Everglades National Park: Naturalist-Led Airboat Ride

Experience the beauty of Everglades National Park on a naturalist-led airboat ride. Get up close to birds, alligators, and other wildlife in their natural habitat. Discover the flora, fauna, and conservation efforts of this unique national treasure.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Fort Lauderdale - We pick you up from your Fort Lauderdale Hotel and take you directly to the Everglades. Enjoy a narrated scenic drive along the way.
  • Miami - We pick you up from your Miami area hotel
  • Miami Beach - We pick you up from your Miami Beach Hotel
  • Tamiami Trail - Enjoy a guided scenic driving tour of the real Everglades. Pass over several bridges with vast vistas of the River of Grass. Learn from your master naturalist guide what makes this ecosystem like no other in the world. See amazing birds coming down for a splash landing. Spot the endangered Everglades snail kite. Learn about the history of these resilient Native people, the building of the road, and the attempts to drain the water and alter the Everglades forever. Understand why this ecosystem is under threat, and how it may be saved.
  • Shark Valley - We will head out on an exciting nature walk led by a master naturalist in the actual national park. We never go to places with wildlife in cages and pens. We see large alligators, baby alligators, a wide variety of bird species and other wildlife up close, and where they should be experienced, in the wild! Learn about the different ecosystems of this Unesco World Heritage site, and understand the role of water in its conservation. Explore a bit on your own as well, including stopping in at the Visitors Center.
  • Miccosukee Indian Village - Go on an incredible air boat ride for 1-hour or more on a smaller air boat that allows you to go way out there in the “River of Grass.” Go far from land and stop at two native tree island villages where the Native people used to live. Explore, and experience the remote beauty of their culture. See large alligators, small alligators, and a wide variety of bird species, like the endangered Everglades snail kite, tri-colored herons, anhingas, and much more.
What's Included
  • Inclusive National Park fees
  • Complimentary snacks provided
  • Eco-friendly Wild Lime Adventures Bottle as a keepsake
  • Convenient transportation with luggage storage
  • Access to all activities
  • Air boat ride fees covered
  • Hotel and port pickup and drop-off service
  • Guided by an experienced naturalist
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Accompanied by a knowledgeable nature expert, set out on a fascinating nature exploration in Everglades National Park. Absorb the splendor of diverse ecosystems present in the genuine National Park. Witness a multitude of birds, alligators, and other wildlife in their native habitat! Exactly where one should experience them, in the untamed wild! We strictly avoid places that keep animals in enclosures and cages. Together with your guide, uncover the rich variety of nature and the significance of water and preservation in this unparalleled national gem. Embark on a thrilling 1-hour air boat journey deep into the River of Grass. This is far from a commonplace tourist trip. Engage deeply with the captivating indigenous culture as you imagine their isolated lifestyle. The only means to get there is by boat and exclusively on this excursion! Enjoy a scenic, narratively guided drive through the Everglades, led by your professional nature enthusiast. Wild Lime Adventures is the top-rated tour company in South Florida! If you arrange your booking directly with us, we can provide you with a discount.

  • A tour can be cancelled if minimum numbers are not reached.
  • In case of one part of the trip needing to be canceled, we can offer you another date to rejoin to experience that part of the tour, or we can provide a gift certificate in the amount of a discount that can be used on a future tour. No monetary reimbursements are issued for partial cancellations due to the onset of bad weather, or for other reasons.
Location
The Miccosukee General Store
Southwest 8th Street
Cancellation Policy

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

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877sanjivc
Jul 21, 2024
Fantastic - Fantastic day. Guide (Elijah ) was excellent. Lot's of knowledge on wildlife and local history, all of it new to me. Well organised. Great introduction to the Everglades - a stunning place. Highly recommended
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Lightpacker186186
Jul 18, 2024
Dawid Dynia - Fantastic, super professional tour with excellent Substantive prep. Beautiful places , landscapes and entire geological and environmental story behind . Also further tale about native Americans leaving in the area and historical follow up , just brilliant 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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Fantasy5052000
Jul 16, 2024
Fun - When I got there, it was July. And it was before eggs hatched. So I could see young woman crocodile protecting her eggs. It was so good to see it.
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N6217ylmichelleb
Jul 6, 2024
Fantastic Everglades Tour - The tour was great! I appreciated all you did to arrange to get me from the ship to meet the group and then to my hotel after the tour. It appeared I was the only one who had to do that in our group and I so appreciated your accommodating me. I am thankful I was able to do something fun today while waiting for my hotel room to be ready. Now I only have to wait one hour instead of all day. I have been to Florida many times but never to the Everglades. Lindsay was very informative and the tour was very interesting. We were able to see and learn about lots of things - birds, alligators, flowers, fauna, history etc. She was very friendly and helpful to everyone, learned everyone's names and took great care of us. It was also nice that she had snacks and drinks for us and even a water bottle. The driver was also very friendly and a safe driver. I’m disappointed I can’t remember his name to give him kudos too. :( I am a travel advisor so I will definitely recommend your company to others and to any clients that I have coming to Miami. I was specially impressed by your communication with me throughout the entire trip. Not all excursion companies provide that level of service! Michelle Brenke Inspirations in Travel, LLC
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Femaletravelblogger
May 31, 2024
Great day trip to the Everglades - Enoch was brilliant, very informative with his background knowledge. Everglades was awesome and seeing animals in their natural habitat was great Loved every minute of the trip
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K163ozrichardh
May 31, 2024
Learned loads and saw ‘gators - Lindsey our guide new detail and big picture.We learned about the history of the Everglades, its ecological importance to wildlife and water in Florida, and she named every fish, flower, bird and animal.She had great knowledge and clearly cared about this environment.
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N557englennm
May 29, 2024
Wildlife and airboats ! - Had an amazing half day Everglades airboat and hike tour with Wild Lime! Our guide Enoch was friendly, knowledgeable and even gave us a great lunch recommendation for after the tour. Saw all sorts of great wildlife, including herons, snapping turtles, lots of interesting insects, egrets, and (of course) crocodiles.
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Kent_family2018
Jul 24, 2024
Everglades Tour from Miami Beach - We did a half day tour of the Everglades from Miami Beach. A great day, with IT guide Elijah very knowledgable and great at sharing his experiences and answering our many questions. Highlight was the airboat trip and seeing the alligators in the wild.
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V7932zqpascalm
May 29, 2024
Wonderful experience - Walk : very good explanations about the trees, the flowers and the animals Airboat tour : nice tour with a native, explanations about the natives and the wild life very educational
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780jeremyg
May 30, 2024
Don't Book Until You Read This - 1 hour air boat was more hot air than boating. 20 minutes in the boat and 40 minutes in a hut hearing how it was made. Even the drivers interrupted our guide to say we should go. No boat trip should spend more time on land then on the actual boat. The nature walk was along a bitumen road, 1 hour in the heat before he said you have 90 minutes to make your way back to the bus and turned around and walked back the way we came. Dull and pointless. Don't worry, you get to then spend 30 minutes in the visitor centre carpqrk for no reason. We got picked up at 8am and dropped back at 2pm, for 20 minutes of fun. Waste of our time.
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