Discover four different plantations and a historic church during a small-group highlights tour in Charleston. Travel around in a comfortable, deluxe van with a guide who knows the Pre-Civil War Era of US history well. Stops during this Charleston plantation tour include the McLeod Plantation Historic Site, Drayton Hall, Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Middleton Place, and Old St. Andrew’s Parish Church.

See five historic sites in Charleston during a half-day tour
Get more from a small-group tour that allows you to hear your guide
Ideal for visitors looking for an overview of US plantation history
Snacks and bottled water are provided along the Charleston tour route

What To Expect

McLeod Plantation Historic Site

Charleston’s hard history is explained here at McLeod, and takes into scope grueling day-to-day life on a pre-civil war farm.
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Drayton Hall

The only and oldest remaining plantation house, in its original form, on the Ashley River. While we do not tour inside the house, we will stop for pictures and a history lesson. The Drayton Family is fascinating, and have owned this property since inception… until just recently.

Please note this is a driving tour, and we do not enter the admission areas of the grounds.
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Magnolia Plantation & Gardens

Thomas Drayton and his wife Ann arrived from Barbados to the new English colony of Charles Towne and established Magnolia Plantation along the Ashley River in 1676. The oldest public tourist site in the Low Country and the oldest public garden in America. We will drive down Live Oak Alley and stop for pictures in front of the house.

Please note this is a driving tour, and we do not enter the admission areas of the grounds.
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Middleton Place

View Middleton Place’s vista of the house entrance. We will shop the open-air market and museum store.

Please note this is a driving tour, and we do not enter the admission areas of the grounds.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Old St. Andrew’s Parish Church

We visit the oldest church building (1708), still in service, south of Virginia. We will stroll the church graveyard and get a peak inside this 300-year-old structure. Learn how the Reverend John Drayton Jr saved the family’s crucifix-form church and how he curated the Ashley River gardens.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Highlight

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
Please note that we do walk the grounds of these plantations and the Sprinter van is equipped with a double step.
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Include

Air-conditioned vehicle
Snacks
Bottled water
All Fees and Taxes

Exclude

Lunch