I used to go down when I was a boy scout. It is a great place! Really February to March is good (or the equivalent months in fall) because it can get hot in the summer. I mean HOT. Right now the bugs aren't bad at all, we didn't have any problems during the day but they did come out at night. Mainly 3" to 4" spiders, but there were some flying bugs around the waters edge. They do get crazy bad in the summer! The water is almost completely still, so you aren't fighting a current really. Of course, you aren't getting any help either! We camped at a site about 6 or 7 miles in and that took us 2 1/2 to 3 hours. We were going at a fairly relaxed pace, as I said before the wife is pregnant, so I did most of the paddling. There are campsites all around the swamp, but camping in the swamp overnight is more restricted. It's a bit different from when I was a kid and now they have composting outhouses near the designated sites. This is the official site - http://www.fws.gov/okefenokee/WildernessCanoeing.html
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