Bird's Underwater Manatee Tour are a truly unique experience which will leave you with great memories for the rest of your life. The following paragraph contains a description of what you can expect on a Florida Manatee Swim with Bird's Underwater.

When you arrive at the main building you will be shown a video (filmed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service) which demonstrates how you should behave when you are interacting with manatees in the water. After viewing the video, you may rent a wetsuit and other gear, or change into the gear you brought with you. Next, you and your Coast Guard Certified Captain will proceed to the dock area and board one of our enclosed pontoon boats, where fresh donuts, bottled water, and juice drinks are available free of charge (hot chocolate and coffee are also available in the colder months).

All our boats have changing rooms and toilets.

While you are touring Kings Bay in search of manatees, your friendly and knowledgeable Captain will be giving you a thorough briefing and be available to answer any questions you have about the local ecosystem. After the Captain has found a good location, he or she will enter to make sure conditions age good, then everyone will quietly enter the water and snorkel with the manatees. The Captain will stay with you to supervise your experience and shoot digital HD underwater videos, which you may purchase.

Each Florida Manatee Tour lasts approximately three hours (depending upon a variety of conditions). Your tour may not return until after 11:00 a.m., so if you are staying in a hotel, you should request a late checkout time. If you would rather not deal with the hassle of staying in a hotel, you are welcome to rent one of our Waterfront Vacation Homes.

Note:Reservations are required (via credit card).

AS SEEN ON:

• The 700 Club
• ABC's "20/20" with Barbara Walters
• Travel Channel's "Lonely Planet - Treks"
• Travel Channel's "Sport Diver Television"
• Discovery Channel's "Reel TV"
• CNN Headline News "The Manatee Man"
• Ch. 13 Tampa Bay News "Bill Murphy's One Tank Trips"
• TLN's "Trailsides: Make your own Adventure"
• PBS "Critter Gitters"
• PBS "Awesome Adventures"
• On Top of the World II (Canadian television)
• Jim Fowler's "Wildlife Adventures"
• GMTV Morning News
• Wild Moments

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