Dolphin Watch Eco Shelling Cruise to Keewaydin Island
Description
Nature enthusiasts will love the Gordon River, a masterpiece of Florida wildlife with miles of life-sustaining estuaries surrounded by beautiful Mangroves. Wildlife fans must have their cameras ready to capture the beautiful birds, dolphins and possible alligators and manatees we will see along the way. This 3-hour cruise to Keewaydin, a barrier island that tops the 10,000 island chain, is a MUST DO experience! Highlights • 3 Hour Eco Cruise to Keewaydin Island • Historical and Ecological commentary provided by experienced Pure Florida Captain • Time on Keewaydin Island for a nature walk, shelling or just relaxing on the beach! • Shelling bag provided to each guest compliments of Pure Florida The price of this trip includes a flexible cancellation policy, allowing you to cancel and receive a full refund up to 2 hours before the trip's departure time
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This is the best combination tour of cruising Naples Bay to see some mansions, get upclose to nature as you pass by island mangrove forests that outline our coast and slow down to see the dolphins and manatees that call our waterways home. This tour is perfect for the environmental enthusiast who enjoys a comfortable ride, appreciates all the natural beauty that surrounds our coastline and enjoys historical and ecological narration provided by our Captains. A highlight of this experience is our stop on Keewaydin Island. There, you can take a walk along the soft white sand beach, collect seashell treasures to bring home or dip your toes in the gorgeous Gulf Waters.
This is your chance to explore a vast mangrove forest, discover seashells while perusing a remote, tropical island and see dolphins in their natural habitat!
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Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Due to uneven surfaces and disembarking boat onto Keewaydin Island, this tour is not recommended for those with walking disabilities or using a wheelchair
- No service animals are allowed onboard. If you have a service animal and are looking to participate, please call our office directly.
Reviews(366)
This tour was absolutely fantastic!!! Captain Chris and Braxton were absolutely fantastic guides. From start to finish our guides provided local information, history and knowledge of the wildlife in the area. We saw lots of interesting birds, dolphins and even a tortoise. The shelling island was fantastic. We walked ahead, and felt like we had the entire beach to ourselves. Beautiful doesn’t even describe the beach. Lots and lots of beautiful shells to be had. If we had more time in Naples, we would do this exact tour with Chris and Braxton again.
Great day on the water saw dolphins and other wildlife.
Thank you for your review, we are happy to hear that you were able to see plenty of wildlife on your tour!
Do it!!! That's all I can say. Been here a week in Florida and I could do this excursion everyday. Captain Adam and first mate Cooper were amazing, just top notch in every way. Saw several pods of dolphins. Shells and ocean were perfect.
Excellent tour. This company is committed to providing an excellent customer experience - The first tour we went on was cut short by rain, so they gave us a voucher for another day! Captain Chris and First Mate Braxton were knowledgeable and helpful. We had a mother and juvenile dolphin follow the boat, and the shelling was great. Tip: bring goggles and get in the water to find the best shells. The beach is covered in beautiful, colorful scallop, cockles, and clam shells of different types, but if you want to find gorgeous whole Florida fighting conchs, banded tulips, lightning whelks and other shells that are often damaged by the time they get up on the beach, get in the shallow water and explore. We found dozens of pristine shells by looking underwater, feeling around with our feet, and scooping up piles of shells in the water and sifting through them to find beautiful whole shells that were buried by the smaller broken pieces. As always, check to be sure it isn’t alive or housing other marine life. We had a wonderful time and it was worth every penny!
Thank you for your wonderful review! We're happy we could get you back out on the water after the weather interruption, and that Captain Chris and Braxton helped make it a memorable experience. We appreciate you sharing your shelling tips, and hope to see you again on a future adventure!
This is a nice trip, Keewaydin island does not disappoint! Lots of shells and many wild lizards fyi! Seeing dolphins swimming around the boat was amazing! The captain and crew were fun and informative. And that ocean breeze:)
We had a great tour. The guides seems to know a lot about everything we passed through! It’s nice to not be a huge group so we all felt there was space enough for everybody ☺️. We Saw manatees and dolfins and there was a great possibility to collect shells on the beach.
Thank you for the kind review! We're so glad you enjoyed the wildlife sightings and your time shelling on the island. We hope to welcome you back for another cruise soon!
Great tour! Was cut short because of a storm close by but they still took us out to the island and gave us a bit of time for shelling. Overall great experience!!
Thank you for your review! We are glad you guys had a great experience with us and were able to get some shelling time in! We look forward to seeing you again in the future!
You will see dolphin on the cruise over and back. The island has a beautiful beach to walk and the water is incredible. We found some good shells!
Captain Chris and First Mate Cooper were amazing friendly informative. We saw manatees dolphins osprey and lots of sea shells The water was absolutely gorgeous and we will definitely be back
Thank you for your kind review! We're so glad you had a great time with Captain Chris and First Mate Cooper. Sounds like it was a beautiful day on the water. We appreciate you cruising with us!
We loved this outing. It was the perfect amount of time out on the boat for the littles
Thank you for the five stars! We are glad to hear that you and your family enjoyed your cruise to Keewaydin Island and hope to welcome you back in the future!
