soflo water adventures

The raccoon island exploration on sup/kayak is something I want to do every time I visit Miami from now on. Sidney was an incredible guide! Very knowledgeable and kind. Izzy did a fantastic job preparing us and getting us hyped for the tour!

We did the Racoon island tour which I booked on Viator. We started at 2 pm and got back around 4:30 pm. We went the day before NYE and the weather and water felt wonderful. At the time of our booking, we took a shuttle from the office to the mangrove forrest and did a short 3 minute walk to where the water met the mangroves and a giant paddle board they called “the limo” arrived to pick up our group of 14 to take us to the pontoon where the kayaks and paddle boards were. I loved every minute of the journey and enjoyed the multiple different terrains and vehicles we got to experience!

Once on the pontoon, we got life vests and got to choose between a kayak or a paddleboard. Then we paddled over to the raccoon island. The water was extremely calm and warm, and it was very cool to paddle around the little island and see the multiple beaches.

Soflo provides plenty of beverages for the group throughout the experience and also provided melons and peanuts for us to eat or feed to the raccoons. I was worried that the raccoons might be aggressive or scary, but they were incredibly docile and sweet! They very gently took the food from your hands, but were also used to humans enough to come out when they heard us since they knew that meant there was food. So we got to meet lots of raccoons and had only positive (and highly adorable) interactions.

After the island, we also got to enjoy a very relaxing, magical, and beautiful tour of the mangrove forest on our kayaks/boards. Sidney made the entire day and tour so comfortable and educational and fun for us.

It seems like Soflo’s management is doing an amazing job of fostering a family-like environment for their employees and it bleeds through into their representation of the company. Everyone we met was proud of what they do and where they worked which made the already stunning experience even more enjoyable for us.