We had such a great time on the Manatee tour. We wanted a small group and they only had 4 people on this tour. Well worth a little extra money. We went to several spots to view and snorkel with the Manatees. They are such cool animals and we certainly got an up close encounter. The captain and first mate gave us lots of interesting information about the local area and we got a tour of the canals on the way back to the store.
The store had tons of T-shirts, pictures and other types of souvenirs for reasonable prices and now all of our friends want to go.
I can't even begin to tell you what an amazing experience this was. We encountered a Manatee within 10 minutes and interacted with over 10 of them. But my day, and perhaps even my entire year was made when one of them swam right up to my face and got so close I thought it was going to kiss me!
Very friendly and welcoming staff at centre, Amanda and Capt John Stark were fantastic and made it an experience that we wont forget and enjoyed immensely. The photos taken by Amanda were brilliant and a great memento of the morning. Well worth getting up early for the first tour of the day.