South
Carolina Kayaking
Kayak
Charleston South Carolina
Sea
Kayak Charleston, Mt. Pleasant, Kiawah, Isle of Palms, South Carolina
Sea
Kayaks, Recreational Kayaks, or Canoes
Better Business Bureau Certified!
Kayak Tours or Rentals
Only 5 minutes from Downtown Charleston and On the Islands!
Nature
Adventures is Charlestons Oldest and Most Professional & Respected Naturalist
Guide Service
Promoting Sustainable Green Tourism
Family
Fun South Carolina Vacations, Attractions & Activities, Tours
High End Stable
Sea Kayaks or Recreational Kayaks with rudders!
Canoes too!
We take you kayaking to coastal barrier islands, rivers, rice
plantations and to beautiful cypress swamps in the Charleston area including
Isle
of Palms, Folly Beach, Charleston, Sullivans Island, Kiawah, Ace Basin, Edisto
River, Francis Marion National Forest, and the waters surrounding the Cape Romain National Wildlife
Refuge
*Some of our tours are only 45 minutes from Myrtle Beach!
No Experience Necessary! Ages 4 and up welcome!
At Nature Adventures Outfitters, our entire
focus is on giving you the best kayak experience the waters near Charleston and
the South Carolina coast have to offer. Whether you're staying at the Isle of
Palms, Sullivans Island, or Downtown Charleston, we have tours for every member
of the family. Featuring expedtion sea kayaking to South Carolina attractions
including the barrier islands, blackwater swamps and rivers. No experience is
necessary so plan your next South Carolina vacation with Nature Adventures
Outfitters!
Kayak, Canoe and Hiking
Tours
Charleston's Most Knowledgeable,
Professional, Experienced and
Respected Outfitter & Guided Tour
Service.... Absolutely the Best!
"Our record on Safety and accurate
Naturalist interpretation has given us a reputation as Coastal South Carolinas
most recommended and respected Kayak Guide Service.
Environmental Organizations paddle
with us and we've had repeat clientele for years!
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WE ARE OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK, 7 a.m. - 7
p.m. March - October
(November- February - 8:00 a.m. - 5:00
p.m.)
*Winter Paddling: As long as temperatures stay
above 43F, It is comfortable to paddle. We carry a full line of hypothermic
equipment for your safety.
All tours
are withing 5 to 45 minutes from Downtown Charleston and the Isle of Palms,
Sullivans Island and Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina a
We have 7 different tour areas to serve you! See tour 1- 7 listings below!erica's top 500 globally Important Bird Areas. The Reserve is a critically important area for migratory waterfowl and
Kayak Tours -Please make a reservation, however walk up availability is welcome
The 2 hour fully guided tour- Offered 9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m.(Nov-Feb) and also 4:30 p.m. the rest of the year- $39/ ages 13 and up and $29/ ages 12 and under
The Half Day 3 1/2 hour fully guided tour- Offered 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
$55/ ages 13 and up and $39/ ages 12 and under.
Full Day Tours - 5 to 6 hours (Includes Lunch!) - Leaves Daily at 9:30 a.m.
$85/ ages 13 and up and $48/ ages 12 and under
Kayak and Canoe Rentals- (On your own) - includes all instruction, maps and gear.
Half Day: Up to 4 hours: $33/ single kayak seats or $25/seat for tandem
2 person kayaks
Full Day- Up to 8 hours: $43/ single kayak seats or $35/seat for tandem 2 person kayaks
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See our Kayak-Canoe Fee Page for detailed prices
Reservations
You can show up at our on water location on Shem Creek and we'll do the best we can to get you on the water! However, We can take your reservation by visa, master card, discover or check and guarantee your place! We do NOT process
this, however it does secure your tour date and guide or rentals. We
simply pencil you in for your tour date and send you a confirmation. You may cancel up to 72 hours
prior for daily tours or up until 7 p.m. the night before for rentals with no cancellation penalities.
Please call us at 843-568-3222 or at 1-800-673-0679 to make
your reservation today!
"Providing Nature Tours for the
Preservation of the Environment"
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We are committed to help save the environment! 
Our mission is to help endangered species, educate our
paddlers on issues facing the environment and provide
information on ecosystems through Environmental education and
Preservation!
The more our paddlers understand about nature, the more they are motivated to help conserve and protect the animals and the habitats that we are fortunate to have.
Nature Adventures gives an
average of 10-20% of its proceeds to environmental causes...
“When you kayak
with us, you are helping to save the environment”... thank you! |
We also do benefit paddles for humanitarian
causes...
Nature Adventures Receives an Award!
The National MS Society, Mid-Atlantic Chapter has awarded Nature Adventures Kayak, Canoe and Hiking Outfitters, Inc. "The Outstanding Corporate Partner Award for 2009". Nature Adventures has helped raise thousands of dollars every year during their annual "Kayak for the Kure for MS" paddle each fall in hopes to rid the world of MS. Nature Adventures will be recognized and will receive the award on February 17th, 2010 at the Holiday Inn Charleston Airport during their Celebrate.Inspire.Move awards ceremony.
Nature Based Tourism, Conservation and Humanitarian
organizations we support .
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We have kayak, canoe and hiking
nature tours for every level of paddler or hiker. We tour in expedition Sea kayaks to barrier islands or you
can choose more stable day touring recreational kayaks for our tours in Blackwater swamps and rivers on
gentle moving waters. Hiking tours average 2 to 5 miles. No Experience
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Professional Naturalist Guides and Kayak
Instructors!.
        
Diane Will Kathie
Tillman
John Bob Bailey &
Elizabeth Dave
Craig
Our
guides are Professionally
Trained, University Degreed and Educated Master Naturalist. Manhold
University Degrees
(Bachelors and or Masters) in Environmentally related fields. Several of our guides are also Certified ACA Sea Kayak and River Kayak Instructors and hold
their First Aid/ CPR Certifications as well as Wilderness Outdoor First Aid.
Their lives are
dedicated to preservation of the environment and educating you
along the waWe have Provided
Professionally Guided Kayak, Canoe and Hiking Nature Tours Since
1984. stems.
We are Charlestons most
requested and leading Naturalist guide service for
University Degreed and Certified Master Naturalist and
Certified Kayak Instructors!
Many of our guides have provided
Professionally guided Nature Tours since the early 1980's making us the areas
Oldest Naturalist Guide Service!
"Outstanding Guide Services" - Canoe and Kayak Magazine
"Recommended
Area Outfitter" - National Geographic Adventure
Magazine
Great Reviews by Conde Nast Traveler
 Featured Outfitter in South Carolina Magazine
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Our Kayak & Canoe Tours & Rental Locations
Our Locations include Two Main Areas with 7 different tour options, However, All of our tours are withing 5 to 55 minutes from Downtown Charleston and the
Isle of Palms, Sullivans Island and Mt. Pleasant!
We are the closest Outfitter to Charleston!
Shem Creek -Tour #1 is in Mt. Pleasant, just
5 minutes from downtown Charleston and 5-10 minutes from the
Islands! 1
Seafood Drive, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 . cation with a private restroom and waterside restaurants nest door to us! *****(For GPS purposes, please use 1401 Shrimp Boat Lane)
This is an On Site-Water location with a private restroom and waterside restaurants nest door to us!
Francis Marion National Forest and the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge and Capers Island State Heritage Preserve (these tours are a 25-55 minute drive from downtown Charleston)
These include Tours #2-#7
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Follow the LINKS for DETAILS on Our Most Popular Tours Below:
BLACKWATER
SALTWATER
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SALTWATER
Our most popular Saltwater Tour...
#1 Shem Creek Historic
Shrimping Village and Crab Bank Island
1
Seafood Drive, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
5-10 minutes from Downtown Charleston
or the Islands!
We have an On-Site Location on the
Creek!
This is a GREAT TOUR for families!...Dolphins,
Pelicans, Manatees!
2nd largest Birding rookery in SC,
Historic Shrimping Village, Dolphins and Eastern Shorebirds
  
Sand Bar, Shrimping Village and our Shop on Shem Creek! 888888888888
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Wildlife frequently seen on this tour! *************************************************
#2 Sewee Indian Ruins, #3 Awendaw Creek, #4 Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge/McClellanville Harbor and #5 Capers Island State Heritage Preserve
35-40 minutes from Downtown Charleston
4,000 year old ruins, artifacts,
gentle saltwater marshes
   
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BLACKWATER
Our most popular Blackwater tour!
#6 WAMBAW SWAMP WILDERNESS AREA
45 min. from downtown Charleston or
Myrtle Beach
1,000 Year Old Cypress, Historic Slave
Ruins, alligators -(mostly small ones), Neo-tropical songbirds, Swallow-tailed
kites, Yellow crowned night herons, and Prothonotary warblers
  
  
Wildlife frequently seen on this tour!
Owl & Ibis Photo taken on Wambaw
Creek courtesty of wrennphoto.com
#7 Rivers and Rice Plantation Tour -
Quenby Creek
30 minutes from Downtown Charleston or
the Islands
300 year old plantations, thousands of
acres of abandoned rice fields, eagle and osprey nests
  
Freshwater wetlands, gentle flowing
creek & River 
Wildlife often seen on this tour include otters, alligators, turtles, herons, egrets and birds of prey!
Beautiful Historic Cooper River &
Quenby Creek with abandoned Rice Fields, 300 year old church - Pompion
Hill Chapel
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TESTIMONIALS
Just wanted to say Thank You! Kudos to both Diane (Shem Creek/Crab Bank Island) and John (Wambaw Swamp). Both guides were excellent, informative, competent, and willing to share their love and knowledge of the area. I thoroughly enjoyed both trips. Hopefully I'll be back soon to explore some more. Oh yeah, and the weather was perfect, too. Thanks again. Sandi Collins
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We had a great time kayaking with you! Elizabeth was a> wonderful guide! We'll definitely book kayaking with you> guys again on our next trip to Charleston. > > Thanks so very much!!! Susan Barton > > --- On Fri, 5/22/09,----------------------------------------------------------------------------
I visited the Charleston area last weekend and one of my favorite parts of the trip was the kayak outing with Nature Adventures. Your son, Tillman, was our guide and he was wonderful. Tillman was patient and helpful in terms of instruction on paddling, encouraging when I was tired, and extremely knowledgeable about the natural wildlife and birds. I learned a lot! I understand he ‘grew up’ in the business and he definitely follows your motto, “kill ‘em with kindness” and made all of us feel very comfortable. I was impressed with his level of professionalism at such a young age too. I would recommend your company to anyone interested in such adventures without hesitation. Tillman is a great representative and I wanted to be sure to tell you!
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During the whole trip, our guide maintained a constant and charming patter that mixed useful hints for correcting our paddling styles, wonderful bits of local history, and all kinds of fascinating lore about the flora and fauna that slipped by as we tried to master her suggestions. She easily identified the stuff that each of us was drawn to and so managed to have something for everybody at most turns. Jim Nechas
Kathie,
Thank you. I have called several outfits and yours by far is the most professional of all of them in South Carolina! Bravo for customer service. For that, you get my business! Even if I have to drive a couple hours, it’s worth it.
2009
Jon
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When I first conceived of a class
on ecology and culture that would feature a week-long kayaking trip to the
South Carolina Low Country, I discovered Nature Adventures Outfitters, and I am
so very lucky that I did. Kathie Livingston has been a tremendous resource and partner for the five years I have been offering my class. She has been invaluable in helping
me plan experiences that students love and learn from, and she goes out of her
way to help me and the students, both while we are planning each year's course
and when we visit South Carolina each May. She reassures students who are
ill, she is flexible enough to allow me to change my plans as contingencies
arise, she has arranged catered meals for the classes, ferried gear to Capers
Island, helped me find and secure camp sites, and is always there on the other
end of the cell phone when I have a problem or a question. She has also
introduced my classes to wonderfully knowledgeable and skilled guides, who
entertain, teach, and embody the Low Country to many of my students. She and her guides are great
teachers, and my students and I have learned so much about the swamps, marshes,
and beaches of the Low Country from them. Nature Adventures Outfitters
and Kathie are Low Country treasures, and I know my association with them is at
the heart of the success of my course. --Robert E.
Burkholder, Associate Professor of
English, Penn State, University Park,
PA May, 2008
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****The four of us thoroughly enjoyed our kayaking adventure. I'm not sure what I liked most, the Wambaw swamp, or the Sewee Indian Ruins,
both were terrific. We can't say
enough about Bob who guided us both days. He was very
knowledgeable and had a good sense of humor and was concerned about our safety, and
wanted to make sure we had a good time, which we did. Don't lose
him!
Jack & Marge, Joe & Michelle,
October, 2007
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***It all went fabulously
well. Bob is wonderful leader and great with
children. He
tactfully took special care to help one of our more difficult little girls with
attitude adjustment. Because of his attitude and input, she did enjoy the
adventure. We love Bob……Scout Troop, 2007
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****"South Carolinas Hidden Natural Treasures are revealed and
interpreted with a mix of expertise, passion,
sensitivity and care by Kathie Livingston at Nature Adventures paddesports company. A variety of coastal environments and habitats
were demystified in a memorable and fun experience!" 2005 Ed Councill - Past President of The Professional Paddlesports
Association, Current President of the Paddlesports Industry Association!
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****"I wanted to tell you upfront that I'm
usually not the most complementary person. Having said that, more than 24 hours
since I received your last two emails, your customer service is still amazing to me. Your
customer service is real, it's genuine and it's helpful. I know I told you this
yesterday, but I can't let it go. I have to tell you again. You have given
better and more helpful customer service than every other kayak place combined
that I've ever contacted in NC or SC. I know thank you isn't enough, but I
can't think of anything else better to say, but thank you again!"
Glenn
Benfield, March, 2004
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****"Nature Adventures was
terrific! They
were helpful, organized, and friendly. The trip they helped us plan was a
highlight of our extended families' holiday week vacation in South Carolina."
2004
David Luberoff- Lexington, MA
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****"Hi Kathie, I just wanted to thank you
for such a great course yesterday. Being a safety
manager and having taught classes, I tend to be critical of
instructors...and you were great! Very professional, knowledgeable, and genuine. I had a blast and can't wait to
take another class!" 2006 Julia Olson
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Margi and I are going to come back next March and do another kayaking trip with
you. First time ever, we have decided to go back to the same area. That
speaks very highly of you and the time we had kayaking with you on
the Wambaw, as well as the Village B&B & Cherie as hostess. It was a
real pleasure for the two of us to make your acquaintance and tap into your
vast knowledge of the outdoor world around us." Ruth A
Rogers 2003
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Offered throughout the year by Certified
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Offered twice a year in Coastal South Carolina and in the Beautiful Mountains of Western North
Carolina. ..... Check out our Retreats for Annual dates and fees.
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