A trip to Botany Bay.
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A visit to Botany Bay, located in Edisto South Carolina, is like visiting another world. It’s a great place to stop during a weekend getaway.
Last April, while visiting my parents, we hopped in the car and drove to another world. Nah, it wasn’t really another world, but it felt like it. Plus it sounds so dramatic to say so. And I’m all into the drama of it all.
Oooooh.
Aaaaah.
Ohhhh.
Back to the point of the post.
Botany Bay on Edisto Island is like no other coastline I’ve experienced in South Carolina. And growing up in SC I’ve seen much of its coast. Botany Bay is on the wild side. And that’s a good thing.
Beaches, maritime forests, salt marsh, tidal creeks, freshwater ponds and hammock islands make up the 4,630 acres of natural beauty to enjoy at Botany Bay. The land, formerly owned by the late Margaret Pepper, is now managed by the SC Department of Natural Resources and is open to the public for educational and recreational opportunities. Mrs. Pepper’s goal was to preserve the natural state of the land. And I’m glad she did. It’s beautiful.
We spent most of our time at the beach. Even though it was an unusually cold and windy day for April in the Low Country, we strolled out to the beach to wonder in awe at the view. It was almost shocking. And while it looks like a war zone this cycle of erosion has been happening here for years as beaches are built up in some areas and washed away in others; to and fro, back and forth the land moves.
It’s a fun place to explore.
The perfect place for a game of hide-n-seek.
Everywhere I looked there were unusual pieces of wood, shells and trees calling out to be photographed.
Below is the underside of a tree trunk. Cool huh?
I could take pictures of shells everyday. I’d be happy with that.
A professional shell photographer I shall be, shooting shells by the seashore.
Botany Bay is definitely a photographers dream.
We can’t wait until our next trip. It will be interesting to see how much the beach has changed.
If you’re interested in visiting Botany Bay or learning more about it, here are a few links you may find helpful:
Botany Bay Ecotours
An article by South Carolina Wildlife (Department of Natural Resources)
Edisto Island Preservation Alliance – Botany Bay
Do you know of any natural preserves to visit that you’d like to tell us about? Please share.
Your photos are amazing. Beautiful. I wish I were there right now.
“Come walk that lovely shore with me
Where peaceful treasures lie.
We’ll gather jewels by the sea
Let’s walk there you and I.”
One of my favorite poem snippets because the beach is one of my favorite spots in the world…any beach, any place in the world. I think surely there will be beaches in heaven because a beach is heaven on earth. ~Martha
That is so beautiful. You are a fabulous picture taker. Wish you could take the pics for my blog!
These pictures make me want to be there right now! Edisto is a wonderful SC destination…I’ll definitely check out Botany Bay the next time I’m there.
Beautiful pictures!
Love, love, love Edisto. Haven’t been to Botany Bay. We will have that one on our to-do list next time we’re that way.
Thanks!
I loved what Martha said in her comment. I have that poem hanging on the wall in my bathroom with a basket of shells under it. My fondest memories of both my childhood and later years involve a beach in some way. Winter, spring, summer or fall, a stroll on the beach beats it all.
The walk out to the Beach at Botany Bay is about 1/4 mile long. You walk out on a causeway and then through an unspoiled tropical forest. It’s truely an adventure and the beach itself is ever changing. Well worth the walk.
Simply breathtaking.
those are spectacular photographs. what an incredible place to visit!
I’m jealous. I love the beach and Pa likes farm land. Not much farming at the beach! He does go sometimes, but will not walk on the beach – so relaxing.
These are some of the best Botany photos I have seen and I live on Edisto.
Beautiful Pictures! I think God tripped when he was handing out gifts and dumped several on you!!!! So talented :))))We used to go to Edisto every May and September. We even had our honeymoon there 18 years ago!
Its unbelievable! I mean, I’ve never ever seen a beach like that before. That beach just went on my places-I-must-visit list.
Looks beautiful. Love the driftwood…
Looks mysterious…or dangerous…could loose an eye with all that poky-ness! hee! 🙂
I love your photography style, I just moved from NC and had never heard of Botany Bay but it looks fabulous! Cant wait to meet you at Blissdom!
Definitely a photographer’s dream, and I’m close enough to visit! Yay!
Amy, these photos are beautiful. I am in love with them and dying to come photograph them as well. So much mystery in them!
Wonderful pictures!
Dang, I grew up in Charleston and somehow have missed that. Makes me homesick….the moss on the trees, the ocean, the shells…..