Clear Kayak Tour of Shell Key Preserve and Tampa Bay Area
Overview
You’ll paddle along mangroves, enjoy white sand beaches and sandbars, and explore a secluded beach. If the tide is high, your guide will lead the way through a hidden mangrove tunnel. Shell Key Preserve is located in Tierra Verde, FL near St. Pete Beach in the Tampa Bay area.
Keep your eyes peeled for dolphins, manatees, pelicans, crabs, and more while enjoying the preserve’s picturesque mangroves, beaches, and sandbars. Be on the lookout for a manatee or the beautiful pink Roseate Spoonbills in the summer months. White Pelicans call the sandbars of Shell Key Preserve their home during the winter months! Throughout the year, dolphins frolic in the crystal-clear waters and cormorants love to swim alongside your kayak. Chances are that you’ll see a variety of wildlife, but sightings are random and not guaranteed.
Inclusions
- Equipment including tandem kayaks, paddles, seats, and dry bags
- Safety equipment including lifejackets and whistles
What to expect
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Stop At: Shell Key, Florida, USA
Your guide will welcome you and provide brief paddling and safety instructions. Then, you’ll be off on an adventure as your tour guide leads the way around the mangrove islands, through the shallows, and to the beach. If the tide is high, your guide will lead the way through a hidden mangrove tunnel. You’ll also take a break at Shell Key's beach, where you can collect shells, take in the views, and be surrounded by nature. Your guide will be happy to take photos and make sure you have fun along the way!
Be on the lookout for a manatee or the beautiful pink Roseate Spoonbills in the summer months. White Pelicans call the sandbars of Shell Key Preserve their home during the winter months! Throughout the year, dolphins frolic in the crystal-clear waters and cormorants love to swim alongside your kayak. Chances are that you’ll see a variety of wildlife, but sightings are random and not guaranteed.
Duration: 2 hours
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- For your safety, we have a weight limit of 250 lbs per guest, and a combined limit of 425 lbs for two people in a tandem kayak
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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Bria was a gem. Super friendly and was able answer all our questions. Would totally come back and tour with Bria again
Bria was a gem. Super friendly and was able answer all our questions. Would totally come back and tour with Bria againWe did this tour; Jenna was our guide. It was an unusually windy morning, and Jenna ensured we kayaked safely and avoided the highest gusts. She gave great information on the many fish, birds, plants and trees we saw. We were lucky enough to see a few dolphins...and Jenna made sure we had time...
We did this tour; Jenna was our guide. It was an unusually windy morning, and Jenna ensured we kayaked safely and avoided the highest gusts. She gave great information on the many fish, birds, plants and trees we saw. We were lucky enough to see a few dolphins...and Jenna made sure we had time to watch them, and still see all the other sites. We would do this tour again with Get up and Go! And we will ask for Jenna.What a fun experience to kayak in a clear boat. Ben was very knowledgeable re: the various waterfowl, shells on the preserve and vegetation in the area. It was a 2.5-3 mile paddle experience with time to explore on the beach. I would have loved a little more paddle and a lesser time on the bea...
What a fun experience to kayak in a clear boat. Ben was very knowledgeable re: the various waterfowl, shells on the preserve and vegetation in the area. It was a 2.5-3 mile paddle experience with time to explore on the beach. I would have loved a little more paddle and a lesser time on the beach but it was a nice balance for all participants that joined the excursion.Pretty awesome experience! You are pretty much guaranteed to see some cool wildlife, and the mangroves are like another world - super peaceful! Chris was our guide - super chill, fun, and informative dude!
Pretty awesome experience! You are pretty much guaranteed to see some cool wildlife, and the mangroves are like another world - super peaceful! Chris was our guide - super chill, fun, and informative dude!Our guide Chris was great with lots of good information and energy. He was able expertly guide us and even did jump in and find us a very large lightening whelk to hold and get pictures with. We adventured some on shell key and collected some beautiful early morning shells. We liked it so much...
Our guide Chris was great with lots of good information and energy. He was able expertly guide us and even did jump in and find us a very large lightening whelk to hold and get pictures with. We adventured some on shell key and collected some beautiful early morning shells. We liked it so much that we took the ferry back over to Shell Key later that day.It was fun getting to kayak through the preserve! We got to go through the Mangrove tunnels and even saw a dolphin in the distance. Our tour guide, Chris, was entertaining and knowledgeable. We recommend the experience.
It was fun getting to kayak through the preserve! We got to go through the Mangrove tunnels and even saw a dolphin in the distance. Our tour guide, Chris, was entertaining and knowledgeable. We recommend the experience.