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Take a glass bottom boat tour at Silver Springs. -Ocala/Marion County Visitors Bureau

An airboat tour at Billie Swamp Safari in Clewiston provides a thrilling adventure. -Billie Swamp Safari

Take an airboat tour on Blue Cypress Lake. -Tammy Lee Bradley

In Florida, there's an abundance of waterways to explore and boat tours to enjoy.  

By Bonnie Gross

The first tourists in Florida arrived by boat – Juan Ponce de Leon and his crew 500 years ago – and it’s still the best way to see the Sunshine State.

From a boat you can reach special places where there are no roads and glimpse views you can’t see any other way. Some of the boats themselves are one-of-a-kind attractions.

And there’s no shortage of waterways to explore – Florida has 1,800 miles of coastline and 12,000 miles of rivers and streams.

While some visitors will rent kayaks, motor boats, houseboats, or sailboats on a Florida vacation, the easiest and least expensive way to go is on a boat tour, and there are hundreds to choose from.

Here are 10 favorites that illustrate the variety of cruises available around the state:

Cruise through Tarpon Springs to a dazzling island

As early as 1890 Greeks came to Tarpon Springs to dive for sponges . The sponges are long gone, but the Greek heritage lives on. One of the best things to do from the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks is take a boat tour that offers several delights: You tour the Anclote River and hear a little Tarpon Springs history; you gaze on the Gulf waters and spot dolphins; and you get a short stop on Anclote Key, a pristine, white-sand barrier island reachable only by boat.  Anclote Key is a state park with an 1887 lighthouse. These Florida boat tours give visitors a half hour to enjoy Anclote’s perfect sandy beaches (you’ll wish you could stay) and do not include visiting the lighthouse. Boat companies that operate cruises to Anclote from the Sponge Docks include SunLine Cruises , and Sponge-O-Rama .

Celebrity spotting off Miami Beach

Entertainers, celebrity athletes, and other Miami millionaires pay big money for waterfront views from exclusive addresses. But those same waterfront views mean that from a boat you have an equally good view of palatial estates. Florida boat tours leaving from Miami’s festive Bayside Marketplace cruise by Fisher, Hibiscus, and Star Islands, home to Sean Combs, Gloria Estefan, Rosie O'Donnell, and Shaquille O'Neal, among others. Visitors also get an up-close view of the Port of Miami and its giant cruise ship,s plus a postcard-like look at the Miami skyline.  The 90-minute Island Queen cruise is aboard a 140-passenger double-decker boat.

Discover the “Wild Man of the Loxahatchee”

This boat tour takes you to a fascinating destination you can’t reach by land. Located inside Jonathan Dickinson State Park , in Hobe Sound, the narrated tour on the Loxahatchee Queen II takes you down the jungle-y Loxahatchee River, which is worth the trip by itself. The highlight, though, is a visit to the home of Trapper Nelson, one of those fabulous characters who helped make Florida funky in the state’s early days. Nelson started out living off the land as a trapper and fur trader in the 1930s, but soon turned himself and his home into one of the area’s first tourist attractions “Trapper’s Zoo and Jungle Gardens.” No public roads lead to Trapper Nelson’s site.

See the sunset from the water in Key West

Key West has turned the daily sunset into a celebration, and seeing the sun go down from a boat cruising offshore is a classic Key West memory. There are many from which to choose:  Some are “all you can drink” party boats with DJs and dancing.  The pirate-themed Jolly II Rover schooner , with its jaunty red sails, is BYOB.  You can compare sunset cruise options during a scenic stroll through the Historic Key West Seaport. Watch for promotions and discounts. Many other Florida port cities offer sunset cruises too, so explore options near where you’re staying.

Manatees and more on St. Johns

One of the high points of a winter visit to Florida is a chance to see an endangered manatee in the wild. One of the best spots to do that is Blue Spring State Park in Orange City. When the weather is cold, the clear spring can attract hundreds of manatees. The St. Johns River Cruise leaves from the park and it specializes in helping you spot wildlife – not just manatees, but also alligators, bald eagles, osprey, herons, egrets sandhill cranes, limpkin, ibis, purple gallinules, and more.  The two-hour cruise winds through shallow areas of the unspoiled river, and even when wildlife is scarce, the guide offers lots of history and information about the area.

Be like Bogie on the African Queen

You can’t do this anywhere else: The African Queen boat  - the actual steamboat used in the 1951 movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn - has been beautifully restored to take visitors on Key Largo cruises.  Cruises are pricey – best for true fans yearning to sit exactly where Hepburn and Bogart did – but  intimate. The boat is licensed to hold six passengers at a time.

Make like Tarzan and explore “The Black Lagoon” One of the largest springs in the world and the deepest in Florida, Wakulla Springs, sited near Tallahassee , has a rich history. There are mastodon bones in the bottom of the river, and archeological sites along its shores. It was also the setting for several early Tarzan movies, starring Johnny Weissmuller, as well as for the cult classic film “Creature from the Black Lagoon.” The guide on the boat tour in Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park tells tales of the mysterious spring (its source has never been located) while pointing out wildlife, which is plentiful. Ancient bald cypress trees line the river. The boat tour is a three-mile loop that takes 45 minutes to an hour. The water rarely achieves the aquamarine clarity it once had but when it does -- usually in late winter or early spring – Wakulla Springs brings out the glass bottom boat for tours. 

Find serenity in Central Florida’s Winter Park

Long before Mickey Mouse came to Orlando, folks were enjoying “ jungle cruises” in Orlando . Winter Park Scenic Boat Tours started taking visitors through the lakes and canals of the Winter Park chain in 1938. On the tour, you see lushly landscaped lakefront estates and ride through narrow canals. You’ll see boaters, wading birds, and the occasional alligator. Tour guides offer lots of stories about local history and the people who lived in the mansions, plus a few corny jokes. The 18-passenger open-air pontoon boats provide a friendly intimate tour. Be sure to bring hats and sunscreen.

Zip through the Everglades on an airboat

The loud, flat-bottomed airboats that ride over water and swamp are unlike any other boat ride you’ll take. Invented by Alexander Graham Bell, airboats first came to Florida in the 1920s and have been a classic tourist experience ever since. Airboat tours take you into roadless areas to see wildlife, but a big part of the experience is the wind noise and thrilling speed. You'll find three licensed airboat tour operators in Everglades National Park, and there are plenty of other options throughout South and Central Florida as well. With so many airboat tours out there, you should consult tourist offices near where you are staying for suggestions. Two long-time airboat operators are Cooperstown Airboats (in business since 1945) on the Tamiami Trail, near the Shark Valley entrance to Everglades National Park, and AirBoat Rides at Midway (operating since the 1930s), east of Orlando in Christmas.

Even more Florida boat tours:

The above list of boat tours doesn’t begin to cover all the possibilities, so here are a few more ideas:

• Glass-bottom boat tours let you see coral reefs at J ohn Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo without getting wet.
• The oldest glass-bottom boat tour in Florida is at Silver Springs, near Ocala. Once a private attraction, the spring and the boat tour are now part of  Silver Springs State Park .
• Wildlife boat tours are popular at Everglades National Park both at the Everglades City entrance and at the Flamingo marina.
• The Jungle Queen Riverboat cruise in Fort Lauderdale has been showing visitors the sites along the New River for more than 50 years.

PLACES TO REMEMBER

Tarpon Springs

Miami Beach

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Tarpon Springs Merchants Association

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St. Johns River Cruises

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Jungle Queen Riverboat Cruises

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