CHARLESTON · LOWCOUNTRY
17 Tours Reviewed
Magnolia Plantation moves at a calm, old-time pace. You get the Lowcountry in one long day: nearly 600 acres of gardens and wildlife, plus a Charleston city tour with major landmarks like the Citadel and the Battery. The Audubon swamp…
Gardens at Middleton Place feel like a slow exhale. In about 4.5 hours, you’ll cover the 65-acre grounds, tour the Middleton Family House Museum, and then sit down for classic low-country cuisine. If you like history that you can actually…
Middleton Place feels like a guided storybook. You’ll get small-group Mercedes Sprinter transport from downtown Charleston and lunch plus admission fees included so your day stays simple. The only real watch-out: the schedule is fixed, and some parts can feel…
Magnolia works both mind and legs. This 5-hour Charleston day trip pairs a guided visit to the Magnolia Plantation House with an exclusive Nature Train or Wildlife Boat option across the 66-acre grounds. I love that you also get time…
Spanish moss does the talking here. This Charleston tour mixes a guided visit to the Magnolia Plantation House with time in the gardens, swamp, and wildlife areas, plus your choice of a Nature Train or Ashley River wildlife boat. One…
Magnolia tells the Lowcountry story fast. This small-group Charleston outing strings together three guided experiences at Magnolia Plantation, plus roundtrip transportation in a climate-controlled Mercedes Sprinter. You’ll go from city streets to gardens and swamp trails without wrestling tickets or…
Three hours in Charleston, and it all clicks. This Middleton Plantation half-day tour pairs guided Charleston sightseeing with time at Middleton Place, so you don’t just see pretty gardens—you understand what you’re looking at. I especially like the free hotel…
Charleston can be a lot to take in. This combo turns it into a clean, timed day: you ride an air-conditioned coach to Boone Hall, then get a guided sweep through Charleston’s most famous streets and landmarks. The first thing…
A plantation day trip with a Gullah voice. This outing from Charleston gets you to Boone Hall Plantation through the Avenue of Oaks, then keeps the story moving with a Gullah presentation that explains how culture carried forward. You’re not…
A plantation stop can be moving, and Boone Hall is especially so. It pairs a guided walk through Boone Hall Plantation with the Gullah Theater so you get both place and perspective in one smooth half-day. What I love most…
A real Charleston time machine sits by the Ashley. Drayton Hall is a rare kind of plantation visit: it’s built around professional interpreters and a preserved house, not a made-for-tourist re-creation. You get context first, then you walk through spaces…
One of America’s prettiest gardens meets real swamp wildlife. This combo pairs Magnolia Plantation (including its Audubon swamp nature tram) with an easy Charleston historic highlights loop by climate-controlled coach. I especially love how Magnolia feels like more than a…
Plantation calm, with lunch included. This Middleton Place experience is built for an easy day out of downtown Charleston with air-conditioned transportation plus a mix of guided and self-guided exploring. I like that you get a narrated house visit when…
Marsh-and-garden scenery with an easy schedule. This Magnolia Plantation visit blends classic Lowcountry beauty with a guided walk in the gardens and a narrated Audubon Swamp Gardens tram ride where you can spot wildlife. I especially liked the Magnolia House…
Live oaks and Gullah stories start the day. I like the way this tour mixes a guided front-porch house talk with a deeper, direct look at enslaved life—then adds a live Gullah culture performance that makes the region’s heritage feel…
