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Everglades Day Safari: Full-Day Wilderness Adventure
4.7
278 Ratings
Fort Myers
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.
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!
- 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
- 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
- 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…
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 nature walk, and indulgently drift along on a tranquil boat cruise through mangrove-filled waters, casting an eye out for manatees, dolphins, and ospreys. Your guide will accompany you throughout, educating you about the Everglades and joining you for lunch.
- Minimum age is 6 years old
- Hat, sunscreen and sunglasses are recommended
- Strollers are not permitted
- Please note: if your hotel is not on the list provided then pickup will be at the Perkins Restaurant, 14801 South Tamiami Trail, Fort Myers, FL 33908 at 7:35 am
Location
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery
South Tamiami Trail
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(278 Ratings)
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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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Judith_f
Mar 6, 2024
This is our second time... - This is our second time with this particular tour. Both trips were excellent and we plan to do it again soon with sons’ families.
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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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Susan_b
Mar 10, 2024
A Lot of Shortcomings - The safari was disappointing. Way too much time spent in a van! I had a backache for 2 days. The “nature hike” was a 10 minute walk in a public park (seriously?) and a lot of time spent there on a lookout site staring at mangroves. Lunch was at a very tired diner/restaurant where there was a lot of chaos and the food was mediocre at best. The 2 boat rides were the highlight of the day - if only to get out of that blasted van! Our guide, Mark, was very knowledgeable and accommodating. If they were to consolidate the proximity of the activities, rework their nature hike into somewhere more interesting, and for the love of God, pick a different restaurant, this excursion would be a whole lot better and worth the admission price.
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Paige_m
Feb 27, 2024
DO not recommend - IF you are a person that makes mistakes, please do not book with this company. I was booking an event for me and my husband's honeymoon. Unfortunately, I booked this event on the week of my wedding, 2/19 at noon, and had a lot going on. I booked the date for 2/20 when it was supposed to be for 3/20. So, in reality I had less than 24 hours to realize the mistake I made. I woke up the next morning with a notification stating my event was about to start. Freaking out I reached out to guy that text me the day before and he said there was nothing he could do. Then I reached out to the company I booked though (Viator), and they were not able to reschedule or give a refund. $450 is a lot of money to us and couldn't understand how we were not able to get a partial refund, refund, or move the date. Extremely frustrating and extremely disappointing that we will not be able to gain this experience on our honeymoon. So again, IF you are human and make mistakes, please DO NOT book through this company because they have zero desire to help make things right.
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