(Limited number of tickets available)
All attendees must have tickets and all tickets must be purchased prior to the event. Tickets include attendance to event, transportation to and from Sapelo Island and to and from event.
Tickets are $25 for Adults and $15 for
children (ages 6-12).
All
tickets are nonrefundable
Three Easy
Ways
to Purchase Diaspora Tickets:
• Fax our completed Ticket
Request Form with credit card payment
to 912.485.2263 (fax number) or email as an
attachment to sicarsferry1@yahoo.com. We accept
Visa, MasterCard, AmEx, Discover.
• Mail your completed Ticket
Request Form with payment in U.S. dollars
to SICARS, PO BOX 6, Sapelo Island, GA 31327
• Call our office at 1.912.485.2197
– from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST, Tuesday
through Thursday
Download
Ticket Request Form
Directions
From Atlanta and areas to the west of
Savannah:
Take I-16 East to get to I-95 near Savannah,
then follow directions below.
From Savannah, Ga., and areas farther
north:
Take I-95 south to Exit 58 in Eulonia, Ga.,
south of Savannah, Ga. After exiting, turn
left onto Ga. Hwy 99. Cross Hwy 17 (through
the four-way stoplight). Continue until you
get to the town of Meridian. (Small brown
signs will point the way to Sapelo Island
all along this route.) When you see the brown
Sapelo sign pointing to the left, drive past
the sign a few more feet to Landings Road
by Elm Grove Baptist Church. Landings Road
will make a sharp right turn and you’ll
cross a small bridge. Approximate time from
Exit 58 to the dock is 30 minutes.
From Florida and areas south of Meridian,
Georgia:
Take I-95 north to Exit 49 in Darien, Ga.
After exiting, turn right onto Hwy 251 and
continue past McDonalds. Proceed to the end
of the highway until you get to a T-intersection
(you’ll see a Piggly Wiggly store).
(Small brown signs will point the way to Sapelo
Island all along this route.) Turn left, then
turn right onto Blount Crossing. Continue
until the road ends and turn left onto Ga.
Hwy 99. Continue until you see the red-and-white
sign for Elm Grove Baptist Church in Meridian.
Make a right turn onto Landings Road and the
road will soon make a sharp right turn. You’ll
cross a small bridge. Approximate time from
Exit 49 to the dock is 20 minutes.
NOTE: Parking attendants will assist you,
and your Cultural Day ticket will be collected
before you board the ferry.
FERRY RULES
On the state-operated ferry, pets, bicycles,
motorbikes, canoes, beach chairs, or flammable
liquids are not permitted. Bag chairs are
acceptable. Alcoholic beverages may not be
consumed on the ferry.