Top Naples On the Water - page 4

Highly suggest going this time of year. The weather, water and sunshine couldn't have been more perfect. Our tour guide? Please ask for him!!! Romann (spelling may be incorrect). He's originally from Cuba. His passion for his job, nature, explaining the history of the area, the plants, the wildlife and water life was overwhelming interesting and extremely important to him and wanted us to take back valuable lessons he explained to us. Peace! When we initially got out into the water he said; this is not a race. Enjoy your surroundings. Take on the air that we breathe and the beautiful sky and nature surrounding us. And so we did! Romann provided us with a fresh Pineapple that he cut in front of us and shared while taking a break. He then dove down into the water and found a star fish and Oyster and explained the wonderful creatures of the sea to us. Very friendly, caring, his English was very clear and he cared for each and every one of us. You will not get the absolute full experience if you don't book through Romann. He's the best!

Great fun. After about .25 mile paddle, we gathered to listen to Chandler’s first of many ‘talking’ moments. After a bit of history, some wildlife tips and lots of jokes, we headed out to our first entry point into the red Mangroves. Everyone was properly outfitted and many including myself were glad for the opportunity to grab a wet bag. First bird sightings included spoonbills, osprey (with his/her lunch, and a great blue heron. Further into the mangroves we didn’t see many birds at all, we were all looking for the spider like crabs that we were warned about. All together, we skimmed through maybe 4 or 5 Mangrove tunnels with stops for photos and informative banter. We lingered a bit on a sand bank where a ski-doo had been swallowed up several years ago. With the open water to the west some brave folks added to their trip mileage as others took a bit of a walk about ion the shallow waters. More pics when Chandler grabbed up a huge conch to show it to us up close and personal. Cool. As promised there were group pics to be taken. This was fun as we had to focus our kayaking skills to both stay out of someone else’s group and keep our own sorted. Photo bombing, while allowed and even encouraged, was difficult to say the least. The way back was against the current, the dedicated intrepid ones kept a lively pace. Must have sounded like fun as a young dolphin joined us for about 100 yards. More pics. After landing, all disembarked safely and we gathered to share stories as Chandler dropped all the pics to everyone who wanted them. Highly recommend and appreciate this tour. Have suggested more in depth info on Florida’s great conservation and reclamation projects. Looking forward to mangrove tunneling again. Lots to learn and a great intro to the Rookery.

This was the perfect charter for myself and two daughters 12 abd 15 and get everything into one trip. From the shelling to the pod of dolphin putting on a show behind the boat and capped off with my daughter’s catching their first Shark. This is the perfect charter, and all around amazing day on the water!

Our kayak tour with Nick was incredible! He was super knowledgeable and clearly knew the area and its wildlife inside and out. We learned so much while enjoying the beautiful scenery. Nick made the experience fun, safe, and educational — highly recommend!

Absolute must! Our captain Patrick and Kyle were so much fun! We were fortunate enough to see dolphins, stingrays and turtles! Not to mention the beach! Beautiful white sand and crystal clear blue waters! If you are hesitating on booking this, don’t!!!

This was a lot of fun! We saw manatees and dolphins. Our guide, Mickey was very clear about the rules and he ensured everyone understood. The whole time we were very respectful of nature and safety was a priority. We slide through the backwaters. A super cool experience, we highly recommended!

We decided do try something a little different for us and so pleased we chose this trip. Very well organised, friendly and safe. We were greeted by Kyle and Justin. Justin was our guide, a great friendly guy with a wealth of knowledge. Very peaceful in our small group and we got to see Manatee and Sharks but obviously the wildlife can't be controlled so you may get lucky or unlucky but either way Kayaking through the everglades is a great experience and I'd thoroughly recommend doing it with these guys, thankyou 👍

If you want to know what the Everglades are like, you must take this excursion! Our location was in the Big Cypress Preserve. The 2 of us had never kayaked before. The leader, Chris Thorn, was terrific and showed us what we needed to do, coached as necessary. He really knew the area, pointed out animals and plants we might have missed. Chris was an outstanding excursion leader and was very knowledgeable. Highly recommend this excursion!!