Join your guide on a half-day tour of the majestic Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. Climate-controlled transportation is provided to and from Charleston where you’ll enjoy a house and garden tour.

 

EXPERIENCE:

Witness a slice of living history at Magnolia Plantation and its world-famous gardens, owned by the Drayton family for 12 generations. Visit the Historic Gardens and Wildlife Center.

Begin your half-day tour by boarding a climate-controlled coach in Charleston. Meet your Gray Line driver and ride to Magnolia Plantation, dating from 1676 and the time of the British colony.

Step into one of America’s first tourist attractions and first public gardens, which have been open to the public since 1870. Take a guided walk through America’s last large-scale romantic garden.

Experience history on a 30-minute narrated tram ride through the Audobon Swamp Gardens and visit important locations like Drayton Home (not Drayton Hall), Orientation Theater, and the Old African American Cabin.

 

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

Take in the beauty of the plantation’s wetland, lakes, forests, and marshes
Look for alligators, turtles, herons, and other wildlife on the nature tram ride
Stroll through one of America’s most beautiful gardens
Enjoy included roundtrip transportation from downtown Charleston

 

 

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