Things To Do In SW Florida

The best dolphin tours in Naples, FL are genuinely not interchangeable — and I say that as someone who has been on the water around Naples long enough to have a real opinion about each one. The format matters more than most people realize when they’re booking. A sunset sailing catamaran and a jet ski …

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The best Everglades tours from Naples, FL are closer than most visitors realize — and more varied than most people book. The Everglades is 35 minutes east on Tamiami Trail, which puts one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the Western Hemisphere within easy reach of Fifth Avenue South. In my opinion, taking a Everglades …

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The first time I floated face-down over Kings Bay, a manatee the size of a couch drifted up from the grass below — unhurried, completely unbothered, headed straight for me. I froze. It didn’t. That is what swimming with manatees in Florida actually feels like: you are not the interesting party. You are just something …

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Kayaking in Southwest Florida is one of the best ways to experience the beauty of Florida’s Gulf Coast— and I say that after 17 years of paddling these waters. I’ve woken my kids up before sunrise to catch the glassy morning calm on the Estero River. I’ve threaded mangrove tunnels so narrow the branches scraped …

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I moved to Southwest Florida in 2008, and Sanibel was one of the first places I fell completely in love with. Finding out it was one of the best shelling spots in the world felt like winning the lottery — but it was never really about the shells. It was the quiet. The way the …

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