Fort Sumter Tours & Spiritline
Cruise Agent in Charleston, SC
Charleston is full of history at every turn, and one of its most famous claims to fame is Fort Sumter National Monument, the site where the Civil War started. Through a partnership with the National Park Service, we supply the only commercial boat transportation to Fort Sumter, departing from both Mount Pleasant and downtown Charleston. Tours include a 30-minute narrated cruise through Charleston Harbor and back, as well as an hour to tour the fort and its on-site museum.
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read moreTwo generations of the Campsen family have owned and operated Fort Sumter Tours, Inc. since 1961. In 1986, the business expanded to include dinner cruise, harbor tour, and charter operations. This set of boat tour offerings has grown over the years, and is currently operated by SpiritLine Cruises, LLC. However, the Campsen family's Charleston roots and seafaring traditions go back much further than their 50+ years of tour company history. John Campsen, the great, great grandfather of our company's founder, George E. Campsen, Jr., immigrated to Charleston from Hanover, Germany sometime during the mid-1880s.



