- Marco Island - After pick up at your location we will drive East and soon enter the wild areas of the Wesgtern Everglades
- Naples - We pick up at many of the hotels in the Naples area.
- Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park - This special area is considered to the “Rainforest of North America” and the Orchid capital of the world. Your naturalist guide will describe all of the local flora and fauna. This area also has the greatest concentration of the Florida Panther! Keep a watchful eye out for alligators, black bears, bobcats and other amazing wildlife.
- Smallwood Store - Visit this unique trading post which is on the National Regsitry of Historic Places. Travel back in time as you see items from a long ago era.
- Everglades National Park - You will enjoy this boat trip through the mysterious maze of the 10,000 mangrove islands part of Everglades National Park. Your guide will identify the variety of birds and other animals. Keep a watchful eye out for wild dolphins and mantaees. Learn the fascinating history of the people who have lived in this regions for thousands of years.
- Chokoloskee - Take a 75 minute boat trip through the pristine 10,000 islands area of Everglades National Park. We are one of only a few select tour providers who hold permits to go into the actual national park. Our tours are led by very knowledgeable guides who are expert in finding the wildlife!
- Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk - This is a perfect place to spot some iconic Florida wildlife such as alligators, black bears, turtles, snakes and more!
- Everglades City - We will visit a small museum and take a driving out of this quaint community recently named by Smithsonian magazine as “top 10 places to visit in the United Staes”. When in season, we will be able to stsop for stone crabs to be able to purchase fresh. This is the stone crab capital of the world!
- Port of the Islands Marina - On our way back to drop you off, our guides will stop and look for Florida’s famous manatees. Our guides know how to find them! Everyone loves observing these docile animals in their natual habitat!
- Bottled water
- Snacks
- Gratuities
- Lunch
Experience an incredible tour with us at Wild Lime Adventures. Begin your trip to the national parks with a descriptive scenic drive. Whenever we encounter wildlife, we halt! This provides you the opportunity to leisurely photograph and observe the animals. Enjoy the boat trip within the 10,000 islands where sightings of dolphins, manatees, critically endangered sawtooth fish and more are frequent! A variety of bird species including the roseate spoonbill and white pelican can be seen. You will have the chance to disembark on a secluded island to explore, while the multi-generational captain-guide shares intriguing tales of the Old Everglades. Our trip also includes a visit to a historic trading post and museum. As one of the scarce tour operators granted permission to bring visitors into the actual national parks, we assure genuine wildlife encounters – no animals in pens/cages. In the world of numerous tour options, choose us, a genuinely permitted National Parks tour guide.
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