. Such a great experience! Will definitely do another ghost walk in the future. Erin was a great tour guide.
We really enjoyed the ghost walk in Dundas. Tyler was an excellent storyteller and very informative. He also had a good sense of humor. Even though it was raining last night, we still enjoyed it even my kids. There was a great turnout in our group. Highly recommend taking the tour.
Went for a tour of the Hermitage Ruins in Ancaster! Had Geoff as our tour guide. He was very knowledgeable and friendly! We never felt like we walked too far before there was another story and it was cool to have most of them occur around the places where we stopped. We were super impressed with his patience and graciousness with dealing with a small section of the group that kept talking over him when he was trying to share stories. Would happily take a tour with this company again ☺️
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Why are dates and times missing when booking?

When a date or time slot is missing in the Booking… If a missing time, that tour time is sold out.  A missing date, means the entire night is sold out.

Is this a Jump-Scare or Traditional Tour?

It’s a normal Traditional Ghost Tour on the City Bus Tour & in the House. Featuring trained storytellers speaking of legends, interesting history and ghost stories. This is not a scare “haunted house”.

Are you connected to HH for Hamilton Tours?

No. There was a connection a few years back for promotion only. Ended in 2012. All Hamilton based, and other tours, originated from our same love of ghost stories starting with Downtown Hamilton in 2003.

Ghost Story from Bus – Auchmar Mansion

Experiencing the Ghosts after Half-A-Century

Strange Days at Blake Holsey High was a TV show on YTV.  Ran from 2002 to 2006.  Why am I talking about this here? 

The Gothic “Magic School” they filmed in… was Hamilton Mountain’s Auchmar Mansion

Auchmar Mansion - Hamilton Mountain

This was the first time non-Nuns had entered the building in almost half-a-century!  Meaning, the ghosts of the old Buchanan mansion can finally be noticed.

Such as that one night the Villain (actor Lawrence Bayne) slept over. 

He had an early shoot the next morning.  Heading into the back area behind the original house.  They had converted it into a line of dressing rooms for the actors.

Closing the door, lying down on the couch and closing his eyes. 

A click!  Opening his eyes.  Half asleep he saw movement at the door.  The knob turning.

He jumped up as the door swung open.  Running into the hall ready to confront whoever was playing this horrible joke.

The hallway empty and quiet.

This and the adorably creepy resident ghost of the house.

Should I book in advance?

Yes.  We are limited on space for tours.  Advance bookings allows us to guarantee spots for you, and book in additional guides if needed.