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Tarpon Bay Explorers
- Consumer Services
- Sanibel, FL
About this business
Tarpon Bay Explorers is the one and only licensed concessionaire to the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, FL. Tarpon Bay Explorers offers recreational tours and rentals via kayak, boat, standup paddleboard, tram and more. Everything and anything you do with the Explorers contributes 15% back into National Wildlife Refuges across the United States. Visiting Tarpon Bay is the thing to do while vacationing in Southwest Florida! Visit our website or call our gift shop at 239-472-8900 for more inform... read more
Location details
900 Tarpon Bay Rd, Sanibel, FL, 33957, United States
Get directions| Weekday | Schedule | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | |
| Tue | 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | |
| Wed | 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | |
| Thu | 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | |
| Fri | 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | |
| Sat | 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. | |
| Sun | 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. |
8 of us rented kayaks and went on the guided kayak trail tour through the mangroves. We had an amazing time. Everyone at Tarpon Bay Explorers was so helpful. Our guide had a wonderful knowledge of the area, and we learned so much about the mangroves and southwest Florida! You can tell he's extremely passionate about nature and the ecosystems. We will come do this tour again!
Guided kayak tour on 7/24/2025 was awesome! Austyn and Mo were great guides and took our family of four (twin nine year olds) along a roughly two hour tour of Tarpon Bay and the surrounding areas. Mangroves were amazing and saw all kinds of wildlife including rays, mullet, ospreys, herons, and crabs. Great tour with great information along the way. At the end you are free to keep your kayak as long as you’d like without the guide. Overall awesome experience with kids and would absolutely use Tarpon Bay Explorers again!
A must when youre on the island for a week.
So informative, fun, and relaxing! My kids said "Austyn (the naturalist) is just like Aquanauts!"
Such a fun tour and an amazing staff! Our tour guide was very knowledgeable about the wildlife reserve and so kind to us. When our travel plans got messed up they happily rebooked us for a later time. We will be doing this tour again when we return to Sanibel!
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Tarpon Bay Explorers has a 4.8 star rating with 712 reviews.
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Tarpon Bay Explorers is open now. It will close at 6:00 p.m.
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