Manatee Springs State Park, Fl

Manatee Springs State Parkin in Chiefland, Florida is such a beautiful place to travel to. I went camping there with my fiancé's family. In this part of Florida there wasn't much to do outside of the park. Although there are plenty of places to eat at. But in the park, you can swim in their beautiful crystal clear waters and go kayaking.

You can rent a kayak or canoe by the hour. You could bring your own too, if you have one. My fiancé and I had to rent one. 

Phone reception was bad there, unless you're with straight talk, like I am. I had perfect service there. However,  I believe it's a time to be with whoever you're with and to get away from technology. But if you do feel like you need to be connected, don't worry they do have free wifi that you can use at the little shop they have.

They have so much wildlife there. There's a lot of fish and turtles swimming around in the water and there are crocodiles, so be careful. When you go all the way out to the pier they have, you can see sturgeons jumping out of the water and they are huge! There's a lot of deer in the park too.

Check out this video here for some deer that came up close to our campsite.

There's an option of getting on a pontoon boat and taking a tour down the river, but it was a bit pricy so we chose to not do that. If you're not planning on renting a kayak or a canoe, then it probably wouldn't be a bad idea for you to do the tour.

We stayed there for a weekend, and I had a really good time there, apart from how humid it was. I'd definitely go back there again.

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