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Everglades Tour: Dolphin, Birding and Wildlife Exploration
4.6
131 Ratings
Chokoloskee
Embark on an unforgettable Everglades tour with Everglades Area Tours. Discover dolphins, birds, and other wildlife in their natural habitat with our expert guides.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Everglades National Park - Everglades Area Tours’ National Park 2 Hour Dolphin, Birding and Wildlife Tours is a great option for those with limited time and is also a great introduction to the area.\n\nThe entire Everglades area, including Everglades National Park, is a wonderful place for to view dolphins. With over 300 species of birds throughout the year, it is the only Park that was established for its biological and ecological considerations rather than its geological features.\n\nHowever, most of the 1.5 million acres in the Park are flooded and essentially out of reach for the average visitor. Everglades Area Tours can you take you to areas seldom reached by others.\n\nIn comfortable captain’s style seating, you will be safely brought deep into Everglades National Park’s 10,000 Islands for an interpretive tour with your naturalist guide.\n\nDepending on the season, you can expect to encounter manatees, dolphins, sea turtles, bald eagles, ospreys, herons, egrets, pelicans, rosette spoonbills, as well as, numerous species of fish and shore birds.\n\nNot only will you be introduced to the wonderful birding and wildlife in the area, you will also learn about the Everglades ecosystems, it rich heritage and long history. \n\nWe limit each experience to six guests, so you can expect an intimate experience in the wilderness.\n\nDon’t forget your cameras, hats, sunblock and drinks
What's Included
- Experienced guide
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Everglades Area Tours has been providing educational excursions since the 1990s. Our guides are professionally trained, full-time Florida Master Naturalists with significantly more experience than others. Although Everglades National Park is a wilderness with truly wild wildlife, our decades of experience offer the best chances to find, observe, and photograph these creatures. We are the “Quiet Alternative to an Airboat Ride.” Airboats are prohibited in the Park where we conduct our tours.
Note: From June through October, we recommend morning tours due to weather conditions.
Location
238 Mamie St
Mamie Street
Look for Everglades Area Tours at the Historic JT's Store. 238 Mamie Street, Chokoloskee, FL 34138. Park right in front and come on in!
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(131 Ratings)
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Robert_g
Apr 27, 2024
Wonderful substitute trip - This trip was cancelled at the last minute the morning of as the captain had an injury. We just hope it wasn’t bad. But we were offered another 2 hour trip that morning an hour later out of Marco Island which we took. It was wonderful. The ecology of the fresh water of the Everglades mixing with the salt water from the Gulf of Mexico was explained and was fascinating. We were taken to an uninhabited sand island to shell. Most of the island was roped off as it is nesting season, but the flocks of Royal Terns and Black Skimmers gathering there were just gorgeous. And the shelling was wonderful. Highly recommend this trip.
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Kristina_m
Apr 7, 2024
Loved it - I really loved this trip. It was such a peaceful and calm afternoon. Relaxing and fun at the same time. We saw dolphins and many birds and we learned quite a bit about the history of the area as well.
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Karen_h
Mar 11, 2024
Unique experience - Learned about the ecosystem of the Everglades, migratory birds, vegetation, types of water systems comprising the Everglades, and marine life.
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Colleensu1066pb
Feb 23, 2024
Excellent National park experience - Our boat tour in the Everglades National Park was very interesting, beautiful and educational. Our Captain was great and it was a very enjoyable 2 hours.
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Kyle_l
Feb 18, 2024
Unforgettable wildlife experience - Our guide, Ray, was very knowledgeable, and knew all of the right tricks to get close-ups of the dolphins. There was also plentiful bird sightings on the boat trip, including Ospreys, Bald Eagles, Pelicans, Cormorants, Terns, and more. It was definitely worth my time!
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A2469gganthonys
Jan 28, 2024
Fun in the everglades - It was all we expected. The captain was knowledgeable. The ride was great, scenery was beautiful and the dolphins were playful!
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Shirley_m
Mar 3, 2024
Lovely small group tour of the Everglades - Lovely boat trip with Dan our guide who was very experienced. Only four of us on the trip - boat was very comfortable. Highlight was definitely the dolphins surfing behind and alongside the boat - so so close. Briliiant. Also saw some other lovely birdlife - ospreys, hornbill, giant heron. Very enjoyable two hours. Start of the trip was outside a closed cafe/restaurant but there was a fabulous cafe round the corner - Havannas - great coffee, fab food and live music when we had lunch there after our tour ended.
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Robert_d
Feb 10, 2024
Very relaxing Everglades Tour - Dan did a great job on the tour. Very knowledgeable of the area & history. Was worth the time spent 👍😀
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Mary_d
Apr 23, 2024
Peaceful but a bit dissappointing - We got to see a swallow tail kite nest with the baby bird in it. The trip was peaceful, but the guide was non stop talking about himself. We didn’t see much in terms of wildlife.
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Sandracg8854cc
Mar 16, 2024
Not worth the price. - Not what we were expecting. For one thing, we didn’t know that it was salt water. The tour is way overpriced at $120 per person. The things we were expecting to see in the Everglades is not what we saw. Our guide gave us some history of the area and the rating is not because of him. If the time of the year or the time of the day is the reason for not seeing more wild life then you shouldn’t sell tickets for those times. We did have a good show with the Dolphins but again not worth the price. We’ve already seen lots of dolphins.
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