The whole experience was great. There were 5 of us with varying degrees of paddling experience. You don’t need to be an expert to take this tour. Our guide, Jason, started us out in the grass flats looking for wildlife and spotted a mamma manatee and her baby…we followed and watched them for 20-30 minutes which was great, then headed into the mangrove tunnels. He was full of knowledge about the area and the ecology. He a wonderful, patient guide and it was a really lovely afternoon on the water!