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January 2021
Rookery Bay’s Festival of Birds 2021 – A Month of Virtual Activities Devoted to Birds!
Join Rookery Bay and partners in January for a month-full of online activities, presentations and virtual adventures for nature and bird lovers everywhere! With a Festival of Birds’ Pass, participants will get exclusive access to ALL Festival of Birds’ activities including eight expert speaker presentations, virtual birding experiences broadcast live from the birding hot spots in Southwest Florida and other live-streaming nature activities. Also, all Festival of Birds’ passholders receive 20% off kayak tours during the month of January!
Find out more »Family Campout at Rookery Bay Research Reserve
Rookery Bay Research Reserve's Family Campout is the perfect way to get familiar with tent camping while staying safe, local and socially distant! Families can experience the outdoors while also enjoying some fun, socially distant activities. Each family will be assigned their own campsite with a maximum of 8 people per site. This is a non-campfire campout. Participants are required to bring their own camping gear. The Rookery Bay Education Team will be on hands with nature activities and cool…
Find out more »February 2021
Rookery Bay Eco Kayak & Boat Tours
Join Rookery Bay Research Reserve for a guided boat tour or kayak adventure into the beautiful waters of Rookery Bay Reserve. With our kayak tours, guests paddle through beautiful mangrove tunnels, teeming mudflats and intricate oyster reefs while searching for amazing wildlife like sea stars, large snails, birds, dolphins and manatees! Our boat tours are small 6-passenger boats and offer a comfortable and informative ride. Guests can choose from different tours including a shelling trip to a deserted a barrier island or…
Find out more »May 2021
Shangri-La Springs Garden Tea Party
In celebration of Mother’s Day, Shangri-La Springs, the historic property in downtown Bonita Springs celebrating 100 years, will offer a garden tour and tea on Tuesday, May 11 at 2 p.m. The event will start with an educational tour of the garden focusing on tea-specific plants, followed by a tea party with socially distanced tables in the property’s patio. Light bites and tea will be offered along with a discussion and question and answer by Shangri-La Springs organic gardener Cecelia…
Find out more »September 2021
National Estuaries September Celebration
Activities and special discounts throughout the month! Rediscover Rookery Bay throughout the month of September. Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and reserves around the country celebrate the importance of estuaries (where rivers meet the sea) with special activities for all ages on-site at the Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center and with discounts on eco-tours by boat and kayak led by biologists. It will culminate with a big celebration at the Environmental Learning Center on Saturday, September 25, 2021, 9…
Find out more »Super Saturday Estuaries Celebration
• Mini Guided-Boat Tours – $20 per person Pre-registration Required. (Free entrance to the Environmental Learning Center with purchase of boat tour) - Registration for boat tours open Sept. 7th at RookeryBay.org/#estuariesday • Kid’s Crafts and Guided Activities • “What’s Under the Microscope” Labs for all ages • Interactive Trivia • Scavenger Hunt • “Rediscover Rookery Bay” Film Festival • Discounts in Nature Store • Touch Tank Estuary Encounter • Feed the Fish with the Aquarist • Guided exhibits by…
Find out more »October 2021
Sawgrass to Sea Lager Launch Party
The Alliance for Florida’s National Parks and Ankrolab Brewing Company are teaming up to create Sawgrass to Sea Lager, a limited-edition beer to benefit Florida’s national parks! Sawgrass to Sea Lager will make its debut on Thursday, October 7, with a launch party at Ankrolab Brewing Company. For every pint of the beer sold during the event – and through the entire lifetime of the kegs – $1 dollar will be donated to The Alliance for Florida’s National Parks. The…
Find out more »Swamp Celebration
The Alliance for Florida’s National Parks is hosting its annual Swamp Celebration once again at famed photographer Clyde Butcher’s Big Cypress Gallery on October 23 -24. This two-day fundraising affair gives attendees an exclusive opportunity to explore the private property surrounding Clyde Butcher's Big Cypress Gallery within Big Cypress National Preserve through guided swamp walks. Although within the boundaries of the public lands of Big Cypress National Preserve, Clyde Butcher’s gallery remains private property and only a special few each…
Find out more »November 2025
Wine & Wildlife Gala
A night to celebrate, support and safeguard Florida's wild places, The Alliance for Florida's National Parks’ Wine & Wildlife gala is the signature fundraising event benefiting the transformative park education programs. From 5 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at The Club at The Strand in Naples, guests can expect live music, a buffet dinner, and premium open bar, plus live and silent auctions featuring unique treasures, experiences and once-in-a-lifetime adventures at several of Florida’s national parks, all while…
Find out more »Experience South Seas: An Exclusive Weekend in Paradise for Boaters and Anglers
South Seas invites boaters, anglers and their families to enjoy an exclusive waterfront weekend in paradise, Nov. 7–9 on Captiva Island. Hosted in partnership with Captain Mike Anderson of Reel Animals, the weekend features a complimentary “Docktail Hour” reception, breakfast at the new Beach House restaurant, special discounts throughout the resort, and a Sunday “Puppy Party” on the East Lawn. Guests can dock for just $2 per foot and take advantage of discounted room rates with promo code ABW25. Space…
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