Started the day at Wikki Wachee State Park kayaking down the spring to Roger's Park. While kayaking that five mile stretch, you pass through several areas in the Chassahowitzka area. You are unable to get out of your kayak while in the Wikki Wachee State Park, however, once you leave the park you are able to exit your kayak. We did exit our kayaks at several places along the Chass and had a great time. The water was crystal clear and very cool. Beautiful sites are seen in the water and in the water. Was able to witness several schools of fish swimming by. Beware of the wildlife though, at one of our stops we were basically accosted by a raccoon. He searched our boats for several minutes looking for food, thankfully we...
Read moreVery nice place to take your MTB and explore around. There are several trails off the main dirt roads but a bike with fat tires highly recommended because those trails are very sandy and in some spots you will have to walked just like I did but it is all worth it. Those trails takes you closer into the woods but watch out for hunters ! If you see their trucks parked along the trail, obviously don’t go in that trail, just keep riding on the main trail. There are a couple spots where you can jump into the springs and refresh your self 🥵. Be ready to ride 20 miles + if you want to explore most of the preserve. I’ll definitely come back to check...
Read moreGoogle maps took us to Weeki Wachee. We were able to pull up Apple Maps and it took us us to the correct location. The drive through the preserve was nice. Some of the walking trails were overgrown so we skipped those. If you are ok with that this would be a nice place to hike. Very remote and beautiful scenery for the drive through. It would also be nice to bring bikes to if they were ok with dirt/off road. Overall it wasn’t what we were looking and we probably wouldn’t return. A bonus was that there were hardly any...
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