I've been reading the reviews here, and I don't think they do Robbie's justice. If it were just a place to feed tarpon, I'd have never gone there. This is a marina that offers a variety of boating experiences from guided kayak tours to fishing boat rentals. I had read about their sunset eco-tours, but I wanted to try them out first, so we took a tour to Lignumvitae Island to check out their operations. We had a really nice experience, and enjoyed the afternoon, so we called to book a sunset eco-tour. It wasn't the high season for this, and it seems to be a service that is outsourced, so we talked to the captain of a boat who was clearly putting together his six person tours on a very short term basis.
The tour we booked was the highlight of our vacation. The electric boat was captained by a man raised in the area who knew how to balance storytelling with letting the participants experience the beautiful surroundings, and his environmentalism and knowledge of the area made for an amazing tour which included a visit with a manatee family (we had almost given up on seeing any manatees when we encountered them).
If we had stayed in the area longer we would have surely booked more tours. Everyone there was friendly and helpful and mellow. If you are just passing through, skip the tarpon feeding and just have lunch on the outdoor deck of the diner and watch the tourists feed the fat lazy fish when the bait makes it past the aggressive pelicans - then you'll get all of the entertainment without the danger of getting nipped by a bird.











