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Review:
Biscayne National Park is a 172,000-acre park that is 95 percent underwater. This makes it the biggest marine park in the country.
The Dante Fascell Visitor Center in Homestead is less than an hour from South Beach, within sight of Miami but in a completely different world.
The park consists of four unique ecosystems: The mangroves, the Florida Keys, Biscayne Bay, and the coral reef. The park is a heaven for boaters, kayakers, divers, snorkelers, birdwatchers, and history buffs, both above and under water. The Maritime Heritage Trail, which is underwater, connects dive sites that include some interesting shipwrecks.
Because of the vast size of the park, the best way to explore it is by joining one of the guided tours, whether it is to kayak through the mangroves in the Keys or to watch dolphins in the bay.
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