Reuthers
Florida Sunshine / USA
Self Drive Motorcycle Tour

Welcome to the Sunshine State Florida!

After collecting your Harley-Davidson motorbike from the rental office you will be riding west to the Everglades National Park. On your way you will visit the smallest post office in the USA and in Everglades City you will take an unforgettable airboat tour to learn more about the Everglades and alligators. Your overnight stay is in Naples, the wealthiest city on the Golf Coast.

A coastal road along the Gulf of Mexico via Bonita Beach and Fort Myers Beach leads you to Sanibel Island - well known for its beach and numerous shells. Highlights in Fort Myers are Edison's Home and Museum.

You continue on to Sarasota, Longboat Key and Anna Maria Island in a northern direction and arrive in Weeki Wachee to see the famous show of dancing mermaids. After having been impressed by this amazing underwater theater, you continue on to Ocala, the Horse Capital of the World.

In the morning you will learn more about the magical world of race horses by a farm tour. After lunch you will ride through the Ocala Forest National Park, cross the Saint Johns River (longest river in Florida) and arrive in Saint Augustine, the oldest European settlement in Florida. You will visit the lighthouse and, if possible, take part in a spectacular cruise with a pirates show in the evening.

You enjoy the historical Saint Augustine including the famous Castillo de San Marcos, built by the Spaniards. You continue riding along the coast to the world's biggest motorcycle dealer, Bruce Rossmeyer's Harley-Davidson, in Daytona. You will spend the night directly at the legendary beach of Daytona Beach.

Today you will visit the world famous John F. Kennedy Space Center with its Rocket Park, Space Shuttles and IMAX cinema. After a ride south you will check in at your hotel in Palm Beach.

Late in the morning you will leave Palm Beach. After a shopping tour in Fort Lauderdale at one of the world's largest Outlet Malls, you will continue on to Miami.

Today you are on the way to the Keys and pass Miami's Art Deco and Downtown as well as Little Havanna. At Key Biscayne in the Bill Baggs Florida Park with its Cape Florida Lighthouse, you might even see racoons. On your excursion to the Southern Everglades National Park you will experience pure nature. Your overnight stay is booked for you in Key Largo next to the boat African Queen, well known from the popular Humphrey Bogart movie.

Several bridges e. g. the 7 Miles Bridge lead you from one island (Key) to the next and after riding along the Duval Street promenade and visiting the most southern point in continental USA (90 miles to Cuba), you will reach your hotel. In the afternoon and evening you will enjoy the tropical lifestyle of Key West and the unforgettable sunset at the Pier House Resort.

On your last day you will learn more about the important work of the Dolphin Research Center on Grassy Key. Certainly you remember the popular TV hero Flipper - today you will meet his grandchildren and back in Miami you will return your Harley-Davidson motorbike to the rental office.