Events

11 Years ago today Wekiva Island became a reality! Come out and celebrate our 11 years with ThrowBack canoe prices! $25 for full day rentals!! Toast to 11 Years with ALL DRAFTS only $2 FROM 5PM-7PM!

Rivers otters are mostly solitary (live alone), except for females with their young. Otters come together during the mating season in late winter or early spring. Females give birth to 1 to 6 young per litter, with an average of 2 to 3. Otters are born with fur, but are otherwise helpless. Females give birth, […]

It’s Fall Y’All! Celebrate Pumpkin Spice Season by painting some pumpkins! Join artist Elisabeth Ferber for a evening of “wineing” and painting! All of your art supplies and two glasses of wine will be included for $30! *Any reschedules must be 48 hours prior to event. No refunds available* PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

Grab your friends and share (or not) a bucket of White Claws! Buckets are on special the whole month of October for $18!

Celebrate National Taco Day by grabbing some delicious Mahi-Mahi, Gator, Chicken, Shrimp or Steak Tacos from Without A Paddle Cafe! Pair those tacos with $18 buckets of Corona and White Claw and it is a celebration!

Enjoy 10 Traditional Buffalo Style Wings with celery and homemade Blue Cheese for only $10.95! From 4PM-11PM!

Enjoy Steak and Eggs every Sunday morning from 8:30 until 11AM. NY Strip served with 2 eggs, Loaded Home Fries and a English Muffin! All this for only $12!

Rent a Paddleboard and see so much more as you paddle on the Wekiva River! Check out PaddleBoard Orlando for a private tour!

Alligators use tools? American alligators have been observed using lures to hunt birds. They balance sticks and branches on their heads, attracting birds looking for nesting material.

Join us for a special Fall Themed Edition of The Wekiva Brew Review! Cast your vote for your favorite Pumpkin Brew by Southern Tier Brewing Company and Elysian Brewing! Who has the better Pumpkin Beer? Sample 3 Southern Tier Brewing Company beers and 3 Elysian Brewing Beers! A meal by Without A Paddle Cafe is […]

We proudly sell Costa Del Mar Sunglasses and Apparel at Wekiva Island. We are committed to Kicking Plastic like they are!    Kick Plastic We have a bad habit. Every year, Americans use millions of tons of plastic just once, before throwing it away – and far too much of it ends up in our […]

Join us for a delicious meal cooked over an open fire every Friday night! This Fridays Meal: Wings N' Spuds A Giant loaded fresh hot baked potato topped with our Fire Grilled Jumbo Marinated Chicken Wings! $12.95 *Served from 5PM until we run out*

If you’re fan of Classic Country music, you gotta catch a Giddy Up Go show!  They play country like it was meant to be played!  Our sound harkens back to a style of country that was played in smokey ol’ honky tonk bars in the 60’s and 70’s. Stop out and see us play Traditional, […]

Enjoy 10 Traditional Buffalo Style Wings with celery and homemade Blue Cheese for only $10.95! From 4PM-9PM!

What could be better than enjoying breakfast along the beautiful Wekiva River? Enjoy Steak and Eggs every Sunday morning from 8:30 until 11AM. NY Strip served with 2 eggs, Loaded Home Fries and a English Muffin! All this for only $12!

Did you know that everyday in the United States, 7 billion gallons of perfectly good, clean drinking water is wasted because of leaking pipes and water infrastructure that hasn't been maintained and cleaned properly throughout the years?

Weekdays this time of year are lovely along the Wekiva River. Grab your family and friends and chill in your own private Cabana! Weekday rentals are discounted and include a canoe!

Bears are omnivores, meaning they eat both vegetable and animal matter. Some foods a black bear may eat include acorns, insects, berries, saw palmetto and sabal palm fruits, armadillos and honey. Long thought to only be in search of honey, many bear biologists now believe that when a bear cracks open a bee hive, it's […]

The Wekiva River is a 16.0-mile-long (25.7 km) river in Central Florida, north of Orlando in the United States. It originates in Apopka and joins the St. Johns River, the longest river in the state, in DeBary.

Join us for a delicious meal cooked over an open fire every Friday night! This Fridays Meal: Thick Cut Pork Chops served with Roasted herbed potatoes, Corn on the Cobb and Garlic Bread $12.95 *Served from 5PM until we run out*

Enjoy live music in The Tooting Otter fro 7PM-11PM!

STEAK NIGHT IS BACK! Saturday, October 19th, 5 to 9pm You’re the Chef – So Create Your Masterpiece… It’s Easy as 1-2-3! Make Your Reservation ~ Purchase Your Tickets HERE! Pick up your Hand Cut Choice 12oz. New York Strip at Without A Paddle Café and Spice it up YOUR WAY at our spice table! […]

Enjoy the sounds of Mike Dunn in The Tooting Otter!

What could be better than enjoying breakfast along the beautiful Wekiva River? Enjoy Steak and Eggs every Sunday morning from 8:30 until 11AM. NY Strip served with 2 eggs, Loaded Home Fries and a English Muffin! All this for only $12!

Did you know that Wekiva Island Staff Members sort each bag of trash. We pull all recycling out of bags and make sure it is properly sorted.

We offer Happy Hour Specials every Monday-Friday! Enjoy $5 House Wines and $1 off all draft beers!

Our Carbon Footprint While there is much debate about impact of our carbon footprint on the planet, it is our belief that the impact exists and will continue to negatively impact our plant and its ecosystems. In the past 200 years, more carbon has been dumped into the atmosphere than ever causing the carbon dioxide […]

What better way to celebrate National Food Day than a visit to Without A Paddle Cafe? Come grab your favorite meal!

Join us for a delicious meal cooked over an open fire every Friday night! This Fridays Meal: London Broil Sliced Sirloin Beef, served with mashed potatoes, mushroom gravy & steamed vegetables. $14.95 *Served from 5PM until we run out*

Join us for a FREE Halloween Costume Party for adults at Wekiva Island, Saturday, October 26th from 7-10p. Come dressed in the funniest or scariest costume for a chance to win up to $1000 in cash and gift cards. We’ll have food, live music by Eugene Snowden & Friends and $15 Buckets of White Claw! […]

Celebrate National Beer Day at Wekiva Island! With 24 beers on draft and a wide selection of canned beer, your choices are many!

Have you purchased one of our Tervis cups? When you purchase one, your first fill up is free and each time you use it, you get an extra 4 ounces of beer! These cups cut down on the waste that goes into landfills and make a great gift!

One month until the 4th Annual Wekiva Winter Wonderland begins! Get ready for our real snow sledding, nightly snow flurries, thousands of lights, ornament decorating, stilt walkers, Buddy The Elf,The Grinch and most importantly.... Santa!

Did you know that most of the paintings you admire in The Tooting Otter are for sale? Who doesn't want an original Wekiva Paint Out painting in their own home?

Wekiva Island may not seem haunted on a sunny, summery Florida day but legend has it that a former owner of the property has been hanging around for years. The Dowd family purchased Wekiva Marina Restaurant from former Orange County Commissioner Cliff Freeman in 1990 after it had once been a fish camp and was […]

Join us for a delicious meal cooked over an open fire every Friday night! This Fridays Meal: A Wekiva Island Favorite! T-Bone Lamb Chops served with Grilled Romaine Salad, Oven Roasted Garlic Potatoes and Garlic Bread $14.95 *Served from 5PM until we run out*

Enjoy 10 Traditional Buffalo Style Wings with celery and homemade Blue Cheese for only $10.95! From 4PM-9PM!

Enjoy Steak and Eggs every Sunday morning from 8:30 until 11AM. NY Strip served with 2 eggs, Loaded Home Fries and a English Muffin! All this for only $12!