Miles of Private Gulf Beach-Luxury 4 BR-Pets Okay-Kayaks & SUPs-Best Shark Teeth

Miles of Private Gulf Beach-Luxury 4 BR-Pets Okay-Kayaks & SUPs-Best Shark Teeth

Super Private Beach Access (1 min walk- 100 feet from front door with private dock for fishing or Kayaking out the back door) in one of the last remaining “Old Florida” regions of the Gulf Coast on North Manasota Key at the start of Canopy Drive, Pet Friendly, 4 Bedroom/2 Bath (sleeps 9) On Lemon Bay with Large Screened Porch and Boat Dock, free Kayaks, SUPs, and Bicycles. Across the Street access to miles of Private Beach, best shark tooth hunting on the Gulf, and Fishing from the dock or beach. Watch Manatees from your private dock, or daily dolphin sightings on the beach, or see Sea Turtles nesting or watch baby turtles hatch May-September. 10 Minutes to 4 Restaurants and live music, Easy Uber Eats or Door Dash delivery location, Publix Grocery Store Home Delivery Location, Remote Work Ready, 50 Minutes from Sarasota Airport (75 minutes from Fort Myers airport) via Uber/Lyft. Located in the last remaining "Old Florida" region, with bounding Flora and Fauna in a truly subtropical rainforest on Canopy Drive that surrounds this charming cottage which boasts the largest Banyon Tree in the state of Florida as determined by the Florida Forestry Department. Great fishing off your own dock or the beach, pet friendly, remote work ready with 2 bedrooms plus dining room with desk size table and chairs and stable comcast internet. Parking right outside your front door. If all of your travel dates are not available for this cottage, consider staying across the street at a smaller 1-2 bedroom beachfront suite to compliment your stay in this cozy and charming cottage....see this property description here

2 shared Kayaks and 2 Stand Up Paddle Boards are provided for shared guest use free of charge. Beach chairs, umbrellas, a hammock, and a gas grill make this a place very easy to settle into upon arrival. Everything you need for a beach vacation is provided - beach chairs, umbrellas, shark tooth hunting equipment, Kayaks, and paddle boards. Bring your boat, if desired, or rent one for your stay, and leave it on the dock out your back door for easy access. It can accommodate a 30' boat with shallow draft (note that at very low tide, the depth is approximately 12" at the dock).

Please note re Pricing and Capacity: The published base price per night is competitively priced for parties of 6, similar in cost structure with other 3 bedroom smaller properties on Manasota Key. Beyond 6 guests there is a $50 per person per night additional charge to fairly price the property's use of all 4 bedrooms and associated costs at rates consistent with larger 4 bedroom house rentals on the Key, with a maximum price of $650 per night. If you have a larger party of 9, we will guarantee you a maximum price of $650 per night (our max nightly rate for 8 people, not inclusive of guest fees and taxes), and will refund any amount calculated by VRBO's automatic per person pricing algorithm immediately upon booking with us for parties of 9. If this pricing structure is beyond your budget, please feel free to inquire with us, and we may be able to make further adjustments for last minute bookings. We work on the honor system in terms of reporting accurately the number of guests and pets staying at the property, and hope you will honor our honor system approach to pricing this property in a way that attempts to meet the budgets of different sized parties and families.

Pets: There is a $200 pet fee to cover extra cleaning costs associated with bringing your dog. This is priced for up to 2 dogs. Beyond 2 dogs there is a nominal additional $25 per dog charge to cover additional cleaning time and expense.

Our prices include all fees. No hidden fees, except a 3% charge if using a credit card vs. Venmo or Paypal (if using "friends and family" payment option vs. "goods and services" purchases) and Zelle.

Unique Benefits

The unique features of this property are first and foremost the private quiet beach. Although shared with one other set of guests, if the second property is even occupied, on most days (even during the mid winter busy or vacation time frames) you can count the number of people you see on two hands when you look down the beach a mile in either direction. It is true privacy. It is also a very quiet residential neighborhood, which can't be beat if you like peace and quiet.

Secondly, the lush subtropical foliage on the property is truly TROPICAL. For those who have visited Florida, this is classically "old Florida" with an abundance of palm trees, vine climbing philodendrons, ground cover philodendrons, so a unique combination of Gulf coast beach and flora and fauna that feels as close to a subtropical rainforest as you can find in Florida.

Having access to both the intercoastal waterway (i.e., Lemon Bay) and the beach is unique, as most properties allow for either one or the other, but not both. This allows for kayaking and paddle boarding on calmer water on days when the beach waves might prohibit that, and it also allows for different fishing environments and wildlife spotting opportunities.

The natural wildlife on the property is abundant - dolphin pods often swim down the beach front early morning and evenings when feeding, turtle nesting and observing hatchlings between May-October is exciting at night time, and occasionally you may spot or swim with a Manatee on the beach front, or observe them from the dock on Lemon Bay. We have had pairs of Bald Eagles perch on a very tall Norwegian Pine tree on our property, and Osprey often do the same and you can watch them catch fish and fly off to their nest right off the private beach.

Finally, the shark tooth hunting can't be beat. One set of guests whom have been tooth hunting up and down the entire Gulf coast swears that we have literally the best shark tooth hunting on the entire Gulf within a 100 yards south and north of our property. They return twice a year for just that reason, and always find Megalodon teeth on their hunts, in addition to a wide variety of other teeth. One neighboring visitor from Minnesota walks the beach for 4 months during his winter visits, with the goal of 15,000 shark teeth each winter. He has only missed that goal once by 500 teeth over the many years we have known him. We must have something truly special going on in our North Manasota Key location in terms of Shark Tooth hunting, because even the Megalodon hunting tourist boats from Venice drive the 10 miles to anchor a few hundred yards off the beach to bring people to find those highly sought after fossilized shark teeth.

Why Kids Love It

There are plenty of sand toys for younger children, and for older children who like to be creative with digging, I'm happy to loan shovels to really make their digging successful. Snorkeling is amazing to see underwater sea creatures, and during months when the water is warm, catching fish is virtually guaranteed, and onsite local fishing guides can be hired to help teach them how to catch fish right off the dock or beach on the property.