Florida Paradise Vacation Homes, Inc.

Private Dolphin Boat Rides

Dolphins following boat waves

How about taking a relaxing private boat ride with just you and your family.
Where else can you just relax, listen to the water and see dolphins by the abundance swimming right in front of your face.
Enjoy Florida the boaters way.
Capture the Florida sun and escape into reality while enjoying only your family on this great boat excursion.

Enjoy the wholesome of just your family on a private boat tour that allows you to make the decision of wanting to stop on an island or turning the boat around to capture photos of dolphins playing. Now you can enjoy your family and friends on this private boat ride that allows you to create great memories and talk about it for years to come.

Why take a noisy airboat ride that you need to wear ear muffs and can't even talk to each other for a half an hour when you can enjoy a pleasant conversation with your family and enjoy seeing the dolphins swimming right by you for four full hours!

While enjoying your family time together on the water, you will positively see dolphins swimming all around you. Sit back and take some of your own photos of the dolphins swimming by. Sometimes they come right up to the boat and even play with the boat while driving. Dolphins enjoy playing with the waves from the boat and they may even jump out of the water to play with the waves as seen in some of these photos that we have taken. There have been times that we were unable to move because of the schools of dolphins swimming around, which can be seen in some of these photos.

Manatees are also in abundance in the area where we go. Here is a photo of a manatee just off the shore of one of the islands that we stop at. Manatees are very slow and friendly. They will actually eat right out of your hands. They love being pet and rubbed. They will sometimes come up to the boat and want you to pet them and sometimes it is hard to have them leave. We have had to actually push them away from the boat so we may start the boat up and move away. Capture photos of your family feeding them or just petting them. Another great memory to have on this boat trip.

Pricing

Changing room shown on left

We are only charging $350.00 for a four hour boat ride. This fee includes gas, traveling, insurance, maintenance, registration, etc.
This fee is not based on per person, per hour, or insinuates that we are a for hire service. This nominal fee is to cover the costs incurred. Which explains such a low rate. You would be our guest on our boat.
We allow up to ten people in your own party to see all that the intra coastal waterway has to offer. Its so much fun and such a pleasure to watch the dolphins and manatees. The intra coastal waterway is not in the ocean and the waters are usually calm. The deepest part of the waterway is in the channels, which is the area in which the boaters stay in, very similar to a roadway for cars. The areas outside of the channels can be as deep as five feet.
The boat stops at different islands and goes right up to the shore so you can get out of the boat onto the beach of the islands. While on the islands, take a fun excursion around and find sea-shells of all types and voyage around the island to see what other treasures you may find. Some islands have trails to walk on, some have picnic tables and some have extravagant areas of wild flowers and beautiful butterflies. Each island is different and each one has its own special characteristics as well.

Snack table and BBQ

The Boat and its features

The boat is a 22 foot Tritoon boat with a 140 horsepower motor. This boat can travel up to 25 mph if it had to but only travles up to 15 with guests on board. She can hold up to elelven people comfortably and has plenty of storage space as well. It is equipped with ten lifejackets, changing room, porta-pottie, fresh water for cleaning up, half bimini top (for shade), beds for tanning, snack table and even a BBQ. It also has a stereo with a CD player for when we are docked on shore. We provide sand toys for the kids to play with while on the islands and has lighting for sunset rides as well. Each large seat can hold up to four people and being that it is a Tritoon boat, it has great stability in the water and does not rock much.