One of our absolute highlights in Florida is to swim with the Manatees in Crytal River. Manattes, or round-tailed sea cows, manatees or dugongs, are absolutely peaceful creatures that may look a bit weird, but are simply worth 🙂 Unfortunately, they are endangered species, and they enjoy special protection in Florida and it is forbidden to swim or interact with manatees almost everywhere. However, there is one place where swimming with the Manatees is officially allowed: Kings Bay on the …
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Florida consists of the Florida Peninsula and the Florida Panhandle as a share of the mainland and is located in the southeast of the USA. The state has an area of 170,000 km² and with its approximately 20 million inhabitants is the third largest state in the USA after California and Texas. The largest cities are Jacksonville and Miami. The capital of Florida is the somewhat smaller Tallahassee. Florida owes its name to the discovery of a Spaniard at Easter time in 1513 – Easter is called “Pascua Florida” in Spanish. All in all, Florida is about 260 kilometres wide and 800 kilometres long and is also known as the “Sunshine State”.
Orlando – Wild Willys Airboat Tours at Lake Tohopekaliga (USA)
If you are in Florida, a ride on an airboat must not be missing. These airboat tours can be done in many places in Florida, also here near Orlando. At Lake Tohopekaliga you can make a great trip to the lake with “Wild Willys Airboat Tours” and watch aligators, bald eagles, turtles, birds and many other animals. And in the end you even have the opportunity to hold one of the little baby 🙂
» Read the full blog postOrlando – Swim with dolphins at Discovery Cove Water Park (USA)
If you’re in Orlando, visiting theme parks is just part of it 🙂 One of the most extraordinary parks is certainly discovery cove, a water park modelled on a tropical island. It is the third theme park of the SeaWorld group in Orlando, along with SeaWorld Orlando and Aquatica.
» Read the full blog postOrlando – Sea World amusement park with Dolphin Cove (USA)
As the first amusement park in Orlando, we wanted to visit Sea World. Opened in 1973, Sea World Orlando is one of the city’s most famous attractions. The park is a mix of dolphinarium (with sea lions, polar bears, manatees, penguins, dolphins and whales) and amusement park with rides & shows. Our detailed travel report to the Sea World theme park will follow. But we have already uploaded some pictures of this trip.
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