Everglades airboat & wildlife safaris since 1991
Guided by biologists who live here — from Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Fort Myers and Naples.
Start here
The Everglades runs from Lake Okeechobee to the Gulf, and the tour looks different depending on which coast you leave from. Pick your departure city and we will show you the right day.
Southeast coast
Big Cypress cypress forest, the Tamiami Trail and a skiff into the Ten Thousand Islands. Hotel pickup from about 40 Fort Lauderdale-area hotels and the Dolphin Mall.
See the 4 southeast tours →
Southwest coast
The Western Everglades, Corkscrew Marsh and Lake Trafford, where the alligator density is among the highest in Florida. Pickup from Sanibel, Fort Myers, Estero and Naples.
See the 5 southwest tours →The tours
Every tour below is run by our own guides, in our own vans, with pickup included. There are nine departures in total — these are the three most people start with.
The full Everglades experience
Nine hours, two national park units and six stops — an airboat ride, a wildlife drive through Big Cypress, a cypress walk, lunch in Everglades City, a 1906 trading post and a mangrove cruise in Everglades National Park. We collect you from your Fort Lauderdale hotel and bring you back.
Great for kids
Five hours, all ages, and the tour that made us famous with families. An airboat ride in Everglades National Park, a hands-on reptile presentation and a short boardwalk walk — back at your hotel by 2 p.m.
Meet on site
Meet your biologist at the Corkscrew Marsh trailhead and walk the headwaters of the Western Everglades, then drive to Lake Trafford Marina for a reptile presentation and an airboat ride. Four hours, meet on site.
The day safari
This is the tour we have been running since 1991, and it is still the most complete Everglades day you can buy. You are on the water twice, in the forest once, at the table once and inside a 1906 trading post once — with a biologist explaining all of it.
An air-conditioned van at your Fort Lauderdale hotel — the Fort Myers, Miami and Naples departures work the same way.
Sawgrass prairie and pond apple sloughs, where wood storks, great egrets and great blue herons feed.
Slow miles through Big Cypress National Preserve — 720,000 acres of cypress swamp, pine and prairie.
A guided nature walk at an easy pace. Oasis Visitor Center or the Clyde Butcher Gallery when the day allows.
A sit-down lunch on the Barron River, with seafood, burgers, sandwiches and vegetarian dishes.
The 1906 trading post that supplied the last outpost of the Ten Thousand Islands. Admission included.
A six-passenger skiff into Everglades National Park, threading islands most visitors never reach.
Nine hours later, with a bird list, a sunburn and a new favourite place.
Times shown are for the Fort Lauderdale departure. Fort Myers, Naples and Miami departures follow the same shape with different pickup times.
Why book direct
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You pay the same or less than the OTA listings, and your money stays with the locally owned company that runs the tour. Use a hotel partner promo or the military discount and you pay less again.
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Call or WhatsApp and you reach the office that dispatches the vans. Move a date, add a pickup, ask what the water is doing this week — no middleman, no ticket number.
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Wildlife biologists, a former zookeeper, a USCG-licensed captain and a Master Naturalist in training. Pete, our owner, helped co-develop the Florida SEE certification standard.
Guest reviews
★★★★★
“We planned to just venture through the park on our own but decided to book a tour instead. So happy we did. Pete, our guide, was a wealth of knowledge and so passionate about this unique habitat. It was also very convenient and professional. Rather than just ‘look’ at the Everglades, I felt like we got to ‘experience’ the Everglades. Book with confidence.”
Danya J., Lenexa, Kansas · Yelp
★★★★★
“Outstanding day with Ben! He was loaded with knowledge for the entire day. Alligators, birds, ecosystems — Ben even had a bird checklist of 70 different varieties. We found 28 of those on the list.”
Rhicksjr83 · TripAdvisor
★★★★★
“We took this tour on our honeymoon, and it was one of our more memorable experiences! The tour guide was absolutely the best there is. We visited so many wonderful locations you would never know were there unless you lived here. My wife and I learned a lot. We’re really glad we took this trip, and highly recommend it for anyone else who enjoys nature.”
Nathan G. · TripAdvisor
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Gift cards & specials
Gift cards work on any tour, never expire, and arrive by email — the easiest present for the person who already has everything. Or save $20 per person on the day safari with one of our hotel partners, or with the military discount.
Tours depart daily from Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Fort Myers and Naples. Reserve online or call the office and talk to a guide.
