Everglades Day Safari from Fort Myers/Naples Area in Fort Myers booking from $199.00

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

Sun 17 Nov

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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
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Minimum age is 5 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
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Face masks provided for travellers
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons

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 (212)

Katelyn M

Jun 2018

Unfortunately this entire experience was disappointing due to our tour guy, Doug. Doug was very enthusiastic about his job, however he often made offensive comments, he made fun of past guests which was incredibly inappropriate and his driving was so terrible, I often felt my life was in danger. He ran multiple stop signs and braked late at red lights, that a few times i had to yell to him because I thought for sure he was going to run right through them. In addition, the entire drive to the Everglades he talked about flooding in the passing towns and would hold up pictures of the flooding while driving, which caused him to swerve all over the road. He even was on his cellphone while driving because he forgot to check us in at the pickup location. He later made a comment that the van was hard to drive because of its big tires, I don't know if this was his way of covering up his poor driving or what. I did speak to the owner briefly about this, however I did not go into detail because I was so upset over the whole experience, I just wanted to get back to enjoying my vacation. He did let me know that he had spoken to Doug about his driving, so for future tours, I hope that his driving improves. The very last piece of the trip was a drive through the Cypress Forests Preserve which should have been really amazing but instead, Doug sped through the entire thing at 55mph. I noticed the speed limit going in was 30mph. There were a ton of alligators on land and Doug just flew past them and when one of us would shout Gator, Doug would slam on the breaks and back up to where the gators were and they would have either gone back into the water, startled by Doug's driving or if they were still there we were given only seconds to look and then he would speed away again. I didn't get to take a single picture or even get to enjoy looking at a gator out of the water. I am assuming this was due to timing and he needed to get us back. However, I think we would have been able to enjoy our drive more if Doug didn't take time out of the tour to drive us around residential neighborhoods talking about property values and pointing out the families which were too poor to fix their homes after flooding. He then told us that anyone willing to buy a house there was stupid because of the flooding hazards. Which I found extremely offensive to the families living there and I wasn't there to buy property anyway. After lunch he took us to a museum that was not on the itinerary (separate from the boat ride museum, which is a part of the tour) and made us watch a 8 minute video about the Tamiami Trail. Which I suppose some would find interesting but I considered it a waste of time, as did the rest of the group and would have preferred that extra time be spent driving more slowly on the wildlife drive. I should mention that we did enjoy the airboat ride and nature walk. it was the only enjoyable part of the long day. I can't comment on the boat ride because there was a mix up with the reservations and we didn't get to take it. We sat and waited for an hour while the rest of our group went on their boat ride. This however, was due to the boat companies mix up and was not the tours fault. I spoke to the owner who was very upset this happened to us and he rectified the situation for us by issuing a refund for the missed boat ride. Maybe with a different tour guide, I would have had a better experience but unfortunately due to my experience I would not recommend this tour, as you are better off driving yourself around the Everglades.

Response from Host

Jun 2020

Thank you for your feedback. After an internal investigation, we decided to no longer use the services of this guide. As we discussed - I appreciate your understanding and apologize for your experience. I hope you will be willing to try our tour again someday.

Mary_C

Apr 2018

While we enjoyed the trip, it got a little bit long. We found that the time after lunch and before the airboat ride to somewhat useless. Riding along a dirt road looking for alligators and turtles got way to long.
We really enjoyed the two boat rides and the lunch was great. Driver was knowledgeable and was fun to be with.

Patty_K

Mar 2018

Learned so much about Florida. Saw MANY alligators and birds. It was a great way to spend the day

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