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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 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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Starting at $259.00

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Sat 16 Nov

Starting at $259.00

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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

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)

allen94

Mar 2019

A perfect all day tour. Chris was on time picking us up at our hotel and very knowledgeable. The air boat captain as well as the skiff captain all very professional with a bit of humor. The lunch was equally as good and Chris made sure we had lots of water and snacks. I would highly recommend this tour.

Response from Host

Apr 2019

Thank you so much for leaving us this great review. We appreciate you taking the time to do so, and for joining us that day! We hope to see you again!

Ginger R

Mar 2019

The staff are great and informative. The day is fully packed with so many interesting things to see and learn. It's great that they use the native for the air boat tour so you also get cultural history as well. Highly recommended for any one who wants to see the Everglades as they should be with nature.

Response from Host

Apr 2019

It's hard to relay how important the cultural components of this tour are, as well as the ecology. Thanks so much for mentioning that, and for leaving us this review.

Line M

Feb 2019

We booked a full day tour to the Everglades. It was tour #2 on their list. First we got picked up in Miami down town, in a nice small bus by Ben, and he introduced us all to each other. He told us about the tour, and the “glades” on our drive out there. Then by arrival at the national park, we met up with Stacy, who took us an amazing walk through some of the park, telling us about the life in the Everglades, showing us Alligators, also with babies, birds, turtles, spiders, snakes, fish and beautiful nature. After the walk, we drove for a while, and in the meantime Stacy was pointing out and telling us about the life and the history of the Everglades and the Miccosukee native Americans . We again spotted lots of alligators, birds, turtles and 2 manatees. We had our included lunch at a nice Cuban restaurant in a small village, where we also took a 45 minutes boat trip, with captain Trevor as our guide, out in the Everglades, spotting dolphins, the endangered sawfish, pelicans, gators and much more. After we drove a little bit again, and Stacy made a small stop, near a gas station, where a green hornet owl, hat a nest in full sight, with 2 babies in it❤️ Then we went on, to our 45 minutes airboat ride. The place was owned by a Miccosukee Native American, now called David Tiger. Amazing man! The airboat ride included a stop at an Indian island, where stories was told by airboat captain and guide Adam. Again we saw lots of gators, birds and turtles, a former Native American trade center, where they lived and traded undtil 1987. Then we boarded the bus again and headed back to Miami, where we got dropped of at the airport with our luggage. Even though the tour was a bit pricey, it was worth every penny, and all guides involved in it, were very passionated and great tellers, who were more than happy to answer all of our questions. Thank you Wild Lime Adventures and partners, for an AMAZING adventure❤️ Line & Tommi from Denmark