The moment you leave mainland Florida and venture into Key Largo, you'll want to kick off your shoes, slip into your swimsuit, and take a plunge. America's most dazzling sub-sea sites are awaiting your arrival, as are numerous dive, snorkel, and water sports operators. With the underwater John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, the crystal waters at Molasses Reef, and the caves of French Reef close at-hand, it's easy to understand why Key Largo is known as the Diving Capital of the World. Here, the dress code is casual, the opportunities plentiful.
Key Largo maintains a solid selection of fishing guides and captains ready to service anglers.
Eco-tours through the waters of Florida Bay also are among the island's recreational offerings. To experience all the romance of Bogie and Bacall, Key Largo visitors may also arrange for weddings and wedding vow renewals on land or at sea. Art enthusiasts will want to head for any of several galleries, including one that displays the works of famed black and white photographer Clyde Butcher. Key Largo also is home to the Florida Keys Wild Bird Center, where a variety of sick or injured winged creatures are either permanent inhabitants or have been rescued, are rehabilitating, and will soon be set free. Stroll the center's interpretive boardwalk, and you'll garner an education in how its varied residents came to be there.