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Kayak tours are a great alternative to Saint Augustine Historical Tours. St. Johns isn’t just about the old fort and the Fountain of Youth set among the faux Spanish architecture built by Henry Flagler. Venture out into nature for an escape from America’s First Tourist Trap. The bigger story is the rare, pristine, one of a kind ecosystem we are surrounded by. St Augustines history starts in our endangered wetlands millennia, if not eons, before the European Invasion. Ancient civilizations with a complex economy thrived in this area because of this ecosystem. Their sophisticated society vanished… We discuss how during our Kayak Tour on the water away from party lines.

Kayak River Tours can get you close to  61 known archaeological sites including pre-historic burial mounds and shell middens, plus ruins from Spanish colonial, British Plantations, Menorcan settlements, old Florida nostalgia, confederate relics, civil rights era, and other historically significant sites along the waterways we kayak. Start  kayaking St. Johns to explore the undiscovered history and natural treasures found on our kayak tours. 

Kayaking tours are by far the best thing to do beside strolling down King Street and the St Augustine Waterfront.  St. Johns County has all the elements that attract tourists to Florida. There are romantic warm breezes, sandy beaches and sunny skies. Waterfront dining, museums, art galleries, music venues, golf courses, cultural events,  limitless outdoor adventure options…

Join us when you are over the famous tourist attractions, theme parks, and other cliche vacation activities in St. Augustine. Head out on a Kayak Tour in the areas pristine ecosystem. We’ve got kayaks at 4 locations. We will bring our trailer any where around St Johns County you want to explore. You are also invited to bring your own kayaks  to save $40 or more on our guided ecotours in the St Augustine, FL area.

St. Augustine is surrounded by a National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) just begging you to come on a Eco Kayak Tour. Explore a living laboratory spanning 40 miles of iconic Florida Coastal Waterways with one of our certified kayak guides. Have an intimate experience of this significant, rare, and valuable estuary system by kayak. The GTM Research Reserve incorporates three rivers that converge on the Saint Augustine Inlet.

The Matanzas River is a thrilling kayak tour adventure since it also influenced by a natural inlet to the south. Immerse yourself in the diverse habitats Florida has to offer all in one place. Take a kayaking lesson if you want to see first hand how all the life sustaining magic happens  here.

Kayakers who explore where a river meets the sea have special kayak tour experiences. 

Kayaking trails in St. Johns also attract countless species of birds, fish, mollusks, dolphins, turtles, manatees and tons of other wildlife to live and reproduce providing ecological, cultural, and economical benefits. The GTM Reserve serves as an important habitat for migrating species including calving North Atlantic right whales and serves as a critical feeding and resting location for migrating shorebirds. Manatees, wood storks, roseate spoonbills, bald eagles and peregrine falcons find refuge in the GTM. When you are looking for things to do in St. Augustine, come kayaking with our ACA Certified Guides so you can get up close and see it all by kayak.

Ideal for the most enthusiastic kayakers, St. Johns County offers an uncut gem of eco exploration. Our breathtaking shoreline is enriched with inland navigable waters, lakes, rivers, bays, estuaries, marshes, swamps, and tidal planes. It’s almost heaven for the water recreation and sporting enthusiasts, especially kayakers.

A key location to study climate change and other global ecological processes. The Reserve‟s pristine condition, unique climate and biodiversity are ideal for eco tourism as well as scientific research and study.

The time has come for visitors and locals to start a love affair for exploration of this living laboratory in their kayaks. Known as an EcoTone, this one of a kind region of Florida transitions between the tropical and temperate climate zone. There are dramatic transformations from the freshwater habitats of the Guana River, erosion zones created by the intracoastal waterway, expansive oyster fields, spoil islands, tidal creeks, grass marshes, ripping tidal flows, hidden isolated beaches, even freshwater swamps. Taking multiple kayak tours of the GTM Research Reserve is a requirement to say you’ve seen it all.