Clear Canoe Rental: Explore Silver River Wildlife

Experience the unique wildlife of Silver Springs while clear canoeing. Rent our clear canoes and paddle over 30 spring heads, encountering birds, fish, manatees, and monkeys!

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Welcome to Clear Canoeing! Experience self-guided rentals at Silver Springs State Park, where you can enjoy a clear view of manatees, wild monkeys, turtles, and much more. Silver Springs is Florida’s oldest tourist attraction, renowned for its pristine beauty.
Silver Springs State Park requires an admission and launch fee. The cost is $2 per person and…

What's Included
  • Clear canoe
  • Paddles
  • Life jackets
What's Not Included
  • Tour Guide- This is a self-guided rental not a tour.
Additional Information

Rent our completely transparent canoes and enjoy paddling along the stunning, spring-fed Silver River! As you paddle, you’ll encounter local wildlife such as birds, fish, manatees, and even rhesus monkeys! Our Clear Canoes provide a unique opportunity to observe the wildlife beneath you!
While most springs in Florida have a single spring head, Silver…

Location
Silver Springs State Park
East Silver Springs Boulevard
Enter park at the large wooden and brick sign that says Silver Springs Entrance. At the stop sign turn left to the main parking lot. On the side of the parking is the kayak drop of area. We will be at the kayak drop off area. Our clear kayaks have American flag life jackets.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Brennen_f
Apr 7, 2026
Beautiful experience. We... - Beautiful experience. We saw monkey’s and alligators. I traveled with my spouse and 4 kids. They loved it
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Harold_a
Mar 23, 2026
It was fantastic! I... - It was fantastic! I highly recommend it. We look forward to doing it again. The guide was extremely helpful and very nice.
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John_a
Mar 22, 2026
Great guide - Great experience! We were given great advice on how to see the wildlife, and we did! We will use this service again!
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Paula_m
Mar 20, 2026
Satisfied customer - So fun! Im glad we took the reccomendation to use Victor. Our experience felt organized, smooth, fun, no complaints. Rebecca was kind and helpful, the canoes were well cared for, silver spring is BEAUTIFUL. We saw manatees, monkeys, otters, turtles and so many birds. Will do this again
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Jack_j
Mar 8, 2026
Great Experience - The one hour self guided canoeing was perfect! Rebecca was very helpful on providing information and assisting us with the canoe. This was easy, relaxing, and an overall great experience.
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Steven_g
Feb 19, 2026
At one with nature. - Well organised and super friendly. It is a round trip (rowing) experience. You go down a gently flowing river and obviously return against the currents (a bit more effort required). We saw lots of birds and turtles, plus several alligators. Great fun all round.
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Lacey_p
Feb 17, 2026
Family friendly day trip - Was such a fun little day trip for our family. We took our 9 year old and 3 year old and they loved it. The kayak trip alone was beautiful and enough but the new shops, museums, bar, and cafes that Silver springs has to offer now were a nice addition. We got icecream and coffee and both were delicious. The pizza smelled great!
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Kayla_j
Feb 14, 2026
Such an amazing... - Such an amazing experience for the whole family to enjoy. Host was energetic and full of knowledge about where to find the manatees
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Alisa_l
Jan 26, 2026
Fun 2 hours! Received... - Fun 2 hours! Received texts with clear instructions during the hour or two before our launch time. Do plan on arriving early to purchase park tickets. Saw a few manatees, many gators, wetland birds and turtles. You and your belongings may get a little wet from the paddles.
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Voyager683024
Apr 1, 2026
Great Experience - Great experience however we didn’t see any monkeys which was one of the reasons I wanted to go, but overall was a good experience.
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From $45
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).