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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

At a glance

Price
From $189 per person (checked 8 Oct 2026)
Length
5.5 hours
Rating
4.9 out of 5 from 927 reviews on Viator
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
Type
Boat tours & cruises, Walking tours
  • Includes: 90-minute naturalist walk inside the national park and a one-hour airboat ride
  • Pickup: Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale hotels or the port
  • Bring: a refillable water bottle

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This is the tour for people who actually want to see the national park, not just an airboat attraction on its edge. A naturalist guide leads a 90-minute nature walk inside Everglades National Park, Florida's only UNESCO World Heritage Site, where you can see alligators (including babies), turtles and wading birds up close. Then you head out for an hour on an airboat.

Why it costs more

National park fees, airboat fees, snacks and drinks, and pickup from Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale hotels or the port are all included. Bring a refillable water bottle. Rated 4.9 from more than 900 reviews, the best-rated Everglades tour on our site.

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

Questions

Does this tour actually go inside Everglades National Park?

Yes. The 90-minute guided nature walk is inside the national park, and park fees are included.

Is this tour good for nature lovers?

Yes. It's led by a naturalist guide, and it's the best-rated Everglades tour on our site.