Hello From Orlando - Part 5: The Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour

Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour, founded in 1938 and situated just 15 minutes north of downtown Orlando, is a lovely side trips that combine beautiful scenery, a bit of local history, some close-up programs for wildlife and native vegetation with a relaxing pontoon boat ride slower than 18 passengers, all full of experts (and sometimes funny) history provided by the tour boat will take you through captain.The 3 lakes: Lake Osceola, Lage and Virginia Lake Maitland. In this beautiful day with bright blue sky, the boat took us past hundreds of beautiful water front land, many of which were originally built in 1920 and originally sold for $ 20,000, while recovery of between $ 500,000 and several million today booming Central Florida real estate market. Even boathouses are worth between $ 30,000 and $ 40,000. Virginia Lake arrived near where Rollins College, a private liberal arts college Rated southeastern United States, founded in 1885 by New England Congregationalists. Rollins College is the oldest recognized college in Florida with an enrollment of 1,700 students small, located in a beautiful 70-acre campus Mediterraean Revival. Our expert captain / tour guide, said that the university is $ 38,000 and the ratio of pupils to teachers is 12:1. Apartments is situated right next to the university today to sell between $ 450,000 to $ 1 million. As we approached the narrow Venetian canal that would take us from Lake Virginia to Lake Maitland, our captain made us aware of all vegetation growing interest along the canal: Egyptian papyrus, Spanish moss (a Airplant and not a parasite), the princess of flowers, colorful bougainvillea and resurrection ferns. We saw a great variety of birds, including osprey, a bird, snake, great blue heron and an egret, which was the bird of luck Indians.On Seminole Lake Maitland we learned that there was an alligator cave eliminated 150 alligators in the Everglades in Florida to avoid a confrontation between wildlife civilization.Along more dangerous and we varied the Venetian canal ginger and banana trees as it slowly passed under the arch bridge Palmer Avenue. Philodendron, palmgrass, bamboo, a plant called firespikes interest and an agreement air potatoes ", round tubers hanging from a tree branch, adorned our journey through canal.At 450 acres to 30 feet deep, Lake Maitland is the largest of 3 lakes covered by the boat trip. A dam controls the water level and interesting, all the lakes north of San Juan in the discharge of the river that flows into the Atlantic near Jacksonville. Kraft Azalea Gardens, located on Lake Maitland on Alabama remove Palmer Avenue, feature thousands of azaleas, tropical shrubs and trees. The azaleas are in full bloom in January and March.Our expert captain also pointed out various mansions that have been used as a backdrop in movies and advertisements. Lake Maitland also features several small islands with trees bare themselves instead of the house colonies of cormorants, fishing birds that consume up to one kilo of fish slowly day.We the way back from the lake to Maitland Lake Osceola, where the tour boat relaxing and panoramic composition. This day was a wonderful wonderful trip provided an appropriate framework for further exploration of the historical and beautiful winter Scenic Boat Tour park.The, an entity Winter Park for almost 70 years, at the end of Morse Avenue Lake Osceola. This is a very comfortable trip at $ 8 for adults and $ 4 for children (under 2 years travel free). Tours Boat trips leave daily from 10 am to 4 pm (except Christmas). For more information contact the Winter Park Scenic Boat Tour. To read the full article with pictures please visithttp: / / www.travelandtransitions.com / stories_photos / orlando_winter_park_boat_tour.htm