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Flamingo Visitor Center
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
2 reviews for Flamingo Visitor Center
2 reviews in English
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Review from Matthew O.
Homestead, FL
1/14/2012 1 Check-in Here
Flamingo is like a bi-polar ex-girlfriend. When she is good, she is great. When she is bad, she is really bad. Flamingo is great in the winter after a cold front and it is a living hell in the middle of summer due to mosquitos, stifling heat and humidity. Man I hate that place in the summer.
The visitor center is always pretty good if you can get to it without being eaten by millions of blood sucking mosquitos. (summer Flamingo) The rangers who work there are some of the nicest people I have ever met. They are experts on all of the flora and fauna of the area and can tell you where to go to see wood storks, flamingos and manatees.
If you go to Flamingo, make sure you have a full tank of gas. There is a gas station down there, but the gas is really spendy and probably has water in it. -
Review from Michelle C.
Miami, FL
6/14/2009 1 Check-in Here
Shark Valley's less popular cousin.
Flamingo Point is a great place for canoeing, kayaking, whether you bring your own or rent.
It is also the starting point for the inter-coastal waterway, and has a boat water lock that is cool to see, if you are luckily enough to watch a boat come through.
It is really cool to come here by boat, if you are very comfortable with the water routes to get there. Otherwise, you will end up pushing. And everyone in the boat will push. I'm speaking from experience here.
You can drive by car from Homestead. Take SW 344 st West from US1 and follow signs (there are turns involved). If you are into long distance biking, I imagine that would be a good route.
Also, mosquitos can be bad when in season.
