Weeki Wachee Kayak Ecotours: Manatee Season Special

Experience the beauty of Florida’s Weeki Wachee River on a kayak ecotour during manatee season. Spot these gentle giants from a clear kayak and learn from our Guardian Guides.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 8092 Marys Fish Camp Rd - Learn about Florida’s most beloved marine mammal- manatees, on our manatee season guided 100% clear kayak eco tours! Once you’re checked in, we give basic paddle instructions including boat safety, kayaking etiquette, and teach you paddling safety with manatees or your manatee manners! The paddle will last about 2 hours…
What's Included
  • Tandem clear kayak and paddles included
  • Essential safety equipment provided: life jacket and whistle
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • We highly recommend a REUSEABLE water bottle
Additional Information

Explore one of Florida’s most scenic waterways from a 100% clear kayak! Grab your window seat to a view like no other with the opportunity to hopefully spot a manatee or two or even 30 on our coldest mornings during manatee season! We foster a commitment to education, stewardship and responsible ecotourism so learn about manatees from our team of…

Location
8092 Marys Fish Camp Rd
Marys Fish Camp Road
Follow the signs to designated kayak tour parking. Proceed on foot to kayak launch to meet your guide. These are small group tours therefore we cannot accommodate late guests. Individual guests cannot exceed 250 pounds and the combined weight of two guests cannot exceed 425 pounds.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Gabriella
Nov 27, 2024
Awesome kayak tour with manatee sightings! - We had a fantastic tour led by Gary. He was very knowledgeable and explained many ecological points of interest along the way. We can’t wait to come back to the river!
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842alviny
Nov 26, 2024
Good trip! - We had Gary as our tour guy and he did an excellent job of explaining everything about the area, river and manatees. We had a very good kayaking experience! Highly recommended!
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Y1507cinicolel
Nov 24, 2024
We saw three manatees! - Excellent tour! David was a great guide. Knowledgeable, really chill, very fun! Highly recommend. We saw three manatees on the trip!
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Kimberlys955
Nov 18, 2024
Excellent Tour with an Expert Guide! - My sister and I had an amazing experience on the Weeki Wachee Clear Kayak Ecotour with Davis as our guide! He was incredibly knowledgeable about the wildlife and had a fantastic eye for spotting animals we would have missed on our own. Davis made sure the tour was well-paced and that we were comfortable throughout, which we really appreciated. Considering we were in a river, we had pretty good visibility, even though the water was brackish brown in most areas. The variety of wildlife we saw was incredible—bald eagles, woodpeckers, ibises, cormorants, anhingas, wood storks, herons, jumping mullet, stingrays, blue crabs, scallops, and more. The natural beauty of the surroundings, paired with Davis’s expertise and friendly demeanor, made this an unforgettable adventure. We highly recommend taking a tour with him—you won’t be disappointed!
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Barbk415
Oct 30, 2024
Kayaking - Had a great time,our guide Gary was very knowledgeable appreciated him . The water was very clear and the wildlife was great .
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Teresa
Jun 26, 2024
Kayak trip - Gary was our guide and was wonderful, very knowledgeable and made our trip very educational and fun. Highly recommended
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0elviae
Jul 7, 2024
Weeki Wachee tour - We took family and friends out to do a tour in July. Ashely was our guide and she was very knowledgeable and made our experience enjoyable. She was great at spotting manatees of which we saw a baby and momma manatee feeding which put the cherry on top to our guide. The only drawback was not being able to swim in the spring.
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Karenebaker1965
Jul 28, 2024
A Disappointing Experience for Weeki Wachee - This was a very disappointing trip. My husband and I met our son and his wife (we were celebrating my daughter in law's birthday) there at Weeki Wachee, and my daughter in law's Mom flew in from Washington State as a surprise also, so she came on the kayaking trip. We went yesterday (Saturday), and we were supposed to start the tour at 3 pm, but we were delayed a little as there was thunder and lightning in the area...no big deal. Our tour guide Vinny immediately told us he was very tired and worn out as the company had him working too much. Vinny lead us on a paddle board and told us 'you wouldn't catch me in one of those kayaks'. Ok! Well, the tour was in a glass bottomed kayak but having the glass bottom on this stretch of water was pointless as it was such a dirty stretch you couldn't see anything in it. I know the Weeki Wachee State Park has a natural spring in it that is clean, but this water was very dirty. There were so many people, dogs, and houses along the side of the water way, it was like going through Kentucky or something. Sorry, but the trip really did not live up to our expectations and we feel like it was very overpriced. We did tip Vinny very generously though. Sorry we will not be back.
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Zhanjiu_y
Nov 24, 2024
Worst experience - Absolutely bad experience, don’t waste your money. The operator is rude and tend to push problem to you or to the website. Whatever the issue or the problem is you won’t get your money back. They are not will to cooperate with you at all. Worst experience ever. Certainly get a bad day from here. Last day of my vacation is ruined. Plus wasted 180$ and didn’t get to play. I never gave a bad review before, but I have to this time.
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Kkkkf2024
Jul 16, 2024
I am a heavy set woman and was in a kayak with a friend and our weight together was to much to go together. - Customer service with this company is the worst. Please be perfect little customers and don’t expect a refund if you ask for one
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