1-Hour Air boat Ride and Nature Walk with Naturalist in Everglades National Park

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Pass By: Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida

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

Pass By: Miami, Miami, Florida

We pick you up from your Miami area hotel

Pass By: Miami Beach, Miami Beach, Florida

We pick you up from your Miami Beach Hotel

Stop At: Tamiami Trail, 24050 SW 8th street, FL 33194

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.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Shark Valley, 36000 SW 8th Street. Miami, FL, Everglades National Park, FL 33194

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.

Duration: 2 hours 20 minutes

Stop At: Miccosukee Indian Village, US Hwy 41 Mile Marker 36, Tamiami Trail, Tamiami, FL 33194

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.

Duration: 1 hour

• National Park fees
• Air boat fees
• All activities
• Experienced naturalist guide
• Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
• Transportation and luggage storage
• Snacks
• Wild Lime Adventures Eco Bottle to Keep
• Entry/Admission - Tamiami Trail
• Entry/Admission - Shark Valley
• Entry/Admission - Miccosukee Indian Village

• Gratuities

• Wheelchair accessible
• Stroller accessible
• Service animals allowed
• Near public transportation
• Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Most travelers can participate
• 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.
• This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
• This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
• This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers
• Confirmation will be received at time of booking

The Miccosukee General Store, 36073 SW 8th St, Miami, FL 33194, USA
Traveler pickup is offered
We pick up at hotels and vacation rentals and other locations in many Miami, Hollywood, and Ft. Lauderdale areas and neighborhoods. We also pick up from Port Miami ---- We can drop off at Port Miami and Port Everglades. We can drop off at Miami Airport and Ft. Lauderdale Airport. We can provide a convenient meet up location for anyone coming from outside our pick up areas, including those coming from the Keys, Homestead, and other south Miami-Dade County locations. This tour is also great for those coming from Fort Myers, Naples, and Marco Island! We can provide a convenient meet up location for those coming from north or west of our pick up range in Ft. Lauderdale. For shared tours, we may not be able to pick up north of Sunrise Blvd. or west of I-95 in Ft. Lauderdale. We provide free luggage stowage. Some guests may decide to be dropped off at the airport, cruise port, or at a different location or hotel at the conclusion of the tour. There is no extra charge for this service, as long as it is within our transportation zone. We assume that guests will be returning to the same pick up or meet up location at the end of the tour unless they arrange these details with us ahead of time. We are usually able to provide a broader range of transportation for private tours. The standard pick up time is about 7:15 or 7:30 a.m. However, we will message you the afternoon before the tour to provide you with the exact pick up time. This time will typically be a 10 minute window of time. Please be sure to be ready prior to that pick up window.


Airports

• Miami Intl Airport, 2100 NW 42nd Ave, Miami, FL 33126
• Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, 100 Terminal Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315

• Port Miami, 1015 N America Wy #2, Miami, FL 33132, USA

07:00 AM

Returns to original departure point

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

330 to 360 minutes