Explorida is a manatee tour guide company offering up-close-and-personal encounters with Citrus County manatees. Explorida is located just a five minute walk from our hotel on Citrus Avenue and offers several different types of manatee swim tours as well as scallop charters. Each of their manatee swim tours has an in-water guide who is with you from your arrival to your departure as well as a professional photographer.

www.explorida.com

Paddles Outdoor Rentals is located a five minute drive from our hotel. Nearby springs include Three Sisters Springs, King Springs, and Hunter Springs, all within a ten minute radius from our hotel. Paddles Outdoor Rentals offers bike, kayak, and paddle-board rentals, as well as guided kayak tours to give you an up-close experience with the Florida manatee.

https://www.paddlesoutdoorrentals.com

Fun 2 Dive Manatee Tours provides up-close-and-personal manatee encounters. They offer daily classic, semi-private, and luxury VIP manatee tours, which including all the snorkeling gear and wetsuit. Each of their manatee swim tour groups has an in-water guide who is with you from your arrival to your departure. A professional guide takes photographs throughout the manatee tour. They also rent kayaks and paddleboards. This rental is only a five minute walk from our hotel.

www.fun2dive.com

River Ventures provides up-close-and-personal manatee encounters, scalloping expeditions, and air boat tours. They offer daily classic and VIP manatee tours in heated enclosed houseboats or VIP pontoons.  Each of their manatee swim tour groups has an in-water guide who is with you from your arrival to your departure. Their boats are all Coast Guard certified and they offer discounts for repeat customers as well as military.

www.riverventures.com