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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

Sun 10 Nov

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Starting at $259.00

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Sun 10 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)

w00dsyrice

Feb 2018

My husband and I had only a few days in the area so opted for the full day Everglades experience. It is likely our only chance to see the area so we wanted to get in as much as we could. This tour was excellent from start to finish! Stacy was an incredible tour guide and shared all kinds of "inside" information. It was incredible start to finish but never seemed rushed. So we were extremely pleased and got what we needed.

Response from Host

Feb 2018

We really appreciate you taking the time to let us know how we did. I have passed along your nice comments to Stacy. We're glad she met your expectations, both with spotting the wildlife and making it a fun and relaxed experience. Thanks for coming on our tour!

EastCoaster1010

Feb 2018

To add to many of the reviews here, this is one of the best tours I ever remember being part of. Boat ride through 10,000 islands, airboat ride through Everglades, nature walk in Everglades Nat'l Park, stop at Cypress Nat'l Preserve. The prime reason for this was our extremely knowledgeable and friendly hosts and their passion for nature and this area, even if they couldn't site the Latin equivalent name of genus and species for every plant (only kidding Ben). But seriously, anyone could learn a vast amount of history and information on one of the most vast ecological wonders of the country, and the way that it's delivered makes anyone from anywhere in the world feel like you've known these fine folks for your whole life and you're merely invited to their back yard for a day! We really can't say enough how terrific this was.

Response from Host

Feb 2018

Thank you so very much for this wonderful review. We are not supposed to have favorites on our tours, but we also felt the same way with you guys - like we were old friends getting together to enjoy a great day out in nature. Forgive us if it has taken us a few days to respond back to your review, but over the last few days we've been busy studying up on our Latin names :). We sincerely appreciate you taking our tour. Please connect with us again down the road!

KayeDAustin_MN

Feb 2018

We learned history and ecology of the Everglades and Great Cypress, 1 hour airboat ride, nature walk at Everglades National Park on trail, saw a ton of alligators up close, lunch in Everglades City at quaint café, boat ride from Everglades City out to the gulf coast where we saw several dolphins and learned about early settlers of area

Response from Host

Feb 2018

We are so glad you enjoyed the day. We really try to pack in a lot on this particular tour. Thanks for taking the time to leave us this review!