Boone Hall Plantation: Historic Charleston Tour Experience

Step back in time with a 4.5-hour visit to Boone Hall Plantation, one of America’s oldest working plantations. Experience a guided house tour, Gullah Theater, and more.

Duration: 4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Your visit to Boone Hall Plantation starts with transportation by climate-controlled bus from the Charleston Visitor Center. Your gate fee is included in the price of the tour.
Founded in 1681, Boone Hall was built when Englishman Major John Boone came to Charleston and established a home on the banks of Wampacheone Creek. When you arrive, your tour…

What's Included
  • Self Guided Garden Tour
  • Historic slave cabins
  • Pickup and drop-off from a designated meeting point
  • All gate fees included
  • Transport by air-conditioned buses
  • Gullah Theater presentation by costumed performer
  • Availability-based Tram Tour
  • Guided Plantation House Tour with guide in historical dress
  • Expertise of a professional driver
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Travel back in history for a 4.5-hour excursion to one of the oldest operational, living plantations in the United States. Arrive at this significant location with a professional driver in a cool, cozy mini bus. Boone Hall Plantation has earned the title of #1 Plantation in the Charleston area by USA TODAY. The tour package includes two-way…

Location
375 Meeting St
Meeting Street
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Joann_m
Oct 31, 2024
Enjoyed immensely - Interesting place to go, had a short mansion tour, a farm tour, a person telling the experiences of the enslaved people
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Deborahc_b
Oct 29, 2024
Boone Plantation - Ride to the plantation was informative. It was all very well organized. Had time to see all tours. Well worth going. All staff was friendly and full of stories.
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Stanislav_p
Oct 29, 2024
Excellent - Everything was wery good, friendly, in time, small group and small bus. Enough of time to see everything
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Terence_m
Oct 27, 2024
Very good tour - Lots of history well presented. Mansion tour was extremely interesting and the guide was very professional.
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Patricia_k
Oct 3, 2024
Wonderful - The history tour was phenomenal. Lots of information shared. The Boone Manson was beautiful and the grounds well cared. Loved the gift shop
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344lisaj
Oct 1, 2024
Boone Hall Plantation - We enjoyed ourselves very much at Boone Hall. The house is beautiful and learning the history of the house was a extra. There is quite a bit still there to see and the tour of the house is very good. I cannot remember her name the the lady who plays the slave and tells you about the slaves and what part they played at the plantation was great. There was also a woman in one of the slave houses making beautiful baskets that were for sale.
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Ivette_d
Sep 16, 2024
Beautiful Plantation - My husband and I visited Boone Hall Plantation. The tour guide was very informative. The grounds are lovely. The cabins have lots of information and history to them. The gardens are full and extremely beautiful. The avenue of Live Oaks is worth the trip.
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Fellinlovewithacity
Sep 14, 2024
Half a day trip - I admit it’s a bit costly for basically a transport and administration fee, the word “tour” is a bit misleading. The bus driver gives you some information about the plantation on the way there and some tips where to go/what to see but at the destination you are left alone. It’s good to take a minute and figure out what you want to see and in what order because even though you’ll have about 3 hours it can be easy to miss some of the presentations. The Gullah Theater is a must-do. The house is worth to see as well even though it’s not as old as one would expect (it’s from 1930s). All in all I enjoyed the place, lots of greenery, beautiful oak alley, beware of mosquitoes.
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Chris_h
Sep 27, 2024
Drive yourself to the plantation - The Boone Hall Plantation has a lot to take in. The tour does not permit enough time to see all of the attractions and presentation. Our bus trip to and from the Plantation was extended as we dropped off and picked-up another tour at Patriot Point and our driver was not familiar with the facility. The driver then got lost driving to the plantation after stopping at Patriot Point. We spent less than 3-hours at the Plantation.
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Odyssey16854039610
Sep 30, 2024
Tour Bus not needed for Boone Hall - We booked a Magnolia plantation tour and it was cancelled the day before. They gave us the option of booking another day or putting us on the Boone Hall tour. If we would have known that we could have very easily just driven ourselves to the plantation, we would have requested a refund. You don’t need the tour bus to take you to Boone Hall. It’s all self guided and you walk around and see the different places at your own leisure for about 3 hours. Take an Uber/taxi/Lyft to get there. It’s way cheaper. It cost us twice as much to take the bus and it was completely unnecessary. The Boone Hall plantation was great, but I really wish we could have seen Magnolia. They didn’t give us a clear reason why it was cancelled.
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up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).