Chimera: Greek: "That which is longed for but impossible to achieve". For so long it was, but now it isn't... for us and for you. The perfect vacation destination - the absolute best pet free place to stay directly on the Rainbow River. To bring your pet(s) on your Rainbow River vacation trip, see Pet Friendly Meraki - www.vrbo.com/1482265.

The Vrbo System doesn't calculate Special Offer Rates, so we edit the reservation for them after it is made.

Chimera is clean, comfortable, and completely outfitted and supplied for worry-free vacationing. Sandy has decorated and stocked Chimera to be like your home on the river! The game room: Arcade basketball net, table shuffleboard, Juke Box w/ genre hits from the 60s, 70s, & 80s, and 60-Game Arcade Game Machine w/ Pac Man. Chimera also has horse shoes and a corn hole game! At night, or if it rains, there's still lots to do. A beautiful custom bar facilitates drinks, cards, or board games, or extra seats for dining. Chimera has four bedrooms w/ high quality comfortable mattresses and pillows. The smaller of two master bedrooms is downstairs so your parents don't have to climb stairs. Chimera sleeps eleven (11) in beds, fourteen (14) including couches.*

Directly on the Rainbow River - 4.5 miles of crystal clear water, perfect for swimming, snorkeling, scuba diving, canoeing, kayaking, and tubing. Fish, Anhingas, ducks, turtles, owls, eagles, wood storks, and otters are frequent visitors. Bring your rods, live bait, and your Florida fishing license for some of the best bass fishing in Florida! Children with poles, small hooks, and bread can catch bream all day long.

Special sanitizing protocols are employed at both our properties; masks, gloves, antibacterial hand soap and dishwashing soap, and extra sanitizing agent are all provided for your use during your stay.

Discounted Rates applicable to your Chimera stay of three (3) or more nights. We have to manually input correct rates, so the rates you see displayed when you input your number of nights are overstated for longer stays. When you Inquire, we will edit the quote to reflect your Discounted Rate for stays of more than three (3) nights. See a complete Schedule of Rates w/ Multiple Night Discounts at the bottom of this section.

Chimera isn't a typical "essentials only" vacation rental property. You will find it more like going to your place on the river. Spices, condiments, coffee, sugar, flour, rice, cereal - they're all there. High chair, playpen, canoe, kayaks, fins, goggles, quality toilet tissue and paper towels, laundry and dishwashing detergent, fabric softener, dryer sheets - all supplied. Your drinks will be on the bar waiting for you, whatever the kids like to drink will be in the fridge, and miniature chocolates will be plentiful. We do everything we know to do to make your trip to Chimera exceptional!

Because we have two Rainbow River properties, our guests cooperate for river launch and exit privileges at both properties without paying the $25/person entrance fee to get into the water at the county park, the KP Hole. (They now require you to use their tubes - you can't use your own.) You can get dropped off at Meraki and float home to Chimera, about an hour and a half drift, or your can float an hour and a half downriver from Chimera to the bridge at Swampy's. Either of these w/o paying the county anything! By car, it's 1.8 miles between the two houses.

Chimera's Address: 18531 SW 108th Pl Dunnellon, FL 34432 Meraki's Address: 9585 SW 190th Ave Rd Dunnellon, FL 34432

Summer Reservations book at least a year in advance. Preferred holiday dates go pretty quickly also, so booking early is necessary. A large percentage of our current reservations are returning guests.

Rental Rates and Fees:
2-3 Nights $394/night
4-6 Nights $379/night (Inquire for this discount...)
7 Nights & More $364/night
Monthly** $7,500 (Oct - Apr Only)
* + Extra Guest Charge of $25/night/number of overnight guests more than ten (10); Children ages six (6) and under are wecome but not counted.
* + $20/day/daytime visitor - Daytime Visitors must leave by 7:00 pm.
* 4-6 Night Rate will apply to Reservations for eight (8) to fourteen (14) days but include more than two (2) Weekend Days. Weekend Days are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
* + $200 Cleaning Fee
Taxes: Rent, Cleaning Fee, and Event Fee, if applicable, are subject to 11% Tax (7% State of Florida Sales Tax & 4% Marion County Bed Tax)
**Monthly Rate: Subject to availability; Only for stays beginning 1st of the month Oct– Apr; Extra Guest Rate and Daytime Visitor Rate does not apply. Contact Owner
Holiday Rates: We don't increase rates for Holidays, but:
– Multi-Night Discounts do not apply, and...
– Holidays have a Minimum Four (4) Night Stay.
Holidays are Rental Dates that include any of the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and any day immediately before or after one of these days.
Holiday Rates: We don't increase the basic rate for holidays, but holidays have a four (4) Night Minimum and above multiple night discounts don’t apply. Holidays are Rental Dates that include New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and any day immediately before or after one of these days.
Online Booking – Rates: Holiday Rates and Multiple-Night Discounts do not adjust in the Online Listing Sites and will be manually adjusted following inquiry.
There are several very nice golf courses in the area.

Horseback Riding: If you want to have a little diversion from river fun and do something else really enjoyable while in Dunnellon, go online and type in "Orange Blossom Trail Rides". Just thirty (30) minutes away, an eighty (80) acre property plus 53,000 acres in Florida's Goethe State Forest, and Sandi, the owner, is most hospitable and provides a wonderful horseback riding experience.

The outside of Chimera is under 24-hour video surveillance.