**Charleston Harbor Tour**
Aboard the classic, 80-foot Carolina Belle, cruise the scenic Charleston Harbor while hearing fascinating local stories and seeing more than 75 landmarks, some critical to our nation’s history, including:
• Fort Sumter: One of Charleston's most popular landmarks, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
• Confederate and Union army Forts Moultrie and Johnson
• USS Yorktown: the famous World War II “Fighting Lady”
• St. Michael’s Episcopal Church: A survivor of both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, whose steeple was painted black so as not to be an easy target
• Stately homes on the Battery: Symbols of Southern elegance and perseverance
• Cooper River Bridges, including the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge: A state of the art span that accommodates the largest ships in the world
• Dolphins skimming the surface of the water and pelicans diving for food
This family-friendly, relaxing, and insightful cruise is the best way to discover the Holy City and its famous Harbor!
**Magnolia Plantation Tour**
Get the true low-country experience with Adventure Sightseeing on this guided tour of one of America's first tourist attractions, the Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. Dating from 1676 and open to the public since 1870, this plantation and it's world famous gardens have been owned by the Drayton family for 15 generations.
**On this 4.5-hour, half day tour, you will:**
• Enjoy a guided walk through America's last large scale Romantic Garden
• Experience history on a 45 minute narrated tram ride past slave cabins and through swamps and rice fields
• See wildlife such as alligators, egrets, herons, and turtles on the nearly 600 acre plantation
• Go back in time with a 30 minute tour of the Magnolia Plantation Home, the only plantation house on the Ashley River to survive both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
• Round trip transportation in our climate controlled buses and all gate fees are included in the price of the tour!
Booking Notes
Special Note: November 9 – November 15, 2026 the Visitors Center, Surface Parking Lot and Bus Depot will be closed for a special event. The visitors center operations will move the Best Friend Train Museum next door. The parking garage will remain open and be the best option for parking during this time. Restrooms are available in the train museum as well. Tours will depart from the Charleston Museum across the street from the Visitors Center
**Charleston Harbor Tour** You must call 843-762-0088 to make your reservation for a Charleston Harbor Tour time. The schedule changes seasonally and you can take the harbor tour on any day, based on availability.**
**Meeting Location:** Please meet at the Charleston Visitor's Center, 375 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29403. You can spot it by looking for the iron fence and red brick exterior, as it is a massive building & can't be missed. It is a former Train Depot. Please walk around either side of the Visitors Center and proceed directly to the open air bus shed & look for the Adventure Sightseeing tour bus. There is parking right in front of the Visitor's Center & a cash-only parking garage next to the Visitors Center. If you purchased the bus tour combo, it leaves from the same location.
**Important Notice:** Please arrive 15 minutes early, the tour will leave right on time!
**For questions regarding this activity, contact Adventure Sightseeing:**
Email: reservations@adventuresightseeing.com
Phone: 843-762-0088
**What to Wear**
Dress according to the weather.
**What to Bring/What Not to Bring**
No food or drinks are allowed.
**Other Tips & Guidelines**
Remember tickets are non-refundable and cannot be rescheduled, so make sure to arrive 15 minutes early.
**Important:** Any directions or maps provided by Adventure Sightseeing are only a rough guide. You are responsible for arriving at the activity's meeting location on time, so make sure to check with a second source that can provide specific directions from your starting point.
**Detailed Directions**
Please meet at the Charleston Visitor's Center, 375 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29403. You can spot it by looking for the iron fence and red brick exterior, as it is a massive building and can't be missed. Please proceed directly to the bus shed at the Visitors Center and look for the Adventure Sightseeing tour bus, you can check in directly with your tour guide at the bus. Visitor Center staffers can direct you to the bus shed if you cannot find it. If you are lost or late, call 843-762-0088.
**Parking:** There is parking right in front of the Visitor's Center and a cash-only parking garage next to the Visitors Center.
**From the North:**
Take I-26 E toward Charleston
Take exit 221B on the left for Meeting St toward Visitor Center
Turn right onto Meeting St, follow for .6 miles
The Charleston Visitors Center is on the right
**From the South:**
Take US-17 N to Wescott St/Wescott Ct in Charleston
Turn right onto Wescott St/Wescott Ct
Turn left onto Cannon St
Turn right onto King St
Turn left onto Mary St
Take the 1st right onto Meeting St.
**From Mt. Pleasant**
Head southwest on US-17 S
Take the Meeting St exit toward Visitor Center/N Charleston/I-26 W/Columbia
Turn left onto Meeting St. After 1.1 miles the Visitors Center will be on the right.
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Cancellation Policy
>**Non-refundable, cannot be rescheduled.**
> • Once purchased, tickets cannot be refunded and cannot be rescheduled because your space is being guaranteed at the event.
>**Activity takes place rain or shine.**
> • Events occur rain or shine. We may cancel any event because of severe weather, mechanical breakdown or lack of participation. In the unlikely event that we should have to cancel, we will attempt to contact you via phone, email and/or text (where applicable) and your event will be rescheduled or ticket refunded.
