Florida Manatee Tour: Explore Blue Springs
5.0
5 Ratings
Orange City

Discover Florida’s manatees on a guided kayak tour at Blue Springs. Learn from UF naturalists and explore a winter sanctuary. Book your adventure today.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Blue Spring State Park: French Landing Boat Ramp - Manatee kayak wildlife adventure. Kayak with manatees and abundant Florida wildlife.
What's Included
  • Kayaks, paddles , dry bags,
  • kayak
What's Not Included
  • anding and/or facility fees
  • Gratuity
Additional Information

Join the Florida manatee guided kayak tour for an unforgettable experience. Kayak Florida provides an engaging and educational tour, led by professional guides who are passionate about their work, and it truly shines through. Blue Springs serves as a winter haven for hundreds of manatees, along with magnificent water birds and more. The guides will…

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Location
2398 W French Ave
West French Avenue
Meet us at the boat ramp at the end of the dirt road (French Landing Rd W) Do not enter the Blue Springs State Park
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Stevev452
May 5, 2025
Best manatee observation ever!! - We did a kayak tour with Justin at Silver Springs last week, and we were so stoked with the adventure that we booked this repeat at Blue Springs today. Not only did Justin put us right on the manatee, but we hooked up with a calf named Calliopee who was a rescue release this last spring. She was being tracked by GPS buoy to ensure her safe return to the wild. We rafted up with her group for over half an hour while exchanging info with an observer from Manatee Rehabilitation Partnership. The experience was super fun and totally informative. Justin is the best!!!
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K9158yolindab
Feb 5, 2025
Great experience - Justin was a great tour guide. Very informative. Saw gators, manatees and a couple bald eagles.Had a great time, weather was perfect.
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Tomlz3356qp
Jan 29, 2020
Great Outdoors Trip! - We had a small group from my neighborhood who got together for the Blue Spring kayak tour. We are mostly novice kayakers. These guys do a GREAT job. The equipment was quality stuff in very good condition. Our guide Matt really loves what he is doing. He worked to make sure everyone was involved. He is very knowledgeable about all aspects of this trip. He could tell us about all the species we encountered - plant and animal. I will use them again for some of their other trips.
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E9981nzalexandrab
Dec 1, 2019
Great way to get up close to manatees - We had a blast kayaking around Blue Springs and experienced lots of manatee activity. Our guide Matt was terrific. We had originally booked a manatee tour at Salt Springs, but Greg offered to switch our reservation to the same day/time in Blue Springs due to the higher manatee count. Glad we did!
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Cgardner79
Jan 15, 2019
Best way to see the manatees! - I had the best time on this tour. I was on my own and had never been down to Blue Springs before. This tour quickly exceeded my expectations. Greg and Nancy were super friendly and knowledgeable. I didn’t know that much about the manatees (being a transplant to FL) but now I have a greater appreciation, not only for the manatee but also for the area and the other wildlife. The park itself is gorgeous. The kayaks and equipment were great! Highly recommended it to my friends and couldn’t stop talking about it for days 🙂. Thank you!!
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