Turns out you can dive in Orlando — at Epcot’s DiveQuest, in Walt Disney World’s 5.7-million-gallon aquarium. But why stop there? If you’re in the area — and more than 60 million visitors are every year — there are eye-popping natural wonders not far from the House of Mouse.

IF YOU HAVE ONE DAY

Head north about two hours on I-75 through horse country — Triple Crown winner Affirmed was bred here — to Blue Grotto and Devil’s Den on U.S. Highway 27 in tiny Williston, population 2,760.

Blue Grotto is an 80-foot-wide cavern with an open bowl about 55 feet deep. A 100-foot-deep U-shaped traverse with a guide line brings you up close to embedded fossil remains. At Devil’s Den, the bowl is enclosed except for a “blowhole” — settlers spying “smoke” on cool mornings coined the name — forming a ­cavern 120 feet across. Fantastical rock ­formations and a surprising number of fish ­entertain divers and snorkelers.

Each spring is easily explored in a ­single dive; have lunch between at ­Williston’s Los Avinas Mexican restaurant.

IF YOU HAVE TWO DAYS

Need to Know

When to Go: Year-round; manatees are present in springs November to March.

Dive Conditions: Count on clear water and a constant 72-degree temp in Florida’s freshwater springs and spring-fed rivers.

Operators: Blue Grotto, $44 per day; Devil’s Den, $38 per day; Ginnie Springs, $30 per day, $22 cave divers; ­National Speleological Society-Cave Diving Section

An hour north of Williston, on the ­Santa Fe River outside High Springs, is ­Ginnie Springs, perhaps Florida’s most famous inland training ground. It’s popular with cave divers, who revel in 30,000 feet of passages. High Springs’ 1895 opera house now operates as the Great Outdoors, a steak-and-seafood restaurant with live music on the patio.

In winter, snorkel with Florida’s ­gentle manatees at Three Sisters or ­Homosassa springs near Crystal River, about 90 minutes south of High Springs. Open-air grill Blue Gator, on the Withlacoochee River in nearby Dunnellon, is your chance to try fried gator.

In summer, float down the Ichetucknee River starting at Ichetucknee Springs State Park in Fort White, a half-hour north of Ginnie Springs.

IF YOU HAVE THREE DAYS

Many of Florida’s springs, caves and ­caverns are connected underground, a mystical world knowable only to the chosen few: certified cave divers. Take your first step with a Cavern Diver or Intro to Cave course, offered by independent instructors at many springs. Each ­generally takes three to four days to complete, and includes an introduction to the cave environment and basic procedures; find an instructor at National Speleological ­Society-Cave Diving Section.