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December 2023 by Tameron Demeter
I had an incredible experience with Backwater Adventure on Marco Island, thanks to our fantastic guide, Eric. He skillfully led us to not one, but two pods of dolphins, providing us with a mesmerizing 45-minute dolphin show. The highlight was when Eric organized a picture-perfect lineup against the backdrop of the setting sun. Truly a memorable and well-guided adventure!
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December 2023 by M R
The wife and I went on the 1.5 hour Craigcat tour. We had a blast checking out the Florida ecosystem and wildlife! We saw tons of dolphins swimming less than two feet away! Our tour guide was knowledgeable, friendly and a fantastic photographer!
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November 2023 by Jonathan Ellis
This is the second time we've been on this (2-1/2 hour) tour. And again, we loved it! The Craig Cats are easy and fun to drive, and touring out through the mangroves is beautiful. We saw rays and dolphins, as well as plenty of birds. The stop on the 'beach' island is a great break. Tip of the hat to Tyler who led a great adventure.
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October 2023 by Richard Kasperek
Eric was amazing . Seen manatees and dolphins. Very knowledgeable with everything we were looking at . Awesome guide . Cannot say enough good things .
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October 2023 by Cat Oliveri-Lam
We did the Craigcat for my husbands birthday and had an awesome time! Tyler was a fantastic guide! The views were great and just overall fun. Highly recommend the 2.5hr option. We’ll be back!
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October 2023 by Steve DePaul
What an amazing day out on the water! Our guide Tyler was awesome and located dolphins in a couple different locations. We stopped off on a very pretty island and the shelling was great!! Highly recommend Tyler and Backwater Adventures to anyone staying in the Goodland/Marco area!!! A very unique experience! My wife and I will definitely come back again. Thank you!!
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October 2023 by nick bandura
After much review online, so glad we selected Backwater Adventures for our exciting time on the water. We took the 2.5 hour tour and it was awesome! Saw many dolphins. The tour would stop and they would swim very close to us. Our guide/captain Eric was very knowledgeable regarding the dolphins and the surrounding area. Would definitely recommend Backwater for your Adventure through the 10,000 islands.
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September 2023 by Robin Newhook
Absolutely fantastic! Highly recommend! Connor was great at check-in and you couldn't ask for a better guide and captain than Eric!
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September 2023 by Jose Fonte
Definitely one of the must-do adventures in the Naples/Marco Island area.We booked our Craigcat tour early to make sure we had a spot. Tyler was our tour guide and he was terrific. Very knowledgeable and professional. He gave us instructions on how to drive our two-seater boat and let us practice in the harbor before we headed out.We then went slowly past various sandbars and oyster beds. We stopped briefly as he pointed them out. On many occasions we spotted dolphins very close to our boats. We were unable to make it to the island due to inclement weather so they graciously refunded a portion of our fee.We really enjoyed the day on the water and would definitely recommend this to our friends and family to do. The Craigcat boats are really fun and easy to drive and Tyler, our tour guide, was exceptional.
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September 2023 by Oliver Fröhlich
Funny 2.5h trip with the CraigCats in the 10,000 Islands area.Great wildlife, easy driving of the boats and a good chance to see dolphins! ?
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September 2023 by todd schaaf
We had a great time! Can't remember the guides name (long dark hair guy) was very informative, made everyone comfortable and informed. Saw dolphins very close. Will be back!
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August 2023 by Kim Donaldson
Connor was excellent and his daughter Carli too! We had a blast and seeing the dolphins made the trip for sure!!
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August 2023 by Mark Kosturik
It is a must do, cannot even explain how relaxing and exciting this backwater tour was , eric is the best and is great at what he does and does it passionately, I would give it 50 stars, 5 is just not enough
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August 2023 by Gail Riccardi
I'm giving one star, but that's only because I was able to book easily online. That's pretty much all I got to do! Unfortunately there was no indication they wanted you to be comfortable with this type of watercraft, because before we could get acclimated, we were abruptly told we were being taken back to the dock. Erick was rather rude, and although the owner indicated he would speak to him and get back to me, he never fulfilled that promise.We have kayaked, we have ridden jet skies, we have done kite surfing, we have done ATV tours ... always treated quite nicely as we learned how to do these things. We were hoping we'd be treated the same way at Backwater ... we were quite disappointed.So if you have experience, go for it. If you don't, be wary ... Erick does not seem to have patience for the new comers to this adventure.
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August 2023 by Clint Donaldson
Backwater adventures was an amazing time, highly recommend Captain, Connor was great. He knew a lot about the area kind of like a guided tour stopped frequently and talked about different areas and the history of the islands we were in. seeing lots of dolphins and other wild life ,definitely will go again.
