South Carolina Adventure Travel: Savannah and Charleston Biking & Walking Tours

Explore South Carolina’s stately charms on a Backroads Biking and Walking Tour!

South Carolina is dominated by agriculture, with rolling hills and fertile farmland making up the interior and attractive plantations along the coast. While the unexplored plains and undulating pastoral landscapes inland await the adventurous, the coast is the true tourism jewel of the state and has most of its well-known attractions. Miles of white sandy seashore stretch from the Grand Strand in the north to the mouth of the Savannah River in the south. The glitzy heart of the coast is the popular tourist resort of Myrtle Beach, famous for its family entertainment, amusement park attractions and recreational activities, especially golf. Resorts are dotted along the coast to historic Georgetown, which sits between the carnival atmosphere of Myrtle Beach and the old port grandeur of Charleston, one of the most elegant cities in the country. South of Charleston the coastline breaks up into small marshy islands that preserve traces of the Gullah culture. These Sea Islands are home to descendants of the West African slaves brought to the plantations who were given land when they were freed in 1865, and who speak a dialect known as Gullah that is unique to the African-Americans of the Sea Islands. South Carolina has a rich history that is documented in the beautiful historic district of Charleston, Civil War sites, including Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor, and the restored plantation estates.