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

Wed 20 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)

CACnyc21

Mar 2021

was visiting Florida for work and wanted to round off the trip with a visit to the Everglades, an obsession of mine since an early age. I searched for several tours through the Everglades. Most of the search results did not meet my criteria, and/or only offered airboat or thrill boat rides. Then I discovered Wild Lime Adventures. I loved that this outfit had full and 1/2 day tours available across the spectrum, and kept the number of attendees per van to a minimum. I selected the full day tour which included an airboat ride on tribal land, a trip by van where we had lunch and then into Big Cyprus National Preserve for a boat ride through the mangroves of the ten thousand islands, and finally, last but not least, the day ended with a dry walk. Throughout the day, I saw tons of alligators, fish, some turtles, a non-poisonous snake, and so many birds I can't remember the names of them all. We also saw two manatees on the drive and we stopped for a bit to watch natures original zeppelins. It was not only the nature that made the tour, our tour guide Stacy was wonderful and they were highly organized, COVID compliant, and did everything they could to make the trip memorable. Stacy and the operators of the airboat and boat ride, were very knowledgeable about the ecosystem and surrounding nature and animals that call it home, and all of them very nice people. I would highly recommend anyone who is interested in nature, be it fish or foul, plants or animals, and about the history of the areas visited, to check it out. They have many tours available. I plan on taking a full day with wet walk instead of dry, recommended to me, the next time I am in Florida, if the season permits.

Response from Host

Apr 2021

Truly a wonderful review, and we are so appreciative that you took to the time to leave it for us. It really means a lot. There is a lot to pack in with each day, so it sounds like you did get to see quite a bit, which is our main goal. We know where a lot of wildlife is, and we hope to experience so much of it. Thanks for being out there with us! Stacy is really appreciative of this wonderful review, and for experiencing it all with you.

Q6946IJbenjaminf

Mar 2021

This was great! Our tour guide, Stacy, was very knowledgeable and excited about the wildlife we saw and we saw a lot! This tour is totally worth the money. They have crafted a well thought out full day adventure. Every moment was filled with something to see or do. I would definitely do this tour again, but I'm giving it 4 stars because while masks were mandated there was little regard for social distancing. Currently the tour description says there will be 10 or 11 people per vehicles but when I booked it a few weeks ago, I'm sure it said 6 people per vehicle. There were 8 of us in the van, not including Stacy. We were outside for most of the time, though.

Response from Host

Apr 2021

We appreciate you coming out there with us, and for your honest comments. We do limit the amount of people, as you noted, in our vehicles. They seat 15, so we do our best to limit the seating to close to 2/3. This is better than the airlines and the restaurants in South Florida do most certainly, and we do require masks 100% of the time during the transportation. As you know, this is truly a challenging time, and we were closed due to the pandemic from March to October of last year. So, we are doing what we can to run great tours that are safe, and to get back on our feet. We are thrilled that you joined us. Thank you.

lauracN8034DH

Mar 2021

Our tour was amazing!! For my Birthday I told my husband that I would love to go on an everglade excursion with Wild Lime Adventures as we had heard many good things about them from our friends. What an adventure it was! We started in Everglades National Park on an airboat. Our airboat captain's name was Elvis. He has a special bond with an alligator named "Mama". He even hugged her! The walking tour in Big Cypress National Preserve was a special treat with the many species of birds, manatees and alligators. The 10,000 island boat tour to Gulf of Mexico was so spectacular with the highlight being followed by mommy and baby dolphins as they frolicked behind the boat. We enjoyed a delicious lunch at a local Cuban restaurant and made many interesting stops along the way. Ben and Stacey are so knowledgeable and we can't wait to go out on another one of their amazing tours in the near future. It was truly an adventurous learning experience.

Response from Host

Apr 2021

Thank you so very much for this lovely review. We loved spending the day with you as well. There is a lot to experience out there, and each day is different, so we never know what we're going to see. That's the joy of it that you seem to appreciate too. We appreciate being able to experience it all with you. We can't wait to see you again.

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