Excursions currently being investigated / planned for the 2025 Go Congress:

Details below are subject to change.

Excursion to Downtown Austin, University of Texas, and the Capitol

We plan to provide bus service from the congress to downtown Austin, where a variety of activities and sightseeing options are available.

Details on the timing and cost of the bus service are still be worked out.

Prices shown are subject to change.

• The Bullock Texas State History Museum
• Cost: 12,11,9 for adult, senior, youth, IMAX: $10-$15
• Blanton Museum of Art
• Cost: $15, Duration: 1 - 2 hours
• LBJ Presidential Library
• Cost: $16 Adult, $12 senior, $6 child, Duration: ? Hours: 9-5
• Harry Ransom Center
• Free, Hours: 10-5, private group tours available upon request
• State Capitol Tours
• Free, Duration: 30 mins, Hours: 9:30 - 3:30
• Campus Walking Tours & UT Austin Interest Sessions
• Austin Segway Tours
• Cost: $69, Duration: 2 hours, Time: 10am

Evening

• Bat/Dinner cruise (8 pm)
• https://capitalcruises.com/
• https://lonestarriverboat.com/bat_watching_sunset_cruises.html, $14, 1 hr
• Explore the live music venues of Austin

In or nearby Georgetown:

• Inner Space Cavern 
• Cost: $24, 18 adult, child, Duration: 75 mins, Hours: 9-4
• Group tour: 20+, $16
• Longer tours available
• 2-3 miles from campus… participants will want to utilize taxi or ride share
• San Gabriel Park
• https://georgetowntexas.gov/business_detail_T22_R105.php
• 1-2 miles from campus… participants can  walk or arrange taxi/ride share
• Blue Hole Park
• https://georgetowntexas.gov/business_detail_T22_R69.php
• 1-2 miles from campus… participants can  walk or arrange taxi/ride share
• Lake Georgetown
• https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/recreational/lakes/georgetown/access.phtml
• 5 miles from campus… participants can  walk or arrange taxi/ride share
• Georgetown On The Square - Grape Creek Vineyards
• Cost: $30 for 4 glasses,  Hours: 12-6
• 1 mile from campus… participants can walk or ride share
• Georgetown Winery
• Cost: $18 for 4 x 2 oz glasses, Hours: 11-6, other tastings available
• 1 mile from campus… participants can walk or ride share

Other activities participants may want to explore on their own

• Wonderspaces Austin - Art and Technology
• Cost: $25 - $50, Duration: about 75 mins
• 1205 Sheldon Cove, Suite 2-A, Austin, TX 78753
• Museum of the Weird
• 412 E 6th St
• Cost: $13 adult, $9 youth, Duration: about 30 mins
• Indoor Skydiving in Austin | iFLY
• Cost: $85, Duration: 30 mins, Hours: 9-7:30
• Texas Location | Kalahari Resorts | Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
• Indoor water park
• Lake Travis Zipline Adventures
• 1 - 3 hours long, $84 - $141
• Zilker Metropolitan Park | AustinTexas.gov
• Double Decker Austin Single Loop Sightseeing Tour
• Cost: $37, Duration: 75-90 minutes
• Austin Detours
• 2024 Best of Austin Small-Group Driving Tour with Local Guide, $45, 2 hours
• 2024 Half-Day Hill Country Wine Shuttle From Austin, $65, 4-5 hours
• 2024 From Austin: Hill Country BBQ & Wine Shuttle, $55, 4-5 hours
• 2024 (Austin) Half-Day Hill Country Brewery and Distillery Shuttle from Austin, $65, 4-5 hours
• 2024 Austin Murals & Mimosas Roofless Party Bus Tour and Photoshoot
• Cost: $595 for up to 15 people ($40/person), Duration: 2.5 hours

Shopping

• Many small shops in downtown Georgetown
• South Congress
• https://www.austincityguide.com/listings/south-congress-avenue-shopping
• The Domain
• https://www.simon.com/mall/the-domain
• Round Rock Outlet Mall