Spider lilies start blooming on the river in the summer.
The tea-colored river flows slowly downstream for 60 miles before joining up with Cape Fear River near Wilmington, where you can begin a tour of the Black River.

Leaf Group is a USA TODAY content partner providing general travel information. Guided tours in the spring allow you to see blooming swamp roses. The tours take you past 1,700-year-old bald cypress trees. All of our equipment will be sanitized before and after the tour with a product approved for Covid-19. The trips are offered at various times during the year. The water was calm with very little boat traffic. Tours start at the Cape Fear Riverwalk in Wilmington. Visiting the Black River is a true adventure. The river originates in Sampson County in northeastern North Carolina. In 1994, the river was recognized as one of the cleanest, high-quality waterways in North Carolina when the state designated the river an Outstanding Resource Water. South Carolina, USA, Huntington Beach State Park Salt Marsh Tour. oldest known living Bald Cypress trees in in the world. Our guides were knowledgeable & entertaining. The tours give you insight into some of the great sailing ships and steamboats that plied the water as well as how the river was used in blockades during the Civil War. You will enjoy drifting down the slow-moving tea-colored river lined by its large variety of old growth trees. As you travel the waters of the Black River and a section of the Cape Fear River, watch for rare and neo-tropical songbirds as well as alligators, black bears, river otters and bobcats. The Black River in eastern North Carolina is one of the few waterways left that hasn’t been cut by man. We would definitely go back again! Migrating birds also arrive in the spring with many building their nests in view of the water. Join the Huntington Beach State Park naturalist for a two-hour paddle around the salt marsh and learn about its ecosystem and the animals that reside there. Bring lunch to enjoy along the river. The kayaking was not at all strenuous and we paddled at an easy pace. This means that you will need to be able to climb in and out of the kayak on your own, on a gentle beach launch. A 15-minute drive from downtown Myrtle Beach and you’re kayaking on the Waccamaw River: A beautiful, black water river with towering cypress trees draped in Spanish moss, warblers singing in the brush, and swallow-tailed kites circling overhead (not to mention snakes and alligators). Its content is produced independently of USA TODAY. The guide was fun, informative, and helpful. Come on a kayaking tour in Myrtle Beach with Black River Outdoors, and let one of our amazing and entertaining guides show you a side of the Grand Strand that most visitors to our enchanting area miss completely. Explore international guided travel through our sister company. Private charter tours are also available. The river is also a great place to view the fall foliage change in eastern North Carolina. This river’s blackwater swamps contain some of the oldest known living Bald Cypress trees in in the world. Flowing through about 60 miles of southeast North Carolina, the Black River is a wild, scenic kayaking destination. I took my 10 year old daughter with me, we had separate kayaks and it was an amazing time on the water! The 6:30 am trip was fantastic! The Black River is also popular because of its numerous sandbars that line its banks and sandy bottoms. Bald Cypress, water oaks, river birch and other species of trees form a canopy of dense thickets along the banks of the river. We saw one gator and a huge variety of birds. © 2020 USATODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. Canal Fishing Near Currituck, North Carolina, Dolphin Tours Near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, Hiking in the Uwharrie Forest in North Carolina, North Carolina Riverkeepers & Waterkeeper Alliance: The Black River, Running Out of Time, Cape Fear Riverboats, Inc.: Black River Nature Cruises 2012, WECT: Black River Promoted as Eco-Tourism Site, Visit Sampson County: Paddling the Black River Tour, Boat Tours on the St. Johns River, Florida, Guided Tours of the Black River in North Carolina, Privacy Notice/Your California Privacy Rights, Attribution: Tyler Newman (user:tnewman39) - Creator of the Montage // James Willamor - (Copyright License Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0); License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike. She holds a B.S. Our guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. Two possible full day adventures including possible overnight adventure. The three-hour paddling trip for kayaks or canoes continues along eight miles of the Black River, ending at Beatty’s Bridge. from Eastern Illinois University. Another paddling tour provided by The Expedition Organization (expeditionorganization.com) starts in Ivanhoe, too. Birdwatchers and wildlife enthusiasts may find the Black River cruises narrated by experts from Audubon North Carolina give them a chance to add new species to their life lists and to learn about the river’s fauna.

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