Orlando Manatee Encounters in Daytona Beach booking from $80.00

Orlando Manatee Encounters

Overview

Journey to Blue Spring State Park, winter home to one of Florida’s largest populations of Manatee. Witness hundreds of these "sea cows" relaxing in the spring alone. Observe these creatures from a safe distance in your kayak as your Florida Master Naturalist introduces you to the flora and fauna that make up this wild area. This is a great trip for the entire family!

City: Daytona Beach

Tue 24 Dec

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Tue 24 Dec

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What's Included

Local guide

Bottled water

Professional guide

Landing and facility fees

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
There is no minimum age however all participants must know how to swim
It is recommended that you bring a swimsuit, towel, waterproof camera and wear clothes that can get wet and possibly dirty
To ensure a proper size kayak is available, please provide your individual heights and weights at the time of booking
There is no restroom at the meeting location. There is a public restroom at Valentine Park (1511 W French Ave, Orange City, FL 32763) about a mile before you arrive the meeting location that we recommend you use before your tour.
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (260)

Patricia T

Jul 2018

This is a must do in one of the most beautiful areas in Florida, and you get to see them up close and personal. The drive is about one and half hours from Orlando and worth the tiny trek! The guides are amazing, patient, and knowledgeable. The tour goes through beautiful crystal clear springs and river ways that are full of wildlife. Bring a hat, sunglasses and sunblock and enjoy the paradise that is Florida!

imarel2

Jul 2018

The guide was very informative & knowledgeable. Very enjoyable outing. The tour was not 4 hours as advertised. It was a little less than 3 hours.

Resorteye

Jun 2018

We booked a 2 hour kayak tour of Blue Spring State Park and got great email directions on how and where to meet up with our guide. ( note to Verizon GPS uses... the guidance took us to the wrong end of the road and gave us a 2 mile dash to get to the launch point on time. When we got there our guide, Greg who owns the business was there. The other couple who booked for this tour had cancelled so Greg to the tour himself to let our scheduled guide get ready for a longer trip elsewhere. The kayaks and PFDs where in great shape and comfortable and Greg had bottled water for us to take along. This was the 9:00 am tour which meant we had time to paddle to the headwaters of the Blue Spring. Along the way we crossed into the State Park waters which have limited kayaking hours to make way for the raft fleets and snorkel swimmers. Once you cross from the "river" water to the Spring water the clarity to the bottom is amazing to see. Gar, Tilapia and turtles galore, but alas, no Manatee. Later we heard that they had crossed out of the Spring and into the river earlier in the morning. No worries we trekked on to the main river channel and them to a side branch back into the river forest. Greg is a great conversationalist, story teller, and advocate for a "Florida" view of the world. He has had a wide range of avocations in his life and this guiding river tours seems to be the prefect fit. We are from the Northwest so we share a love of the outdoors and wildlife and while we don't agree on much in the world of politics the conversation was informative and always friendly. In the back channels we saw so many great vistas and narrow tree shadowed passages. What was to be a 2 hour tour flew by in a enjoyable 4+ hours explorations. Lots of birds of all sizes and colors and a few GATORS! Made of an exciting and alert trip! Plenty of sun so take the SPF. We highly recommend it!

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Orlando Manatee Encounters

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