In the Heart of the Lowcountry

Callawassie Island is your gateway to everything you love about southern living.

Across the causeway lies an idyllically balanced community. The warmth of connection and the beauty of natural surroundings pair with exclusive amenities and unique opportunities exclusively afforded to owners and residents. But enhancing life on this isle, is the clear advantage of “location, location, location.”

Nestled in the heart of the lowcountry, Callawassie Island offers easy access to Bluffton, Beaufort, Hilton Head, Charleston, Savannah, and beyond. Offering the best of all worlds, residents enjoy the tranquility of island living without sacrificing proximity to world-class dining, shopping, and historic landmarks in some of the South’s most beloved destinations.

Just ask residents Valerie and Shane Smith who shared regarding their search for home: “This really is one of those places that offers a rich, diverse living situation and has aspects that attract every one of those generational diversities. Families, people in the middle of their lives looking to settle roots, or those who are retired. For one and for all, it’s safe and secluded, and still full of the warmth of connection. We’re in the middle of everything but still tucked away on this peaceful island where everyone who came here did so in part searching for exactly that.”

Set out from your secluded, private retreat for day trips and staycations, or attractions close enough to be considered your own backyard. Whatever your interest, residents of every age and stage enjoy access to nationally renowned fine dining, enchanting walking tours, museums and performance centers curating notable arts scenes, and every element of “life on the water” you can imagine from kayaking to daily dinner cruises.

• Just up the road lies Charleston South Carolina, lauded for 12 straight years as Travel+Leisure’s Best US City for its ability to “compete with any European capital for its arts, entertainment, active lifestyle, and food.” Join the annual half-million guests at points of interest like Angel Oak Tree, Battery and White Point Gardens, Fort Sumter, the historic homes of Rainbow Row, and nearly 200 notable restaurants some of which serve dinner by the oil-burning lamps that have lit their famed balconies and courtyards for centuries.
• Cradled to the south, Savannah is close enough to still feel at home while touring Telfair Museums, rolling down the river on the Georgia Queen riverboat, and spending midnight in the garden of good and evil at the famed and floral Bonaventure Cemetery, before making reservations for a host of celebrated (and sometimes celebrity-run) culinary locations, some of the most well-known in the southeast.
• Beaufort in your backyard tenders an ethereal environment with its antebellum houses, Henry C. Chambers waterfront, famed film sites, military communities, and the close-knit family feel among the shops and eateries on downtown Bay Street.
• Bluffton shares a zip code with Callawassie Island and a blissfully “Bluffton State of Mind.” With its old-town downtown, wrapped in the (mostly) warm weather embrace of the Colleton and May Rivers, the New York Times listed this best-kept-secret as one of the 6 emerging coastal areas globally (keeping company with others on the list like Majorca, Belize, and Costa Rica). Even with its cover blown, the serenity has remained in the tucked-away gated communities, walkable historic district, and distinct hometown personality.
• Not to be outdone is the famed barrier island that called so many to the lowcountry, America’s first “eco-planned community,” Hilton Head Island. Home to the RBC Heritage, South Carolina’s premiere PGA TOUR event which draws 100,000 spectators yearly to Harbour Town Golf Links, HHI is coursing with 60 miles of leisure pathways,12 miles of pristine and peaceful beaches, and 250+ on-island restaurants. A unique blend, the island is an elite, nearly unspoiled resort setting and still maintains a tradition-rich way of life whether shrimping and fishing or preserving and celebrating Gullah-Geechee culture.
• Callawassie Island is truly the center point settled between all the great southeastern vacation destinations, from the Grand Strand of South Carolina to the Golden Isles of Georgia. Broader still, the beauty of the Outer Banks of North Carolina and the furthest reaches of the Florida Keys are both only a day’s drive.

The world is your oyster when you’re at home near the shell rings and tabby ruins (or any of Callawassie Island’s several registered historic sites). But when you’re here, you’re also never far from anywhere life takes you thanks to the area’s multiple highly awarded international airports and regional airports.

Savannah / Hilton Head International was repeatedly voted the #1 airport in America by Condé Nast Traveler and HHI Regional provides “hassle-free private and commercial flight options” that let you all but land in the sand. For residents continuing to commute for personal or professional travel, SAV, CHS, and even ATL (the “busiest airport in the world” since the 1990s) are your key to anywhere you want or need to be, around the world.

The list of reasons to call the coastal southeast home fills lifestyle magazines monthly, but the difference for Callawassie Island residents is having access to all these interests while coming home to a community that both whisks you away and knows you by name.

More than a story, this is a lifestyle you should see for yourself. Book your Discovery Tour Weekend and stay with us to experience what life as a Callawassie Islander feels like.

A true “Gateway to Southern Living,” Callawassie Island is the “calm” at the center of it all where you can indulge in the charm and culture of the lowcountry, while feeling worlds away on your own private island, cared for by staff and neighbors and owning an historic piece of paradise.