Your entrance To Marshy Intrigue

The Savannah River runs through many different types of places, ecosystems and climates, from the Appalachian Mountain waters of Chattooga River and Tugaloo River, through Hartwell Lake and so many more beautiful places north to south all the way to the marshy lowlands of intracoastal Savannah. You'll be entranced by the marshy entrance!

This important marsh buffers coastal erosion with its oak tree covered hammocks and mighty Spartina cordgrass islands.  These plant-filled waters abound with crab, shrimp and fish. This is where many marshy rivers connect and islands sit, within a wild, exotic subtropical paradise of wetlands. 
Savannah, Georgia marsh is where many species and rare animals can be seen active. If you're looking for endless fun and intrigue, you can come take a riverboat tour here and see such eye-catching creatures as dolphins, manatees, oysters, blue crabs, ghost crabs, horseshoe crabs, fiddler crabs and shrimp that share these marsh river areas with many other species and rarely seen birds nearby.  Exotic birds such as bald eagles, green herons, great blue herons, wood storks, 3 types of egrets, osprey, black skimmers, least terns, brown pelicans, pine warblers, western sandpipers, laughing gulls, sanderlings, grey or black-bellied plovers, wood ducks and American oyster catchers are only some of the vast varieties found here in the Georgia intracoastal.

 You can smell the ocean’s saltwater coast in the breeze, mixed with the strong mood setting scent of marsh plants. This lets you know you are in a rare and mighty place of isolated, one-of-a-kind nature. These jungle- like lowlands have as much endless depth as high mountain ranges have splendor.  This place has an inviting beauty that will keep you coming back for more. Savannah Georgia’s exotic subtropic world connects intracoastal river channels north to south, and zigzags through the marsh and islands. Even on a digital map, it looks like a wild maze of endless adventure.  Yes, you can actually tour these places with a certified licensed captain. Super exciting!! 

This marvelous maze continues running south as the Savannah River leads into the Wilmington River and the South Channel and the Bull River.
The Wilmington River and Bull River branch out in many adventurous directions through the marsh showing endless moments of nature’s splendor and ever evolving shifts in the marsh land complex. It’s a flowing connection of rivers, channels, sounds, and estuaries separated by islands. These estuary waters experience saltwater and freshwater. This flowing map of channels head south from Wassaw Sound, Ossabaw Sound, St Catherine's Sound, Sapelo Sound, Doboy Sound, Altamaha Sound, St Simons Sound, St Andrew’s Sound and Cumberland Sound.  Reading a list of the many islands here while looking at the map will help you get familiar with these in between river locations and simplify identifying the many places that connect to each other.
It’s a fun way to learn.

Here nature causes ever evolving passage shifts that affect local animals, scenery and local navigation strategy. To know the most current river shift outcomes within these many channels is to stay safe and aware, while enjoying these rare marsh waters.
Well-equipped and very experience captains take great care and responsibility ensuring passenger safety in such rare, wild and exotic places as the Intracoastal marsh rivers. Touring such places takes ever evolving knowledge, technologies and landscape maintenance. We can support government endeavors such as dredging, by raising our voice on such issues.
Can we not be thankful for these efforts by our local authorities and boat captains, allowing us to mix boat recreation with the mighty nature of the southeast coast marsh terrains.
This is an ever-learning experience. So read more and book a river tour on Savannah Georgia’s many magnificent waters. You’ll thank yourself you did!!
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