Dolphin Cove Research & Education Center, Key Largo

Devoted to their roles as a research and education center, this operation also lets you swim with its bottlenose dolphins or meet them in nose-to-bottlenose sessions. A number of other activities are offered, ranging from sunset cruises, ecology tours into the Everglades, kayak and canoe voyages, and crocodile tours to see the endangered American crocodile. Dolphin swims are $150 for about 90 minutes with the friendly creatures, an observation opportunity with the dolphins is $21.50, and other tours vary in price so give them a call to explore the options.