SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

• Tarpon Bay: Tarpon Bay Explorers in Sanibel Island offers the 2-hour kayak trail tour described in the story ($30); a more advanced kayak sunset tour ($40) and kayak rentals ($20 for two hours). (900 Tarpon Bay Rd., 239-472-8900, www.tarponbayexplorers.com).

• Orange River: Lee County Manatee Park in Fort Myers offers kayak rentals ($10 per hour or $30 per day) that take you on the Orange River, where manatees congregate near the power plant discharge canal. Also offers kayak clinics (State Road 80, 239-690-5030, www.leeparks.org).

• Great Calusa Blueway: Gaea Guides, based in Fort Myers, offers kayak tours from 2 hours to 5 days long on the Blueway. The overnight tours include equipment, naturalist guide and hotels. For costs and dates, contact Connie Langmann at www.gaeaguides.com, 239-694-5513 or 866-256-6388.

WORLDWIDE

• Honduras: Uncommon Adventures in Beulah, Mich., offers week-long trips to Honduras' Bay Islands for sea kayaking, Feb. 14-21, Feb. 28-March 7, March 14-21, March 28-Apr. 4; $1,995 includes lodging, meals, kayaking and guides; excludes airfare (www.uncommonadv.com, 866-882- 5525). Owner Michael Gray also offers other trips.

• Grand Canyon: Otter Bar Lodge Kayak School in Forks of Salmon, Calif., offers its 17th annual Kayak the Grand Canyon trip, Sept. 7-21. Starts from Lee's Ferry, Ariz. Fifteen days down the canyon for intermediate paddlers; $3,225 not including airfare (www.otterbar.com, 530-462- 4772).

• Crete: Inn-to-Inn Sea Kayaking beginners' tour leaves from Heraklion, Greece, Sept. 13, 21 and 29. Eight days, $2,695 not including airfare, through Northwest Passage in Wilmette, Ill. (800-732-7328, www.nwpassage.com).