Clear Canoe Rental: Explore Silver River Wildlife
4.6
61 Ratings
Silver Springs

Experience the unique wildlife of Silver Springs while clear canoeing. Rent our clear canoes and paddle over 30 spring heads, encountering birds, fish, manatees, and monkeys!

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Welcome to Clear Canoeing! We provide self-guided rentals at Silver Springs State Park, where you can enjoy a clear view of manatees, wild monkeys, turtles, and much more. Silver Springs is Florida’s oldest tourist attraction, renowned for its pristine beauty.
Silver Springs State Park requires an admission and launch fee. The cost is $2 per person and…

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What's Included
  • Clear canoe rental with paddles and life jackets included.
What's Not Included
  • Tour Guide- This is a self-guided rental not a tour.
Additional Information

Rent our completely transparent canoes and enjoy paddling along the stunning, spring-fed Silver River! As you paddle, you’ll encounter local wildlife such as birds, fish, manatees, and even rhesus monkeys! Our Clear Canoes provide a unique opportunity to observe the wildlife beneath you.
While most springs in Florida have a single spring head, Silver…

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Location
Silver Springs State Park
East Silver Springs Boulevard
Enter park at the large wooden and brick sign that says Silver Springs Entrance. At the stop sign turn left to the main parking lot. On the side of the parking is the kayak drop of area. We will be at the kayak drop off area. Our clear kayaks have American flag life jackets.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(61 Ratings)
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Fania_c
Jul 28, 2025
Beautiful! - This was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever experienced! The waters are crystal clear, Rebecca was incredibly kind and helpful and we were so excited when we saw the monkeys. I would recommend this place to everyone I know, truly an amazing experience
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Catherine_f
Apr 28, 2025
Awesome experience! - Rebecca was super knowledgeable about the site and made great suggestions on where to paddle. She was communicative, punctual, and accommodating. This was a great activity for our family, and our 2 boys 10 and 7 had a great experience. We came late in April so the manatees had already moved on to cooler waters but there was still so much wildlife to enjoy.
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Meaghan_k
Mar 20, 2025
Beautiful and relaxing canoeing - Great Experience, beautiful clear spring water. Really enjoyed not having to have a guide on the tour but getting to use the clear canoes to see the fish and manatees. Saw manatees, alligators, turtles, all types of birds and fish. We did not see the monkeys, but I think we heard some. It was spring break so a little crowded, so if you go then buy you launch and admission to the park about 30 minutes before your arrival time. Tania was nice and easy going and helped put the boats in and take them out promptly. It's seemed like a smaller company, so it was more easy going than some of the other outfitters. One thing for all of the outfitters though and the State Park, the launch and park ticket line was long. It might be good if there was an online system that people could buy their launch pass and park pass the day before to quicken up the process.
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Christina_v
Mar 10, 2025
gators and snakes and turtles; oh my! :D - The experience in itself was lovely. Saw so many different types of wildlife. But I will not be booking this again through Viator. The information is very outdated and set us up for a very unpleasant arrival/ start to our day. There is no one in purple shirts awaiting. I saw nothing with the vendors name. We spent a good 20 mins searching around & showing our confirmation email and ticket and no one could help. There was no phone number. We didn’t know about the extra park fees. Once we got past that and found our vendor, the day was phenomenal.
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C7843wcmadisonb
Dec 31, 2024
Birthday with the manatees! - Rebecca is so awesome and accommodating. We had the best time and saw so many manatees! 10/10 recommend!! We had our 3 young kids, pup and my husband/I. Such a fun experience! A must do
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Rick_k
Dec 23, 2024
Manatees plus otter, monkeys and a gator - Seeing manatees in person from the canoe was a thrill. I recommend going on a cool day when they tend to congregate around springs.
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Annette_s
Dec 7, 2024
Fantastic! - We enjoyed the scenery and the tranquility. It was beautiful. We saw deer, many birds and manatees. Frank and Rebecca were pleasant and made our experience special.
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Stephanie_a
Dec 21, 2024
Even a manatee - We had a great time! Tania was awesome. She messaged us in the morning to ensure we knew how to get to the dock and met us there. We were provided a map and directions for where to see the most wildlife. Saw lots of turtles birds and fish and even a manatee! Thanks!
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Dawn_n
Apr 1, 2025
Didn’t show up - This operator has either gone belly up or doesn’t care about their customers. No communication, didn’t show up, phone went straight to voicemail. Viator customer service helped me and also got no response and fully refunded my credit card.
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Leslie_s
Dec 16, 2024
Dissappointed - The problem was not with Clear Canoeing, it was with Viator. The information that Viator provided was outdated and no longer correct. It was also not clear that these were tandum canoes. We requested 4 people assuming it was 4 kayaks. Nowhere did I read tandum. There was no info about additional fees either. When we arrived to the park we suddenly had to pay an additional $25 launch fee we weren't prepared for. The info on how to find the canoe operator was also incorrect, we spent 10 minutes searching for them. It was 30 minutes later and we still werent in the water and our rental time was to only be 2 hours. In the end, we requester a full refund. It has not applied to my card as of yet. The park also had to refund our launch fees. Rebecca was kind, but I recommend thay she use a different 3rd party payment provider instead of Viator in the future. This ruined what was supposed to be a fun Saturday with friends.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).