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About Crystal River Manatees
Crystal River Manatees is an independent guide to one experience: seeing the wild manatees of Kings Bay in Crystal River, Florida. We compare the swim, kayak and boat tours sold on GetYourGuide and answer the questions people ask before booking — which format, what it costs, when the manatees are there, where to go and which rules apply.
1Which format
2What it costs
3When
4Where
5Which rules apply
About Crystal River Manatees: What We Are Not
✕Not A tour operatorWe do not run tours or take bookings.
✕Not crystalrivermanatees.comWe are not the business that trades there, are not connected to it, and do not use its name or logo.
✕Not The refuge, the city or the countyNot part of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, the City of Crystal River or the county tourism office.
✕Not The place you payEvery booking is made on GetYourGuide, which handles payment, changes and refunds with the operator.
How We Work
1Tour facts from GetYourGuideRatings, review counts, lengths, group sizes, ages, meeting points and "from" prices come from each tour's GetYourGuide page, with the date we checked them.
2Season and rules from named sourcesSeason dates, fees, closures and the rules in the water come from the refuge, the city and named sources, cited under the data.
3No promised sightingsThe animals are wild, and the operators say so too.
4Downsides written plainlyAs plainly as a tour's strengths, including extra costs and low scores.
5No borrowed ratingsA tour with few or no reviews is labelled as such; we never show a rating it does not have.
6Dated updatesWhen something changes, we update the page and its "Updated" line.
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