Cypress Gardens is about 40 minutes outside downtown Charleston. If you liek nature and the outdoors this is well worth the trip and admission ($10) which is a bargain compared to many other attractions. All included in your admission is the gardens, boat usage (guided or by yourself), a butterfly house (not bad, but Callaway in GA is much better), a small aquarium (actually more enjoyable than the Charleston Aquarium) and a large collection of crocodiles. Leave yourself a few hours if you want to do it all. If you walk through the gardens bring your bug repellent, as Cyrpess tress are basicall in swamp land so there are plenty of mosquitoes.

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