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Charleston, South Carolina

Private Luxury Yacht Charter with Dolphins, BYOB

A private BYOB yacht charter around Charleston Harbor with real dolphin sightings and Fort Sumter views.

Private tour — just your group 2 hours Up to 56 guests Free itinerary changes Local expert guide
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  • Private — your group only
  • Free itinerary changes
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Overview

A private charter for your group only, up to 6 guests, BYOB, circling real Charleston Harbor, passing Fort Sumter, with genuine dolphin sightings along the way.

This is a private charter for your group only, up to 6 guests, BYOB. The route circles real Charleston Harbor, passing Fort Sumter, with genuine dolphin sightings common along the way.

Highlights

  • 230 Real Reviews, 100% Recommend One of the strongest-reviewed private charters in Charleston.
  • Real Dolphin Sightings Genuine, common dolphin activity in Charleston Harbor.
  • Fort Sumter Views A real view of the historic fort from the water.
  • BYOB Bring your own drinks for your private charter.

What Stops Does This Tour Make?

A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.

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Pickup

Departs from a real downtown Charleston marina.

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230 Real Reviews, 100% Recommend

One of the strongest-reviewed private charters in Charleston.

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Real Dolphin Sightings

Genuine, common dolphin activity in Charleston Harbor.

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Fort Sumter Views

A real view of the historic fort from the water.

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BYOB

Bring your own drinks for your private charter.

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Drop-off

Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.

What's Included

A private vehicle and driver, just for your group
A professional, knowledgeable local guide
Door-to-door pickup and drop-off
A fully customizable itinerary built around you
All tolls, parking, and fuel

What's Not Included

Attraction admission tickets, unless noted as included
Meals and snacks
Gratuities for your guide or driver
Personal expenses

Why Book a Private Tour With Voyzo?

Your group only — never combined with strangers
Crowded 50+ seat group buses
Fully custom stops, built around you
A fixed script with no flexibility
Door-to-door pickup, wherever you're staying
Meeting at a fixed public meeting point
Direct, transparent pricing — no marketplace markup
Third-party booking fees

Choose Your Vehicle

Every group size is covered — from an intimate private ride to large multi-coach groups.

Black Chevrolet Suburban executive SUV Up to 6

Executive SUV

Cadillac Escalade or Chevrolet Suburban

A fast, private ride for couples, small families, or business travelers — plenty of luggage room and a smooth, quiet cabin.

Black Mercedes-Benz Sprinter passenger van Up to 14

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van

Sprinter, high-roof passenger configuration

Comfortable, air-conditioned seating for small and mid-size groups — our most popular option for families and friend groups traveling together.

White Prevost luxury motorcoach Up to 56

Prevost Coach Bus

Prevost motorcoach

Our largest single vehicle — a full-size luxury motorcoach for large groups, conventions, and corporate events that still want one private tour, one vehicle.

Important Information

Know Before You Book

  • Group size can range from 1 to 56 guests — we match the vehicle to your party.
  • Pricing depends on group size, vehicle, and tour length, and is confirmed after your quote request.
  • Tour duration is flexible — the times shown are a typical starting point.

Know Before You Go

  • We'll confirm your exact pickup time and vehicle details after booking.
  • Bring a camera, comfortable shoes, and weather-appropriate layers.
  • Your pickup address is required to finalize the itinerary.

Special Requests

  • Mobility needs, dietary notes, or accessibility requirements? Let us know when requesting your quote and we'll arrange accordingly.
  • Traveling with young children or larger groups — just tell us, and we'll recommend the right vehicle.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes — a private charter for your group only, up to 6 guests.
Real dolphin sightings are common on this route.
Yes — this is a BYOB charter.
2 hours.
A real downtown Charleston marina.
Strand feeding is a rare, learned hunting technique found in only a handful of places on Earth, where dolphins drive fish onto a mudbank and briefly beach themselves to catch them. South Carolina's coast, including Charleston's estuaries, is one of the few places it happens regularly. It isn't guaranteed on any single 2-hour charter since it depends on tide and timing, but real dolphin sightings of some kind are common on this route.
Once your quote is accepted, we'll confirm your exact pickup time, vehicle, and driver details by email ahead of your tour date.
Yes — reach out to our team any time before your tour and we'll do our best to accommodate itinerary or schedule changes.

About This Tour

A private charter for your group only, up to 6 guests, BYOB, circling real Charleston Harbor, passing Fort Sumter, with genuine dolphin sightings along the way. This is a private charter for your group only, up to 6 guests, BYOB. The route circles real Charleston Harbor, passing Fort Sumter, with genuine dolphin sightings common along the way.

Charleston's harbor and surrounding estuaries are home to an estimated 350 or so resident bottlenose dolphins, and this stretch of the South Carolina and Georgia coast is one of only a handful of places in the world where they strand feed — a remarkable, learned hunting technique in which dolphins work together to drive a school of fish onto a muddy bank, then intentionally beach themselves for a few seconds to snatch the stranded fish before sliding back into the water. Researchers have documented it happening here on a near-daily basis, passed down from mother dolphins to their calves rather than a behavior dolphins everywhere know how to do. A private 2-hour charter can't promise you'll catch strand feeding in action on any given afternoon — it depends on tide and timing — but the same resident population that makes it possible is exactly why real dolphin sightings are so consistently reported on this route.

The charter's route around Charleston Harbor also brings you within view of Fort Sumter, the brick sea fort where the Civil War itself began. At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, Confederate shore batteries ringing the harbor opened fire on the small U.S. Army garrison stationed there, and after roughly 34 hours of bombardment, Major Robert Anderson surrendered the fort without a single combat death on either side. Seeing it from the water, much the way ships' crews and harbor residents actually watched the bombardment unfold that morning, gives a different sense of scale than viewing it from land.

Unlike a scheduled group cruise, this is a private luxury yacht charter capped at 6 guests, so the pace and focus can flex around what your group actually wants — more time circling for dolphins, a longer look toward the fort, or simply cruising the harbor with your own drinks aboard.

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