River Wild Kayaking

10/15/2026

👻🛶 DARE TO PADDLE INTO THE DARKNESS? 🌙

River Wild Kayaking’s Haunted Kayak Tours are BACK for our 4th consecutive year on the Anclote River in Tarpon Springs!

Paddle by candlelight through winding mangroves as your expert guide shares chilling tales spanning 500 years—from Spanish conquistadors and clashes with Indigenous peoples to pirates, smugglers, Civil War history, and the river’s more recent ghost stories.

Was that splash just a fish… or something lurking beneath your kayak? 👀

📅 Thursdays–Sundays through November 1st
🕯️ 6:30 PM • 8:00 PM • 9:30 PM
📍 River Wild Kayaking
1060 N Pinellas Ave., Tarpon Springs, FL

🎃 Spaces fill quickly as Halloween approaches. Gather your bravest friends and reserve your paddle into the unknown!

👉 Book at www.riverwildkayaking.com

10/13/2026

This was such a fun trip being able to take the troop out.

10/11/2026

🌿🛶 THE GHOSTS AREN’T THE ONLY ONES MAKING AN APPEARANCE ON THE ANCLOTE RIVER! 🦅🐬

👻 Yes, our Haunted Kayak Tours are in full swing, but don’t forget about the incredible wildlife waiting to be discovered on our DAYTIME ECO TOURS!

☀️ EXPLORE THE WILD SIDE OF TARPON SPRINGS!

Join River Wild Kayaking for an unforgettable paddle through the beautiful estuaries, winding mangrove tunnels, and peaceful waterways of the Anclote River!

🌿 Leave the noise of everyday life behind and immerse yourself in one of Florida’s most fascinating coastal ecosystems.

🦅 Watch bald eagles soar overhead.
🦩 Discover beautiful roseate spoonbills.
🦦 Keep an eye out for playful river otters.
🐬 You might even encounter dolphins or gentle manatees!
🪶 Spot ospreys, pelicans, herons, and other incredible coastal birds.

Our knowledgeable guides will introduce you to the amazing plants, animals, and natural history that make the Anclote River estuary so special.

📸 And these are actual photos of wildlife we’ve encountered right here on our river!

Every tour is a different adventure because nature doesn’t follow a script. You never know what incredible wildlife might be waiting around the next bend!

🌴 Come for the adventure. Stay for the beauty. Leave with memories that last a lifetime.

📍 River Wild Kayaking
1060 N. Pinellas Ave.
Tarpon Springs, FL

🌐 BOOK YOUR ECO TOUR TODAY!
www.riverwildkayaking.com

💚 River Wild Kayaking — Where Adventure Meets Nature!

10/10/2026

10/07/2026

👻🛶 THE ORIGINAL ANCLOTE RIVER HAUNTED KAYAK TOUR IS BACK! 🛶👻

🔥 BACK BY EXTRAORDINARY DEMAND FOR OUR 4TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR! 🔥

Something is waiting in the mangroves…

Join River Wild Kayaking in Tarpon Springs, Florida, for a bone-chilling journey through centuries of TRUE history, tragedy, mystery, and the restless spirits said to still haunt the Anclote River.

🕯️ Paddle into the darkness as your guide takes you back through time…

Hear the stories of the Indigenous peoples who lived along these waters and their bloody clashes with Spanish explorers.

🏴‍☠️ Follow the legends of pirates who sailed Florida’s Gulf Coast—some searching for fortune, others leaving death and mystery behind.

⚔️ Travel through the turmoil of the Civil War and the generations that followed…

👻 Until we reach the stories of the most recent Anclote River ghosts.

But hearing the stories is only part of the experience.

You’ll actually be paddling through the places where they happened.

Your kayak slips deeper into the winding mangrove tunnels. Nature surrounds you. Darkness settles over the river.

Then you hear a SPLASH beside your kayak.

Probably a fish…

Right?

The mangroves move.

Something cracks in the darkness.

And suddenly you can’t shake the feeling that you’re being watched.

Was that movement between the trees?

Why did the air suddenly turn cold?

And what exactly made the hair on the back of your neck stand up?

Maybe there’s a perfectly natural explanation.

Maybe.

🕯️ TRUE HISTORY.
🌿 REAL LOCATIONS.
👻 REAL GHOST STORIES.
🛶 ONE VERY DARK RIVER.

Experience the ORIGINAL Anclote River Haunted Kayak Tour—back by extraordinary demand for its 4th consecutive year!

🎃 TOUR SCHEDULE 🎃

📅 THURSDAYS–SUNDAYS THROUGH NOVEMBER 1ST

🌙 6:30 PM
🌙 8:00 PM
🌙 9:30 PM

⚠️ The closer we get to Halloween, the faster tours sell out. Space is LIMITED, so don’t wait until the ghosts take the last kayak!

📍 RIVER WILD KAYAKING
1060 N. Pinellas Ave.
Tarpon Springs, FL

🌐 BOOK NOW:
www.riverwildkayaking.com

The question isn’t whether you’re brave enough to hear the stories…

It’s whether you’re brave enough to paddle into them. 👻🛶

10/04/2026

Haunted Kayak tours nothing sends chills down your spine like the truth. Real stories, real history, travel back in time though the dark and winding mangroves of the Anclote River in Tarpon Springs and find out why so many souls never left this place.

09/26/2026

👻🛶 BACK FOR OUR 4TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR! 🛶👻

River Wild Kayaking’s Haunted Kayak Tours are back on the Anclote River in Tarpon Springs, Florida!

By candlelight, paddle into the dark, winding mangroves and journey through centuries of the Anclote River’s chilling history—narrated by your expert guides.

🕯️ Your journey begins in the 1500s…

Hear the stories of Spanish conquistadors arriving on Florida’s shores and their encounters and conflicts with the Indigenous peoples who called this land home long before them.

Sail through the age of pirates, lost treasures and mysterious disappearances…

Discover the hidden world of smugglers who used Florida’s remote waterways…

Travel through the turmoil of the Civil War…

And uncover the strange history behind Anclote—“The City That Never Was” and the stories that have helped give this area a reputation as one of Florida’s most haunted places.

🌙 All while paddling beneath the night sky, with the mangroves surrounding you and candlelight guiding your way.

This isn’t a haunted house.

These are real places. Real history. And stories that have survived for centuries.

🎃 LIMITED AVAILABILITY! 🎃
Our Haunted Kayak Tours have sold out as Halloween approaches, and availability becomes increasingly limited the closer we get to October 31st.

Don’t wait until Halloween week to book.

Do you dare paddle into the darkness?

👻 River Wild Kayaking Haunted Kayak Tours
📍 Anclote River • Tarpon Springs, Florida
🕯️ Candlelit Night Paddle
📖 Narrated by Expert Guides
🎃 Back for the 4th Consecutive Year

BOOK NOW BEFORE YOUR NIGHT DISAPPEARS…
Thursday-Sunday until November 1st
727-275-8660

🌐 www.riverwildkayaking.com

09/14/2026

👻🌙 THE PAST IS WAITING… AND IT’S NOT HAPPY YOU’RE COMING. 🌙👻

The Haunted Kayak Tours are BACK for Year 4! 🎃🛶

This isn’t your typical night on the water…

Paddle deep into the dark, winding mangrove tunnels of the Anclote River and uncover 500 YEARS of TRUE haunted history — from forgotten tragedies and mysterious legends to eerie locations where the past still seems to linger.

🕯️ True History. Real Locations.
💀 Chilling Stories & Local Legends
🌿 Dark Mangrove Tunnels
🌙 Moonlit Nighttime Adventure
👻 500 Years of Haunted History
🛶 Expertly Guided Experience

As the darkness closes in, your only light may be the glow of your lantern… while something else watches from the shadows.

The river remembers. The dead don’t always stay buried.

🖤 DO YOU DARE PADDLE INTO THE DARKNESS?

🎃 HAUNTED KAYAK TOURS — BACK FOR YEAR 4!

Reserve your spot before the darkness fills up:
www.riverwildkayaking.com⁠