Dragonfly Expeditions would like to thank renowned British travel blogger Yves de Contades for mentioning us in his world travel blog. It looks like Yves had a great experience on our kayak tour “Paddling the Oleta-Miami’s Last Free Flowing River”.

 “…The next morning I started my exploration of Miami with a kayak tour along the Oleta River through the mangrove swamps with Dragonfly Expeditions. It was Homeresque, we paddled out into the wild Mangrove swamps unarmed apart from a large double bladed paddle and two guides. We were instantly besieged by Great Blue Heron, Egrets, Ospreys (Eagle like birds) and Jumping Mullet that leapt out of the water. Turkey Vultures swarmed overhead, wonderful gliders with their outstretched wing feathers riding the thermals. Little Blue Heron, Ibises, Kingfishers and three Brown Pelicans flew overhead in the classic 3 birds on a wall formation a foot away from me. Do not miss out on the Everglades if you want to see manatees, dolphins, alligators, birds, and turtles or go air boating in the flat bottomed boats with a giant fan on the back…”

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