Everglades Day Safari: Full-Day Wilderness Adventure

Embark on a full-day wilderness adventure in the Everglades. Experience an airboat ride, wildlife drive, nature walk, and boat cruise to see manatees, dolphins, and osprey.

Duration: 9 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Airboats & Alligators - Considered the best airboat ride in the Everglades, you’ll be taken through the pond apple swamps and cattail marshes in search of alligators, turtles, birds and more!
What's Included
  • Narrated van tour
  • Guide who is an expert naturalist or biologist
  • Lunch included
  • 1-hour thrilling airboat ride
  • Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off (Only Select Hotels)
  • Transportation in a comfortable air-conditioned 13-passenger van
  • Scenic 1-hour boat cruise
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Embark on a day-long adventure into the heart of the Everglades, beginning your journey from the Greater Fort Myers/Naples region. Joined by your naturalist guide, experience an exhilarating airboat ride through the Western Everglades, encounter wildlife on a drive across the Big Cypress National Preserve, marvel at magnificent cypress trees during a…

Location
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery
South Tamiami Trail
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Denice
Dec 2, 2024
Absolutely amazing Must do - Absolutely amazingly Must do! Pete started us out on our bus tour with a list of birds for bird spotting! Throughout the day we ended up with almost 30 different birds. We took a short nature walk and Pete showed us different plants, berries, animals etc. Then we went on an air boat touring the Everglades. We saw alligators and snakes! We stopped at a nice island cafe for lunch. We went on another boat tour of the Everglades and stopped at an antique shopping store. Pete knows so much history of the Indians, Collier and the area.
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Cclaudon
Dec 2, 2024
Everglades Safari - Amazing day! Saw a few gators and snakes and tons of birds. Pete really made the trip special with his knowledge of plants and animals. I was particularly impressed with the history he shared of the Everglades and the indigenous tribes. Would do it all over again the next time we’re back here.
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Palisade_traveler
Nov 24, 2024
Everglades wildlife up close - We had such a great time on this tour. The diversity offered between the hike, the airboat tour, and the boat ride on the ocean was great. We saw so many animals but the dolphins playing with the boat was definitely the highlight of the trip for the kids. Our guide Heidi was excellent. She was very knowledgeable and entertaining. This was a day well spent!
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Hannah_k
Jul 27, 2024
A tour to remember - An awesome Trip! Our guide Addison was so kind and knowledgeable and showed us a lot of animals we didn't even realize when walking by. Lunch was good, a lot of dishes to choose from. The air boat trip was a real adventure through the wilderness and the captain showed us some Alligator nests, one with the mother Alligator nearby. The secpnd boat trip was the highlight with dolphins playing in the waves of our boat. The captain was fantastic! A great way to get to know the Everglades and a lifetime memory!
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Britta
Jul 20, 2024
Highly recommended - Super guide with experience, the swamp hike and the Air Boot Tour very good. On the last tour, the boatmaster was very tight-lipped
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G5539dyseanl
Jul 5, 2024
Airboat tour and reptile show - This family trip was our highlight of our vacation. Rhett and staff were so amazing. Their knowledge and ability to make guests feel comfortable around the reptiles was exemplary. We were able to hold snakes, small alligators, and during the tour we saw lots of wildlife in its natural habitat. 10/10 would do this again.
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Curious50477258395
Jun 25, 2024
Great experience! - This was so much fun and worth every penny! Everyone was really great, it’s so nice to not have to drive yourself and our driver was very helpful and knowledgeable! We ended up getting to see alligators and dolphins and tons of birds and different landscapes.
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Ajocal
May 3, 2024
Fun, educational tour of the Florida Everglades - Both boat rides were amazing. We were able to see many alligators on both. The dolphins were not active the day we were there but saw a lot of birds. The air boat was really fun. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and could answer all of our questions. I thought it was a great value for what was included. Would do it again, maybe from Ft. Lauderdale next time.
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Sherpa278284
Apr 23, 2024
Great Everglades Experience! - Nice day tour! Our driver/tour guide/Naturalist was alway engaging and very informative. He was excellent at trying to make the entire day fun and exciting.
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Stephanie_s
Apr 30, 2024
Great boat operators and easy coordination for a day in the everglades- trust but verify the facts shared by the driver - The boat operators were great and having that coordination was invaluable. The tour driver, Mark, was tricky sharing verifiably incorrect information - -Florida has more cattle than Texas -Texas is the largest cattle state in the US (see USDA) -We might see a red wolf today- The red wolf is one of the most endangered wolves and is listed as extirpated in most of its historic range. The only "wild" population is in NC (see USFWS) Finally his conversation style would often over talk the guests and his constant mentioning of his impending move to Africa became almost a point of ridicule to the group as well as with other tour groups.
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