
Georgia & the Carolinas - Augusta & South Georgia (PDF Chapter)
This is the Augusta & South Georgia chapter from Lonely Planet’s Georgia & the Caro-linas guidebook.
Driving through South Georgia’s expansive wide-open pastures, cotton fields and fruit farms is a chance to see the ‘Peach State’ in all its glory. Come for the region’s simple, warm coun-try-style hospitality, excellent barbecue and a number of underrated natural sights.
- spot alligators on a boat trip through the mysterious swampy waters of Okefenokee Nation-al Wildlife Refuge
- maps
- head to Jackson for some of the best smoked pork on the planet, paired with tangy barbe-cue sauce
- transport
- get your thrills in Columbus rafting on the Whitewater Express, the longest human-made urban white-water rafting experience in the world
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Augusta, Columbus, Senoia.

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