Catching the ferry
Directions to the Daufuskie Island Ferry
The Daufuskie Island Ferry’s Embarkation Center operates from C.C. Haigh, Jr. Boat Landing located at 2 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926.
The Ferry’s Daufuskie Island Visitor Center is open everyday all year long except for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years days. Located at Tanger 2 Outlet Hilton Head, 1414 Fording Island Road, Suite A-190, Bluffton, SC. This climate-controlled location allows visitors multiple food and beverage and entertainment options, public restrooms and retail offerings.
From Hwy 95
From Hilton Head
From Charleston/Beaufort
From Bluffton
From Shipyard in Hilton Head
From the Marriott Resort in Hilton Head
From Hwy 95
From Highway 95, take Exit 8 and follow the Highway 278 Connector to Highway 278. Follow signs to Hilton Head Island. Continue approximately 17 miles. You will pass the Tangiers Outlets on the right. After you pass thru the Moss Creek traffic light, the ferry’s Daufuskie Visitor Center will be on your right at 1536 Fording Island Road (Hwy 278), Suite 102. To go directly to the Embarkation Center at Buckingham Landing, stay in the right lane and continue 1/10 of a mile to the Fording Island Road Extension. It is a slight right just before the Fruit Stand and Service Station. The road ends at the Landing.
From Hilton Head
From mid-island, take local US 278 West for approximately 12 minutes to Fording Island Rd Exd. It is your first left after you cross the Hilton Head Bridge.
From Sea Pines, take the Cross Island Express Way (toll bridge). When it merges with Hwy 278 west, continue on Hwy 278 West for approximately 6 more minutes to Fording Island Rd Exd. Fording island Rd Exd. is the first left after you cross the Hilton Head Bridge and pass under the Bluffton Parkway overpass. Watch for the Fruit Stand and service station on the left. Take sharp left onto Fording Island Rd. Extended and follow it to the building with the green round roof at the end of the road. Click on map below for greater detail.
To go to the Daufuskie Visitor Center where there is a shuttle to the ferry landing, continue another 1/10 of a mile and turn left into the Bridge Center shops at 1536 Fording Island Road (Hwy 278), Suite 102.
From Charleston/Beaufort
Take Highway 17 South out of Charleston to Route 21 (to Beaufort). Take Route 21 to Highway 170. Follow Highway 170 to Highway 170/278. Take the Hilton Head Island exit (William Hilton Parkway/Highway 278). Follow signs to Hilton Head Island. Continue approximately 10 miles. You will pass the Tangiers Outlets on the right.
After you pass thru the Moss Creek traffic light, the Daufuskie Visitor Center, where you can catch the shuttle to the landing, will be on your right at 1536 Fording Island Road (Hwy 278), Suite 102.
To go directly to the Embarkation Center at Buckingham Landing, stay in the right lane and continue 1/10 of a mile to the Fording Island Road Extension. It is a slight right just before the Fruit Stand and Service Station. The road ends at the Landing.
From Bluffton
Take Burnt Church Road to 278. Go East toward Hilton Head. After you pass thru the Moss Creek traffic light, the Daufuskie Visitor Center, where daytime parking is free and you can catch a shuttle to the landing, will be on your right at 1536 Fording Island Road (Hwy 278), Suite 102. To go directly to the Embarkation Center at Buckingham Landing, where parking is $10 per day or per night, stay in the right lane and continue 1/10 of a mile to the Fording Island Road Extension. It is a slight right just before the Fruit Stand and Service Station. The road ends at the Landing.
From Shipyard in Hilton Head
To go directly to the Embarkation Center at Buckingham Landing, follow William Hilton Pkway Hwy 278 south to Palmetto Bay Rd. Take Cross Island Pkway and US 278 W to Fording Island Rd Exd (approximately 12 min). Watch for Wesley’s Fruit Stand. Take sharp left onto Fording Island Rd. Exd.
To go to the Daufuskie Island Visitor Center, where daytime parking is free and you can catch a shuttle to the landing, continue 1/10 mile further on 278. It will be on your left at 1536 Fording Island Road (Hwy 278), Suite 102.
From the Marriott Resort in Hilton Head
Turn right onto William Hilton Pkwy 278. Continue on 278 W for approximately 6 mi. Watch for Wesley’s Fruit Stand. Take sharp left onto Fording Island Rd Exd. Buckingham Landing is at the end of the road. To go to the Daufuskie Island Visitor Center,where daytime parking is free and you can catch a shuttle to the landing, continue 1/10 mile further on 278. It will be on your left at 1536 Fording Island Road (Hwy 278), Suite 102.
