Published On May 16, 2023
The McEwen family is camping in the swamp—the Okefenokee Swamp to be exact. The 438-thousand acre swamp on the Georgia/Florida line is a unique place to explore with kids.
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Inside the Stephen C. Foster State Park, there are guided boat tours of the swamp. For $15 a person, you can go out and explore the ecosystem in this vast wetland. Here’s a look at the tour the McEwens took.
The boat heads out on the Suwannee River through a shallow canal that takes us out to slightly deeper waters. Most of the Okenokee swamp is fairly shallow, ranging from two to ten feet deep.