Book Hotels in Waycross, GA

Wildlife lovers and history aficionados rejoice! Waycross, Georgia is where you can find myriad attractions to satiate your desires and you have many hotels in Waycross from which to choose.

Located at the edge of the famous Okefenokee Swamp, yet only a little over an hour away from the Jacksonville, Waycross offers a curious traveler like yourself a glimpse into life in small-town America. Let the smell of freshly popped popcorn lure you to community movie nights in the park or mingle with the denizens during Pumpkinfest, where you can test your mettle against the locals in a pie-eating contest. In Waycross, there are no strangers. So pull up a chair and stay a while.

Visiting Waycross

During your stay at one of the Waycross, GA hotels, prepare to journey back in time as you stroll down one of Waycross’s two historic districts. Amble past Spanish revival-style buildings and admire the contrasting brick masonry and clay tile roofs on the way to one of the town's parks and war memorials. Has your excursion stoked your appetite? Follow the smoky aroma of mesquite to one of Waycross’s renown barbeque eateries.

Ready for an adventure even further back in time? No stay in Waycross is complete without a visit to the Okefenokee Swamp. Slip into your choice of Waycross rental cars for a short jaunt down to the prehistoric waterways, meandering past the swamp’s towering bald cypress and expansive tupelo trees. Feel the balmy southern air on your skin while on a guided boat expedition and you just may catch a splashing otter on your right. Or was it an alligator emerging from the reeds? For the landlubbers there’s also a train tour.

Let Travelocity help you find cheap hotels in Waycross, a town in which your love of history and wildlife coalesce. Of course, you may elect to extend your adventure by staying in one of the multitudinous hotels in Jacksonville or to take in a show at one of its historic theaters after dining at a world-class restaurant.