Florida Bioluminescence Kayaking Tour | Haulover canal (Titusville)

Great Experience

Emmett was our guide and he did a great job. At first it seemed a little sketchy driving down dark roads into the middle of nowhere, but once we arrived at the boat dock Emmett made sure to put us at ease. We had a great experience and the whole evening seemed magical. We went out on September 30, 2024.

10/10 kayaking experience

This tour was a lot of fun. Not a dull moment ! Brian was an incredible guide. Lots of knowledge of the ecosystem and the animals within it. Would 100% recommend and will be returning to go again!

Wonderful experience!

We REALLY enjoyed our bioluminescence kayak tour with Brian! He is so personable and very knowledgeable, and made our experience a great one! We specifically chose this company because they do not do large groups. As it turned out, there was only one other couple scheduled for our time slot, but they didn't show - so we had a "private" tour with Brian and it was fantastic! We highly recommend Florida Adventurer, and hope to do this again!

Amazing out of the box experience

Incredibile experience!! We were able to spot some dolphins too on our tour 😍 Our guide Emmet Hipp was amazing, funny and knew a lot about everything!! Remember to take bug spray with you 😅

DO IT!! Once in a lifetime experience!

DO IT!!! While visiting Orlando, my daughter found this and we knew we HAD check this out! Even after a full day at Universal, we drove an hour and a half to get there for our 10pm tour. Our tour was exceptional! Truly a once in a lifetime experience. It was almost like seeing magic right before our eyes. We saw 2 dolphins too! The manitees were asleep, but we were having too much fun to care. Our tour guides were awesome and made our trip even better. They informed us of so many cool pieces of knowledge during the trip. One of which is that a portion of what we pay for our tickets goes toward restoring the eroding coastline of Florida! We're from Louisiana, so we know all about the eroding coastline and how important it is to save it. Major props to this company for doing their part to help. I encourage anyone to book one of these tours!

Smart and patient

Terrance, Joe and Cass were very informative and very patient with our group. The pointed out spots to see more and ensured that everyone had an enjoyable experience.

Moon was a little to...

Moon was a little to bright to see the bioluminescence like we hoped, however, it made for an absolutely stunning night on the water. Our guide, Clint was awesome.

Beyond belief!

What a treat! Leo was an amazing guide, so much fun!!! Beautiful bioluminescence -Definitely will make this a repeat adventure! Thank you BK!!

Manage your expectations

This might be the group tour for you if you want just a peaceful night of kayaking. Unfortunately, we were hoping for a little more interaction and information from our guides. The main guide was fine, but if you weren’t right next to him, you couldn’t hear anything. The other two guides were completely silent and none of them made the tour what I would describe as “fun”. Even when we showed up to check in, the younger guide was on his phone the whole time and never even once said hi or welcome or anything. It also didn’t help that we had a kid crying almost the whole time and the guides didn’t really try to do much to calm her. We had to ride double kayaks (I didn’t see that in the reviews) and one of our party had to ride with a complete stranger. Once kayaking, we did eventually see a little bioluminescence, but it was nothing like shown in the pictures. Overall, I was hoping for a more fun experience.

Fantastic Experience - bring good bug spray!

This was a fantastic experience! Our guides were great, very knowledgable and friendly! The kayaking was not too difficult so most people shouldn't have any trouble with it. There are port-a-potties available in the parking area. TIP - the mosquitos are rough, bring a strong repellent!

Fantastic Experience

This was a fantastic experience! Our guides were great, very knowledgable and friendly. The kayaking was not too difficult so this would be a great activity for anyone! Tip - the mosquitos were rough, use a strong repellent!

Small group. amazing tour guides. Unforgettable experience!

Small group with two wonderful guides. Brian was knowledgeable and set a good relaxing pace sprinkled with stories and nature backgrounds. Took us away to a quiet area away from the larger tour groups. Bioluminescence was amazing. Lots of fish, stars, and birds (a few landed on some kayaks!!). Good attention to safety as there was a large wind storm when we gathered They were clear in communicating and mingling safety. We saw one of the bigger tour companies send out a group only to need a rescue down in the canal. Didn’t look like fun for them I’m glad Florida Adventures prioritized safety because the rest of the tour was just amazing! The only rescue our tour did was to save the fish that jumped into the kayaks :)

Amazing Bioluminescence Kayak Tour

The Florida Adventurer 9pm tour was amazing. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and patient. He took time to educate about the lagoon and pointed out several points of interest and fun facts. It was an amazing experience and highly recommend.

A must do while visiting.

This was amazing. The tour guides were efficient and knowledgeable. There are a lot of tours to choose from. I am glad I was on this one.

Magical Experience with Great Guides

Great guides, and a magical experience!!! Very highly recommend this experience with Florida Adventurer.

Great nighttime kayaking experience

Clint was our tour guide & he was very knowledgeable. He made the experience a much better one. The biolumenescence tour was beautiful. Highly recommend this tour & company! The only advice I can give is use a lot of bug repellent. I sprayed my self, but apparently not enough. Mosquitos everywhere & they bit me everywhere even through clothes.

Clint was AWESOME!!

Our guide, Clint, was awesome! He definitely made sure we had a great experience and he was very knowledgeable. We would definitely go on another tour with him and we highly recommend this experience!! Probably the best part of our vacation!!

Worth every penny

Clint was an awesome guide with a great sense of humor and had everyone’s safety in mind first and foremost. Very knowledgeable of all the vegetation and wildlife we encountered. I recommend the night tour. Very magical and the stars were very visible due to lack of light pollution.

Great Experience

Clint was a great guide, saw lots of dolphins, manatees and bioluminescence! Would love to do it again! Group size was just right, great for beginners or experienced Kayakers.

Fun educational experience

We had a wonderful time. Brian was very friendly & answered all our questions. He was full of knowledge & enjoyed sharing with us. I highly recommend taking this tour.

Unique experience

It was a really fun trip. Our guide Brian was really informative and knowledgeable about the area. I look forward to another trip when the plankton are there.

So much fun!! Brian is the best!!!

It was an amazing experience! Some people in our group couldnt swim, but we felt safe the entire time and thourougly enjoyed the calm kayaking and getting to explore Floridas wildlife. Our tour guide, Brian was incredibly kind, and made sure we felt safe and had a great time. Every time we saw an animal, he identified it and made sure we got a great look while keeping a good distance to not disturb it. He is the best!!! Glad we chose Florida Adventurer. Had an amazing time. :)

The best kayak experience

Brian is an amazing tour guide. He kept us safe and showed us all around. Also explained a bit about marine life in the area. We thoroughly enjoyed his expertise in the area, wildlife and knowledge. We had wonderful time. Brian made sure we were safe in the area and were safe leaving the area. All around A+ experience.

Beautiful Night on the Water

We had a great time on the water with our guide Brian. He was very friendly and had immense knowledge of the animals and wildlife in and around the Canaveral National Seashore. We did not get to see any bioluminescent plankton, but did see many illuminating jellyfish in the water. It was a fun time under the stars... highly recommend.

Kate’s the best!

Kate was absolutely the best tour guide there could ever be. So knowledgeable! Although we didn’t see much of the bioluminescence (off season) she made it so informative and educational and fun to explore.

Perfect Night

Wonderful experience! Our daughter is attending NSU this coming fall to study marine biology and she loves jellyfish! Brian was a perfect guide to bringing us around to find bioluminescence comb jellyfish! I would suggest to book on a new moon night like we did!

500% yes

What a fun experience. While it wasn’t peak season for max bioluminescence, just being in the water and hearing the night time noises was so peaceful. We had such a great time and will definitely do this again.

Fun time night kayaking!

First time going night kayaking, and it was a worthwhile experience, especially with the unique wildlife in this area. Very informed and conversational guide with a lot to educate us with about the area. Started and ended on time. Wish I remembered the bug spray! Would recommend this tour!

Woot woot, Brian!

Brian is an amazing guide. He showed us so many beautiful water creatures and allowed us to catch some with his net. He was very patient with our kayaking skills, LOL. I would highly recommend using them as your kayaking your guide and do ask for Brian. Woot woot! But plan coming during summer, we visited in mid November.

Absolutely Amazing!

Brian was the most amazing guide! He was so knowledgeable and very outgoing and fun. We not only saw bioluminescence but enjoyed amazing star views including the Milky Way and Jupiter. It was hard to know if we should be looking up or looking down. So much to see in every direction. We even saw a meteor! Then I had a fish jump right into my kayak. Hysteria reigned as we tried to scoop that poor little guy back out. An all-around amazing experience. I'm already planning my next trip.

First timer in the Kayak

My first time in a kayak and it was at night. I was very nervous and Brian our tour guide did a fantastic job easing my nerves. Beautiful evening on the river. Brian has an amazing knowledge of the ecosystem and even the stars. I highly recommend the bioluminescent tour.

Not happy about it.

The tour was a total ripped off. There was no sign of glowing in the water. The guide said that October is not the perfect time to see it. My friends and I (4 of us) was very frustrated about it. Total waste of money.

Relaxing peaceful experience

We did a 10pm tour guided kayak trip which was an amazing experience our tour guide was very knowledgeable as well as personable. He was extremely friendly and make the experience even better. Was able to catch and release some comb jellyfish that would glow and even got to see more wildlife

Capsized by a Manatee

This tour was an adventure, but the safety measures were not well enforced. We got an email about an hour before our start time (as we were driving to the location) that we needed to get to the location another way because the bridge was closed. The bridge closure was planned and we could have been notified prior. Once we arrived to the meeting location, we didn’t know where to go. A tour guide from another group finally came up to direct us to the right place. Our guide, Eric, had us get life jackets on but told us we didn’t need to have them buckled all the way. He breezed through a quick tutorial on how to row with the oars (twice because we had a mother and son, a 9 year old, who joined us later) and then we got in the kayaks and started to the canal. As we travelled, we didn’t stay close together as a group which was not the safest in the darkness. At one point, the mother and son were far behind us and got capsized by a manatee. We rowed back to them and Eric jumped in the water to help them right their kayak and then dragged it to the swampy bank to load it. Our group went and grabbed the oars that were floating away. Jumping into the alligator infested water and dragging the kayak to the bank probably wasn’t the best option. We stayed together better after that, but not completely. The tour guide told us a lot about manatees, dolphins, and plant life but most of the information we recorded about the canal kept changing (it’s no more than 3-4 ft vs it’s 40ft deep). Once we got back to the bank, we realized that the mother had lost her phone and rental car key in the canal. We were in a remote location and the tow truck/car replacement wasn’t going to be able to get there for at least two hours. It was 9:30 by this time and it seemed that most people were leaving (our tour guide included because he had to “get the truck back”). Our group stayed to help the mom and son find a safer place to be until her replacement car came because it wasn’t going to be safe to just wait on their own. Overall, we have quite the story to tell. We didn’t see any bioluminescence, but we know that was not guaranteed. We did see some manatees and alligators, and learned some good information from this guide, but more safety precautions would have been appreciated.

Awesome

Awesome evening on the water. Brian our guide was super informative. Would definitely recommend. My son was very nervous, put him at ease, really engaged him when on the water.

Great experience with very nice guide!

We booked the tour because we also wanted to experience bioluminescence. However, this is of course also associated with some luck. On the tour we were lucky to see a little bit of it. But we saw many manatees and dolphins. The guide was also great!

Good experience.

We were pleased with our 90 minute tour. For the price and efficiency, and the beautiful stars and dinoflagellates would give this a 4 out of 5. If the tour guides could expand on the science of the plankton and spend more time pointing out the constellations, that would be helpful. Also, more information about the history of the space center, how many rocket launches per year, etc, would make the tour more informative. Isaiah 6:3 – “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.”

Spectacular experience.

Kathie operator 194623424 was phenomenal. She was very knowledgeable of the area and biodiversity. She was very cautious and I felt safe even though it was nighttime. Bioluminescent was present at the end of the tour so do not get disappointed if you don’t see it at 8pm as we saw a lot on the way in. It was an amazing experience.

Would not do again

We met at the Haulover Canal in Titusville at about 7:30. Mosquitos were not bad but bring bug dope anyways. Got into the raft with life jackets and our guide. I sincerely thought we got more of a review of the constellations and satellites then seeing the bioluminescence. To see the bioluminescence you need to stir the water with your paddle. Did not feel the guide on our boat was very personable. Overall, would not spend the $60 per person again. But the plus is I can say I have done this.

Tyler was the best!!

Tyler was AWESOME!! So knowledgeable and gsve great direction!! Book this tour and ask for Tyler he's the best.

Great time

Our guide was great! Loved all the great information we got from him. Very nice made us feel right at home. I would most definitely do this again! The water was out of this world.

Pick another company

This "tour" was awful First of all it wasn't a tour We kayaked around without one word from Brian "supposedly our guide" he was awful. We kayaked and stopped and waited and waited One time he actually left us to go "look for" the other tour guide who actually went back without telling anyone. We took this tour like 3 weeks ago and loved it so much - gave it a 10 - that we wanted to share the experience with our daughter and her boyfriend - just to get- "Brian" He literally took us out into open water and had us paddle against the current then had to stop for like 15 min cause he was tired.

Stunning

Was absolutely amazing!! Bryan was out tour guide and he was fantastic! The water was stunning and warm! Our kayak was tipped due to a group of manatees!! It was best!!! I didn’t want it to be over! Highly recommend this for anyone!

Bioluminescence in the USA!

Excellent experience! Nice, knowledgeable guide. The glass kayak actually make your experience more enjoyable. It was fun and relaxing. We even got to see the starlink satellites! As a constructive criticism, they should have working flash lights, even if it is only for the customer comfort. I should add that the lack of the flashlight does not make the experience any less. We will be back!

Amazing

We had a wonderful experience with Katie and Ryan in our clear canoes! Katie is so knowledgeable. We learned not just about the bioluminescence but the launch that happened that night. We also had a good experience with the office. We missed our intended time because we lacked information from buying through a third party. The guy in the office set us up to reschedule immediately and was understanding.

Amazing wildlife

The staff was very friendly and helpful. They were also a wealth of knowledge. We saw manitees and dolphins. There wasn’t a lot of the bioluminescent in the water due to the temperature, but we did get to see floating in the water and some jellies. I would totally recommend, but I would be there a few hours early to enjoy the park, see the wildlife from a brigh n the daytime

A load of fun

This was an absolute blast, made a lot of great memories and stories to tell. Zach (our tour guide) was awesome and would definitely recommend this adventure to anyone looking for something fun to do 👍🏻

once in a lifetime experience

zach was amazing. gave us many interesting facts. such a cool experience for couples, family’s or even solo. definitely worth the time and money. took a hour and a half drive and don’t regret it one bit. be sure to ask for zach to lead ur tour! 10/10 experience.

Never showed or called. BK Adventures assimilated us into their group. Go BK

Tour guide did not show up or call us to cancel!!! We weren't the only ones to show up for this tour. Drove 1 1/2 hours for this experience. SHOUT OUT for BK Adventures who were there and integrated us into their 9pm tour. Don't take the chance with this group. Choose BK Adventures. They had great guides out on the water and were fun and knowledgeable. Very memorable experience with BK.

This is a once in a lifetime experience you need to do every time you are in Central Florida!!

My best friend, daughter and I were blessed to take this tour last night. Our guide, Clint, was absolutely wonderful. He provided so much information about the area, and the wildlife along the way, answering our questions and making sure we got to see the dolphins, alligators, manatees, crabs and fish along with the unmatched beauty of the bioluminescence! The night sky was spectacular, the stars and the Milky Way shone so bright in the dark sky as we paddled along. This is an absolute must see!! The next time we are back in Florida we will definitely be back!