Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

Beautiful! Saw so many animals! Was the best NYE view I’ve ever had! Took the family hiking out here and found more to do than we knew they had! They have a neat little museum/ gift store and also offer boat tours and kayaking! The Chesser Homestead, boardwalk & tower are really cool!

Very clean, excellent staff, support alot of great research on native species. Boat tour is incredible and so are the trails. See multiple species everytime I go. Highly recommend!

Tony and I went to Folkston, GA outside of Jacksonville Florida basically across the state line. This swamp is full of Alligators and is a Refuge. The cost is $5 per person and if you take the boat ride it's only $25 each extra. The ride is 1.5 hours long. Our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and friendly. We were the only ones on the boat, kinda like a personal trip. Very nice! We were on the 930am boat tour on a Wednesday so it wasn't very busy and very enjoyable weather. The bugs didn't bother us much, but we did have on quite a bit of bug spray!!!
I tipped him $15 for the trip, we saw a turtle, 2 tiny frogs, several different species of birds, 3 Barred Owls and 4 Alligators. It was very enjoyable and I would definitely do again!! Highly Recommend you detour for the boat tour!!!

Beautiful and well kept park! The staff are friendly and helpful. Our Boat Tour guide, DJ, was fantastic and incredibly knowledgeable! The educational center is small, but nicely done! A great place to spend a day!

Truly amazing place with some great trails. Quiet, remote, wild, it doesn’t get much better than this. The Cane Pole Trail starting from the parking lot is very short, but has some nice views of the prairie. Other trails are accessible from the Swamp Island Dr south of the main road. Highly recommend!