Here is a selection of wildlife that I have come across in Florida, from Pelicans at Clearwater Beach to Sandhill Cranes outside my front door. You also see lots of gators, lizards and the occasional snake.
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Swimming with the Florida Manatees
Last year I had one of the best experience’s of my life when we went swimming with the Manatees at Crystal River. We decided to go with Capt Mike’s Sunshine River Tours as we liked the look of his web site and had read a guest book in a villa we stayed in that said how good it was. The tour started at 7am so we left Orlando about 5am as it’s about a 2 hours drive to Homosassa and Crystal River, probably 90mins if you know where you are going but you are bound to get a little lost a 5 in the morning.
Once you arrive you are greeted with coffee and doughnuts while you watch a short video explaining the do’s and don’t of swimming with the Manatee, after that you get suited and booted in your wet suit and then it’s on to the bus which takes you to the boat and off to swim with the Manatees. If you do have your own web suit or rash vests I would recommend taking them as the water is cold around 70 degrees.
If you don’t want to swim you can still go along and watch them from the boat which is still worth doing.
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They are the most amazing animals I have ever seen so big yet so gentle, once you are in the water and before you even see them you can hear them scrunching on the weed, then they appear. If you do get to touch one it has very wiry hair like a brush.
Anyway I don’t want to spoil it for you but it’s the best $50 you will ever spend!!
Celebration in Orlando Florida
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One of the nicest places to visit whilst in Orlando is Celebration it’s located just of the HWY192 and is well sign posted. To me Celebration is like stepping on to a film set with it’s white picket fences and mixture of Colonial houses and modern condos, it also has it’s own golf course which is awesome but I will cover that in another post.
Sea World in Orlando Florida
Here are some photos of my day out at Sea World. Sea World is one of the best parks and I go back on a regular basis I never get tied of the Clyde and Seamoor show, it’s awesome!!
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Renting a Hummer (H2) in Orlando Florida
I rented a Hummer for day last year, it was great fun and well worth it apart from when I came to fill it up with petrol!! The funny thing is that when you are driving the car and put your front is goes to about 1mpg which is scary.
It’s about $250 per day here is a link to the company I used – http://www.luxrentals.com/ they also have a number of other luxury cars to rent like a Corvette, Navigator and an awesome car called a Prowler.
VR360 | Florida Vacation Rentals 
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