I highly recommend this Wild Lime Adventures day tour to Everglades FL.
I called the tour office directly after hearing my friend Teacher Wei’s recommendation.
Taking this day tour, you won’t see the high rise buildings in Miami; your won’t see mega mansions on Star Island; you won’t see man-made glories like the Statue of Liberty in NYC; all you will see are Nature and Animals: miles of Mangroves, strangler figs around cypress trees, fresh water marsh, bald eagles, American alligators, egrets, white ibis and dolphins, and more. This unique tour differs from others: you won’t see a huge crowd of hundreds of people in front of The Miami Double Deck office on Lincoln St at South Beach, with Everglades stickers on their bodies waiting to go for airboat rides. This tour is exclusive, small (only 8 of us) and personal allowing close encounters with wild animals. My memorable highlights are seeing many playful dolphins swimming close and around our boat captained by Gary; seeing native Miccosukee guide Elvis cheerfully communicate, whistle and play with his “Queen Alligator” in one of the native villages during our small airboat stop. It was almost like seeing someone talking with their own family pet.
I especially appreciated the special transportation arrangement in the end of our tour. Since we had 4 people from Fort Lauderdale and 4 people from South Beach, the owner of the company made a special trip for us, met us in a casino in Indian territory, drove us directly to Fort Lauderdale via 75 interstate, instead of going through very congested Miami and South Beach during weekday rush hour. It saved us over one hour.
If you hate crowds of people and love solitude and nature and animals, and if you want to be treated like a VIP, Wild Lime Adventures day tour is definitely a tour for you.