Sawyer Tours, LLC

(410) 397-3743 - (443) 521-5325 - sawyercharters@yahoo.com

http://www.dorchestercountytours.com

HOME ABOUT US OUR HARRIET TUBMAN TOUR DORCHESTER SEAFOOD & WINE TOUR

Welcome to Dorchester County! We are a family-owned and operated business based right here in Dorchester County on Maryland's Eastern Shore. We have offered packaged Dorchester County tours for more than 15 years to bus companies, travel organizations, senior centers, AARP chapters, church groups, and many other groups who are interested in learning about what Dorchester County has to offer!

Dorchester Seafood & Wine

Visit a popular Dorchester County produce market, gorge on a buffet-style meal that provides the full flavor of the Eastern Shore, visit the only winery in our area, and take some seafood home with you!

After meeting your step-on tour guide at the Dorchester County Visitor Center in Cambridge, our first stop will be at Emily's Produce, a popular produce market that is owned and operated by a family who has been farming the fields of Dorchester County for 7 generations. Emily's Produce offers a wide variety of local fruits and vegetables, meats, plants, jams, jellies, and many more items.

Emily's Produce in Dorchester County, Maryland

On the way to Hoopers Island, where we'll have lunch, travel through lush pine forests and over the waterways of south Dorchester County, as our tour guide educates and entertains your group with the history of our area, and a discussion of the industries that support the local economy.

Arrive at Old Salty's Restaurant for an out of this world buffet-style meal that features locally-harvested seafood, such as crab cakes, fish, and clam strips. The meal also has non-seafood items like chicken, tossed salad, vegetables, macaroni and cheese, homemade rolls, and much more. An assortment of meringue pie slices are available for dessert. Water and iced tea are standard for drinks.

Crab Cakes from Maryland Crabmeat Old Salty's Restaurant Dessert At Old Salty's

After lunch, get back on the bus and enjoy the scenic drive to Layton's Chance Vineyard & Winery. Layton's Chance is Dorchester County's first winery! It is owned and operated by the Layton family, who has farmed the fields of Dorchester County for nearly 100 years, cultivating corn, wheat, and soybeans. They started the winery in 2010. When you arrive at the winery, enjoy a tour of the vineyard, as the winery staff informs your group of the grapes that are used in the production of their wine. You'll also have the opportunity to see the machinery and equipment that they use to make the wine. After that, it's time to go into the tasting room to sample some of the many wines that are available. Wine will be available to purchase to take home.

Layton's Chance Wines Layton's Chance Vineyard & Winery


When getting back to Cambridge, we'll stop at Kool Ice & Seafood, where you'll have the opportunity to purchase seafood to take home with you! Bring your coolers if you'd like to do this!

Kool Ice & Seafood - Cambridge, MD

Wanna know what some people are saying about this tour? Check out these testimonials!

"We enjoyed our Oyster Aquaculture tour with you. Your commentary about the history of Dorchester County and its current efforts to continue the watermen's way of life was very interesting and informative. We now have a better understanding of the importance of the seafood industry to your region. At the Madhouse Oyster farm, we got to see and hear about a new way to harvest oysters and how this will add to your seafood industry.

"Of course, another highlight of the tour was our lunch at Old Salty's. We all left full and happy. We learned a lot and had a lot of fun on this tour. Thanks for all of your help with arranging this learning adventure for our group." -
Jill Gentry, Lifelong Learning Institute of Manassas, VA

"I wanted to let you know what a great tour you gave us of Dorchester County, Cambridge, the Choptank and tributaries, all the information about history, Harriet Tubman, the lives of watermen and others who live in your great part of the Eastern Shore, crabbing, Blackwater wildlife refuge, oyster farming and more. We all learned so much about your way of life and your wonderful part of Maryland. Our lunch at Old Salty's was superb. I know we will go on another tour with you all. You are a wonderful family business. Thank you so much!" - Suzie Hill, St. Francis of Assisi Sodality, Baltimore, MD

Suggested Itinerary (times are approximate and may be adjusted)

10:00am: Meet step-on tour guide at Dorchester County Visitor Center in Cambridge

10:45am: Visit Emily's Produce

12:00pm: Lunch at Old Salty's Restaurant

2:30pm: Visit Layton's Chance Vineyard & Winery

4:00pm: Visit Kool Ice & Seafood

4:30pm: Conclusion of Tour

30-person minimum

HOME ABOUT US OUR HARRIET TUBMAN TOUR DORCHESTER SEAFOOD & WINE TOUR

Sawyer Tours, LLC

(410) 397-3743 - (443) 521-5325 - sawyercharters@yahoo.com

http://www.dorchestercountytours.com