Tour of Lakes Escape

Ruth W

24 Apr, 2024

Awesome trip through three separate lakes with very beautiful interlinking waterways. Lots of fun information from our guides (who are also stuntmen), and a combination of quiet serene sailing and exciting speed boating. These little boats are serious fun. Guides were very thorough about safety and instructions, and always there to help if needed. We highly recommend this experience and company.

Elena_I

10 Apr, 2024

This tour was the best part of our Orlando vacation by far. Our tour guide was knowledgeable and funny. The lakes/cypress marshes were beautiful, and the boats were thrilling. I have never driven a motor boat before, but these catamarans were easy to learn, very stable, and exciting. Since the boats only carry two people, the tour felt very private. The tour guide has a radio where he can tell you what is going on and your passenger has a radio to report any concerns, but otherwise, it is just the two of you in your boat either cruising at an easy pace amongst beautiful scenery or racing across lakes at up to 30 mph and feeling some of the lakes splash onto your feet and face. We would love to do this again and highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys being outside and wants a little controlled excitement on their vacation.

E6707VIbethc

20 Mar, 2024

Amazing morning with the guides. Our family of 6 had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed driving the boats and exploring the waterways. We would highly recommend!

Louder72

27 Feb, 2024

My son and I did the Tour of Lakes Escape while we were in Florida for a football game. It was the last day of our trip and we were on our way back to Tampa to catch our flight home later that day, so we booked the morning time slot. I'm glad we did, too, because we ended up getting our own personal tour, since we were the only ones booked for that time slot. The noon tour right after ours was sold out, but the morning tour was just us and Nate! It was a beautiful morning, the weather was perfect, and the scenery was outstanding. I drove the catboat while my son (age 11) held the camera and took pictures. Nate was a terrific host and guide - knowledgeable as well as courteous and friendly. And since we were the only ones booked for that time slot, once the standard tour was done, he left it up to us to decide how we wanted to spend our remaining time. Many people rave about zipping across the open water at top speed, and yes, that's definitely fun. But with me being a hiker, explorer, biologist, and photographer, what I personally loved was seeing the beautfiful scenery along the Crooked River, so Nate allowed us extra time to go explore that area some more, and took us further into it than the tour usually goes. I really appreciated Nate allowing us extra time to explore that area further, and we got a lot of great pictures. Nate also emailed a couple of pictures he took of us during the tour as well. We had plenty of time to explore the remote areas, which made me happy, and we still had plenty of time for zipping across the lakes at top speed, which made my little boy happy. Catboat Escapes gets a lot of good reviews, and I want to add mine to the list. The next time we find ourselves in central Florida, I hope we can do it again.