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Kayak Nature Adventures – Bayview

Full-Day Single- or Double-Kayak Rental or Standup-Paddleboard Rental (Up to 63% Off)

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Sun Dec 09 04:59:59 UTC 2012
Value
$60
Discount
63%
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$38
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  • Great Outdoors
  • Date Night

In a Nutshell

Maps and orientation ready kayakers or paddleboarders to seek wildlife in 165-acre mangrove estuary that connects to Gulfport beach

The Fine Print

  • Expires 120 days after purchase.
  • Limit 1 per person. Must sign waiver. Subject to weather conditions. Must use promotional value in 1 visit. Reservation required. Subject to availability.
  • See the rules that apply to all deals.

Sailors learn to be experts at knot tying, from securing the vessel with a tight anchor hitch to securing the captain after he succumbs to madness and tries to eat his own hook hand. This Groupon is a mutinous bounty.

Choose Between Two Options

  • $22 for a full-day single-kayak rental or a paddleboard rental with a lesson (up to a $60 value)
  • $25 for a full-day double-kayak rental (a $55 value)

Kayak rentals can include a brief tutorial upon request, and paddleboard rentals include a beginner's lesson, which covers balance, maneuvering, and paddling technique, before guests set out to explore Clam Bayou Nature Preserve. There, they’ll glide through the preserve's shallow 1-mile throughway and nab sights of herons, fiddler crabs, and possibly manatees, eventually docking in Gulfport beach where they can browse shops along the boardwalk or settle along the shore to devour a picnic lunch.

Kayak Nature Adventures

From the moment seasoned nature tour guide Kurt Zuelsdorf first dipped his paddle into Clam Bayou, he knew the mangrove estuary would be the right place to set his kayak tours. But there was a catch—a garbage dump’s worth of rusting shopping carts and waterlogged plastic bags was strewn about the waterway. Undeterred, Kurt hit upon a clever cleanup strategy: people could launch his fleet of kayaks for free, so long as they toted a bag of garbage out of the bayou with them. 

Numerous grants, media attention, and awards later, Kurt’s waterway cleanup program has reached its final stages. Now, kayakers and paddlers can freely navigate the mangrove channels, nabbing sights of manatees, herons, and tugboat captains hopelessly lost in the mangroves. An avid nature enthusiast who has kayaked waterways from Wisconsin to Florida, Kurt prizes Clam Bayou, citing the diversity of wildlife along the one-mile stretch. “It’s not like the zoo,” he says. “Every time you hit the water, it’s a completely different experience.”

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The Groupon Guide to: Impromptu Holiday Games

With holiday season in full swing, there's no shortage of dinner parties to attend. If your host doesn't own any board games, save the evening by suggesting a game that can be played without gaming equipment:

Bang, Bang, Hear, Hear: Have one person grab a fork, spoon, and knife. After everyone else closes their eyes, the person holding the utensils will start banging one of the three against the dinner table. The first person to correctly guess what the banger is banging wins and gets to leave the game.

Noise Town: Break off into groups of two. Each pair builds a unique city by creating a soundscape using the sounds that come out of their mouths. The team that builds the loudest town gets the grand prize—getting to wait outside until the other teams stop.

My Country, Your Country: One person starts the game by approaching another person and saying "My country." The person has to respond, as quickly as possible, "Your country?" The first person then must say "My country" again, this time faster than the second person said "Your country?" This keeps going until everyone feels compelled to simultaneously shout "The holidays: are these not the finest times of our years?" Then everyone gets to leave.

Should December be called Game-cember?

Kayak Nature Adventures

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