Went with my 91 year old Father and we Loved it!!! Very informative, got to see Monkey Island up…read moreclose, got to see Bird Island close up with all the Blue Heron, huge houses that you can only get to by boat and a trip to Manatee Pub for a quick beer. Overall great experience and very inexpensive, only $25.

June 4, 2025. Had our friends visit from out of town and Captain Joe and Captain Michael of Island…read moreGirl Cruises gave an excellent tour of the Homosassa River. We visited Monkey Island and saw their new digs! The kids especially enjoyed their antics. Saw great blue herons, a few osprey nests, cormorants, Anhinga, turtles and manatee. We highly recommend this boat tour. Since we are locals, we do take this enjoyable cruise at least 3x's a year always learning something new. Educational info shared including the history of the river and environmental status. Thanks again for your hospitality gents! See you soon.

Me and my family had a wonderful tour with Captain Angelo. He's so knowledgeable about the area and…read morefun to chat with, and took special care to make sure we saw some manatees during the trip! Hoping to come back during scallop season and enjoy a session with this place again!!

This was so much fun!!!' Rented a pontoon for roughly around $300 for 4 hours. It was for 11 people…read morebut we had 7. I originally had a pontoon for up to 6 and it was only about $157 for the 4 hours. We were pretty comfortable and got to see a bunch of manatees. We even got to swim with them! It was nice to explore without worrying about a huge group, we got to go where we wanted. Susan and Joe (??) were so nice and helpful. I highly recommend this place.

Swimming with manatees has been on my bucket list for a long time and I was finally able to check…read moreit off. This tour and experience was one of the best I have experienced. Captain Wyn was knowledgeable, helpful, and fantastic at making sure we saw manatees. He even went the extra mile taking pictures for us and sending them without any charges! I have so much gratitude to Blue Heaven that we were also able to do this on Christmas Eve. This is an experience I will not forget anytime soon. We booked the semi-private option and the extra cost was definitely worth the extra money. You will not regret going on this adventure!

We LOVED our manatee tour! Hot coco and heater were a great touch since it was a little chilly in…read morelate December. Wets suits were nice too. Friendly captains and of course friendly manatees!

Captain Anna is nothing short of exceptional! She's great with the kids and definitely knows how to…read morefind and interact with the manatees. We went in March when there were fewer. She still scouted out plenty for us to swim alongside. She is 6th generation in this area, so she's also a plethora of history and information (which I LOVE). We absolutely loved her!

Captain Anna was simply amazing! My daughter and I were so excited to see manatees and even though…read moreit was a tough weather day, she made it an awesome trip! We only saw a few manatees on our swim (again, thanks weather) but we learned so much from her and really had a great time. Swimming with manatees had been a dream for me for many years and I was thrilled with this trip. Please use this business if you are looking for a great time...you won't be disappointed. Thank you Captain Anna for being so kind and sharing so much local info with us! Stacey and Maddi (Dallas,TX)

My friends and I have been using River Adventure Tours over 5 years now for our annual scalloping…read moreadventure! A day out on the water with this outfitter has always been super fun regardless of the number of scallops caught. My group has gone out with a few different captains, all of which have been knowledgeable & safe. The booking process is pretty easy. I always book online - you can even sign the waiver through their website so there is no paperwork to take care of when you arrive at the dock. The boats are comfortable for the short ride out to the scalloping site and we always bring along a well stocked cooler of drinks and snacks to enjoy during our trip. All the snorkel equipment needed to dive for scallops is included in the tour. In general, the equipment is nice and well maintained. The conditions have been a little different every year I have gone - sometimes we catch a lot, sometimes a little. The captain has always dived with us to help search for scallops and moves to new locations as necessary. Cleaning the scallops after returning to the docks has always been easy - sometimes there is a group of high school students who will clean them for you for a fee. If they aren't around, there is a station to clean them yourself, and the captain has always been around to help / walk us through the best process. We will be back again!

It is about 3.5 stars for the experience. The river is nice where they located. It is located near…read morethe intersection of Halls River and Homosassa River. Basically has a lot of options to explore the area. You can take an 4 hour tour or two hour tour on kayak. If you really explore in one day use the motor boat is better. The rivers are wide and not much of cover. Sunny day will have big sun on you body, sun cream protection is recommended. The kayak trail have 4 different rout. We choose the homosassa spring head route. They need to improve on facilities. Such as changes clothes area when wet, better rest room facilities instead of potable station, better educate the people who rent the kayak and give details tours recommendations and direction. One thing for sure is they are nice to meet with us. We went to the spring head trail. And we did not know we need to get under the small bridge then further down. Nice to have proximity map. But better instruction to get there is equally importance. We also miss the tunnel river. We found out this point of interest when we get back docking.

One of the best things about the trip was Captain Sean. He was a great guide. He was filled with so…read moremuch information and so many fun facts. He had a great sense of humor. He also knew where to find all the manatees. Also our photographer Serena was great. The photos she took were unbelievable. Well worth the money spent. Which was not a lot considering the amazing pictures we got. It's going to capture our memories at snorkeling with manatees forever. It was on our bucket list of things to do and I totally am amazed by the experience. It wouldn't have been the same without the captain in the photographer. It was just the perfect day.

Awesome adventure they took our time with us and the tour guides really take such special care of…read morethese precious manatees. We loved it!!

Great relaxing tour of St. Augustine from the water. Quite informative and even saw some dolphins…read morealong the way. Only downside was that our 1.5 he trip was a but short of the timeframe. Other than that, very enjoyable. Captain and 1st mate were very nice.

We didn't know what to expect from this tour, but it was honestly amazing. We saw dolphins and the…read moresunset was amazing. The people running the tour were so nice and stopped every time they noticed all of us were looking or taking a picture of something. It didn't feel rehearsed it felt genuine and like we had a say in what we stopped to enjoy

We had a great dinner with local red fish tasty hush puppies everything was great eat right on the…read morewater

Today Captains Stephanie and Chris and dog Chevy gave our group a wonderful tour of the waters of…read moreOzello, the surrounding keys, Homosassa River and into the Gulf of Mexico. The showed us many creatures including pods of dolphins, sea turtles, Manta ray, schools of fish, some type of shark and sponge, eagle, trout, osprey and other birds. These gals are extremely knowledgeable and are happy to share their knowledge and love of the area. Do not hesitate to book a trip with them. We were booked at 10 am on the pontoon boat tour and it was informative and relaxing.