History
We initially began as a guided DC walking tour company and quickly branched out into custom and group tours, running tours, pedicab tours, and even scavenger hunts (coming back soon in digital form!). Business was good, and demand was great, and we have gotten alot of press coverage as a result. We have been covered by the likes of Politico, Huffington Post, TheHill, RTTV Russian Television, ABC7, WJLA, WETA, WUSA, The Washington Examiner, The Washington Express, Refinery29, ThinkProgress, and more. Pretty soon, through talking with our customers, it became very apparent there was a big opportunity and need out there for DC tourism to enter the 21st century. So we turned our company into an Audio/MP3 walking tour download company (although you are obviously more than welcome to bike/run/rollerskate/skateboard/crawl/etc any of the audio tours!). We hope you enjoy!
Specialties
DC Walkabout is a unique Washington DC walking tour company, and come recommended by the Fodors Travel Guide. We offer the original American Scandal walking tour, as seen on Politico, Washington Examiner, RT, ABC, The Hill, WETA, ThinkProgress, Let's Talk Live, and more. We also offer a Haunted History Ghost Tour, Lincoln Assassination Tour, Capitol Hill Tour, Cherry Blossom Tour, and National Mall Tour. We are the only DC tour company to use historical audio excerpts and speeches, music, and sound effects in our tours, as our walking tours are now available on ITunes, Amazon, and Google Play in audio tour MP3 format. Previews available, check them out for yourself! We are the only 24/7 tour company in the city.