"Is this like Carrot Top's box?” Scott Fais asks while searching in a dock box in Amelia Island. “If we go through here, we can find it?”

The box sits on the dock of the city marina in Fernandina Beach and holds everything from life jackets to small fishing nets.

“You know, you would be amazed what you can find in there,” box owner George Morris said.

It’s just south of the Georgia state line where you'll discover a different type of eco-tour.

"Ecotours at the speed of fun” is printed on George’s shirt. And he is right.

Dig out your life vest on. And then get on your personal watercraft.

Flying Fish Adventures on Amelia Island lets visitors learn about northeast Florida's geography and ecology, while riding on top of it.

"We mix the tour up. We talk about the historical importance of some of the things we see out here. We talk about the ecological aspects of what we are talking about,” George said.

Morris is the owner of the tour company that uses personal watercraft. Whereas other nature tours use buses or trams, this tour puts each visitors on their own boat.

Passengers pilot their own personal watercraft through saltwater inlets and quiet coves only accessible by boat.

One of the first stops is across the state line on the banks of the Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia. Here, more than 200 wild horses roam.

"They are descendants of Spanish ponies that have inner-bread with English draft horses and then recently they inner-bread with Lucy Carnegie's horses that they let go when she passed away,” George explained.

Yet, just don't pass on George's safety warnings.

"Always remember that boats do not have breaks,” he warned. "When we get back in that creek, it's so smooth. There are no bumps to scare people."

Visitors can open up their personal watercraft to 50 mph before returning to the dock.

"Everyone takes away something different," George concluded.

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