We had a great time - manatees were not cooperating at first, but then we found some thanks to Sandy's and Mark's sharp eyesight! Highly recommend this your if you are interested in manatees!

You can buy better but you can't pay more! Skip the VIP tour...we paid over $700 and got about 30 minutes of snorkeling in cloudy water. They would point to manatees over there....none were up close and personal. At the conclusion, they were going to charge us over $40 for photos....I complained that wasn't correct for the VIP tour. So they emailed us 90 photos....70 were from someone else's tours....people we had never met. Our 20 were mostly green indistinguishable blurs. Big disappointment to my granddaughters and waste of time and money.

Captain Sandy and Captain Kevin did a wonderful job of educating us to the area and all about the manatees. Both were very informed and made our tour very fun. Overall the entire land crew and boat crew were awesome. We had a nice small group and everything was provided, even hot coco after our swim. We highly recommend this tour!

Leah and Captain Sandi exceeded our expectations. We have been on other manatee snorkeling tours but this, by far, was the best! We saw so many manatees! Leah shared a lot information about these beautiful creatures which made the experience educational, as well!

It was an amazing experience. Water was warm and clear. Responsible organization. Care about the manatees. Heather was our guide and Kevin our captain. Both wonderful.

Great experience! Saw many manatees. Our Captain and Guide were very informative. Thank you Kevin and Mike. Checked this off my bucket list.

Heather was great!! Lots of manatees to interact with!! Must go in the am for the best experience!! After the excursion, Heather sent me to the best seafood in town at the seafood seller restaurant!! Going back again for sure!!

Kevin our boat captain and Dakota our in water guide were great. A fantastic experience, highly recommend. Saw about 90 manatees.

Amazing tour and they handled everything for us! From information to personality and pictures it was perfect! Captain Kevin and Dakota were awesome!

We went on a beautiful sunny day in January, but the water was so murky, it really wasn’t worth going on the trip at all. I was lucky enough to have one manatee swim right towards me, so did have one good sighting, but my friend hardly saw a thing. Zero chance of any decent photographs. Manatees are large creatures too, and I pushed myself off one thinking it was a large boulder. I really feel badly about that. Before booking any snorkeling with manatees trip, check whether there are manatees at Silver Glen springs, as you can swim with them there, in clear water, for the $12 park entrance fee. Our guide was Dakota, who rarely stopped speaking the entire time. He did genuinely try to ensure everyone saw a manatee, but otherwise seemed mega-hyped, regaling us with a series of annoying and unfunny jokes. Not great.

My friend and I went on the Manatee swim and wow! It was a wonderful experience and one I will never forget. Our guides were Kevin and Lea they were amazing would definitely go back!!

The whole tour was simply amazing. Our captain, Kevin and tour guide Leah were both very knowledgeable about everything related to the tour and they made the whole experience interesting, informative, education and fun.

Beautiful afternoon with the manatees!! Captain Sandy and Dive Guide Heather were an incredible combination. They provided top-notch service both in and out of the water. Captain Sandy and Heather kindly and patiently watched over our group and assisted with the various needs of my children throughout the trip. The manatees also loved Heather in the water, so we were able to get some great videos and pictures of our awesome experience. The shop gear, boat, and other items we used were very clean and in excellent condition. Would highly recommend the private manatee tour, and put in a request for Captain Sandy!

Had a wonderful experience! An enjoyable way to end one year and start another. Leah & Kevin were great. I recommend the VIP tour during these colder days along with receiving photos to look back on. We were graced with a lot of manatee interactions of all sizes: hugs, kisses, a little bit of extra floating and more.

Lots of Fun! Capt Robert & Dakota were great! Dakota was very attentive and helped my grand daughters have an awesome experience!

We did the VIP tour and it was incredible. Our guide Leah and captain Kev were fabulous. My older boy has special needs and Leah held onto him the whole time and reassured him and helped him get the most out of the tour and therefore enabled me to also get the lost from it as I wasn’t constantly worrying about him. This is our second time with Crystal River Watersports and I wouldn’t even consider doing the manatee swim with any other provider.

Tour was great. Went out with Captain Robert and Dakota our photographer. Dakota was full of dad jokes! Both made us feel very welcome. We did the VIP tour so it was just our family (4). We got hot cocoa, heavy coats and hand warmers when the swim was done. Saw tons of manatees and they came right up to you! This company is very eco--friendly to maintain the proper behavior around these gentle giants! One of the attractions to this tour was you get an adorable manatee-shaped thumb drive of all the pictures that Dakota took! No extra charge! Just wish the ones of the 4 of us we took at the dock were not blurry. All the others were great.

This trip was the most amazing experience. Kevin and Leah were full of information and an answered all our questions on Manatee. It was fun watching one of the young Manatees play with Leah’s shirt sleeve. I even got a kiss from one! We saw ALOT of manatees. I’d definitely recommend Crystal River Watersports and ask for Kevin and Leah-the Dinamic Duo

I can't say enough good things about this Company. Our guide Lea had so much knowledge, with a Marine Biology background. But not only that! She was so kind. I got a little panicky with snorkel at first and she held my hand and swam me over to the Manatees and I soon calmed down. And she swam me back to boat when I tired at the end! Captain Sandy gave us a nice ride, with hot chocolate and hand warmers on our vip tour. Got kissed and hugged by Manatees! Highly recommend!

We had a great time today with Captains Kevin and Sandy. We had so much fun. We even had a few manatees come and play and swim with us. It was cold today but much warmer in the water. Glad for the hot chocolate when we got out