OG' Manatee Snorkel Tour: Private Group Adventure
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423 Ratings
Crystal River

This exclusive snorkeling tour with manatees is only for 3 hours, but the experience it offers will stay with your team forever! Your personal USCG certified captain will set sail with your private team to discover the sanctuary and bring you face to face with these ‘quiet mammoths’!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • River Ventures - After checking in at the tour center you will watch a brief video about the manatees, go over the rules of swimming and how to interact in a manner that is fun for both you and the manatees. You are then fitted for a wetsuit to prepare you for your snorkeling adventure. Your guides will photograph the highlights of your entire manatee swim tour from start to finish, both above and below the water. Upon returning to the tour center, a high-resolution picture CD containing images from your manatee tour will be available for you to purchase if desired.
What's Included
  • Expert guidance led by a professional
  • Exclusive private tour experience
  • Complimentary bottled water
  • All necessary equipment provided
  • Multilingual introductory video available (English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish)
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
  • DVD (available to purchase)
Additional Information
  • Price reflects 1 to 10 people
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Post COVID-19 Policy- We are mindful to thoroughly clean water vehicles between visitors.
Location
River Ventures
Southeast Kings Bay Drive
River Ventures Manatee Tour and Education Center, please arrive 15 minutes early.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Ctwranch
Mar 19, 2024
Book asap - Crosby & Kelly were great. We took our 2 kids, age 4 & 6 & they were so accommodating for them! Definitely recommend & will be back!
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Z1428ukjoshuar
Mar 12, 2024
Sea daddy - Coming in to this trip I was a little skeptical. I didn’t have a dad; I’ve always wanted one. Talking to my tour guide really made me realize that he’s me dad now. He told me that “I will now be your sea daddy” Now I took that too heart I loved the experience and now I found my meaning in life to become a sea daddy.
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Kristen_from_stl
Mar 1, 2024
Fantastic Manatee Tour - We had a great time on this tour. Captain Bryan and Guide Mike really made a wonderful experience for us. Feel like this company cares about manatees and looks out for their well being by teaching safety and guidance in the water. We saw 20+ manatees, even though late in the season. Going earlier is better, colder weather makes the manatees come into the spring waters. Also, Mike did a great job capturing photos and videos (the one attached to review is from the company). The picture/video package is pretty reasonable and you can review all pictures online before buying them. This place is really great, totally recommend.
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Beamcgrath
Feb 23, 2024
Manatees in the morning are a must - We booked the early morning guided swim tour. Dave, our knowledgeable guide, stepped us through the best practices and we viewed a video to prepare us for our tour. Dave accurately sized us up for wetsuits and then they took us to meet Capt Jayson at the marina. Dave expertly spied a manatee family and we quietly and calmly slipped into the water to freeze and float and simply observe the mother and her baby’s interactions. What a privelege to spend a morning witnessing the manatees as well as the various schools of fish and a cormorant fishing in the waters below. We completely lost track of time. Highly recommend!
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Gene671
Feb 22, 2024
An experience of a life time - Thank you Cpt. Jayson and Dave!! My husband and I had an amazing experience! This organization loves manatees and it shows through their work! We will be back!
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Khv40
Feb 20, 2024
Wonderful experience on our manatee swim - Capt Kelly and James did a great job on our tour. They got us to a fantastic spot to see so many manatees. James was very knowledgeable and a fun guide. He was great with all our young kids and gave them so many neat facts about the manatees. Capt Kelly was a great boat captain and had hot chocolate ready when we got out of the water. Overall a wonderful experience and we will definitely use them again
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Lisasv2316ck
Jan 26, 2024
So glad we came! - Sheila & Mike were awesome! There were 5 people in our group, ages 11-53. Everyone had a blast! Seriously, do yourself a favor and book a tour.
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137tonias
Jan 20, 2024
Best Experience Ever! - We had the best time, Marissa took great care of us in the water and made my friends who had never had a snorkel on feel very comfortable. It was a cold day and she checked on each of us to make sure we were all doing well and not too cold, Captain Emerson got us to our spot quickly and safely.
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Alisadw
Jan 14, 2024
I would go on this tour again and again! - Absolutely incredible experience! Staff was very generous with their time and took care to make sure we were comfortable during the trip (heaters on the boat, all gear, hot chocolate, etc.) o would definitely do this trip again and again.
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Berdell_w
Mar 17, 2024
Manatee trip - The captain and mate (Micheal and Dani) were great we loved them, I would have rated this 5 stars if maybe we were warned ahead of time that we were going to be in very murky water and not really see much of the manatees. It was a fun day but we only really saw one maybe two and there were a lot of other tours in the same area and we only could spend a limited time with the one we saw. I have done the tour before and it was in the winter in the springs. That is the way to go, don't go anytime past February or you likely won't see many manatee and because the weather is warmer there are lots more people on the water and the manatee leave the springs to go out to the gulf and other areas. So they are hard to find and it is kind of a bummer. Dani was the best part of the trip, she was informative and really helped us at least get around the one maybe two manatee we did see.
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