Manatee Discovery Tour

• Close Encounter with Manatees

• Abundant Wildlife Habitat

• Fantastic Wildlife Viewing

• Top Rated Kayak Gear

• Tasty Trail Snack & Bottled Water

Make close contact with these gentle and lovable creatures in one of the largest winter gathering sites for manatees in Florida. Hundreds of manatees make Blue Spring State Park their winter home during the colder months, and some stay around all year.

Join us for a kayak tour through the active waterways of the Blue Spring State Park area! Nature surrounds this area on every turn and 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 bald 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.

• A professional, knowledgeable, medically trained, certified kayak guide

• A commitment to make the tour as exciting, challenging, informative, and full as you’d like, and as is possible in a day

• Use of a top of the line kayak gear

• All required permits and necessary launch fee

• Bottled water and trail snack

• Quick dry clothes

• Water / river shoes

• Warm wool or fleece top (Winter)

• Waterproof rain jacket or poncho

• Cold or frozen bottle of water or Gatorade

• Sun protection (sunhat, sunglasses, sun screen)

• Towel (to dry off afterwards)

• Cash to tip your guide