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Half-day Everglades National Park Tour and 1-Hour Air Boat Ride

★ 4.9 from 927 reviews on Viator 5.5 hours Everglades National Park

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With your expert naturalist guide, head out on an amazing 90-minute nature walk in Everglades National Park, the only Unesco World Heritage Site in Florida. This is your chance to view a wide variety of wildlife, including birds, large alligators, baby alligators, turtles, and more, up close! And where it should be experienced, in the wild! Discover the biodiversity of this one-of-a-kind wetland wilderness.

For 20-30 minutes, explore Everglades National Park on your own and stop in at the national park visitor center. Collect stamps, pins, or other souveneirs of your choice from ENP. Also, go on a scenic narrated drive led by your naturalist through the Everglades.

Take an exhilarating 60-70 minute air boat ride way far from land way out in the true "River of Grass." This non-touristy trip is your opportunity to see all kinds of wildlife and a vast array of bird species. Learn about the Native American culture, and to experience the remote beauty of their unique way of life.

Itinerary

We pick you up from your Fort Lauderdale Hotel and take you directly …

We pick you up from your Fort Lauderdale Hotel and take you directly to the Everglades. Enjoy a narrated scenic drive along the way.

Round-trip trasnportation

Round-trip trasnportation

We pick you up from your Miami Beach Hotel

We pick you up from your Miami Beach Hotel

Round-trip transportation

Round-trip transportation

We will head out on an exciting nature walk led by a master naturalis…

We will head out on an exciting nature walk led by a master naturalist in the actual national park. Experience a ton of wildlife up close and where it should be seen, in the wild! 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. Learn about the different ecosystems of this Unesco World Heritage site (the only one in Florida), and understand the role of water in its conservation. Explore a bit on your own as well, including stopping in at the Visitors Center.

Go on an incredible air boat ride for 1-hour or more on a smaller air…

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 far from land in the true "River of Grass," vast water wilderness. Go far from land and stop at one or two native tree island villages where the Native people used to live. Experience the remote beauty of their unique way of life. See large alligators, baby alligators, a wide variety of bird species, and much more!

We pick you up from your Miami area hotel

We pick you up from your Miami area hotel

Enjoy a guided scenic driving tour of the real Everglades.

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. Learn about the hydrology and geology of the region, and recent conservation efforts. See many different bird species.

Included

  • National Park fees
  • Transportation and luggage storage
  • Snacks & Drinks
  • Water (bring refillable water bottle)!
  • Air boat fees
  • Hotel/port pickup and drop-off

Not included

  • Gratuities
  • Bottled water