John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo

Florida Keys offer plenty of enthralling activities for visitors. John Pennekamp Park is one of the must visit places because of its plenty of interesting activities. Located at 102.6 Mile Marker, Overseas Highway on Key Largo, this first underwater park exhibits superb coral reef and marine life along with plenty of other activities like fishing, snorkeling, diving, kayaking, swimming etc. to have a great time. The park along with adjacent national marine sanctuary occupies around 178 nautical sq. miles comprising seabed grasses, coral reefs and mangrove wetlands. The park was established in 1963 and it is listed on the National register of historical places. The coral reefs here are among the most beautiful reefs and explore diverse variety of marine life. You can choose from guided snorkeling tour, scuba or glass bottom boat tours to visit and watch the beautiful coral reefs and colorful marine life. Park offers all essential equipment for diving and snorkeling on rentals. The snorkeling tour is around one and half hour wherein you can watch living shallow water coral reef and colorful marine life closely. The high speed catamaran capable of carrying 130 passengers takes you to different destinations including shallow reefs. The glass bottom bout tour is conduced thrice a day. The park offers boat rentals, kayaks, paddle board, canoe rentals to explore park’s 50 miles area of mangrove trails. The park remains open on all 365 days in a year between 8am to 5pm and allows online reservations. You can watch nature videos in the theater here. The park has huge aquarium at visitor center exhibiting a wide variety of marine animals. So, reserve your day on Key’s vacation to visit the most fascinating coral reef and watch vibrant and colorful marine life at John Pennekamp Park in Key Largo.

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