Everglades Day Safari from Ft Lauderdale

Overview

Explore the wilderness of the Everglades on a full day adventure from Ft Lauderdale. With your naturalist guide, take a thrilling airboat tour in Everglades National Park, spot wildlife on a drive through Big Cypress National Preserve, enjoy a nature walk through a towering cypress forest, and relax on a boat cruise along mangrove-lined waters to see manatees, dolphins and osprey. Learn about the Everglades from your guide and have lunch at a waterside restaurant, where you'll get to try some appetizers!

City: Fort Lauderdale

Mon 07 Jul

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Starting at $225.00

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Mon 07 Jul

Starting at $225.00

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What's Included

Nature Walk

Airboat Ride

Expert naturalist or biologist guide

Lunch

Mangrove Wilderness Boat Cruise

Wildlife Drive

Transport by air-conditioned 13-passenger van

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
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

What To Expect

Everglades Day Safari

Tours offered by Everglades Day Safari

Miccosukee Indian Village

Depart from the Miccosukee Indian Village on an airboat tour of the "River of Grass" portion of the Everglades on the iconic airboat - a flat-bottomed boat built to skim across the shallow wetlands of the Everglades! Visit an authentic Miccosukee chikee village and learn about the history of the tribe.

Big Cypress National Preserve

A wildlife drive through the pine savannas and cypress forests of Big Cypress National Preserve.

Everglades National Park

Guests take a 90-minute pontoon boat tour into the mangrove wilderness of Everglades National Park. In the Ten Thousand Islands you'll search for dolphins, manatee, sharks, rays, a variety of birds and other coastal species of wildlife.

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Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (456)

CTLuckyMtn6

Dec 2023

We had the best day on our animal safari yesterday! The airboat and wilderness drives were cool, our guide was friendly, fun, entertaining and knowledgeable. The best parts were seeing the alligators cuddling ( I have changed my view of alligators now!) and the dolphins playfully following our boat during the last boat ride. I have never seen dolphins so up close in the wild so it was the highlight for sure, we loved it so much! We hope to do another trip with this company next time we are in Florida. Thanks for such great memories!

shuktarasd

Dec 2023

This was a really great trip. We enjoyed 💯 and learned a lot. Our guide, Leah, was very knowledgeable and provided great commentary throughout the trip. She took great care to point out birds and other critters. The boat trips were amazing as well. The first one, was quite an adventure with the rain beating down on us. But we would rather do it than not. Leah worked hard to make it happen despite the weather. The last one through the Gulf of Mexico was spectacular. The trip was more than what we had expected. Thank you!

markbN7673OE

Dec 2023

They did not inform us that over half the time on the trip we were in a van. Our pick up location was first and last which added to wasted time.

Response from Host

Jan 2024

Hello Mark, Every guest is provided a confirmation email that details the itinerary for the day. When you book through TripAdvisor/Viator or another 3rd party, they give you the break down as well including the time spent participating in the excursions. The Everglades is one of the most remote wildernesses in the Eastern United States. It takes time to get there and we go DEEP into the swamp. It takes time to get back. The transportation out to the Everglades is about 2 hours and most of it is narrated by the guide. The trip back from Chokoloskee is about 2 hours. The trip is 10 hours. It's worth it for 99.9% of our guests to experience this view of nature. From 7:15am to 7:45 we provide pickups from Fort Lauderdale Beach to Davie. If you are the first picked up, you do have to be included in the 30 minutes while we pickup other guests. Any guests that wish to avoid that can be picked up at the Flamingo Gardens in Davie, FL at 7:30am.