Rohan Regional Recreation Center, 850 Kristine Way, The Villages, United States
This is a Ticketing Site & RSVP site for the monthly Tours &/or Trips of the M. Benz Club of The Villages. A $1.00 processing fee will be added to all transactions by Allevents.in our ticketing agent. You must purchase one ticket per person
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ABOARD!
Mt. Dora Canal Boat Tour and Lunch at Copacabana Restaurant
Wednesday April 17, 2024
Registration Cut off April 10 2024
We only have room for 42 people.
DON’T MISS THIS TRIP we have an amazing day planned for April 17 so register early and don’t miss out.
The cost of the boat tour is $35 per person. Lunch is on your own.
If we reach 42 people our group will occupy the two entire boats.
Parking is available on site. You will not have to move your car to walk to lunch.
Meeting at Rohan Recreation Center at 8:45 AM.
We will start the day with a 2-hour Narrated Eco-tour of Lake Dora and the Dora Canal. As we cross Lake Dora you will be given a brief history of Mount Dora and the Harris Chain of Lakes all the time looking out for bald eagles & osprey. Once under the railway bridge in Tavares we enter the Dora Canal; the first portion of the canal was dug by hand and is the residential section beyond is the natural jungle river which winds its way through a Cypress Swamp. This tight meandering passage through the 2000 year old trees allows us to search for herons egrets anahingas turtles and alligators and observe them in their natural habitat. The route is reversed once we turn around in Lake Eustis or Gator Inlet.
After the boat tour we will all meet at “The Olive Branch an Cuban Restaurant. It is located in downtown Mt. Dora just across the street from the boat tour.
Plan is to arrive at the COPACABANA CUBAN RESTAURANT, 320 Dora Drawdy Way about 12:15 PM to 12:30 PM for a leisurely lunch in an air-conditioned seating area. their fabulous menu is below as of 3-8-24:
Lunch Menu for
The deadline for registration is April 11, 2024.
QUESTIONS: Contact Bill Goldberg at (732)691-8808
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