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Florida Everglades Airboat Adventure: Wildlife Encounter
4.3
1,614 Ratings
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Get ready for the most sought-after airboat journey at Florida Everglades, hosted by Sawgrass Recreation Park! This exciting airboat adventure is an excellent initiation to the Everglades ecosystem, featuring its turtles, fish, Florida alligators, and marsh birds.
Get ready for the most sought-after airboat journey at Florida Everglades, hosted by Sawgrass Recreation Park! This exciting airboat adventure is an excellent initiation to the Everglades ecosystem, featuring its turtles, fish, Florida alligators, and marsh birds.
Duration:
30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Sawgrass Recreation Park - Skim across the grassy water at speeds up to 40 miles per hour while looking for wildlife like alligators, fish, turtles, and wading birds. This general admission ticket includes entrance to Sawgrass Recreation Park, a 30-40 minute guided airboat tour and an admission to our Alligator & Reptile Exhibit.
Just 25 minutes…
- Sawgrass Recreation Park - Skim across the grassy water at speeds up to 40 miles per hour while looking for wildlife like alligators, fish, turtles, and wading birds. This general admission ticket includes entrance to Sawgrass Recreation Park, a 30-40 minute guided airboat tour and an admission to our Alligator & Reptile Exhibit.
Just 25 minutes from Fort Lauderdale, the safest and most entertaining and educational way to experience the Everglades’ unique subtropical ecosystem is at Sawgrass Recreation Park.
What's Included
- Total duration of visit is about 2 hours
- Access to the park’s Alligator and Reptile Exhibit
- Admission to Sawgrass Recreation Park
- 40 minute guided airboat ride
- Total duration of visit is about 2 hours
- Access to the park’s Alligator and Reptile Exhibit
- Admission to Sawgrass Recreation Park
- 40 minute guided airboat ride
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
- Captain’s Gratuities (optional)
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
- Captain’s Gratuities (optional)
Additional Information
- Reservation date and time required. Tours leave every 30 minutes from 9:30am to 3:30pm
- Any age child can enjoy the airboat tour. Children 3 years and under are free. It is not necessary to purchase a ticket for ages 3 years and under.
- Tour operator reserves the right to cancel the tour due to inclement weather
- If you have selected the 4 p.m. time…
- Reservation date and time required. Tours leave every 30 minutes from 9:30am to 3:30pm
- Any age child can enjoy the airboat tour. Children 3 years and under are free. It is not necessary to purchase a ticket for ages 3 years and under.
- Tour operator reserves the right to cancel the tour due to inclement weather
- If you have selected the 4 p.m. time please note that it is a check in time only and that your airboat adventure will be leaving the dock at 5 p.m. so that you have ample time to explore the exhibit areas before they close at 5 p.m.Â
Location
Sawgrass Recreation Park Everglades Airboat Eco Adventures
US Highway 27
Sawgrass Recreation Park is 2 miles North of I-75 on Highway 27, at Mile Marker 35
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
4.3
(1614 Ratings)
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Eskratx
Dec 1, 2024
Great experience - Nice experience. It's a unique place to see. Friendly and well organized staff. The hovercraft very well, with a friendly guide and who explained everything well. The center they have with a few animals is simple but not bad
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F5949pkdebrae
Nov 29, 2024
Fun time - Fun! Employees were very nice and knowledgeable! Holding the baby alligators was pretty neat. Great price would definitely recommend
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Purplechevy
Nov 29, 2024
Fun time - My family had a great time on this airboat tour. We saw three alligators and many birds. Our captain, Jimmy, was very knowledgeable. Would highly recommend this. My 11 year old said this was his favorite thing we did on our trip.
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Carolcp5258id
Nov 26, 2024
Recommend this tour! - Our guide was very informative providing us with information about the ecosystem of the Everglades. We saw several different types of wildlife & enjoyed our visit.
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Steve_m
Nov 24, 2024
Zooming on an airboat! - Everything went smooth, Capt Mike was great saw two gators learned quite a bit of info about our Everglades friends and really enjoyed the air boat ride, the scenery and def recommend to others who have never taken the time to see what is in our backyard here in Florida.
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Joanne_d
Nov 26, 2024
Airboat ride fun - It a great air boat ride. You maybe disappointed if you expect to see a lot of wildlife. We saw one maybe two gators. My husband said it was the same gator.
Our captain was informative but underwelming. Wear the ear plugs.
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Angela_j
Nov 21, 2024
Great for the price + a reptile enclosure - We had a good time. The airboat captain let everyone know right away that it wasn’t guaranteed that you would see a gator because they’re in the wild and not enticed by food or anything. Totally get it. Unfortunately, our boat ride didn’t see a gator that day, but it was nice that the park had a reptile display with several enclosures to look at afterward.
What would’ve made this a five star experience for me would’ve been to learn more about the ecosystem of the Everglades. For example, when the boat stops to look for gators, I would’ve been interested to hear about the types of animals and creatures in the glades, how it affects the environment, etc.
Overall, we had a fun time, and for the price, I would definitely recommend this to others.
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Rachel
Dec 7, 2024
Disappointing brief ride and sorry looking animal enclosure - Disappointing.
Did the trip off cruise ship and had been advised it was a 4.5 hour excursion- they used Floridatours. Com. It may be that the cruise ship’s description was the issue and if you go direct maybe it’s better.
We had 30 minutes at most on the water, I had expected rather more steady cruising for wildlife but after 2 different birds and 1 alligator the captains said we’d covered the wildlife and we were wizzed off for the fun speeding.
We then looked at a few animals in very small enclosures. I gather they rescue them but it was rather sad and inadequate looking.
The chap telling us about the alligators didn’t project his voice and kept talking away from us so we don’t hear much. He kept his hood up the whole time.
Coffee- tasty but painfully slow and we only had it because we had an hour hangings about before the coach left.
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Selskapsreisen
Nov 23, 2024
Choose another tour operator - Very nice and service minded crew onboard and in their animal sanctuary.
The boat ride was a waste of money. Obviously no guarantee to see any animals. However this only a boat ride in between some straws…
Recommend Everglades Airboat Expeditions on Highway 41.
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Q9840vuandreab
Nov 19, 2024
Not worth it - Only saw two alligators and the area wasn’t anything great to see. No shows were done either. Felt like a waste of time and money.
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