Boone Hall Plantation Admission & Tour with Transportation from Charleston

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Boone Hall Plantation Tour with Transportation

4 hours 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Visit Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens on this 4.5-hour tour from Charleston, South Carolina. One of the oldest working plantations in the United States, Boone Hall was founded in 1681 and still grows crops. During your tour led by a guide in period costume, you'll see the plantation's slave quarters and learn about its history and modern-day use. Select a morning or afternoon departure time when booking. Enjoy a personalized experience on this small-group tour of just 15 people.

Boone Hall Plantation Admission & Tour from Charleston, South Carolina
Self-guided tour of the gardens and grounds
Gullah performance adds insight into cultural history
Round-trip transportation provided from Charleston, SC aboard air-conditioned bus
Small-group tour of 15 people

What's Included

All gate fees
Pickup and drop-off from designated meeting point
Air-conditioned buses
Professional driver
Self Guided Garden Tour, historic slave cabins,
Tram tour (based on availability)
Plantation House Tour with guide in historical dress
Gullah Theater presentation by costumed performer

Food and drinks
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

375 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29403, USA

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Hop aboard an air-conditioned bus at the Charleston Visitor Center, where your journey begins. About a 30- to 45-minute drive will take you to 17th-century Boone Hall, where your tour begins.

Hop off your bus and head to the front porch, where a guide garbed in period costume will give you a half-hour presentation about the hall and its hundreds of years of history. Then listen to a presentation about the lives of enslaved people who once lived at the plantation, as well as about the culture of the Gullah people, the descendants of enslaved Africans who live in this part of the country.

Wrap up your tour with a visit to the Boone Hall rose garden, where you can see bushes that are more than a century old, before getting back on your bus and returning to Charleston.

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Drinks/snacks are available for purchase at Plantation
Not wheelchair accessible, but those with limited mobility are welcome if they can be assisted by a companion
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Reviews

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Day at Boone Hall

Cynthia_M, Apr 2024

Very interesting especially the Gullah story told by Miss Veronica . The plantation is beautiful. Our guide, Sean was very friendly and informative and helpful.

The Boone Hall Plantation Tour.

Elvia_E, Apr 2024

The Boone Hall Plantation is a good tour. The best part of the tour was the presentation of the gullah history. In my opinion, more time is needed to view the property. I was not able to get tractor ride , view the outside of the main home and other areas because of the short time spent. If I were to return I would take private transportation to the Plantation.

Absolutely Wonderful!

Sandy_C, Apr 2024

Our shuttle driver, Sean, was incredible. I felt like we were on a history tour instead of just having transportation to the Plantation! The plantation tour was also great and the cafe was also greatly! I highly recommend!

Absolutely a must visit while in Charleston or surrounding area.

Mary_C, Apr 2024

Everything was so interesting. Loved learning about Gullah culture and the history of the Boone plantation. I will be back and bring my family.

wonderful experience

cwhittaker1219, Apr 2024

loved the whole experience from the main house to the farm tour. the tour guides were very knowledgeable

Tour driver was ok. He...

jillaugust, Apr 2024

Tour driver was ok. He did give us an overview on our way there. I was not expecting the day at the olantsrion to be self guided. The driver did not share anything with us in the way back

Boone Hall

Aidah_P, Apr 2024

Put this tour on your list while in the Charleston area. Great value for the money. Tour could be a little longer in order to take in all that this large plantation has to offer.

Great experience but not worth extra monies.

SUSAN_D, Apr 2024

What tour? Admission and transportation there was no tour by the tour company. Disappointing. The Boone hall was pretty and house tour was interesting.?slave quarters were done well.

Great Tour and Transportation

Jessica_S, Apr 2024

Driver gave history as we drove to Boone Hall. He also gave tips on what we could do and important aspects such as signing up for the house tour and not missing the live tour. Highly recommend!

Memorable tour

Andrea_H, Apr 2024

We enjoyed the Gullah presentation and learning about their history. The tour guide of the house was entertaining and enthusiastic. The grounds and were nice to explore and there was plenty of time in between activities. Our driver was kind, knowledgeable, and communicative regarding pick up/drop off times.

Not enough time……

Keith_G, Mar 2024

Sadly, this tour is not worth the money. The amount of time that is available once on site is not near enough to see and visit all that there is to see and do. It would have been much better to self drive and take your time. Not recommended.

Amazing tour

Kathleen_C, Mar 2024

The talk on the Gullah culture was so informative and the presenter held everyone's attention. The flowers were beautiful. The food at the Butterfly cafe was delicious. Everyone was so friendly. Only negative thing qas that the house tour was too short..

Boone Hall Plantation a Must!

Jody_C, Mar 2024

The plantation home was beautiful. The song and talk of the Gullah speaker was very interesting. There was another speaker who shared the history of slavery on the plantation. We also took a tractor ride around the grounds of the plantation which showed the current crops being grown as well as other things. Delightful trip!

Worth visiting.

Regina_L, Mar 2024

Tour guide of house was a little long-winded and we missed the tractor tour of the plantation. Other than that. It was a memorable tour.

The plantation tour was...

Jean_M, Mar 2024

The plantation tour was very informative and easy to navigate. Our guide on the van (Sean ) was terrific in guiding us.

Sad

j_m, Jan 2024

They canceled tour. All of us were very disappointed. Seems to happen a lot in January. We were looking forward to it. Especially since we took a tour to Middleton Plantation and could not go in the house which we were there

Response from Host, Jan 2024

We're sorry your tour was cancelled. We have had several drivers go out sick with Covid in the last week or so and didn't want to put any guests in danger. These things can happen unfortunately, but we do our best to operate all tours. Also keep in mind that January is off season here, so some compoments of tours may not be available.

Not the true house

Tammy_F, Jan 2024

Overrated….. didn’t know the house was built around the 1930’s. Disappointed! Only a few things from the original. The three past movies is why the place is popular for tourists. Sorry!

It was Ok.

Lisa_S, Dec 2023

We were looking forward to the Gullah presentation. Unfortunately we could not hear the lady giving the presentation, since the audio equipment was not working. We tried to listen for most of it. Ended up leaving early. We were very disappointed. We paid a lot of money for the tour.

Why did the farm tour not just announce at beginning how long delay was going to be. Instead of keep saying it will be

Erma_l, Dec 2023

Adventure tours that you sent us with wa a really good tour company. Good guis and their vans were really clean. As for Boone hall the Gullah lectures were great and the arm tour was really good. But the person running the farm tour delayed that tour so long that we could not do house tour.

Gullah culture talk is the best thing at Boone Hall

Sabrina_Z, Dec 2023

Boone hall was an average tour. Nothing particularly special about the house or farm tractor tour. I found the Gullah culture tally the best aspect of the tour. Also the employees were friendly and very helpful which makes everything better. Thanks

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