STARTING SEPTEMBER 20

Lake Geneva Cruise Line has added an active way to see the fall colors up close-on their "Feet, Seat and Eat" walk and cruise tours, each Saturday and Sunday, from September 20 through October 26.

Walkers start out by using their feet on an eight mile hike along the Lake Geneva shoreline, then grab a seat on a passenger boat that picks them up at a public pier, and eat lunch on Saturday or brunch on Sunday aboard the narrated cruise for the rest of the tour back to the Lake Geneva starting point.

Besides fall colors, walkers see opulent multi-million dollar mansions, wooden boats valued at more than $400,000, beautifully manicured gardens and designer boat houses as they stroll along the public path where the lake-facing estates are front and center.

The unique tour is made possible because of an old law that requires the winding lake path around Lake Geneva be maintained and open to the public. Walkers are not trespassing on the yards of the rich and famous as long as they stay on the path. Walkers should wear sturdy shoes because the walkway, originally a Native American Potawatomi footpath, ranges from stone, brick and wood planks to concrete ramps, sandy beach, steps, and packed dirt.

Walkers start at the Lake Geneva Cruise Line ticket office, downtown, at 9:15 a.m. on Saturdays and 8:45 a.m. on Sundays and hike over to the Williams Bay pier, allowing three hours so they can catch the 12:15 p.m. lunch tour on Saturdays and the 11:45 brunch tour on Sundays. Cost on Saturdays is $40.62 and on Sundays is $47.50, including tax, with discounted senior and youth rates available.

Contact LGCL for fall walk and cruise schedules, rates and reservations