A Day on the Cooper River

The Cooper River and its tributaries provided the means for Carolina to become an international hub for the cultivation and exportation of naval stores, pelts, rice, indigo, and sea island cotton, commodities upon which the North America's wealthiest plantation system developed using enslaved labor.

Today more than 30,000 acres compose the Cooper River Historic District, where those who peek just beyond the tree lines edging its highways can find some of the most beautiful places in the Lowcountry, incorporating essential elements of life in the 18th and 19th centuries.

In designing your ideal full-day tour here, you may select to visit any combination of the sites described below.

* St. James Goose Creek Chapel of Ease Historic Site

* Biggin Church Ruins

* Wadboo Bridge Revolutionary Battle Site

* Mepkin Plantation and Abbey

* Taveau Church

* Lost Village of Childsbury Archaeological Site

* Comingtee Ruins in Bonneau Ferry Wildlife Preserve

Price: $375 for up to three guests. Add a scenic Lowcountry picnic for $15 per person Price includes pick-up and return, all transportation, beverages and snacks.

Select this tour and tell us your date.

Photo credit: Leigh Handal