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Lowcountry Nature Tours offers a unique personalized small boating experience. We operate new Hurricane deckboats which have big, comfortable wrap-around couch seating and are equipped with large canopies to provide shade. Our boats are rated for 10 passengers, yet we limit each tour to six guests so that everyone can have plenty of room!
The reason that our trips are so special is that touring on a small boat allows you to enjoy, in comfort and privacy, an exciting up close experience with dolphins and other wildlife!
The two-hour Dolphin Tour is our most popular trip, and rightfully so! With over 300 dolphins calling the waters around Hilton Head Island home, it's hard to travel very far without seeing their playful antics!
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This world-famous plantation has been associated with the Drayton family since its founding in 1676. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it includes the country's oldest garden (c.1680), and a Reconstruction-era plantation manor with a famous collection of antiques. The garden features the Barbados Tropical Garden, a nature train tour, a petting zoo, wildlife observation tower, nature trails, wildlife art gallery, an 18th-century herb garden, a Biblical garden, horticultural maze and antebellum cabin. The Audubon Swamp Garden offers 60 acres of the primeval beauty of blackwater cypress and tupelo swamp, traversed by bridges, boardwalks and dikes. A 45-minute nature boat tour takes visitors through ancient rice fields. A 45 minute "From Slavery to Freedom" tour at the restored slave cabins.
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Marshgrassadventures.com is a grassroots organization that focuses on guided kayak tours. Guides concentrate on educating the general public on the diverse ecology and history of the Lowcountry and surrounding areas. Our service is available for groups or individuals. We offer special trips, such as fishing, dolphin tours, plant identification, cardio workouts, coastal navigation and advanced paddling skills.
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The Middleton Outdoor Center is located at The Inn at Middleton Place, a recipient of the American Institute of Architects highest award. The Inn's design is a contemporary counterpoint to the adjacent 18th Century Middleton Place. It was also recently voted one of the 150 Best places to Stay by National Geographic Traveler.
Discover more than America’s oldest landscaped gardens in this area of great natural beauty with a delicate ecosystem flourishing where rice culture once thrived. The property surrounding the Inn boasts a diverse habitat which beckons guests to explore the rich ecosystems by kayak, bike, horseback or hiking an interpretive nature trail. Guided tours are led by university degreed, certified and trained naturalists. Self-guided walking, biking and kayaking adventures are also available. Experience a day on our low ropes challenge course where professionally trained and certified facilitators will encourage you to move beyond your perceived limitations. Begin your experience with us in the Nature Center. Talk openly with a naturalist and view live exhibits that house reptiles and amphibians that may be found in the area.
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Charleston |
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Named one of the "Best Outfitters on Earth" by National Geographic Adventure, NOC leads whitewater rafting trips on the Wild & Scenic Chattooga River. Distinct trip options make it easy to raft with the best——NOC! Kayak tours of Tugaloo Lake also available daily.
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 Mountain Rest |
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Eco-tours of local marshes, creeks, calm water estuaries and rivers, including the May, the New River and ACE Basin. Specializing in small groups.
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Bluffton |
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Charleston's Oldest Naturalist Guide Service! Paddle through gentle, blackwater swamps with 1,000-year-old cypress trees, into salt marshes with Indian ruins or to pristine barrier islands in the Charleston area. Tours and Rentals available. See dolphins, alligators, river otter, loggerhead sea turtles, endangered birds and occasional manatees. Hiking tours in the Francis Marion National Forest, just minutes from Charleston. 2 hour or 4 hour hikes available. University Degreed & Educated Naturalist and Certified Kayak Instructors. "Outstanding Guide Services" - Canoe & Kayak Magazine, "Recommended Area Outfitter" - National Geographic Adventure Magazine. 10-15 % of proceeds benefits and environmental cause. "When you paddle or hike with us you are helping to save the environment!" Providing over 25 years of Naturalist Guide Services in the Charleston area. Discounts for groups, military, seniors and college students. Late Model Sea Kayaks, River Kayaks or Canoes.
2 Hour tours: $39/ ages 13 and up, $29/ ages 12 and under.
3 Hour 1/2 day tours: $55/ ages 13 and up, $39/ ages 12 and under
Full day tours: $85/ ages 13 and up, $48/ ages 12 and under - includes lunch. RENTALS from $25! Visa, Master Card, checks or cash accepted. ON SITE WATER LOCATIONS......
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Awendaw |
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The US Fish & Wildlife Service operates the hatchery which produces a number of species, including striped bass, red breast sunfish and bluegill sunfish, for stocking lakes and stream throughout the Southeast. It also produces short nose sturgeon for research and development. Fish raised at the hatchery can be viewed in the aquarium, open M-F 8 am to 3:30 pm.
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 Orangeburg |
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The area's most complete outdoor outfitter offering a multitude of excellent programs: guided kayak tours, boat excursions, fishing, kids, families, and Team and Leadership programs are offered year round. Two retail locations provide a wide variety of quality outdoor clothing, gear and equipment. Call for reservations and rates.
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Nature programs, art classes, trails and guided kayak tours of Lowcountry waters and marshlands.
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 Ridgeland |
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