Things to do along the Sea Islands Trail
Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau and Charleston
Visitor Reception and Transportation Center
375 Meeting Street, Charleston
The
CACVB offers comprehensive visitor information and assistance through
its Visitor Inquiry Service and four Area Visitor Centers. Be sure
to request your free 136-page Charleston Area Visitor Guide.
1-800-868-8118 or (843) 853-8000.
Kiawah Island Visitor Center
Bohicket Road, Johns Island
Complete
visitor information on Kiawah Island and the Charleston area. 1-800-868-8118.
Tullifinny Joe's Outposts
Highway 17, Green Pond
Kayak rentals
and guided trips in the ACE Basin. "Our Place in the ACE," on the
Ashepoo River at Highway 17. Daily, 10:00-6:00 and by appointment.
(843) 844-8648 or (843) 726-4545.
Lowcountry Visitors Center and Museum
One Lowcountry Lane, I-95, exit 33, Point
South
Free visitors guides, maps, and area information. Edisto
Beach, Walterboro, Beaufort, Hilton Head Island, and Beaufort, Colleton,
Hampton, and Jasper counties. Free. 1-800-528-6870.
Edisto Oceansports
Docksite Road, Edisto Beach
Ace
Basin Nature Tours, Otter Island Beachcombing, and environmental
and educational tours. Located on Big Bay Creek. (843) 869-4170.
Edisto Island Historic Preservation Museum
Highway 174, Edisto Island
Located
5 miles from the Intracoastal Waterway bridge. Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday, 1:00-4:00. $2.00 adult; children 10 and under free.
Annual Plantation Tours in October. (843) 869-1954.
Edisto Chamber of Commerce
Edisto Island
Visitor information
for Edisto Island and Edisto Beach. (843) 869-3867.
Edisto Beach State Park
8377 State Cabin Road, Edisto Island
This
beachfront park stretches nearly three miles, featuring cabins on
the marsh and camping by the ocean. The towering palmettos are among
the tallest in the state. (843) 869-2156.
The Nature Conservancy's ACE Basin Bioreserve Office
8675 Willtown Road, Hollywood
The
Nature Conservancy's bioreserve office focuses their protection
work in the 350,000-acre ACE Basin Project Area, in regard to conservation
easements and other forms of land protection. (843) 889-2427.
Cap'n Richard's ACE Basin Nature Tour
Charleston
Visit South Carolina's
wetland wilderness, the ACE Basin, tour plantations, and view wildlife
by boat. (843) 766-9664.
Edisto Island Tours
Edisto Island
2-1/2-hour tour by
van of Edisto's plantations, churches, and other points of interest.
Native Edistonian as your guide. For reservations, call Marie Elliott.
(843) 869-1937.
Edisto Island Tours
Edisto Island
Capt. Ron Elliott
offers beachcombing trips, nature-oriented river tours, inshore
fishing, and canoe/kayak rentals. Call for schedules and prices.
(843) 869-1937.
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Lowcountry
Region
The
Sea Islands Trail extends from Charleston to Green Pond, South
Carolina, traversing Highway 17 south and following Highway 174
to the shell-strewn beaches of Edisto Beach and includes the ACE
Basin.
