Guided Kayak Tour: Manatee and Dolphin Viewing

Experience a guided kayak tour in Florida’s lagoons, where you’ll have the opportunity to view manatees, dolphins, and other marine wildlife. No experience necessary!

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • A1A Beach Rentals - We typically meet here before heading out to our backwater adventure. If you need anything, we have it for hydration, dry storage, sunscreen, and more.
What's Included
  • Gratuities not included. Please bring cash. 10-15% is customary.
  • Professional guide
  • Accommodation as per itinerary
  • Environmental Management Charge (Reef Tax)
What's Not Included
  • Gratuity to the guide is not included and is strongly encouraged. Please bring cash. 10-15% is customary.
Additional Information

With 15+ years of faithful service, A1A Outdoor Center has earned the title, “Most Respected Tour” for a reason. We treat our guests like family. On this tour, you’ll receive individual guidance as necessary to get into and out of your vessel, and get help with simple instructions. No experience necessary. And if you are an experienced paddler, we’ll…

Location
A1A Beach Rentals & Outdoor Center
North Atlantic Avenue
We meet at our retail storefront first to finalize details of our trip, and then drive out to our kayak launch area. You will follow us in your vehicle or arranged transportation. It will be a 5-10 minute drive.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Barb
Jun 23, 2023
Fun Time! - Very knowledgeable guide and super friendly. Beautiful mangrove and plus we were able to watch a shuttle launch from the water
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Heinsco
Oct 28, 2022
Excellent adventure - Awesome day on the water , Guide was great and took us on a wonderful adventure weather was perfect and water was flat
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Hmichael_l
Mar 23, 2022
A wonderful experience - The dolphins we saw and two manatees swimming along. The guide was very knowledgeable about all the birds and water conditions.
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Denise
Nov 3, 2021
Nice time! - It was nice and relaxing. Unfortunately we didn’t see any wildlife other than birds and jumping fish, but our guide was very knowledgeable and it was a perfectly calm day. We would definitely do it again!
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Ali
Aug 5, 2021
Can't force wildlife to cooperate - We had a great time with Christa! She was very knowledgeable and pleasant. The dolphins and manatees weren't cooperative, but we did see a rat snake slithering across the mangroves, so wildlife goal accomplished! Word to the wise: SUNBLOCK AND BUG SPRAY!! We had to end a little early because everyone was getting eaten alive and my poor boys are covered in welts from the many mosquitos. Regardless, it was a fantastic trip!
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Melaniquepremiumserm
Dec 30, 2019
Kayaking guide - Just wanted to thank our guide John. He was very knowledgeable about the area, ocean life and water safety. Hope to be back next year. Joe & Melanie Albuquerque NM
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Peg
Feb 20, 2023
Enjoyable experience - Our party had a nice time and the guide was good. Unfortunately we didn’t see any wildlife except for a couple of cool birds. No one’s fault, just disappointing. But we got a good arm workout and enjoyed a beautiful day on the water.
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Cruiser12643159550
Aug 4, 2023
Great place Tour so so - The place was great, the staff was friendly nice and helpful. If we were only renting please use them. However the tour wasn’t that good. It was open ocean channel where I thought it would be inlet. We did see dolphins at a distance but wished we would of gone into Merritt island tour.
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Jorgem_b
May 18, 2023
Problems with time and place and response was to blame Viator for providing wrong info to customers - The Guide das friendly and knowlegeable. The attitude of the company not. We arrived 10 minutes before time (10:00). Were told we should have been there at 9:45 and the group had left. Moreover no transportation was provided to anyone from meeting point to embarkation site. A 18$ Uber ride esa necessário to move fronteira one to the other. Finally, we did not see manatees and were told that seeing them is chancy - less than 50% of times… the mangrove was beautiful and we did.see a dolphin though. Frustrating but not entirely
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Harveyster83
Dec 2, 2024
Dont waste the money on the guided tour. - just rent kayaks and go explore the water by yourself. dont waste money on the guided tour. few reasons for the 2 star review #1 i was told it will be a private kayaking tour for our group of 8 people - tuned out to be a tour for group of 15. very upsetting since when i was booking i specifically asked and didnt want to be a part of a large tourist group. Guide had no explanation and didnt care much about it , told me to call the office and figure it out. office staff was apologetic but didnt offer any compensation or solution. #2 our guide just wanted to be done - we were the second LARGE group of the day and she was tired. we were exceptionally large group and she mentioned that herself multiple times. She just kept pushing everyone to paddle along and get the "route" done. #3 our guide blatantly gave wrong information out - anything to keep us moving along. ex: we saw manatees instead of giving the group time to enjoy these creatures she pushed most of the group to the island with some birds. when i inquired why she said she didnt want to disturb the manatees because of "MATING SEASON" its the very END of November there is not the mating in November. She just wanted to be done. in the end we did not get to enjoy the company of the manatees. we also finished in about 1h30 min most of which time we spent paddling along in a super large flotilla.... at the end i asked if we could rent the kayaks for 20-30 min to paddle and she said NO. very disappointing wasted time.
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