Nature Adventures

Daily Tours and Rentals

Charleston South Carolina offers a wonderful variety of outdoor attractions and areas to explore that are perfect for both kayaking and canoeing. Nature Adventures is the closest outfitter to downtown Charleston, but we also offer tours in the creeks of the Francis Marion National forest and waters surrounding the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.

Kayak or Canoe rentals are available for those who want to explore on their own while tours are just right for a memorable family vacation. Beginners and ages 4 and up are always welcome.

Daily tours of 2 hour, 3 hour or full day as well as overnight expeditions are available. Expedition style and day touring sea kayaks available - with or without rudders - your choice! Canoes are fine on calm days in the marshes or anytime in the blackwater creeks and swamps.

 

Blackwater Tours

Just 35-50 minutes from Charleston you can explore cool and shaded blackwater swamps, rivers and historic rice plantations. Paddle through a flooded forest in a protected wilderness area in the National Forest and see 1,000 year old cypress trees or see a 300 year old church overlooking thousands of acres of rice fields where eagles nest, full of wetland wildflowers. Wildlife includes the shy and elusive alligator, turtles, wetland wading birds, woodpeckers and sometimes river otters!

 

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Saltwater Tours

Just 3 minutes to 35 minutes surrounding Charleston, the saltwater tours include a variety of habitats that include shallow bays with historic harbor views, sandy beaches with barrier islands, or saltwater marsh creeks. Paddle to 4,000 year old Indian ruins in the National Forest and journey back in time! Wildlife includes dolphin and nesting colonies of thousands of Eastern Shorebirds. Manatees and Sea Turtles are seasonal and are seen about 10-20% of the time during summer months. Our Shem Creek & Crab Bank Island tour has the most wildlife and chance for seeing dolphin, but you’re welcome to also explore the waters surrounding the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge just up the coast.

 

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Rentals & Equipment

We have Carbon Infused Paddles and High End kayaks & Canoes! No other outfitter compares! We have over 100 kayaks and canoes to choose from!

We rent sea and recreation kayaks, canoes and paddleboards.

Rentals are available at Shem Creek Saltwater location 8 am to 7 pm, 7 days a week!

Walk up Rentals are welcomed at our Shem Creek location any time if they are available, however, advance reservations will guarantee your kayaks for you.Walk up Tours may be available, but it’s best to call ahead of time for a reservation. 

At our Blackwater Locations a 24 hour advance reservation for both Rentals and Tours is required.

 

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Upcoming Special Events

"Spring Break Kayak and Paddleboarding Camp" - $150.00 April 9th-13th.

10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at our Shem Creek location at 483 W. Coleman Blvd., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
Learn to kayak and paddleboard during your break from school! Ages 12-17 welcome!
Located at our own private boat ramp, campers will have the best of everything. We'll teach them kayaking and paddleboarding 101, safety issues and skill development along the way. Sign up early! Space limited!

 

Why Choose Us?

Nature Adventures Outfitters gives proceeds back to environmental organizations and causes. Environmental organizations ask us to lead their tours. When you paddle with us you are helping to save the land and animals around us. See the list of organizations Nature Adventures Outfitters supports.

Video Blog

These videos were filmed and edited by one of our guides, Dakota Walker. Sharing her love of the water and the animals, she brings them here to the video screen to be enjoyed by all. To watch more of her videos, please visit her channel at You Tube.

 

Our Mission

Nature Adventures Outfitters is dedicated to providing quality experiences to all of our customers which includes excellent customer care. Our Professional Master Naturalist guides are also personable and friendly and many are certified ACA Coastal Kayak Instructors. We strive to make each customer leave with a lasting memory of an amazing experience Nature Adventures mission is to provide tours for the preservation of the environment.

Environmental organizations ask us to lead their tours. Our testimonials from clients are wonderful and we have been quoted as having "Outstanding Guide Services” by Canoe and Kayak Magazine and we are the “Recommended Area Outfitter” by National Geographic Adventure Magazine! We are also dedicated naturalist who care deeply for the environment and we contribute time, energy and money to environmental causes in an effort to help protect these precious resources. To see more of what we are doing please visit our Awareness Counts! page.