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From Jacksonville to Savannah to Charleston: Islands along the East coast<\/h2>\n

This routes start at the northeastern end of Florida: Jacksonville and leads along the coast to Charleston. I describe all the islands in this order: from South to North. You drive through two different states on this route: Georgia and South Carolina. This is how I group the island. Georgia markets its islands with a nice slogan: \u201cthe Golden Isles of Georgia\u201d. The South Carolina description includes anything till Charleston and excludes anything north of Charleston. Famous beaches like Wilmington and Myrtle Beach are not on the list.<\/p>\n

The Golden Isles of Georgia: Jekyll Island and Cumberland Island<\/h2>\n

Cumberland Island \u2013 a protected area than can only be reached on a boat \u2013 is at the very South of Georgia. It\u2019s the largest of the so-called \u201cGolden Isles\u201d and has restrictions concerning visitors. Part of the national park Cumberland Island National Seashore is open to public, entrance is 7 dollars.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/cuis\/index.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

North of Cumberland Island is a smaller island called Jekyll Island. It\u2019s not far to both islands in the north and south but Jekyll Island anyways has its own road to the main land (I 95 and hgw 17). Jekyll Island is quite exactly in the middle between Jacksonville and Savannah (120 km to Jacksonville, 150 km to Savannah). Jekyll Island also has many nature protection programs: the beach is a state park and totally left in its natural state. In the 19th and 20th century, many wealthy American had their holiday homes here. You can still visit their grand homes. Georgia State has owned the island since mid 20th century in order to maintain its status quo. Also guided tours are available. The Georgia Sea Turtle Center \u2013 an animal rescue and protection program \u2013 needs to be mentioned in particular. It\u2019s a state program to protect and help wounded turtles. Some more mammals, reptiles and birds are living on the island. If you are lucky, you get to see some of them. There are also some middle class hotels, camping areas and many kilometers of pure beach.<\/p>\n

The Golden Isles of Georgia: St. Simons Island, Little St. Simons Island, Sea Island<\/h2>\n

Further north, a group of three islands can be found. The main island and starting point to the two others is St. Simons Island \u2013 a larger island with gulf, tennis, and en entire touristic infrastructure (shopping, restaurants, nightlife, etc.). St. Simons has a bridge to the main land and is easy to reach. Much more laid back is Little St. Simons Island, only reachable by boat from St. Simons Island. It\u2019s a privately owned island and its first priority is to protect the nature. It has only offers a restricted the number of overnight stays. Many rare animals live on this island, for example water turtles come here to breed. The island is very famous for its diversity of birds. Here you find a piece of pure nature on an island that has won several awards for its protection programs.<\/p>\n

The second island than can be reached from the main island St. Simons is Sea Island. This time a boat is not necessary, both islands are connected by a bridge. Sea Island has many upscale resort hotels and weekend houses and is only open to guest with hotel bookings or house owners. The island has many golf clubs and is in general a fancy, sophisticated island for the up-market. George Bush hosted a G8 meeting here in 2004.<\/p>\n

Savannah\u2019s City Beach: Tybee Island<\/h2>\n

Tybee Island is Savannah\u2019s city beach. It\u2019s only 30 minutes from Savannah to Tybee. City Beach sounds a bit negative and does not describe this island properly. It\u2019s a small, nice island with many restaurants, small roads and loads of beach. Its atmosphere is cozy and laid-back; it\u2019s not too fancy (like Sea Island) and not too far away. Only the northern part of the island has streets. There are many beach cottages for rent but also motels and very few luxury places. All in all a colorful mix and definitely worth a trip. Wormsloe Plantation is very close (see Plantations of the American South<\/a>). Doing both makes a good combination.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/visittybee.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Which Georgia Island is the Right One for Me?<\/h2>\n

All Georgia Island have a very different character. All islands without a road to the main land (Cumberland Island and Little St. Simons Island) are very deserted and usually protected. You get to see beautiful nature, rare animals and plants and all kinds of protection programs. You need some advance planning to stay here and you need to bring enough time. Both islands have limited access. Find out if you need to be an overnight guest to be allowed to enter the island at all.<\/p>\n

Tybee Island, Jekyll Island and St. Simons Island are easy to reach. I would not recommend Sea Island, I found it a bit too fancy, too exclusive and too sophisticated. I have great sympathies for Tybee Island. German travel agencies did not offer any hotels on Tybee Island at all. Same for St. Simons Island and Jekyll Island. I really don\u2019t understand why. All these islands are attractive holiday destinations, and Americans like to spend their summer holidays there. Here in Germany these places are totally unknown. I can strongly recommend going there if you are interested in these kinds of places. It\u2019s very beautiful; all these islands deserve a visit. Most likely, you need to book online my travel agency could not find anything except Hilton Head Island.<\/p>\n

Geographically you are moving farther north (see Northern Florida<\/a>). A winter is much warmer than anything here in Germany but not warm enough for a beach holiday. Moreover, winter days are short. These islands are not an all-year-round summer destination. December, January and February are definitely too cold for a beach holiday. From Mai till September, it\u2019s warm. The \u201cbetween months\u201d March, April, October and November are convenient but not warm enough to swim. We were there in November, it was T-shirt weather. Basically our spring. The beaches were wonderful but we could not swim or sunbathe. You always need to consider that it\u2019s dark at five. That means, visiting in off-season only is the right thing for enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

This article continues in:<\/p>\n

Little Known Islands in Georgia and South Carolina Part 2: Hilton Head Island, Hunting Island and Kiawah Island<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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