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Local Attractions in Shipshewana and Middlebury Indiana

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Enjoy the gentle touch of a guided tour straight from the heart of Northern Indiana Amish Mennonite Country. Escorted tours offer the benefit of "hassle free" travel. Our guide will give his own interesting personal details of experiences growing up in such a unique area. Buggy Rides, Dinners, Farm Tours, Sight-Seeing Evening Cruises and Tours. Available for group or private tours!

Tour Packages

Tour #1: Experience a 15 minute buggy ride in the town of Shipshewana. Our local guide will narrate the history of this truly unique community - and all about the "Vision of a Lion".
Tour #2: Or, if you would like to see more of the bountiful farmland surrounding Shipshewana we suggest the 30 minute buggy ride. Our guide will narrate the sights and sounds of area Amish farms clustered along the back roads of Shipshewana.
Tour #3: While you are on this one hour buggy ride you will hear many stories of the Amish and Mennonite background. Our tour will visit a "hands on" experience at an Amish dairy farm. Note: All 4:30pm tours will see cows being milked and baby calves being fed.

Most Popular One Day Attractions

Amish-Mennonite Thrasher's Dinner in home
Hands on Activities, Visit Schools
Buggy Shop Tours, Hore and Dairy Farm Tours
Backroad Tours of quiet Amish Farmland
Furniture Factory, Loom and Quilt Shop
Cheese Factory [Deutsch Kase Haus]
Bonneyville Grist Mill powered by water wheel
Noodle Factory and Bakery
Recreational Vehicle Plant Tours
History of Beautiful Forks Area - "The First Amish / Mennonite Settlers"

Amish/Mennonite History Forks Area
In 1840, four Amish men from Somerset County, Pennsylvania (near Johnstown, PA) decided to scout out the Midwest for future settlement. They went to Pittsburg, Penn. and charted a boat down the Ohio River and up the Mississippi River to Burlington, Iowa. From there they traveled on foot through Henry, Washington, and Johnson Counties in Iowa.

They also wanted to see Indiana before returning home, so on their return trip, they crossed the Mississippi River and the state of Illinois and came to the small town of Chicago. By boat, they crossed Lake Michigan and came down the St. Joseph River and from there they came to the Elkhart River.

Traveling again on foot they spotted the beautiful valley of the FORKS - where two creeks meet; the Emma Creek and the Eden Creek then forming the Little Elkhart River.

Travel with Buggy Lane Tours through this beautiful farm land, hear more of the story.

We Look Forward To Hearing From You!

Please call Buggy Lane Tours, Inc directly at 1-888-264-7446 for more information and to book your tour!