Dr. King's Atlanta, From Auburn Avenue to Morehouse College
A three-hour Black history tour that starts on foot in Sweet Auburn, then heads west to the schools King attended.
Chit Chat Atlanta Tours starts this one on Auburn Avenue, the street where Martin Luther King Jr. was born, and gives Sweet Auburn the first 45 minutes. The listing has the group standing before Ebenezer Baptist Church and walking the Civil Rights Walk of Fame. Then the route leaves the avenue for the Westside.
A September 2025 reviewer described the shift as going "from walking around the neighborhood of historical landmarks to driving through significant historical neighborhoods." On the Westside, the listing gives each of the four stops 10 to 15 minutes.
Reviews from 2025 and 2026 repeatedly name the guide as Carla Morrison, and an August 2026 reviewer described her as both guide and driver. A December 2025 reviewer called the recording of King's "I Have a Dream" speech, played in the background during the tour, "a great added feature," and suggested letting part of it run with no talking over it.
The listing sells this as a shared tour, and the groups in the reviews ran small. A February 2026 reviewer brought grandchildren on what they called a small-group tour. The December 2025 reviewer's group was only their own party, and the guide shaped the stops around their interests.
Black History and Civil Rights TourA three-hour Atlanta tour from Big Bethel AME Church through Sweet Auburn to Herndon Home, Booker T. Washington High School and Morehouse College, with water and a snack.www.viator.comBorn, Preached and Laid to Rest, All on Auburn Avenue
Auburn Avenue holds the start and the end of King's story. He was born on January 15, 1929, at No. 501, his grandparents' home. His crypt, shared with Coretta Scott King and built of Georgia marble, sits at No. 449 on The King Center's grounds, on a brick island in a reflecting pool. Ebenezer Baptist Church, the King family's church, is on the same avenue, and the listing puts the group out front. The national historical park gets 30 minutes of the tour.
A ranger-led Birth Home visit is a separate, free ticket, handed out the same day at Historic Fire Station No. 6, 39 Boulevard NE. The presentation runs about 30 minutes, as long as the tour's whole park stop. The park's hours page lists the house as closed for renovations, with the presentations held in the bookstore next door. Historic Ebenezer is open daily from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with ranger-led walk-throughs.
A December 2025 reviewer used the tour as a scouting run and went back the next day to the places it had pointed out.
Herndon's House, King's High School and the Morehouse Campus
On the Westside the route passes Paschal's in Castleberry Hill without stopping. The four stops:
- Herndon Home, 10 minutes. Alonzo Herndon was born into slavery in 1858 and founded Atlanta Life Insurance Company, according to the Herndon Foundation. The house went up between 1908 and 1910 to a design by his wife, Adrienne. Museum admission is not part of the tour. The museum opens Tuesday and Thursday through Saturday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, at USD 15 for general admission and USD 12 for children, students, military and seniors.
- The King family home, 15 minutes. The National Park Service added the house at 234 Sunset Avenue in Vine City to the park in 2018.
- Booker T. Washington High School, 15 minutes. It opened in 1924 as Atlanta's first public high school for Black students, and King is among its alumni, per a House resolution marking its 100th anniversary.
- Morehouse College, 15 minutes. The college dates to 1867. King started there in September 1944, after his junior year of high school, according to Stanford's King Institute.
One Price From Age 4 Up, Plus the Listing's Access Notes
The listing charges the same per-person price for a 4-year-old as for an adult. Its four age bands run from children 4 to 12 up to seniors 65 and older. Every booking needs an adult and takes up to 12 travelers. Water and a snack are included.
The listing also carries four access notes, quoted as written:
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult's lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
A three-star review from July 2026 said "Transportation was tight as it only fit 6 people to include the driver."
Departure Times, the Two-Hour Cutoff and the Refund Line
As of October 19, 2026, the listing shows a 10:00 AM start on Mondays, 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM starts Tuesday through Thursday, and a 12:00 PM start Friday through Sunday. Bookings close two hours before the start, and confirmation is instant.
- Cancel at least 24 hours before the start for a full refund. Inside 24 hours, there is no refund.
- The listing marks the tour as weather-dependent and as needing a minimum number of travelers. A departure cancelled for either reason gets another date or a full refund.
The Park Service lists the national historical park as closed only on January 1, Thanksgiving and December 25. An October 2025 reviewer found the park's buildings shut during a federal government shutdown, and the tour still ran.
📍 Meet in front of Big Bethel AME Church, 220 Auburn Ave NE, on the corner of Jesse Hill Jr. Dr., by the church's electronic Big Bethel sign. The tour ends back at the same spot. The listing points drivers to a paid lot behind the church on Jesse Hill Jr. Dr., USD 5, and asks that nothing of value be left in plain sight in the car.
The map pin on this page marks the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park, the tour's second stop, east of Big Bethel. Big Bethel is the meeting point.
An October 2025 reviewer's suggestion for afterward was dinner at Paschal's, the soul food restaurant the route passes in Castleberry Hill.