Black Hammock Adventures

Oviedo, United States

3.8

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20 reviews

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Description

Specialties

Airboat Rides, waterfront bar, inside bar, restaurant, giftshop, live music, outside terrace, live gator, bird and snake exhibit. Great place to host events/​parties.

History

Established in 1970.

The Black Hammock Adventure complex is east of Orlando and just north of Oviedo, at the end of a winding road through citrus groves. Tthe complex includes fantastic airboat rides, a gift shop, the Lazy Gator Bar, and a display of live gators, including a 35-​year-​old gator named Hammy who inhabits a cage all to himself near the lakeside docks. On Sundays you get to see the gators being fed (weather permitting) At its entrance is the Black Hammock Restaurant, privately owned and operated by a separate company, where baby gators lounge in an aquarium that backs up against a booth in the dining room.

Meet the Business Owner

Joel M.

Business Owner

Joel was born in Paris, France. His family moved to Africa when he was young, and there he grew up surrounded by the magnificent wildlife. He spent a lot of his youth out in the jungles hunting snakes, alligators and other creatures. He later returned to France and established several businesses including restaurant, bars, nightclubs and supermarkets.

In 1995, he won a green card and was allowed to emigrate to America. Without hesitation, he packed up the family and moved to the States. Joel choose Florida as he enjoys the heat and humidity, so reminiscent of his youth.

His choice of lifestyle led him to the Oviedo area where he could live in the country and keep his horse. On a morning walk one day he discovered that not 5 minutes away is the Black Hammock Restaurant, on lovely Lake Jesup, with it’s mangroves and alligators. Now he knows he is in paradise! He is at home just as he was in Africa. Joel obtained his American Citizenship, fully living out his AMERICAN DREAM.

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Joel M. says,

«Great food, true Floridian dinning experience!»