Congress Avenue Bridge Bats Tours and Tickets

See popular landmarks as you exercise on this guided running tour around downtown Austin. Run at a casual, accommodating pace through the streets of the city passing by Lady Bird Lake, the capitol building, the Governor's Mansion, Congress, Ave, the Bat Bridge, and more. There are multiple guides on the tour, so it's easy to go at your own pace or walk.

See Austin's quieter side on a 2-hour bike tour that follows the tree-shaded Butler Trail around Lady Bird Lake. Learn about the city's past and present as you ride to highlights such as Barton Springs, HOPE Outdoor Gallery, and the Congress Street Bridge.

Discover Austin by bike on a 2-hour tour that goes through Zilker Park, Congress Avenue, and around Lady Bird Lake. See landmarks like the Texas State Capitol and Congress Avenue Bridge as your guide shares stories about the Texas capital's history.

See a different side of Austin on this small-group running tour. Casually run about 3.1 miles (5km) around the city, exploring some of Austin's most infamous haunted landmarks. Then, head to the Congress Ave Bridge to see the bats fly out from under it for the night's hunt at dusk.

Explore a different side of Austin's legendary nightlife during this 2.5-hour bike trip to observe the city's bat colony under Congress Avenue Bridge. These nightlife-loving denizens may never step foot inside a music club, but they sure know how to put on a show! Cycle first around Austin's Lady Bird Lake, arriving at the bridge just in time to watch the more than 1.5 million bat residents as they take flight for their evening feeding. A guide and all bike equipment is included.

Watch more than a million bats fly out of the Congress Avenue Bridge on an evening kayak tour of Austin that's timed to catch the spectacular natural show. Observing the Congress Avenue Bridge bats from a kayak means you don't have to find a spot among the crowds on the riverbank, giving you a front-row seat as the Mexican free-tailed bats take to the sky.