Live Oaks & Spanish Moss

The raw, bone chilling winds that race across the lagoons and drowned river mouths of southern Virginia Beach in winter are giving way to more gentle, warmer southerly breezes. Signs of spring are beginning to surface along the creeks, hinting at the miles of vivid green grasses that will soon emerge from the soft, dark mud. Unending numbers of flowers in every color prepare to reappear as the days get longer and the migrating birds return to the feast the marshlands offer.

Shallow draft boats, shove poles and chest waders are preferred to explore this shallow, unique world of dunes, islands, sinuous creeks and marsh. In the shade of imposing live oaks draped in curtains of Spanish moss, the borderlands of Virginia and North Carolina still keep secrets and make for the perfect place to drift lazily on an early spring day.

Schedule your ecotour to explore this environmental wonderland.