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Cocoa Beach: Dolphin & Manatee Watching Paddle or Kayak Tour

1. Cocoa Beach: Dolphin & Manatee Watching Paddle or Kayak Tour

Our guests will meet their tour guide at the water where he will be set up a ready to start our adventure! Once we set off, your tour guide will be sharing facts about the amazing wildlife and the interesting history of Florida and Cocoa Beach. Guest will have a relaxing time as they paddle through the pristine waters and experience the true beauty of "Natural Florida". While your group is on this adventure your tour guide will guide you to all of the areas where we see the most dolphins, manatees, beautiful pink spoonbills ("Florida Flamingo's"), sea turtles, bald eagles, pelicans, osprey, conchs and much more. In fact, there are only a few places in the world to see the West Indian Manatee and Cocoa Beach is one of them! We are conveniently located just 45 minutes from Orlando Theme Parks and just minutes from almost anywhere in Cocoa Beach. With over 13 years of experience our tours fill up fast so book your tour today. You will paddle down the beautiful waterways of Cocoa Beach and get an up close and personal experience with the amazing nature, beauty and wildlife that Florida has to offer including, Dolphins, Manatees, Sea Turtles, live Conch, Pelicans, Mangroves, pink spoonbills (Florida Flamingos) and much more. We will make a stop on the beautiful islands and as we go over the interesting History of the town.

Orlando: Kennedy Space Center and Airboat Tour

2. Orlando: Kennedy Space Center and Airboat Tour

Less than one hour from Orlando is NASA’s launch headquarters – the Kennedy Space Center. The visitor site offers a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the space program. Tour NASA’s launch headquarters, and see space shuttle launch pads from a four-story observation deck. Walk beneath a massive Saturn V moon rocket, and relive Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon. Meet a real astronaut, stroll through the Rocket Garden, and enjoy five-story IMAX space films. The center also includes the space shuttle Atlantis, bringing visitors nose-to-nose with the priceless Atlantis spacecraft as only astronauts have seen it before.  More than 60 interactive, touchscreen experiences and high-tech simulators bring to life the people, passion and patriotism behind NASA’s 30-year space shuttle program. Explore the complexity of the engineering marvel that launched the Hubble Space Telescope and built the International Space Station (ISS). Guests can practice docking to the ISS, extract cargo from the payload bay, and create sonic booms and glide to a landing on the re-entry slide. They can also experience the sensation of floating in space, explore a high-fidelity replica of the ISS, experience an orbital sunrise, and take the helm at the shuttle cockpit. On your airboat ride, glide through the grassy marsh of the St. Johns River and Lake Poinsett at speeds of up to 45 miles per hour. As the boat slows down to an idle you will have several opportunities to take pictures of local wildlife, such as alligators, eagles, and several species of wading birds by the hundreds. Then visit a natural cypress swamp.

Merritt Island: Bioluminescent Sea Night Kayak or SUP Tour

3. Merritt Island: Bioluminescent Sea Night Kayak or SUP Tour

Enjoy a kayaking or standup paddleboard adventure that is suitable for all levels on this tour from Merritt Island. Discover the aquatic night life of the Banana River Lagoon Nature Preserve as comb jellyfish and bioluminescent phytoplankton light up for the night.  Meet your guide and get set up with all the gear necessary for your selected trip. Watch as your guide gives you a short tutorial on how to use your kayak or paddle board. Embark on your trip from a private launch site. Glide through the Banana River Lagoon Nature Preserve and feel the thrill of spotting bioluminescent sparkling comb jellies that are present in the water all year round. In the summer, witness dinoflagellates plankton as they put on a dazzling display.  Travel worry-free with a guide that knows the best spots for bioluminescence. Return to your meeting point and return your gear at the end of your tour. 

Kennedy Space Center: Full-Day Tour with Airboat Safari Ride

4. Kennedy Space Center: Full-Day Tour with Airboat Safari Ride

Your tour to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex promises an exciting day for the whole family. Learn all about space travel on your visit to this amazing institution. During the narrated NASA bus tour, you will find yourself standing inside the launch control room and looking at an actual Saturn V rocket, the largest rocket ever to fly. You can also take pictures of the shuttle launch pads. With a little luck, you might even see a space shuttle there! Also at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, enjoy the Shuttle Launch Experience. This simulator ride began in May 2007 and replicates the sights, sounds, and feelings of a shuttle launch. Feel the incredible journey of launching into space and orbiting Earth from an astronaut's point of view. Guest Crew members strap in and go vertical for launch in a one-of-a-kind motion-based simulator, the only realistic simulation of a launch ever created. The 5-minute experience sequence culminates with a breath-taking view of the Earth. After the bus tour, sit back and enjoy an IMAX movie. Be sure to check out the new 3D IMAX Magnificent Desolation. Why not choose to stroll through a real-size space shuttle, look at a moon rock or try space ice cream? This is a day of fun for the whole family. Your tour includes a 30-minute airboat ride to discover the beauty of the nearby swamps! Look for exotic plants, flowers and wildlife including the most famous inhabitant of the swamp — the alligator.

Merritt Island: Guided Kayak or SUP Tour Along Banana River

5. Merritt Island: Guided Kayak or SUP Tour Along Banana River

Go on an adventure along Banana River by taking a kayak or SUP tour suitable for all levels and ages. Follow your guide along the river and keep a look out for various wild animals. Feel safe knowing you are accompanied by a guide who can share tips and tricks for making it down the river. Meet your guide and get set up with all the gear necessary for your selected trip. Watch as your guide gives you a short tutorial on how to use your kayak or SUP. Brace yourself for the thrill and embark on your tour from a private launch site. Glide through the Banana River Lagoon Nature Preserve and feel the excitement of spotting wildlife such as pink spoonbills, manatees, and dolphins. Listen to your guide tell you all about the ecology and natural environment of the Cocoa Beach Area. Return to your meeting point to end the tour.

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What people are saying about Merritt Island

I bookd the full day at Kennedy Space Centre (KSC) with transfers from Orlando and the 30 minute airboat ride. What it doesn’t tell you is the bus drops everyone off at KSC who isn’t doing the airboat and then drive over 30 minutes back to the airboat ride, so the 30 minute airboat ends up reducing the time at KSC by almost 2 hours. If I had my time again I would book the KSC without the airboat and do this activity separately.

Time in KSC is limited for everything it offers, but on a half-day tour it's normal that you don't have time for everything. Still, I would do the same again with the airboat. It may not be the Everglades but it was a lot of fun and we saw native flora and fauna.

Pickup and communication was smooth. the tour guide angelina on the bus was super super good. she helped planned our day for each of us very well. it made us easy to do everything we wanted to at KSC.

The tour was very good and well organised and to time. Charles and Angelina were excellent hosts and very funny. All in all a really good day out

Excellent venue; fun to see the different attractions. Besides all that, we saw an actual shuttle take off of one Elon Musks rockets—fantastic.