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SAWYER CHARTERS' LINE OF MARYLAND BUS TOURS
Have a large group of people who want something to do? Choose from our line of bus tours. These are perfect for bus groups who come to visit us. Call for pricing!
Want a testimonial? How about this one?
"Hi Dave, thank you for providing such a wonderful tour and excellent buffet for our senior center's trip on July 1, 2016. Kelley was a great tour guide!" - Cynthia B. Minor, Trip Coordinator |
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"ISLAND EXPERIENCE" TOUR Travel through lush pine forests and over waterways to Hoopers Island in Dorchester County, the heart of Chesapeake Country on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Enjoy a one-hour narrated cruise of the Honga River, aboard a 50-ft. authentic Chesapeake-built vessel. Take in the scenery that features pelicans, cormorants, ospreys, and bald eagles. Learn how commercial fishermen make their living on the Chesapeake Bay as USCG licensed Capt. Dave informs and entertains you!
Enjoy a buffet-style meal at Old Salty's Restaurant on Hoopers Island, that often features crab cakes, clam strips, fresh fish, soft-shell crabs, baked lemon pepper chicken, ham, vegetables, salad, rolls, iced tea, and a slice of pie!
After lunch, visit the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. Check out the Visitors Center and Gift Shop! Then, sit back and enjoy a narrated tour aboard your bus through the Wildlife Drive, watching for bald eagles, various waterfowl, sika and white-tail deer, Delmarva Fox Squirrel and other species.
Your final stop will be at Emily's Produce, a popular produce market, operated by a family that has farmed in Dorchester County for seven generations! They offer a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, meats, flowers, plants, and much more!
25 person minimum, 40 person maximum
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HARRIET TUBMAN BY LAND & SEA - NEW FOR 2017!
Meet your tour guide at Sailwinds Visitor Center in Cambridge, MD and travel along the "Highway To Freedom", a road along which most of the enslaved people who escaped from this area lived, while our tour guide narrates and points out notable landmarks. These landmarks include the Stanley Institute, Parsons Creek/Stewart's Canal, and the New Revived Church.
Take a cruise aboard the "Sawyer" vessel, while Capt. Dave Schauber takes you along waterways where Harriet Tubman worked and learned valuable skills that helped her lead fellow slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Then, enjoy a buffet-style seafood meal at Old Salty's Restaurant on Hoopers Island. The meal includes crab cakes (one per person), fried soft shell crabs, fish, clam strips, ham, chicken, salad, vegetables, and other items.
After lunch, visit the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center & State Park. See exhibits that illustrate her work as a freedom fighter, leader, and liberator. Then, on the way back to Cambridge, see and learn about more landmarks that were significant to the life of Harriet Tubman and her community!
25-person minimum, 40-person maximum
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On Hoopers Island, hop aboard the Sawyer and take a cruise to Smith Island, which can only be accessed by boat. On Smith Island, enjoy a family-style meal that includes crab balls (two per person), clam fritters, ham, corn pudding, macaroni salad, cole slaw, and vegetables. After lunch, take a walk around the island and enjoy the scenery.
Then, enjoy the return ride back to Hoopers Island. 20-person minimum, 30-person maximum
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"A TASTE OF DORCHESTER" TOUR WINE, DINE, & CRUISE! On this tour, enjoy a narrated "Taster's Cruise" aboard the 50-ft. Sawyer, featuring tasty "crabmeat hors d'oeuvres". Cruise the waters around Hoopers Island, learning how commercial fishermen harvest crabs and fish.
Follow that with the delicious seafood buffet-style meal at Old Salty's! Next, take a tasty & informative tour of Dorchester County's first winery, "Layton's Chance Winery & Vineyards." Learn the art & science of wine making, with several samples of wine to enjoy. Wine may be purchased there!
Photo From LaytonsChance.com 25-person minimum, 40-person maximum
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Meet your tour guide in Cambridge, MD, and enjoy a narrated ride down to an Oyster Aquaculture facility on Hoopers Island, where grain-sized baby spat is farm-raised into full-size edible oysters! Then, hop aboard the Sawyer, where Capt. Dave Schauber will give you a history of the area and discuss how commercial fishermen in the area make a living through the use of pound nets, crab pots, and trot lines.
After that, enjoy a local, home-cooked, buffet-style meal at Old Salty's Restaurant. This meal includes crab cakes (one per person), fried soft-shell crabs, clam strips, fish, chicken, ham, salad, and vegetables. Enjoy a slice of homemade pie for dessert!
25-person minimum
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for you! Enjoy a one-hour narrated boat cruise on the scenic Honga River and observe ospreys, great blue herons, white egrets, and bald eagles as Capt. Dave Schauber entertains you with facts and legends of the Chesapeake Bay and its watermen.  Next, enjoy a two-hour crab feast at Old Salty's Restaurant, with steamed shrimp, chicken, and side items! |
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SAWYER CHARTERS' LINE OF CHESAPEAKE BAY LIGHTHOUSE TOURS AND CHESAPEAKE BAY CRUISESDon't have a big bus group for one of the tours above? No problem. Consider one of our options below for smaller groups! |
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We offer full and half-day Chesapeake Bay Maryland fishing charters off of Maryland's Eastern Shore, fishing for rockfish (stripers or striped bass), bluefish, croakers, Spanish mackerel, and other species. We also offer Chesapeake Bay lighthouse cruises, sunset cruises and other Chesapeake Bay tours, floating crab feasts, and cruises to various destinations along the Chesapeake Bay. We are located on Hoopers Island, about 40 minutes south of Cambridge, Maryland. Regardless of the size of your group, or the uniqueness of your occasion, there is nothing that we can't handle! Come join us for a memorable experience on the Chesapeake Bay! |
