Lowcountry Gullah Heritage Tours brings Gullah Geechee culture to life. Focused on the rich Gullah communities from Wilmington, NC, Charleston, SC, St. Helena, SC, Hilton Head, SC, Savannah, GA, and St. Augustine, FL, our tour will give you the opportunity to experience first hand some of the rich cultural locations within the Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor.

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Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Tour

October 19-27, 2025 – 8 Days

A Journey of Memory, Land & Liberation Through The

Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor –

From North Carolina to Florida

An 8-day pilgrimage that traces the corridor –

Not as tourists. But as witnesses.

This is not a re-enactment.

This is a re-awakening.

This is not tourism. This is testimony.

Join us. Walk the ancestorial path of survival and resistance.

From praise houses in the Carolinas to the rice fields in Georgia, to the free Black forts in Florida, this immersive tour brings Gullah Geechee history, traditions and stories to life — through land, memory, and foodways.

📍 Wilmington, NC → Charleston, SC → St. Helena Island, SC → Hilton Head

Island, SC → Jacksonville, FL → St. Augustine, FL

Before there were ships… there was land.

Before the crossing… there was memory.

Before the liberation… there was the foodways.

The Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor is not just a series of stops — it is sacred ground. It is where Africa was replanted and reassembled in the Americas. It is where culture endured, where land became a weapon of survival, and where spiritual memory never died.

Tour Features

• Elder-led storytelling
• In-depth group discussions
• Sacred music: Ring Shout, praise houses, drumming
• Legacy-focused experiences: rice, land retention, spiritual survival

Day One – Wilmington, North Carolina | Theme: The Northern Gateway — Memory Beneath the River

Our journey begins where the Cape Fear River meets the Atlantic — a place where rice once rooted and stories still stir.

Day Two – Charleston, SC | Theme: Capital of Contradictions — Rice, Resistance & Rebirth

Day Three – Charleston, SC | Theme: The Story That Returned — Priscilla, Praise, and the Power of Names

Historic Slave Mart Museum – Magnolia Plantation Historic Site – Gadsden Wharf

Day Four – Beaufort, SC – St. Helena Island, SC – Hilton Head Island, SC | Theme: Land of the Replanted — Education, Resistance, and Homegrown Pride

Day Five – Pin Point, GA | Theme: Ring Shouts and Salt Marshes — Where Spirit Walks Barefoot. We rise early to board the ferry to Sapelo Island, a place where the past speaks in moss-covered tones and silence is never empty.

Pin Point Heritage Museum

Spend a full day immersed in the Gullah oystering culture as you learn about one of the last Gullah communities at the Pin Point Museum. For over 100 years, Pin Point, Georgia has been the home of one of the last active Gullah communities in Georgia. The Pin Point Heritage Museum is housed at the former site of the old A.S. Varn & Son Oyster and Crab Factory, where you can experience how the Gullah/Geechee lived and worked first hand. The museum is filled with exhibits and multimedia presentations that demonstrate how the Gullah lived.

Day Six – Savannah, GA | Theme: The Sound of the River — Naming the Waters, Stirring the Soil

Day Seven: Jacksonville & St. Augustine, FL | Theme: Maroon Ground and Sea Walls — The Gullah Footprint

We travel south into northern Florida, where freedom meant running — not away, but into the arms of the swamp and the Spanish.

To register for the tour and reserve your seat for the pilgrimage, email us at lowcountrygullahheritagetours@gmail.com or fill out the form below.

Payments

Payments can be made through the secure payment portal link below or by:

Zelle – lowcountrygullah@gmail.com | CashApp – @lowcountrygullah | Check / Money Order*

*Any payments made by check or money order can be mailed to Lowcountry Gullah, PO Box 23182, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928 and will be applied upon receipt towards the trip balance once notification of clearance by the bank. Please indicate your name and tour in the notes option with each payment.

Upon receipt of a payment, a confirmation email will be sent along with the tour balance.

RESERVATION POLICY:

Reservations are only considered definite upon receipt of the initial deposit of $300.00. Deposits may be made by check, cash, credit card or money order. The final payment must be received no later than 30 days prior to departure.

CANCELLATION POLICY:

We all understand that plans can change due to unforeseen circumstances and as such it’s highly recommended that you protect your investment through the purchase of Travel Insurance. The cancellation policy is that if you cancel your trip for any reason, you may be subject to a 100% cancellation fee.

POSTPONEMENT POLICY:

Lowcountry Gullah/Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours reserves the right to postpone the trip at any time. In the event the trip is postponed, Lowcountry Gullah/Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours will work diligently to reschedule the trip to a later date and time that is suitable for travel. This program is automatically included for all travelers and will be enacted if your trip is postponed, for any reason, including terrorism, pandemics, or other world events. If the new dates are not suitable for your travel plans you may: 

· Work with a Lowcountry Gullah/Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours representative to modify your current tour itinerary and dates, within the same tour.

· Cancel your tour and you will receive a transferable Future Travel Voucher in the amount of all monies paid for the original tour, less the cost of any purchased Travel Insurance/Protection plan. Good for one year and can be used with any Lowcountry Gullah/Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours travel destinations.

Booking Terms and Conditions

The purchase of your travel booking constitutes a contractual agreement between the traveler(s), customer(s), and/or purchaser(s) (collectively as “You” and “Traveler”), and Lowcountry Gullah / Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours Group (USA) Inc. dba Lowcountry Cultural Heritage Tours (“Lowcountry Gullah / Fambul Tik.”, “We”, “Us”) pursuant to the following terms and conditions (“Terms”, “Agreement”):

EMERGENCY 24/7 SUPPORT: Lowcountry Gullah / Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours provides 24/7 Emergency Support services to our customers. For emergencies within 48 hours of departure or while you are travelling, please call 843.715.3506.

TRAVEL AGENT: Lowcountry Gullah / Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours acts as a travel agent only. We sell various travel-related products on behalf of numerous transport and accommodation service providers, including, but not limited to, airlines, coach, rail, cruise line operators, and hotels. Lowcountry Gullah / Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours does not own, operate, manage, or control these independent suppliers of services and is not liable for their acts or omissions. Lowcountry Gullah / Fambul Tik’s obligations to you are to make travel bookings on your behalf and to arrange relevant contracts between you and the travel service providers. We have no responsibility for these services, nor do we have the authority to make any warranty or representation regarding their standard. Requests cannot be guaranteed. All bookings are subject to the terms and conditions and limitations of liability imposed by these travel service providers. You understand that your legal recourse is against the specific provider, not Lowcountry Gullah / Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours Conditions can change rapidly in a country at any time. It is your responsibility to check the USA Government Travel advisories for your intended destination at travel.state.gov/content/travel.html.

IMPORTANT CONDITIONS: Prices are subject to increase prior to the time you make full payment. Prices are not subject to increase after you make full payment, except for charges resulting from increases in government-imposed taxes or fees. By signing below, you expressly acknowledge your acceptance of these conditions (i.e., increases before full payment and increases attributable to government-imposed taxes or fees after full payment will be your responsibility) applicable to your purchase.

CANCELLATION: Please be aware that most travel bookings are non-refundable and cancelled bookings will incur charges. These charges can be up to 100% of the cost of the booking, regardless of whether travel has commenced. Where we incur any liability for a cancellation fee or charge for any booking that you cancel, you agree to indemnify us for the amount of that fee or charge.

DEPOSIT AND FINAL PAYMENT: You will be required to pay a minimum deposit of USD$300 per person when booking. The service provider may require further deposits. All deposits are non-refundable. Final payment is required no less than 30 days prior to departure unless otherwise stated. Some airfares or services must be paid in full at the time of booking. Lowcountry Gullah / Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours accepts cash, checks, PayPal, Cash, app, Venmo, Zelle, money orders, debit card, or credit cards (AMEX, Visa, MasterCard, Discover or Diners). Should you wish us to charge your credit card, we may require you to read and sign a credit card charge form set out in the receipt. 

CHANGE FEES: Once a travel booking has been confirmed and deposit(s) and/or full payment received, Lowcountry Gullah / Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours reserves the right to charge a $50 non-refundable change fee (“Change Fee”) for date changes made at your request for each adult travel booking changed. This Change Fee is in addition to any change fees charged by the travel service provider(s).

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TRAVEL PROTECTION: For your protection, we strongly recommend that you purchase trip cancellation and travel accident insurance. However, no representation or description of the insurance made by Lowcountry Gullah / Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours to you constitutes a binding assurance or promise about the insurance. Lowcountry Gullah / Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours is not an insurance company and has no responsibility for the submission, payment, or adjustment of any insurance claims. Any insurance claims that may fall under the relevant travel insurance policy must be submitted to the insurance company identified in the policy.

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LIABILITY: Lowcountry Gullah / Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours is not liable for any negligent or willful act or failure to act of any travel service provider or of any third party. In addition and without limitation, Lowcountry Gullah / Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours is not responsible for any injury, loss, death, inconvenience, delay, or damage to person or property in connection with the provision of any goods or services, whether resulting from, but not limited to, acts of God or force majeure, illness, disease, acts of war or civil unrest, insurrection or revolt, animals, strikes or other labor activities, criminal or terrorist activities of any kind, overbooking or downgrading of accommodations, mechanical or other failure of airplanes or other means of transportation, or any failure of any transportation mechanism to arrive or depart on time. If due to weather, flight schedules, or other uncontrollable factors you are required to spend additional night(s), you will be responsible for your own hotel, transfers, and meal costs. Baggage is entirely at the owner’s risk. You may see the name Lowcountry Gullah / Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours affixed to motor vehicles, on signs around the hotel, or elsewhere. This use of our name is purely for reasons of identification and does not denote ownership, supervision, or control by Lowcountry Gullah / Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours in any way. The prices of these tours are based on rates in effect (including foreign exchange rates) at the time of printing and are subject to change without notice. Under circumstances where liability cannot be excluded, such liability is limited to the value of the purchased travel arrangements. You specifically agree that Lowcountry Gullah / Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours is not liable for any consequential loss or damage.

REFUSAL OF SERVICE: Service providers reserve the right to refuse service to travelers at their sole discretion, including, without limitation, if the traveler: (i) Lacks proper documentation for the country of destination; (ii) Has a contagious disease; (iii) Is under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or narcotics; and/or (iv) Manifests disruptive and/or unruly behavior. Lowcountry Gullah / Fambul Tik Cultural Heritage Tours assumes no liability for the acts of the service provider in refusing service.

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GOVERNING LAW: The construction, validity, and performance of these Terms and any disputes between the parties shall be governed by and construed according to the laws of the State of South Carolina, without giving effect to its conflict of law principles, and any federal laws applicable therein. Both parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of South Carolina with respect to any legal proceedings relating to these Terms.

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