Everglades National Park Biologist Led Adventure: Cruise, Hike + Airboat in Fort Lauderdale booking from $259.00

Everglades National Park Biologist Led Adventure: Cruise, Hike + Airboat

Overview

Explore the real Everglades on a full-day guided tour, led by an experienced master naturalist. This is a comprehensive Everglades experience! Take a 1-hour, guided boat tour of the beautiful 10,000 Islands. Chance to see bird species: like roseate spoonbills, white pelicans, and ospreys. See manatees and dolphins up close. Go on a 1-hour dry nature hike led by a master naturalist, where you will immerse yourself in incredible wildlife and rare plants and orchids, under a canopy of huge cypress trees. Hold onto your hat on an exhilarating 1-hour air boat ride, the best in the Glades. Discover the remote beauty of a Native American tree island village where they used to live, one can only get to by boat. Witness alligators and other wildlife where they should be spotted, in the wild, and up close! Visit a historic trading post and other intriguing cultural and ecological stops. A delicious lunch is included.
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City: Fort Lauderdale

Sat 16 Nov

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What's Included

sunscreen, insect repellent, poncos for guest use

master naturalist guide

Delicious local lunch, including vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options

Drop off at airports in time for flight home

Snacks, soft drinks, water, and sparkling water

Free luggage storage

National Park maps to keep

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options are also available for lunch
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons

What To Expect

Miami

After pick up from your hotel in our new and comfortable 15 passenger vans, enjoy the ride out to Everglades National Park. Your guide will be sure to point out the abundant wildlife en route to your first stop!

Fort Lauderdale

We pick up in Fort Lauderdale and go directly out to the park. We try to cluster our pickups to limit the time on the van. Your guide will point out the abundant wildlife enroute.

Everglades National Park

Go on a 1-hour air boat ride that way out far from land in the River of Grass. This is your chance to see the endangered Everglades snail kite, large and small alligators, and much more; all where it should be experienced, up close and in the wild! Visit a Native tree island village or two where they used to live. You can only get there by boat and on this tour.

Miccosukee Indian Village

You will embark on an amazing 1 hour airboat journey way out onto the pristine "River of Grass". We will spend some time in a remote Miccosukee Village and we will also encounter a plethora of wildlife from wading birds to turtles, alligators and more!

Clyde Butcher's Big Cypress Gallery

Learn about the impressive techniques of this famous photographer and see his iconic work first hand.

Oasis Visitor Center

Big alligators live here.

Big Cypress National Preserve

Go on a nature walk led by your experienced naturalist in this pristine National Preserve that contains 5 of the 9 ecosystems found in the real Everglades. This beautiful walk will have you immersed in the unique flora and fauna of this region. The chance to go on a second walk in a different location as well. Take a remote scenic narrated drive, with a few stops to get out and experience wildlife, led by your experienced naturalist guide in the remote sections of this vast wilderness; which is home to the Florida panther, black bear, wild boar, Osceola turkey, white-tail deer, Florida bobcat, American alligator, an incredible array of bird species, and more.

Smallwood Store

Go back in time in this historic trading post, listed on the National Register of historic places. Learn about the rugged and authentic history of a time when only a few white settlers arrived, to trade with the Seminoles. Still owned by the same family today, ask questions about the lore of Old Florida.

Big Cypress Swamp Welcome Center

Great spot to potentially see manatees.

Chokoloskee

Enjoy a wonderful lunch. Order off the menu. Great local food with lots of fresh seafood choices as well as vegetarian and vegan options.

Southwest Gulf Coast

Enjoy an amazing boat trip through the 10,000 Islands of the Everglades National Park. You will have the potential to see dolphins, manatees, many wading and shore birds, white pelicans, saw fish, sea turtles and more.

Everglades City

This small town was recently named one of Smithsonian magazine's top 15 places to see in the United States. We will take a driving tour here in the "Stone Crab Capitol of the Wolrd" When in season we will stop at a local market where fresh off the docks stone crabs can be purchased. Store them in our cooler to be enjoyed later! We will also visit the famous Rod and Gun Club and the quaint musem of the town.

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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 (301)

DocBuster

Apr 2022

My wife and I had a great time on this tour. The guide, Stacie, was very good and knowledgeable. We saw all the gators we wanted to see and an amazing variety of birds. The tour was just the right pace for us (I am in my early 70s). After we booked our tour for the 1st of our 3 day window, we were informed that our hotel was actually out of the normal pick up area. We were told we could drive ourselves to the meeting point, but our rental car had fallen through. The company offered to pick us up on the next day as they could get someone into our area. Turns out this person was Stacie and she was great. Given the traffic in the area, I am very glad that I did not have to drive. This also turned out to be the best of the three days we had available. First day, it rained on the tour. Second day (our day) was close to perfect. Third day was high winds and very choppy water. During the drive back, my wife dropped her prescription sunglasses in the van and did not discover it until it was too late to retrieve them. After we contacted Wild Lime, they found the glasses and mailed them back to us after we got home. We would definately use Wild Lime again and would highly recommend them.

Response from Host

Apr 2022

Thank you for letting us know that the customer service was excellent. A lot of guests focus on the wildlife, which is understandable. But your review really means a lot to us, becuase we do strive to provide really good customer service. Thanks for taking our tour!

atlangel41

Apr 2022

We saw tons of alligators. We saw sawfish. It was fun watching dolphins follow us and play/jump in the boats wake. We saw 1 manatee at a distance so didn't get a good look. Lots of birds, turtles, etc... Our guide, Lindsay, was great. Very knowledgeable. The airboat ride was not very exciting, slow. Seatbelts would be needed to go faster, but we thought the airboat ride would be more exciting than it was. The Indian village was okay. Lunch was good. Plenty of drinks and snacks.

Response from Host

Apr 2022

Wow, you saw a lot, it sounds like. Sawtooth fish too! That's amazing. They are critically endangered. Glad you appreciated all the wildlife that was witnessed. We are an eco tour company, so that makes us feel great. We don't strive to have super fast airboats necessarily, because our goal is to get out there to witness the wildlife and wonder of the true "River of Grass," as you did. And especially when the water levels are low, as they are right now due to being at the end of the dry season, we can't guarantee a super fast ride, for safety considerations. Thanks for coming out there with us.

bay3r1948

Apr 2022

I enjoyed the Indian village airboat and the General store museum boat ride also seeing the alligators.Our guide was very enthusiastic and professional, as were the airboat and boat captains.The trek was cancelled due to a thunderstorm. All in all I did enjoy the day but was hoping for a more nature involved day.It seemed sometimes we did not spend much time at certain places, although I do realise there is a lot to get in and there is considerable travel All in all it was a good day out and it did give you a flavour of the Everglades.

Response from Host

Apr 2022

We regret having to cut short any boat experience on any tour, but there was a lot of lightening in the area that day, and safety is always our first priority. The weather was not cooperating that day, which could have limited some of the wildlife sightings. Lately though, the wildlife has been exceptional, so we regret that you feel that you did not see as much as what you perhaps expected that day. Thanks for coming on our tour!

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