Top Restaurants to Visit after a Kayak Tour in Marco Island
You did it! You pulled yourself away from the poolside to get out on the water and experience Southwest Florida for the amazing place that it is. The biologist guides of Rising Tide Explorers took you on a journey kayaking over mudflats and oyster beds filled with strange wildlife before winding through meandering mangroves tunnels in the backwaters of Marco Island. Maybe you got to experience the incredible sight of a thousand birds flying home to roost at sunset on the Sunset Bird Rookery Island tour, and upon exiting the tunnels and making it down the home stretch, one thought
Rising Tide Explorers receives local awards and recognition as Southwest Florida’s only biologist owned and operated eco-tour company
Celebrating their 4th year in business, Rising Tide Explorers is recognized as one of the preeminent eco-tour operations in Southwest Florida in recent months after receiving various local awards, recognition, and media coverage. After hearing their unique story and mission, one can see why. This is not your average group of tour guides.
Best Places for Kayaking Around Marco Island
Marco Island is the first and largest of the 10,000 Islands, situated right in the middle of the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. With some of the best kayaking and paddling opportunities in the world, you can explore beautiful winding mangrove tunnels, calm protected bays of the estuary, sandy beaches with some of the best shelling in the country, and experience Southwest Florida’s unique wildlife from the vast canal systems of Marco Island. With lots of opportunities for kayaking, it can be difficult to decide which launch site to start from and how to acquire equipment to get out
Which White Bird Is That?! Is it an Egret? Or a Heron? Or..?
Rookery Bay is like heaven for bird lovers!
