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

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

Overview

Explore the real Everglades on a full-day guided tour, led by a master naturalist. This is a comprehensive Everglades experience! Take an 80 minute guided boat tour of the beautiful 10,000 Islands. Chance to see bird species: like roseate spoonbills, white pelicans, + ospreys. See manatees and dolphins up close. Go on a 1-hour dry nature hike, where you will immerse yourself in incredible wildlife and see rare plants + orchids, under a canopy of huge cypress trees. Hold onto your hat on an exhilarating 75 minute air boat ride, the best in the Glades. Discover the remote beauty of a Native American tree island village and learn the Miccosukee history. See alligators and other wildlife where they should be spotted, in the wild! Visit a historic trading post and other intriguing cultural and ecological stops. A delicious order from the menu lunch is included. We have a PERMIT to guide in the parks.
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City: Fort Lauderdale

Wed 23 Apr

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Starting at $285.00

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Wed 23 Apr

Starting at $285.00

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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

Snacks, soft drinks, water, and sparkling water

Pickup and drop-off at listed locations

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

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!

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 (581)

Travelloveronabudget

Mar 2025

Enoch was the best tour guide ever! He was an excellent driver, knew everything answered every question and made it a wonderful day.

Response from Host

Mar 2025

Thank you for your review and for mentioning your guide! Enoch is great. We're glad you had a wonderful day!

dizzylizzy381

Feb 2025

This is everything that it says it is. Great tours of different ecosystems with highly knowledgeable biology guide about said systems plus the history of the people who lived in the Everglades and a walk learning how the plants and trees could be used for food and medicines. Very efficiently run but at a comfortable pace. Lunch was great! Thanks for an awesome day Eljah!

Response from Host

Mar 2025

Thank you for your review! We are happy to hear that you appreciated the pace of the tour and the amenities! Also, thank you for mentioning your guide, Elijah!

P3651YQmichaelk

Feb 2025

We had a fantastic trip. Our driver and guide was Lindsay and she was fun, enthusiastic and extremely knowledgeable of the ecosystem, flora, and fauna. We saw more alligators and Heron than I ever imagined. She stopped by a roadside canal where we saw a manatee. At the boat cruise landing there was a baby sawfish and on our hike we saw a skink native to the area rare to see per Lindsay as well as a mama alligator with her babies in a cypress grove where we were able to get very close. Lunch was great. It was long and wonderful experience. We were very impressed and highly recommend Lindsay and Wild Lime Adventures!

Response from Host

Mar 2025

Thank you for this very kind review! Wow, the sawfish are always an amazing sight to see! We're thrilled you had a fantastic trip, thank you for coming!