Our Tours
Located in Murrells Inlet SC, just a few miles
south of Myrtle Beach, Plantation River
Tours offers comfortable, relaxing boat tours along the
beautiful Waccamaw, Black, and Great Pee Dee rivers.
The Waccamaw Lady departs from
Wacca Wache Marina. <Directions>
Our Newest Tour
- Waccamaw Cooter Airboat Tours!
Enjoy a one-of-a-kind airboat tour along pristine
Lowcountry rivers, where no ordinary boat can take you.
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Waccamaw
Lady Sightseeing Cruise
A 2 to 2-1/2 hour river cruise along the historic Waccamaw River
and plantations. Along the ride you will see rice plantations, trunk gates, slave cabins, moss-laden oak trees, alligators, eagles and osprey. Your narrator will be a local historian,
educating you on the history, mystery and legends of the Rice Plantations.
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 Arundel Plantation
- This plantation received its name from Arundel Castle, seat of the Duke of Norfolk located on the Arun River, Sussex, England.
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Chicora Wood Plantation - Elizabeth Alston, RFW Allston’s daughter, acquired Chicora Wood after her
mother's death in 1896.
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Exchange Plantation - Owned by David McDowell in 1822. May be named because he got it in exchange for another piece of property.
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Hasty Point Plantation - Tradition says the plantation was named when General Francis Marion made a hurried escape from the British during the American Revolution.
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Squirrel Creek Plantation - The house that stands today is the second house built, the first house burned between 1827 - 1841.
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Willbrook Plantation - The Tucker family was the original owner. Jesse Metcalf, 1936; then sold to the Hunter family; and then to the Litchfield-by-the-Sea Partnership Inc.
The Waccamaw Lady
sightseeing cruise lasts 2 to 2-1/2 hours, depending on tides.
Please call the marina at 843-651-2994 when you arrive in the area for current schedules, reservations & directions.
Tickets are $30.00 per person & $15.00 for ages 6-12. Children
under 6 are free. Prices are subject to change without notice. Please feel free to contact us at 843-651-2994 at any
time for the latest info.
For Reservations & Scheduling
Call 843-651-2994
Tickets can be purchased at Wacca Wache Marina.<Directions>
Visa, MasterCard, and Discover credit cards are accepted.
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 Waccamaw
Cooter Airboat Tours - Our Newest Tour!
Plantation River Tours is excited to introduce our new Waccamaw
Cooter Airboat! Enjoy a one-of-a-kind airboat tour along the Waccamaw, Black and Pee Dee Rivers where no ordinary boat can take you. The pristine surroundings offer up close encounters with some of nature's most awe-inspiring creatures, from native alligators to regal ospreys. Meander through back waters framed by moss-laden oak and cypress trees for an experience no other tour can
provide.
The Waccamaw Cooter airboat tours
were the feature story in the July 1st Myrtle
Beach Sun News Kicks magazine: "Some thoughts about Roger Moore debuting as 007 and eluding authorities while buzzing in a speedboat through the Louisiana bayou in
'Live and Let Die' may come to mind when riding on Waccamaw Cooter Airboat Tours in Murrells Inlet..."
Read
Full Story
The Waccamaw Cooter airboat tour
lasts about an hour, depending on tides. Please call the marina at 843-651-2994 when you arrive in the area for current schedules, reservations & direction.
Tickets are $40.00 for ages 13 and over & $30.00 for ages 4-12.
No children under the age of 4 are permitted on the airboat. Prices are subject to change without notice. Please feel free to contact us at 843-651-2994 at any
time for the latest info.
For Reservations & Scheduling
Call 843-651-2994
Tickets can be purchased at Wacca Wache Marina.<Directions>
Visa, MasterCard, and Discover credit cards are accepted.
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Dinner Cruise &
Company Charters
Available by special request. For more information, please Contact
Us.
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The Waccamaw Lady
and The Waccamaw Cooter depart from Wacca Wache Marina, 1950 Wachesaw Road, Murrells
Inlet, SC.
| Directions: <Map> |
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From Myrtle Beach, travel Highway 17 Bypass South
for approximately 12 miles.
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Make a right onto Wachesaw Road, by the
stoplight at the Markette gas station.
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Proceed to the Intracoastal Waterway.
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