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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Chris_s
Aug 24, 2024
Past to present overview - Started with Gullah presentation. A good look into culture. House tour with Ed was hilarious. Farm tour was a nice tractor ride to see the immaculate grounds and many crops. They don't shy away from dark slave past but bring it forward to the better days of the farm as a conservation leader to the community. Solid little snack shop since will spend hours there. Oak lined road to house is alone worth it.
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Ellen_l
Aug 18, 2024
Excellent tour - Very informational. Beautiful grounds. The Gullah talk was very interesting and eye opening experience
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Rootie429
Jul 29, 2024
Jackie Topped The Experience. - The very best was the Gullah show given by Jackie. She spoke, she sang, she totally enthralled us for 30 minutes. If you do nothing else, see that ! The short house tour was interesting, you'll need to get a time slot for that. If you're interested in getting a sweetwater woven basket, get it there...it's at least 40% cheaper than any of the markets.
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Suewn8616yl
Jul 27, 2024
Fantastic Tour - Really interesting tour of Boone Hall Plantation. I really enjoyed the Gullah discussion and song. She was very informative. Bring bug spray with you. The grounds are swampy and it's easy to get bitten by the bugs.
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Todd_s
Jul 5, 2024
Focused Way to Spend the Day - The Boone Hall Plantation is a great place to experience a not so great part of our history. The Gullah presentation was fabulous and by using this tour you are transported to/from Charleston and learn some history on the way and kept on a firm schedule that is focused and provides enough time to see and experience everything you need to.
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Lori_k
Aug 3, 2024
Boone Hall experience - Gullah talk the best! Slave cabins with informative presentations, tractor tour. Least favorite the mansion tour and guide.
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Kayla_n
Jul 25, 2024
Nice time, little expensive for what it is - We really enjoyed our tour! It wasn’t too long, Cathy did a great job driving and our group was so much fun! There was only 6 of us so it was nice and intimate. The plantation was smaller than expected and you are definitely paying for the convenience of being picked up/dropped off and explanation of how the tours work.
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Jack_p
Jun 21, 2024
Good but pricy compared to doing it on your own - You are basically paying for transportation and entry into Boone plantation. It would have been a bit cheaper to take a car service there and buy your own tickets. The ride was nice and the tour guide did give helpful info on the way there.
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Sherry_c
Jun 22, 2024
Disappointed - Our shuttle driver Sean was wonderful and shared a bit of history as we made our way to the Boone plantation. How ever not worth the money, wish we knew we could have toured the plantation on your own. $28.00 on your own or $78.00 shuttle tour. Very disappointed only view the bottom of the plantation. Garden tour did not run because of rain, basket demonstration which was inside packed up and did not perform the demonstration .
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Terry_h
Aug 18, 2024
No allowances for medical emergencies - Sadly, I had a heart condition the day before my excursion. I contacted the guy and he said that they would not refund my money, even though my doctor said I should not go because of my heart condition. I would have loved to change the date to go a different time, but this was not an option. I’m sure the experience would have been great, but I’m disappointed that there is no allowances for people with serious medical conditions preventing them from taking the trip.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).