Manatee Discovery Kayak Tour for Small Groups near Orlando
Overview
Our tour groups are limited to a maximum of 8 people, ensuring a personalized and high-quality experience with a strong emphasis on safety. Our professionally trained guides are passionate about sharing their knowledge, making your trip an unforgettable and inspiring adventure. Enjoy energizing trail snacks and a delightful picnic lunch during your kayak tour.
Inclusions
- Top-of-the-line kayak gear (kayak, paddle, PFD)
- A professional medically trained certified kayak guide
- A commitment to make the tour as exciting, challenging, and informative as you like
- Lunch - Trail snacks and a picnic lunch and bottled water
What to expect
We paddle to Blue Spring State Park, the winter home for hundreds of manatees during the colder months, and some stay around all year. In the winter month we make close contact with these lovable and gentle creatures as they leave the refuge in search of food. In the summer month we paddle up to the spring head and enjoy the beauty of the crystal clear water and scenery around us. You also have a chance to jump into the crystal clear water - so make sure to bring your swim suit!
Afterward we will go in search of grazing manatees and other wildlife in this nature rich area. We often witness alligators and turtles sun-bathing on the shore. A variety of birds, big and small, call this area their home, which makes spotting bold eagles, ospreys, red-shouldered hawks, and other wading birds a common occurrence. With a little luck, we will encounter the occasional river otter swimming in the river.
This tour is perfect for families and wildlife enthusiasts.
Stop At:
• Blue Spring State Park, 2100 W. French Ave, Orange City, FL 32763-9501
Additional information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- It is recommended you wear quick dry clothes and water/river shoes
- We recommend you bring a swim suit, warm wool or fleece top (winter), waterproof rain jacket or poncho, sun protection (sunhat, sunglasses, sun screen), a camera, and a towel to dry off afterwards.
- There is no restroom at the meeting location. The last public restroom is at Valentine Park (1511 W French Ave, Orange City, FL 32763) about a mile before you arrive the meeting location. We recommend you stop there before your tour.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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Fun experience! Our tour guide was friendly, nice, helpful and we really enjoyed our time! Saw so much wild life!
Fun experience! Our tour guide was friendly, nice, helpful and we really enjoyed our time! Saw so much wild life!We had such an amazing experience with Venture Outdoors. I can not recommend it enough! My husband and I did both the Emerald Cut tour and the Manatee experience and we enjoyed both!! Our guide Astrid was very knowledgeable. I took a Kayak lesson with Venture Outdoors to improve my skills and I h...
We had such an amazing experience with Venture Outdoors. I can not recommend it enough! My husband and I did both the Emerald Cut tour and the Manatee experience and we enjoyed both!! Our guide Astrid was very knowledgeable. I took a Kayak lesson with Venture Outdoors to improve my skills and I hope to do more soon! Venture Outdoors has given us a new found love of Kayaking!Astrid was an amazing tour guide, full of knowledge. She kept us entertained with food and jokes. 10/10 recommend.
Astrid was an amazing tour guide, full of knowledge. She kept us entertained with food and jokes. 10/10 recommend.I did a Manatee Discovery Kayak Tour with Venture Outdoors. Our guide Astrid has an enormous knowledge about all wildlife and was able to convey so much about the nature. I have gained a completely new understanding about nature and the environment. It was an unforgettable event and I will be abl...
I did a Manatee Discovery Kayak Tour with Venture Outdoors. Our guide Astrid has an enormous knowledge about all wildlife and was able to convey so much about the nature. I have gained a completely new understanding about nature and the environment. It was an unforgettable event and I will be able to draw from that for a long time.I have kayaked at Blue Spring with several outfitters in the past and by far my time with Astrid was the best!!!! Courteous, professional, and SO knowledgable!! I promise you that if you kayak with Venture Outdoors you can't go wrong!! She got us right up to the Manatee. One was actually pus...
I have kayaked at Blue Spring with several outfitters in the past and by far my time with Astrid was the best!!!! Courteous, professional, and SO knowledgable!! I promise you that if you kayak with Venture Outdoors you can't go wrong!! She got us right up to the Manatee. One was actually pushing my kayak through the water. One of my best days!!!What a wonderful, memorable tour we had with Astrid, We saw so many turtles, alligators, birds of all kind and yes manatees. I felt like I was in a National Geographic film. It was so beautiful! The birds were singing, the St Johns was extraordinary and peaceful. What made the trip was ou...
What a wonderful, memorable tour we had with Astrid, We saw so many turtles, alligators, birds of all kind and yes manatees. I felt like I was in a National Geographic film. It was so beautiful! The birds were singing, the St Johns was extraordinary and peaceful. What made the trip was our tour guide Astrid. She was so very knowledgeable and friendly. We plan on coming back and bringing our friends. Definitely a FIVE star experience!!!!