Day Trips to Charleston

Myrtle Beach

Experience an exclusive inside tour of Fort Sumter on a Charleston day trip from Myrtle Beach. Includes transportation, carriage tour, boat tour, lunch, and more!

Duration: 12 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

South Carolina - Our package offers:
- A Horse-Drawn Carriage Tour of Charleston’s Historic District
- Time for Shopping at the City Market
- A Scenic Boat Tour of Charleston Harbor
- A Boxed Lunch on the Tour Boat
- A Live Narrated Harbor History Tour
- Close-up Views of Fort Sumter (the starting point of the Civil War)
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What's Included

Lunch included
Air-conditioned transportation

Additional Information

Our tour package is designed to offer a more enriching and cost-effective experience of Charleston compared to driving from Myrtle Beach and exploring independently. This package includes the following:

Round-trip transportation from Myrtle Beach to Charleston on our comfortable bus
A horse-drawn carriage tour through Charleston’s Historic District…

Location

Ripley's Aquarium of Myrtle Beach

Celebrity Circle

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Eric_b

Nov 15, 2025

Charleston Experience in a day ! - Our day trip to Charleston was amazing experience . It includes a horse drawn carriage ride in the historic area . We saw Fort Sumpter , nice houses , dolphins etc.in a boat ride . Then Boone Hall Plantation is a beautiful place with lots of big old oak trees along the long driveway , slave cabins and did their tractor tour. It was filled with history and fun. Enjoyed it a lot.

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Clarina_c

Nov 4, 2025

Great history tour. - We we're lost at first but the bus driver called and helped us It started stressful but ended up very relaxing. It is alot of walking. I wasn't able to enjoy everything as I wear out quickly. What I was able to experience (which were the things I really wanted to see was absolutely beautiful. Brian out bus driver was great.

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Y8497rjanner

Sep 27, 2025

Best day ever - We had an absolutely amazing time. When I booked the tour it seemed to be simple fun thing to do for a day. But let me tell you after getting back on the bus after the plantation you have had quite the day. The bus driver was professional and funny. My husband joked that he heard the driver was going to take us for dinner and he said sure there's a wendys and I will even let you get a biggy size.

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Jet58040028259

Jul 26, 2025

Charleston woohoo - Was fantastic.Knowledgeable,guides .the history was amazing LEARNED ALOT MORE THAN I KNEW aready.Would definitely do it agsin

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Andy_b

Jul 21, 2025

Great experience - Had a great time. The horse drawn carriage was fantastic. Our guide Emily and Curtis our horse were number 1. Emily was so knowledgeable and friendly. Curtis was the best horse and has a great personality, the cruise was good also and lunch was good. The plantation tour was beautiful. Unfortunately with the temperature 97 degrees we didn’t want to spend much time outside. But will definitely go back there in the fall

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Pamijean73

May 22, 2025

Trip to Charleston - The bus trip from Myrtle Beach was comfortable and we enjoyed the tours. We'll worth the money because we wouldn't have known what to do if we went ourselves.

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David_w

Nov 1, 2025

Charles-town - Great tour. You see a lot. Although it seems like a long time you want more time. Overall a good day

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Maefoung_g

Oct 9, 2025

Entertaining horse... - Entertaining horse carriage ride narration! Harbor cruise lunch was very disorganized. The harbor narration was “scripted” not special for specific cruise.

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Jamie_a

Sep 16, 2025

Good experience - Overall quite good. Well organized, clean bus, etc. Andrew from customer service did a nice job trying to accommodate gluten free for boxed lunch. Timing- wise would have liked to see more of Charleston proper. Could potentially shave a little time off of Boone Plantation because their programs' timing did not always sync ( not able to tour stables because the mansion required that we line up early, for example). Good value Overall. Lovely day.

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I5252gflindam

Jun 27, 2025

Charleston Tour #7 - I have taken this tour 3 times now and each time learn something new because the speakers/guides each have their own twist . The Gullah Culture speaker at Boone Plantation was "Awesome". Unfortunately, this last time, we had no time to shop at the City Market. I was told pick up time at Ripley's was at 6:30 am... we were on time. Bus driver kept waiting for a group that arrived late which cut in to everyone else's time...not very considerate to those who arrived promptly for the trip.

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From $215

up to 10 guests

1 - Adult