DAY 1
Morning:
Arrive at Carter and Holmes Orchid Farm and tour up to 18 greenhouses that make up 93,000 sq ft of tropical beauty in one of the largest orchid nurseries in the world!
Just a short 10-minute ride to your next experience of a behind the stage tour of the Historical Newberry Opera House. Full of performing arts history & stories dating back to the 1800’s! Maybe Penelope, the NOH Ghost will greet you upon arrival!
Suggested Tour Times: 2 hours
Afternoon:
Downtown Newberry offers a great variety of restaurants, including 2 delightful Tea Rooms & Shopping. Enjoy a tasty lunch in this historic, quaint town.
After Lunch:
Sit back, relax and enjoy the 45-minute ride to Riverbanks Zoo & Botanical Gardens. HGTV ranks The Botanical Gardens as one of the 20 Great Public Gardens across America. Whether it’s a spectacular bloom, a mass color or an unusual plant structure, there is always something “growing on” at Riverbanks Botanical Garden!
2 hours
Evening:
From tasting tours, pub crawls, art walks, progressive dinners, cooking demonstrations, beer schools, bartending classes, and everything in between, if it involves food or drink, we've got something that will provide a unique, entertaining and educational way to introduce famously hot Columbia to your group. Be an official foodie and take a food experience with one of Columbia’s two Food Tour Companies, Two Gals & A Fork or Columbia Food Tours. They each wish to share famously hot Columbia with you, one step and one bite at a time.
2 ½ hours