Daufuskie Activities & Tours

Sallie Ann Robinson a sixth generation native, enjoying life on Daufuskie Island where she grew up learning the tough love way of life. The Gullah people were and still are proud people that lives life off the land from their gardens, the woods and the ocean which were skills they learned at a young age and did things they would never forget. There way of life was simple yet sometimes hard meeting their day-to-day needs, not their wants.

The back rooms of the school house are the home of the School Ground Coffe Shop. Treat yourself. You’ll never find better coffee than what you’ll find at the School Grounds Coffee Shop.

Brian and Pam are coffee aficionados and they bring their passion for coffee to their creative brewing process. Their daily coffee menu, which also includes fruit- ilicious creations, is often enhanced with a “designer” coffee – a specialty of the day that you might wish were an every-day offering.

But what’s coffee without ambience? Pam and Brian add their own charm. They will entertain you with their stories of Daufuskie history, about the writing of ‘The Water is Wide’ and about what’s hot and what’s not on Daufuskie. The School Ground Coffee Shop has raised the bar for coffee boutiques.

Closed Sundays and Mondays.

The front room of the old two-room schoolhouse is where you will encounter hand-dyed textiles (scarves, napkins, hand towels, shirts) made with organic indigo and other natural colors only available on Daufuskie.

A visit to the Daufuskie Blues studio includes a real-life, school-book lesson about the history of Indigo and about preserving the historical techniques and skills that can bring out the magic of this amazingly beautiful blue color! The result is that once dyed, indigo is so colorfast that it can last for centuries! Daufuskie Blues just challenges you to wear it and feel the magic of the ‘blue hue”.

Since 2010, Daufuskie Community Farm and Artisan Village has devoted its energy to passionately advocating sustainable living on Daufuskie Island. With the initial introduction of the community farm that attracted those desiring to have a hands-on way of producing food for their community, a growing desire has occurred to make a difference. The local community has contributed to the planning, construction, and growth of this thriving work by expanding the farm from animals into gardens, orchards, and the new Artisan Village! Please enjoy browsing this informative site and consider how you can be a part of the progress of this exciting work. Daufuskie Community Farm. Closed Sundays and Mondays.

The Iron Fish art gallery (est. 2001) is not just a coastal decor gift shop, it is coastal art gallery online which exclusively represents renowned coastal sculptor CHASE ALLEN’S sculptures. These limited vintage fish art sculptures are 100% handcrafted at The Iron Fish Gallery & Studio on Daufuskie Island, SC by coastal artist & sculptor CHASE ALLEN.

There is not one coastal sculpture offered which was created in a factory overseas or on a mechanized assembly line.