Everglades Adventure Day Trip from Ft Lauderdale

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Highlights

  • Guided walk and wildlife drive in the Big Cypress National Preserve

  • Hassle-free pickup and drop-off from your Fort Lauderdale hotel

  • Personalized small-group experience with a maximum of 9 people

Summary

After a morning hotel pickup in the Fort Lauderdale area, it’s off to one of the most beautiful and unique places on earth—the Florida Everglades. On this naturalist-guided excursion, begin with a spectacular airboat ride over and through the sawgrass prairies and pond apple forests of the Everglades. Then hop in a van for a wildlife drive through the pine savannahs and cypress forests of Big Cypress National Preserve. Look for alligators, turtles, and birds and keep an eye out for the elusive Florida panther. Next, enjoy a nature walk below towering bald cypress trees. Alligators, herons, egrets and dozens of other species can be spotted at any time throughout the year here. Also, less visible but ever-present otters, bears, pigs, deer, and panthers roam the local wilderness. After lunch, which includes alligator appetizers, hop on board a scenic boat ride into the Ten Thousand Islands mangrove forest in Everglades National Park. This relaxing cruise features manatees, sea turtles, osprey and a variety of other marine life, including the occasional pod of dolphins feeding in the nearby bay. The tour concludes with a relaxing return trip to the Fort Lauderdale area. Notice: If hotel is not on the pickup list, meet at Flamingo Gardens in Davie, Fla.

Tour info

Duration
9 hours 30 minutes
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Why take this tour?

The wild forests and tropical wetlands of the Florida Everglades lie just outside Fort Lauderdale. On this tour, discover the natural wonders by land and water, and learn all about the region’s unique ecosystems from a naturalist guide. Cruise through the mangrove forests of the Everglades National Park; spot alligators and egrets in the Big Cypress National Preserve; and tuck into a delicious lunch.

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What’s included?

  • Transport by air-conditioned 13-passenger van

  • Pickup and drop-off from select locations (limited to hotel locations listed only)

  • Expert naturalist or biologist guide

  • 40-minute airboat ride

  • 1-hour boat cruise

  • Narrated van tour

  • Lunch

  • Entry/Admission - Everglades Day Safari

  • Entry/Admission - Miami

  • Entry/Admission - Everglades City

  • Entry/Admission - Big Cypress National Preserve

  • Entry/Admission - Smallwood Store

  • Entry/Admission - Chokoloskee

  • Gratuities

Things to know

Before you book

  • Duration: 9h 30m

  • Mobile tickets accepted

  • Instant confirmation

Covid Policy

  • Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized

Face masks are required in the tour van

Cancellation Policy

    For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
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Everglades Day Safari

About operator:

The Everglades Day Safari is the only full-day ecotour of the Everglades. Guests are escorted around the Everglades by boat cruise through the mangrove forest, by airboat across the sawgrass prairie and on foot through a cypress swamp. Lunch is provided including alligator appetizers!

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