Everglades Day Safari from Fort Myers/Naples Area

Overview

Spend a full day exploring the wilderness of the Everglades on this adventure from the Greater Fort Myers/Naples area. With your naturalist guide, take an exciting airboat ride in the Western Everglades, see wildlife on a drive through Big Cypress National Preserve, admire towering cypress trees on a nature walk, and enjoy a relaxing boat cruise along mangrove-lined waters to see manatees, dolphins and osprey. Your guide will teach you all about the Everglades and accompany you to lunch.

City: Fort Myers

Thu 17 Jul

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Starting at $225.00

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Thu 17 Jul

Starting at $225.00

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What's Included

Narrated van tour

Expert naturalist or biologist guide

Lunch

1-hour airboat ride

Hotel pickup and drop-off (Only Select Hotels)

Transport by air-conditioned 13-passenger van

1-hour boat cruise

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Minimum age is 6 years old
Hat, sunscreen and sunglasses are recommended
Strollers are not permitted
Please note: if your hotel is not on the list provided then pickup will be at the Perkins Restaurant, 14801 South Tamiami Trail, Fort Myers, FL 33908 at 7:35 am

What To Expect

Big Cypress National Preserve

Wildlifedrive through the back country of the first Preserve in the National Park system.

Smallwood Store

Step back in time and explore the historic Smallwoods Store Museum. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the museum stands frozen in time, a window to a bygone era when the store was the islands trading post and island life revolved around the activities here.

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

Nature Walk through a grove of ancient cypress trees out to a "gator hole" where female alligators have been nesting for decades.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (291)

Wendy H

Aug 2021

First trip to Everglades & had no idea where to go. We chose this day long excursion out of Fort Myers. Pickup at hotel was prompt. Our wonderful tour guide, Heidi, was so smart & full of tons of local knowledge. She kept us informed while on our drive down of all the different palm trees & things to view. Such a wealth of knowledge! She also listened to us & what may be of interest to us during the day. Our first stop was the airboat ride. We enjoyed that & did see some gators. Pretty birds on the store porch there. Next was nature walk. Heidi was great to point out things we surely would have missed. Then we had lunch at a cute little diner along the way. It was perfectly timed as we were hungry & tired & needed a break. Next was the boat trip to 10,000 islands. Tristan, our boat captain, was equally as awesome as Heidi. He explained the history there & his stories were so interesting. We’d really like to go back there & spend more time. The islands were beautiful & boat ride was so fun. Overall, just a great day & experience. Special shout-out to Heidi. She was wonderful!!

R1032IYdeannad

Aug 2021

Heidi was a fantastic guide. Loved both the boat rides! We got to see a ton of birds, lots of Gators and some dolphins! Good history on the area!

Steve_H

Jul 2021

This was one of the worst tours ever. Misleading and fell short of what it promised on all levels! We paid a lot of money for run down boats, a walk on a cheesy trail off the road in a hot humid mosquito infested environment. Our tour guide was a nice guy but we learned nothing and oh if you wanted those alligator appetizers they promised forget about it. They didn’t even mention it. False advertising! I would not recommend this tour. Imagine throwing $400 in the trash can. Ouch!!!

Response from Host

Jul 2021

Hi Stephen, Thank you for the feedback. The heat and humidity of a Florida summer is not for the faint of heart. While I can't control the weather, I am proud of the comfortable, air conditioned van that we transport you in but to experience the subtropical wilderness we do need to get out. The nature walk takes place in an award winning Florida State Park. I don't know what constitutes "cheesy". The old growth cypress? The nesting gators? The poisonous (and harmless) grasshoppers? Owls hooting in the trees? It's all cool to me. The Everglades National Park boat ride is on a 2016 Carolina skiff. The airboat is a 2009. Neither are old or rundown and they operate well. I have not advertised alligator appetizers since January 2021 when we removed them from the menu and from our website. I no longer felt it made sense to eat the animal everyone was excited to see. We don't eat panther, dolphin or manatee either. I hire well-educated biologists and naturalists to conduct the tour. I'm sorry if a day with an Everglades expert wasn't an educational experience but I would encourage anyone going on tour to have an open mind to everything the Everglades has to offer.