Georgetown Boat Tours
Boat Tour
We offer island hopping, porpoise watching, lighthouse tours, and on board seminars focusing on Georgetown’s history and the areas aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Santee Coastal Excursions can tailor our boat tours in any combination to create an unforgettable eco-experience.
A little bit of Georgetown’s History
The five rivers running through and around the city of Georgetown, SC made this area exceptional for agriculture. Indigo was the popular crop at first, but after the Revolutionary war rice, aka “Carolina Gold”, took over. Reminisce of this somber piece of Georgetown’s history are hidden all throughout the county, in most cases slowly being taken back by the marsh and swamp. Pictured here is a Storm Tower in the Santee Delta. These circular brick structures were built to shelter enslaved workers from a hurricane’s storm surge and gale force winds.
Remnants of Georgetown’s history are hidden all throughout the county, in most cases slowly being taken back by the marsh and swamp. Pictured here is a Storm Tower in the Santee Delta just south of Georgetown. These circular brick structures were built to shelter enslaved workers from a hurricane’s storm surge and gale force winds.
Where we’ll go
Just before they empty into the Atlantic, the Waccamaw, Black, Sampit, Pee Dee, and Santee Rivers flow through and around the city of Georgetown, SC. The deltas, marshes, and bar built estuaries formed by the river's flow and tidal currents, along with the jetties built for the towns industry make Georgetown a hotbed for any type of South Carolina saltwater fish. North Inlet, Winyah Bay, and the Santee Delta are all excellent fisheries allowing anglers to try many different styles of fishing. Tarpon, red fish, speckled trout, flounder, black drum, sheepshead, shark, and many other fish are abundant in these areas during different times of the year.
Along with the incredible fishing, five different nature preserves and reserves combine to cover over 65,000 acres of protected coastal habitat showcasing some of the most beautiful scenery in the Southeastern United States.
