Manatee Snorkel Small Group Tour
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Crystal River, USA
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Have a thrilling bucket-list experience swimming with manatees on this intimate tour with maximum six people. The only place where people can snorkel with manatees, Crystal River is home to hundreds of the fascinating sea creatures. You’ll take a boat to Three Sisters Springs and swim with the manatees as a guide takes incredible photos available for purchase.
- Have the adventure of a lifetime swimming with manatees in Crystal River
- All snorkeling gear and wetsuits are provided for ease
- Your guide takes professional photos as you snorkel with manatees
- Experience an intimate tour with a local guide and small group
What's Included
- All snorkeling gear - Mask, snorkel, and wetsuit.
- In-Water Guide
- Small Groups (No cattle boats)
- Scenic boat ride to the springs.
- Professional licensed and drug tested captains and guides.
- Commitment to provide you with a 5 star exprience of a lifetime.
- Free Parking
- Bathing suit and towel.
- Sweatshirt or Jacket (During winter months)
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- 135 NE 3rd St, Crystal River, FL 34429, USA
We're in a historic building with a large porch. There is free parking onsite.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
1
Fun 2 Dive Manatee Tours
3 hours • Admission Ticket Free
2
Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge
3 hours • Admission Ticket Free
3
Three Sisters Springs
3 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Pricing is the same for children and adults, all persons going on tour must have a ticket regrdless of age.
- Stroller accessible
- Children 3 years old and up are welcome with paid ticket.
- Children under the age of 3 are welcome on private trips (call for private trip pricing)
- Service animals allowed
- Wetsuits available in sizes from 2 toddler to adult 4X.
- All manatee tours are 3 hours in duration.
- Photo packages of your manatee experience available for purchase after your tour.
- Service animals are allowed if booking a private tour.
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 6 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
Traveler Photos
Featured review
Fred_K
Our captain, Judge was a local who knew the canals and territory very well. He was very imformative. Chrystal, our swim guide was great. The equipment provided was perfect. Moe importantly, we saw 5 Manatees incuding a calf only a few days old.
Reviews
4.9
based on 589 reviews
Harald_W, Nov 2025
Nice Companie, Crystallynn und Cpt. Chaz are very nice guys and make real good job! They are very concerned about the enviroment and wildlife!
Morgan_L, Sep 2025
It was an amazing experience even outside of manatee season. Captain Brody and our guide Hayden were wonderful and made sure we got to have a great experience.
Romy_S, Apr 2025
We were out of manatee season but we still got to swim near some of the manatee “residents” who stay year-round! It was amazing. We will definitely be back.
Pamela_M, Feb 2025
Book directly with Fun to Dive instead of through aviator or trip advisor to avoid complications and get accurate details.
Gabby and Judge were great guides.
Ann_C, Feb 2025
Great experience!!! Jessica our guide was excellent, reviewed the rules, assisted as needed, and took great photos. Loved it so much we'll come again next year.
Cynthia_R, Feb 2025
Worth getting up early to be the among the first that morning. The water is the clearest at time of the morning. They came right up next to me
When I came up out of the water, one was looking right at me. These gentle giants were so captivating. I could have stayed all day. We had a great time with Captain Garrett and Eli. I would come back and do it again. I'm a senior citizen and this is something others could probably do as well. Just dog paddle and hang on a knoodle.
Craig_S, Feb 2025
The tour guide were extremely knowledgeable and extremely nice and patient. The experience is one I will always remember
Matt_G, Feb 2025
5 star experience, they provide everything needed except a towel so bring your own. They use a drone from the boat to find manatees quickly and we spent most of our time in the water swimming with the manatees instead of on the boat looking for them. The staff was great and we will make it a point to use them in the future when we come back!!! The guide and boat captain were friendly and informative on the area and the wildlife. They made it an enjoyable experience!!
Carrie_W, Jan 2025
Guide Santa and Boat Captain Gavin were knowledgeable and showed our small group a fantastic time finding and SEEING many manatees. What an experience!!! Awesome!
MaryEvelyn_M, Dec 2024
Mac and Sarah we amazing
Very helpful and made the day a blast!
I recommend them to everyone. Also gave great recommendations for lunch. Bonus experience!
Susana_V, Dec 2024
We did the 7am tour and it was absolutely worth it. We were one of the few boats out in the springs.
Bring towels and a few socks.
Carla_S, Sep 2024
Not a good choice for children.
We booked a tour for my son’s 10th birthday, and the weather was beautiful, the captain was great, and we were able to see three manatees. There was a total of 7 of us on the boat, including the captain and guide, so a pretty small tour.
We booked through Viator and the website states that the tour is for ages 3-99. However, our guide clearly lacked the experience or maturity that is required when working with children.
My recommendation for the company is to consider an age limit for these excursions. There are a lot of rules to remember and some kids will have more difficulty with coordination than others. Our son was extremely calm and quiet and did everything that he was asked to do. He was having trouble with his snorkel and when he would try to fix it his legs would hang down in the water. The guide told him to keep his legs up—that was fine. A little later his legs dipped again when he was trying to adjust and she said “if you can’t keep your legs up, I mean, I mean. I’m going to have to…”—threatening to make him get out of the water. At this point I intervened and explained to her that it was a lot for a 10 year old to remember and that there needed to be some grace with children. I decided to take him back to the boat anyway because he was very cold. I explained to the captain what happened and he offered a solution so that our son’s legs wouldn’t dip down and he was very gracious. We were very disheartened that this guide was extremely uptight and made the experience very stressful. Really, she seemed to be looking for reasons to complain. She even told me not to stand up when the captain clearly stated that we could stand up if we were having trouble.
If you are going to allow children on these excursions you need guides who can offer grace, COACHING, and education—NOT to chastise an obedient child who is very obviously trying to do what they are told. She had an opportunity to gently educate and help my son—to be a good example, and I was appalled at her audacity to threaten him.
She said they have to be strict because of the fish and wildlife drones fly over and film and they could get fined for any violations. Listen, if fish and wildlife come after my child because his legs hang down while he was trying to adjust his mask and I am trying to teach him to be responsible then bring it on. I would love to give a five-star review for the captain and the experience, but the guide needs more training. Our son was perfectly well-behaved and calm. She missed a big opportunity to encourage a child to be a good steward of the earth and animals. I would never want him to learn from her poor example.
Response from Host, Sep 2024
Hello Carla! I'm really sorry to hear about your bad experience with the guide for your tour. Your guide is fairly new which is no excuse. I will make sure that the importance of making sure children are comfortable on the tour and they're not having issues with their masks is addressed with her. Thank you for your feedback!
Adrianne_H, Jul 2024
Gavin and Kaylee were exceptional guides, very knowledgeable of marine life and location. Bucket list experience that I MUST repeat!
Fred_K, May 2024
Our captain, Judge was a local who knew the canals and territory very well. He was very imformative. Chrystal, our swim guide was great. The equipment provided was perfect. Moe importantly, we saw 5 Manatees incuding a calf only a few days old.
Amanda_P, May 2024
Excellent tour guide providing interesting details added to the trip (Zachary)! Or Captain Jason was excellent. You can tell they love these animals and it shows. Very well run organization, good price, super cute shop and very helpful overall.
William_B, Apr 2019
Kate and Jason our Captain and guide made sure our trip was everything we hoped. Continuously moving until we found multiple manatees to interact. They took loads of pictures. They education they provided was worth the time and money.
Great day!
Christian_S, Mar 2026
The guide explained everything to us very well.
We would book this tour again and again...
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Michael_M, Feb 2025
Toller Ausflug mit einem lustigem Kapitän und einer kompetenten Begleitung. Wir waren begeistert und hatten einen wunderschönen Ausflug.
Anais_R, Jul 2024
No es nada como te lo venden paquete de las fotos te dicen es junto y allí te cobran 45 dólar y ni tantas solo se vio un manatí y muchas personas ahy para verlo
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