Magnolia Plantation Day Trip from Charleston
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Experience Highlights
Discover America' s last large-scale romantic garden on this Magnolia Plantation tour from Charleston. The tour lasts about 4.5 hours in total and includes a bus tour, tram ride and walking tour .
Throughout the tour, an expert professional guide will take you back in time. The Magnolia Plantation dates back to 1676, so this tour is the perfect opportunity to experience one of the most beautiful historic parts of the United States.
- Relax on abus ride from Charleston to the Magnolia Plantation as an expert guide puts the tour in context.
- Tour the Audubon Swamp Gardens on a leisurely narrated trolley ride
- Visit the Magnolia Plantation on foot and accompanied by your expert guide to discover its impressive history.
What’s included
- Round-trip bus transportation between Charleston and Magnolia Plantation
- 45-minute narrated tram ride through the Audubon Marsh Gardens
- 30-minute tour of Magnolia Plantation Historic Home
- Professional guide
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Step by Step
Enjoy a half day surrounded by breathtaking natural beauty on a comprehensive Magnolia Plantation tour from Charleston. You'll get up close and personal with Audubon Swamp Gardens and Magnolia Plantation as an expert guide tells you the history of these two stunning historic sites.
This tour consists of a half-hour bus ride from Charleston to Magnolia Plantation. Later, you'll take an approximately 45-minute narrated tram tour of Audubon Gardens. The day will end with a half-hour guided walking tour of the Magnolia Plantation.
You will have the opportunity to see the most beautiful garden in the United States and discover the history of one of the oldest plantations in the South. Magnolia Plantation is the only plantation on the Ashley River to have survived the Civil War and the American Revolution.
The idyllic setting of the site and all the information from the expert guide will take you back in time during the tour. Throughout the 200-acre site you will encounter:
- Slave cabins
- Swamps
- Rice fields
- Wildlife of the area: caimans, egrets, herons and turtles