Name: J Ward Lunatic Asylum Ghost Tour
Price: 41.00 AUD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.3 (34 reviews)

Highlights

Tour the home of the criminally insane
Hear about the history and learn about famous inmates
Walk through the museum with an expert guide

Be committed for an evening and enter the cells of the criminally insane if you dare. Journey on a ghost tour of the J Ward Lunatic Asylum with your expert guide.

What's included?

2 hour guided tour of the original asylum with a J Ward expert tour guide
Museum entrance

Visit the home of the criminally insane, the J Ward Lunatic Asylum, one of Victoria's most haunted properties. Enjoy a 2 hour guided tour of the original asylum with a J Ward tour guide, your expert in ghost tours. Access buildings not open to the public on this multi award winning ghost tour.

Important information

Session Length

Please allow 2 hours for the duration of this experience
This tour runs on regular dates throughout the year, please check availability

Restrictions

There are steps, unfortunately people with mobility restrictions will not be able to access all areas.

Guidelines

Minimum age is 12 years old
This is a slow, walking tour so the ability to walk at a slow pace for 2 hours is required
Stairs included in this tour

Cancellation

Change your booking up to 48 hours before the start time of your experience
Changes are not permitted within 48 hours of your experience
Late arrivals or no shows may result in you forfeiting your experience

Numbers on the Day

There will be a maximum of 25 people on this tour.

Dress Code

Warm clothing, flat soled shoes are required.

Location

This experience takes place in Ararat, located at the foothills of the Grampians.

Reviews

4.3

34 reviews

5 stars 22

4 stars 6

3 stars 2

2 stars 2

1 star 2

Average

Sam 6 October 2025

Overall, not super impressed with the tour. The staff seemed passionate but I found most of the group were just wandering through the building.

Customer Experience

Hi Sam, thanks so much for your feedback. We are always looking for ways to improve so I really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience.

6 October 2025

Walking around J Ward was great!

Linda 29 March 2025

The Guides were informative and interesting. Being given the opportunity to use the Paranormal Equipment was exciting! There was a fair bit of Paranormal Activity!!

Customer Experience

Hi Linda, it is always great to hear about the wonderful experiences our customers have, thank you for sharing!

30 March 2025

Ararat J Ward Lunatic Asylum

Jason 11 September 2023

An eerie experience with many tales told by the guides.

Amazing

Amy 26 June 2021

We loved the tour lots of interesting stories and things to see experienced a little bit of activity going on.

It was okay

Leslie 27 November 2020

It was okay not much ghost activity but it was still a good night out I would recommend this tour to anyone ever family group's

Interesting!!

Marlie 30 April 2019

The ghost tour was amazing, the tour guides we had for the night were very friendly and had a lot of information about the history and people. I would recommend this tour to anyone who likes a good spook!

Ghost tour was a really fun and spooky night out!

Amy 23 April 2019

First ever ghost tour ive been on and really enjoyed it. Hearing about the history while standing where it happened, in the dark, in a haunted location really put some adrenalin to it. Would do another.

Historically amazing

Penny 2 April 2019

Great experience was everything we expected and more. Would definitely recommend

Creepy times

Kelly 14 July 2018

I've been on a few ghost tours and I found this one to be fairly good. I liked how they offered the guests the opportunity to play with the 'ghost equipment'. The tour guide was lovely but we did feel that the stories were a little under told. A little more history would of been good.

ENJOYABLE NIGHT

Simone 20 March 2018

The guide was very friendly. Very interesting to hear the history of the Asylum. We were able to use meters to detect any spirits in J Ward Asylum.