Welcome to a series of Kayak Caches in Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park. Free parking and Kayak launch is available at Sunrise Park off of Edgewater Drive. Additional option would be Port Charlotte Beach Park but there is a parking fee.
Caches were placed at low tide and most should be accessible by kayak. Enjoy natural Florida.
Manatees use their flippers to "walk" along the bottom whilst they dig for plants and roots in the substrate. When plants are detected, the flippers are used to scoop the vegetation toward the manatee's lips. The manatee has prehensile lips; the upper lip pad is split into left and right sides which can move independently. The lips use seven muscles to manipulate and tear at plants. Manatees use their lips and front flippers to move the plants into the mouth. The manatee does not have front teeth, however, behind the lips, on the roof of the mouth, there are dense, ridged pads. These horny ridges, and the manatee's lower jaw, tear through ingested plant material.
This cache was placed with permission of the Florida Park Service.
For information about placing caches in THIS state park,
please contact the park office at 941-575-5816.
For further information about the Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park:
www.floridastateparks.org/charlotteharbor