House tour was about 45 minutes. Allen did an excellent job and it went at a good speed. Afterwards, we did a nature tram tour that went by the swamp. Guide pointed out the animals along the way. Lots of items available in the gift shop.

Slavery to Freedom tour was great! Train ride was ok. Not many flowers if that’s what you’re hoping for. WARNING: Ubers decline pick ups so it can be very difficult to get a ride back to the city.

This is my second visit, but in a different season of the year (came by in Oct. 2023). I would highly recommend anyone to come out and visit this enchanting and beautiful plantation and garden. Vanessa our tour guide provided a thoughtful history of the plantation and the experience of the enslaved families who worked and cultivated this land. This place is most spectacular in the springtime with all of the flowers and fauna in bloom. I could spend hours walking down the paths enjoying all of the little discoveries (statues) and wildlife hidden in plain sight. Can’t wait to come back again!

The gardens are beautiful, and everything was nicely decorated for fall and Halloween. It was a little muddy on some paths because of recent rains, but nothing that would stop you from seeing things. They had a QR code to scan a map, but a paper map would have been more useful to see an overview of everything. Vanessa was our tour guide for Slavery to Freedom and gave an excellent narrative of the times. We did not tour through house.

The Magnolia Plantation Garden was an amazing place and site to visit. This was one of the greatest places to visit here in Charleston. The staff was friendly and our tour guide was very interesting and he was vey unique on how he gave us the history and was very accurate and he did a great job and very factual. Thank you so much and from being from the west coast this will be my favorite tour site to come the next time I back to Charleston.

The gardens and property are beautiful. There are 6 miles of walking trails through the gardens with beautiful ponds, bridges, out buildings and the like. The nature train tour was not worth it, in my opinion. The train was very cramped and crowded and the road was often bumpy and the driving was jerky. The narration was about the flora and fauna primarily. The Slavery to Freedom tour was also disappointing. Vanessa is animated and engaging but the tour is really a brief presentation of info mostly about growing rice. There was very little information about the daily lives of enslaved people. There’s no guided tour of the cabins themselves.

Amazing views and many photo opportunities! We loved the gardens and the house tour. The fact that it’s still family owned and operated is a real treat. Everything beat our expectations. The only thing I would do differently is skip the nature ride and just visit the nature reserve. Awesome job keeping history alive!

No photography allowed inside. The plantation was burned by Sherman's troop at the end of the Civil War. The owner lost all his money during the war and had to work to make money to rebuild a 4 room house on the old foundation. His daughter who married into money added to the building to have what is there today. We then visited the animals and I got to pet a deer and a goat. We took the "train" tour and saw many alligators and turtles and trees and birds. Then we walked around the garden in the rain. Nice tour.

We did the house tour and Slavery to Freedom tour (included with admission). The house tour was excellent. The gardens were not as spectacular as in the photos, probably due to it being October. Many of the statues were in disrepair and the areas surrounding them not kept up. The women who gave the Slavery to Freedom tour was well versed, but the talk was short. Make sure to visit the Wildlife Center. It was truly enjoyable with deer, goats, and peacocks roaming free!

We did all three tours offered and enjoyed them all. The tour guides were very knowledgeable and pleasant. Our favorite was Susan at the house tour. The grounds are huge and very lovely. Plan on spending at least 5 hours there, possibly more if you walk all of the trails.