Callaway Gardens Information Center — Attraction in Durand

A few things and end on a great note. Maps and signs are hard to follow. It's not always clear on traffic flow especially from the discovery center. We went into the park at 3 and said we were here for the pumpkin festival when we bought our tickets at $68 and change. The lady says oh it's right before the butterfly exhibit you can't miss it. So we ziplined at 5. A HUGE group. Too large for their staff to manage getting rigged up and trained. Warning, if someone in your party sits out of ziplining, everything closes around 5 or 6 and they will have nothing to do. It was 7:30 when we finished and the park almost dark. We rode forever looking for the festival. There was another car same problem Security had to help us out of the park and sent us down the road to the event. The park is DANGEROUS at night with the road so unmarked. They need lines to help you. The other car drove off the road and scraped their undercarriage badly in the dark. Naturally there are deer.

So. If you want to go to an event like that. It is Not inside Callaway the actual park if you're coming from Columbus. Bypass maybe 2 miles.

Customer service was great everywhere except the restaurant. That's what happens when you let kids run your business.

The Zipline crew was fantastic as was the crew managing the entrance to the festival. Buy your tickets in advance. Then you only need to get wristbands. Ask for wristbands at the park gate before the event to save time. THANK YOU PARK SECURITY FOR HELPING US AFTER DARK!! Take your kids to the pumpkin festival, they will be...

The Callaway Plantation was located in Washington, GA. The site was formerly a working cotton plantation with enslaved African Americans. The site was owned by the Callaway family between 1785 until 1977 and the family still owns a considerable amount of acreage surrounding the Callaway Plantation. When the plantation was active, it was very large and owned several hundred slaves.

The Callaway family of Georgia are descendents of Peter Callaway (1640–1715) an immigrant who came to the U.S. from England. A part of the family later migrated to west GA in and around LaGrange.

**I'm leaving 1 star because it's disingenuous to not tell the full truth about a place, a history, or a family. The website of Callaway gardens makes no mention of this history or where the true wealth of this family came from. Some of us would like to avoid places with such a heritage. If you're proud of your beginnings, be proud. But tell the full truth.

Those men, women, and children who were enslaved for generations by this family deserve at least that. I will never visit this place again, nor will I ever spend...

Our trip was on 11-30-24. We were Looking to another year of Callaway lights. Little did we know our 7:30 drive through tickets were a waste of time. We were moved through the line just a half mile maybe in the park no lights to be seen and we sat there in the dark for 2 hours and my granddaughter fell asleep before we started moving at 9:45 toward the lights. I have reached out to Tyler several times only to be put off or sent to voice mail. Truly surprised that this has been handled in this manner. We were and I repeat were regular visitors to Callaway but will not be planning any further trips. If this is the way they handle what was truly a problem with the organization that night and the way we have been put off definitely not where we will spend our...