Organized Tours
Savannah Destination Management LLC is pleased to offer the attendees of Canadian Construction Association's annual conference a taste of southern hospitality!
We have put together unique experiences highlighting areas in and around Savannah for attendees of all ages. All tours and activities listed include tax, gratuity and transportation. Savannah Destination Management LLC is a full-service event and destination management company offering extensive local knowledge, expertise and creative services.
Pre-registration and full payment for tour/activity is required and available through February 24, 2012. Onsite registrations will be accommodated if there is space. All tours/activities have a minimum number of attendees in order for the tour/activity to be held. If the minimum number is not met, the attendee can choose another time slot or cancel the tour for a full refund.
Attendees will receive confirmations of tour/activity registration via email.
Cancellations must be received in writing by February 10, 2012. Cancellations received by this deadline will be issued a full refund. Cancellations received after this deadline will not be refunded.
Please visit Organized Tour Booking to see schedules, hours, details and to book your tour/activity.
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Georgia Port and Savannah Wildlife Refuge Experience
Tybee Highlights and Fort Pulaski Experience
The Historic Savannah Experience
Exploring Surrounding Communities
Segway through Savannah
Saturday, March 10 09:00, 10:00, 12:00, 13:00, and 14:00 depart from Westin
Sunday, March 11 09:00, 10:00, 12:00, 13:00, and 14:00 depart from Westin
Friday, March 16 12:00, 13:00 and 14:00 depart from Westin
Duration: training time 45 minutes, tour time one hour, 10 minutes travel time each way A fun way to see Savannah up close! Learn of Savannah’s rich history and charming stories as you make your way through the historic district on two wheels. Upon arrival attendees are fitted for helmets, view a safety video and have a one-on-one practice session and orientation before hitting the roads. Groups are lead through the historic district by a certified tour guide and safety monitor.
The rider must be at least 18 years old (or 15 years old with approval of parent or guardian), 100 - 260 lbs (45 to 117 kg) and be able to step on and off the Segway without assistance, which requires physical abilities similar to climbing and descending stairs without the support of a handrail or other walking aid.
Additional information: Each tour requires a minimum and maximum of 16 participants. If the minimum is not met the attendees can change times or cancel their registration for a full refund.
Cost: $85.00 US per person inclusive of round trip transportation to historic district, tour guide, DMC services, tax, gratuity and the City of Savannah Preservation Fee.
Historic Carriage Ride
Saturday, March 10 09:30, 10:30, 13:30, and 14:30 depart from Westin
Sunday, March 11 09:30, 10:30, 13:30, and 14:30 depart from Westin
Wednesday, March 14 15:00, 16:00 and 17:00 depart from Westin
Friday, March 16 12:30, 13:30 and 14:30 depart from the Westin
Duration: one hour Enjoy a relaxing fully-narrated horse-drawn carriage experience as we meander through the largest continuous historic district in the United States. Enjoy one of our most nostalgic tours in a city designed for horses.
Additional information: Each tour requires a minimum of 12 participants. If the minimum is not met, the attendees can change times or cancel their registration for a full refund.
Cost: $69.00 US per person inclusive of round trip transportation to historic district, tour guide, DMC services, tax, gratuity and the City of Savannah Preservation Fee.
Salt Marsh Kayak Experience
Sunday, March 11 08:30 depart from Westin 12:30 depart from Westin
Wednesday, March 14 15:00 depart from Westin
Duration: Three hours kayaking, 20 minutes travel each way A twenty-minute drive from the historic district brings you to this beautiful, but seldom seen side of Savannah. The kayaking begins at Skidaway Narrows, an old barrier island with terrific flora and fauna. We paddle a short stretch along the Intercoastal Waterway before cutting into the narrow, meandering, forested creeks. Always a favorite on this trip is watching the many osprey as they come and go from their nests. Great birding, great scenery - welcome to the south!
Additional information: The activity requires a minimum of 15 participants. Maximum participation is 25 participants. If the minimum is not met, the activity will be cancelled and a full refund will be given.
Cost: $135.00 US per person inclusive of round transportation to Skidaway, rental of sea kayak, paddle, spray skirt, guide, DMC services, tax and gratuity.
Georgia Port and Savannah Wildlife Refuge Experience
Sunday, March 11 13:00 depart from Westin
Wednesday, March 14 15:00 depart from Westin
Friday, March 16 13:00 depart from Westin
Duration: Three hours This experience will depart via the Westin Dock aboard “Island Explorer”, a 40-passenger pontoon boat equipped with comfortable seating, covered area, pull down sides and a restroom. As the cruise heads up the Savannah River attendees will learn of stories from the past including the great cotton age, plantations and rice fields which were once located along the river. The group will pass the Georgia Ports Authority, home to the second largest container port in the United States. Attendees will learn about the container industry and the many items that pass through the port. The highlight of our experience is the Savannah Wildlife Refuge - home to many animals native to the area including alligators!
Additional information: The experience requires a minimum of 15 participants. Maximum participation is 40 participants. If the minimum is not met, the activity will be cancelled and a full refund will be given.
Cost: $82.00 US per person inclusive of exclusive use of the pontoon boat, DMC services, tax and gratuity.
Fishing Experience
Saturday, March 10 09:30 depart from Westin
Sunday, March 11 12:30 depart from Westin
Wednesday, March 14 15:00 depart from Westin
Friday, March 16 12:30 depart from Westin
Duration: Four hours
During this time of year the Savannah River area has a lot to offer fishermen. It is almost the ending of some types of fish for the year and the beginning of others. However, it is not too late or too early. So here’s the biting thing: you could find yourself catching spotted sea trout, flounder, red fish, whiting, black drum, Sheepshead, striped bass or shark.
The Charter Boat fleet offers the latest electronic equipment and they are all US Coast Guard approved. The company has been in business since 1948 and the captain they will fish with has over 50 years of fishing the Savannah waterways.
Additional information: Minimum participation is four participants. All children ten and under must wear life jackets. Life jackets are available at no additional cost. Maximum participation is 58 participants per day. If the minimum is not met, the activity will be cancelled and a full refund will be given.
Cost: $195.00 US per person inclusive of exclusive use of charter boat, captain inshore fishing trip all gear needed for fishing, DMC Staff Services, tax and gratuity.
The Low Country Experience
Sunday, March 11 13:00 depart from Westin
Wednesday, March 14 15:00 depart from Westin
Friday, March 16 13:00 depart from Westin
Duration: Four hours Experience the surrounding areas as locals do each day. This experience takes you past the Historic District through the Victoria District, to Victory Drive, a-19 mile palm-lined drive that stretches out to Tybee Island. This small barrier island has been welcoming visitors and enemies alike since the founding of Colony of Georgia.
Experience beautiful Bonaventure Cemetery, a former 600-acre rural estate which sits on the banks of the Intracoastal Waterway and is now the resting place for Savannah’s famous son, singer songwriter Johnny Mercer.
Attendees will travel past an old fishing village, take back roads with beautiful marsh views, visit an oak tree over 300 years old, have great picture opportunities in front of a mile-long oak-lined drive of a former plantation, see elegant homes on “The Bluff” overlooking the waterway, visit the chapel at The Bethesda Home for Boys, one of the oldest boys’ orphanages in the United States, and then end with refreshments and cookie sampling at Byrd Cookie Company, a Savannah favorite since 1924.
Additional information: Minimum participation is 20 participants. If the minimum is not met, the activity will be cancelled and a full refund will be given.
Cost: $47.00 US per person inclusive of transportation, tour guide, DMC Staff Services, tax, gratuity and the City of Savannah Preservation Fee.
Tybee Highlights and Fort Pulaski Experience
Wednesday, March 14 15:00 depart from Westin
Friday, March 16 13:00 depart from Westin
Saturday, March 17 09:00 depart from Westin
Duration: Three hours The group will be met in the hotel by our experienced tour guide. The first stop on this tour is Fort Pulaski. In April of 1862, Union troops directed rifled cannon fire at Fort Pulaski breaching the southeast angle. This event marked the first significant use of rifled cannon during combat. The battle surprised military strategists worldwide, signaling the end of masonry fortifications. The park also includes scenic marsh and uplands that support a variety of animal life characteristic of southern barrier islands.
The experience continues to Tybee Island. The next stop features the Tybee Historic Lighthouse. Ordered by General James Oglethorpe, Governor of the 13th colony, in 1732, the Tybee Island Light Station has been guiding mariners’ safe entrance into the Savannah River for over 270 years.
The Tybee Island Light Station is one of America's most intact having all of its historic support buildings on its five-acre site. Rebuilt several times the current light station displays its 1916 day mark with 178 stairs and a First Order Fresnel lens (nine feet tall). As the experience continues guests enjoy a driving tour of Tybee Island.
Additional information: Minimum participation is 20 participants. If the minimum is not met, the activity will be cancelled and a full refund will be given.
Cost: $51.00 US per person inclusive of transportation, tour guide, entrance into Fort Pulaski, entrance into the Tybee Lighthouse, DMC services, tax, gratuity and the City of Savannah Preservation Fee.
The Historic Savannah Experience
Wednesday, March 14 15:00 depart from Westin
Friday, March 16 13:00 depart from Westin
Duration: 2.5 hours One of the most popular ways to see the city, this tour by trolley takes you through the largest continuous historic district in the United States. Founded in 1733, attendees enjoy learning of
Savannah’s rich history, unique charm, stunning beauty and of some of her quirky sides.
Our experience includes touring The Isaiah Davenport House Museum. The Davenport House is devoted to the American Federal style house completed by master builder Isaiah Davenport in Savannah, Georgia in 1820. The house features furnishings and other artifacts relevant to the period and the Davenport family. The house is intimately connected with the establishment of the Historic Savannah Foundation and the birth of the restoration movement in Savannah. The tour continues with a visit to the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist which is compared to some of the most beautiful churches in Europe.
Additional information: Minimum participation is 20 participants. If the minimum is not met, the activity will be cancelled and a full refund will be given.
Cost: $38.00 US per person inclusive of transportation, tour guide, entrance into house museum, DMC services, sales tax, gratuity and the City of Savannah Preservation Fee.
Historic Inn Experience
Friday, March 16, 2012 13:00 depart from Westin
Duration: Three hours An exclusive tour of three of Savannah’s award-winning historic inns. The Green Palm Inn is a family-owned four-bedroom B&B located in a classic gingerbread folk Victorian house dating to 1897. Diane McCray, the inn keeper, will be our host showing us through this beautifully decorated historic inn.
The Azalea Inn & Gardens is located on a brick-cobbled street near Forsyth Park. The inn is a Queen Anne Italianate mansion dating to 1889. It was built originally for Captain Walter K. Coney who played a significant role in the shaping of the philosophy of Savannah’s 20th century.
The Zeigler House Inn is located along legendary Jones Street in historic Savannah. It was built in 1856 for Solomon Zeigler, a prominent citizen and lumber merchant. Original features include beautiful heart-pine wood floors of the era, elegant ceiling medallions and a dramatic heart-pine staircase embellished with mahogany and walnut handrail.
Additional information: Minimum participation is 20 participants. If the minimum is not met, the activity will be cancelled and a full refund will be given.
Cost: $54.00 US per person inclusive of transportation, tour guide, DMC services, gratuity and the City of Savannah Preservation Fee. Historic inn options subject to change based on availability.
Exploring Surrounding Communities Rose Hill Mansion and Tea, Bluffton, SC
Wednesday, March 14 15:00 depart from the Westin
Friday, March 16 13:00 depart from the Westin
Duration: 1.5 hours tour and tea, 30 minutes travel each way This beautifully designed Gothic Revival home has served as a backdrop to the many faces and lives that tell the fascinating history of this Lowcountry area of South Carolina. Construction on the Rose Hill Mansion was started in the late 1850s by a planter and physician. The work was halted by the Civil War as the owners sought refuge in another area of South Carolina.
Although the house was occupied after the war, the economy made it impossible to complete the interior. After several owners, efforts of restoration and a house fire, the Rose Hill Plantation House was purchased by the Middleton White Foundation in the mid 90’s and was restored as a private home. Additional option for Friday’s tour: A visit to Bluffton Township. Settled in 1825, as a summer resort for rice and cotton plantation owners, the town features antebellum homes, bed and breakfasts, churches, quaint shops and restaurants. Incorporated in 1852, Bluffton Historical Village is home to 10 antebellum homes and 19 post-Civil War buildings.
Additional information: Minimum participation is 20 participants. Maximum participation is 30 attendees. If the minimum is not met, the activity will be canceled and a full refund will be given.
Cost: $115.00 US per person inclusive of transportation, exclusive tour of Rose Hill Mansion with afternoon tea, DMC Staff Services, sales tax, and gratuity.
Bluffton Outlets Shopping
Sunday, March 11 12:30 depart from Westin
Wednesday, March 14 15:00 depart from Westin
Friday, March 16 12:30 depart from Westin
Duration: Three hours shopping, 30 minutes travel each way The group will be picked up at the hotel for the quick 30-minute drive to Bluffton. Upon arrival to Bluffton, the group will make their way to Tanger Outlet Center to enjoy shopping at their leisure. Transportation will run a shuttle service between the two outlet centers. Guests enjoying shopping at stores such as Coach Factory, GUESS Factory Store, Jones New York, Kenneth Cole, Nine West Outlet, Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store, Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5th, Talbots, Ultra Diamonds, White House Black Market, Wilsons Leather, Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle Outfitters, Ann Taylor Factor Store, Banana Republic Factory Store, Bass, Brooks Brothers Factory Store, Eddie Bauer Outlet, Gap Outlet, HUGO BOSS Factory Store, and many more.
Additional information: Minimum participation is 20 participants. If the minimum is not met, the attendees receive a full refund.
Cost: $45.00 US per person inclusive of transportation to/from Bluffton, DMC Staff Services, sales tax and gratuity.
Beach Ecology Walk
Sunday, March 11 12:30 depart from Westin
Wednesday, March 14 15:00 depart from Westin
Friday, March 16 12:30 depart from Westin
Duration: 1.5 hour program, 45 minutes on own, 30 minutes travel each way The group will be picked up at the hotel for the quick 30-minute drive to Tybee Island, GA, Savannah’s Beach. Upon arrival at Tybee, attendees enjoy a guided beach walk to explore the dynamics of Georgia’s barrier islands including tides, seashells, and sand dunes. Identify plants and marine animals that inhabit our beach and ocean and collect empty shells.
After the beach walk, enjoy a tour of the Coastal Gallery which features species to the Georgia coast and exotics from other oceans. Gallery exhibits include turtles, fish, gators, whale bones and invertebrates. Interact with live animals in the open-touch pool, view a slide show on terrapins and watch the stingrays glide.
Additional information: Minimum participation is 20 participants. If the minimum is not met, the attendees receive a full refund.
Cost: $49.00 US per person inclusive of transportation to/from Tybee, guided beach walk and entrance into the Coastal Gallery, DMC Staff Services, sales tax and gratuity.
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