Everglades National Park Biologist Led Adventure: Cruise, Hike + Airboat

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Duration:9 hours 30 minutes to 10 hours (approx.)
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Explore the real Everglades on a full-day guided tour, led by an experienced master naturalist. This is a comprehensive Everglades experience! Take a 1-hour, guided boat tour of the beautiful 10,000 Islands. Chance to see bird species: like roseate spoonbills, white pelicans, and ospreys. See manatees and dolphins up close. Go on a 1-hour dry nature hike led by a master naturalist, where you will immerse yourself in incredible wildlife and rare plants and orchids, under a canopy of huge cypress trees. Hold onto your hat on an exhilarating 1-hour air boat ride, the best in the Glades. Discover the remote beauty of a Native American tree island village where they used to live, one can only get to by boat. Witness alligators and other wildlife where they should be spotted, in the wild, and up close! Visit a historic trading post and other intriguing cultural and ecological stops. A delicious lunch is included.
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1. Miami
After pick up from your hotel in our new and comfortable 15 passenger vans, enjoy the ride out to Everglades National Park. Your guide will be sure to point out the abundant wildlife en route to your first stop!
2. Fort Lauderdale
We pick up in Fort Lauderdale and go directly out to the park. We try to cluster our pickups to limit the time on the van. Your guide will point out the abundant wildlife enroute.
3. Everglades National Park
Go on a 1-hour air boat ride that way out far from land in the River of Grass. This is your chance to see the endangered Everglades snail kite, large and small alligators, and much more; all where it should be experienced, up close and in the wild! Visit a Native tree island village or two where they used to live. You can only get there by boat and on this tour.
4. Miccosukee Indian Village
You will embark on an amazing 1 hour airboat journey way out onto the pristine "River of Grass". We will spend some time in a remote Miccosukee Village and we will also encounter a plethora of wildlife from wading birds to turtles, alligators and more!
5. Oasis Visitor Center
Big alligators live here.
6. Big Cypress National Preserve
Go on a nature walk led by your experienced naturalist in this pristine National Preserve that contains 5 of the 9 ecosystems found in the real Everglades. This beautiful walk will have you immersed in the unique flora and fauna of this region. The chance to go on a second walk in a different location as well. Take a remote scenic narrated drive, with a few stops to get out and experience wildlife, led by your experienced naturalist guide in the remote sections of this vast wilderness; which is home to the Florida panther, black bear, wild boar, Osceola turkey, white-tail deer, Florida bobcat, American alligator, an incredible array of bird species, and more.
7. Smallwood Store
Go back in time in this historic trading post, listed on the National Register of historic places. Learn about the rugged and authentic history of a time when only a few white settlers arrived, to trade with the Seminoles. Still owned by the same family today, ask questions about the lore of Old Florida.
8. Big Cypress Swamp Welcome Center
Great spot to potentially see manatees.
9. Chokoloskee
Enjoy a wonderful lunch. Order off the menu. Great local food with lots of fresh seafood choices as well as vegetarian and vegan options.
10. Southwest Gulf Coast
Enjoy an amazing boat trip through the 10,000 Islands of the Everglades National Park. You will have the potential to see dolphins, manatees, many wading and shore birds, white pelicans, saw fish, sea turtles and more.
11. Everglades City
This small town was recently named one of Smithsonian magazine's top 15 places to see in the United States. We will take a driving tour here in the "Stone Crab Capitol of the Wolrd" When in season we will stop at a local market where fresh off the docks stone crabs can be purchased. Store them in our cooler to be enjoyed later! We will also visit the famous Rod and Gun Club and the quaint musem of the town.

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Posted By : Skaarj80
A really successful day all round. The communication from Wild Lime Adventures was impeccable, after booking we received confirmation with all the documents, a reminder the day before the tour and later direct contact via WhatsApp. Unfortunately we were outside the transfer radius and had the choice of either driving directly to the meeting point at the operator or choosing a meeting point, we drove down ourselves. The tour with the propeller boat was great, the driver showed us a lot and there was a lot to see from herons to alligators. Halfway through there was a lecture on an island in an abandoned village, about history, way of life, etc., a small circular walk and back to the propeller boat. Then a guided tour at a ranger station, with a lecture on the canal and alligators in general. The shared lunch in the blue crab was delicious, drinks were included as was the food. After the meal there was another walk with explanations of the swamp and the local forests. Finally the boat trip through the "1,000 Islands", we were lucky that dolphins followed us, but even without them it would have been a very interesting trip.

Conclusion: my wife and I had a really great day, everyone we dealt with was friendly and competent.
You had the feeling that everyone was trying to get the best possible result for us and for us the day was an absolute highlight and worth every dollar.
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Posted On : 2024-05-30 22:12:00

Posted By : S6085HZjamess
This full-day tour includes an airboat ride to an island in the Everglades, lunch at a local landmark, a boat ride through the 10,000 islands on the Gulf of Mexico, and a guided nature walk. Definitely a full day.
The ride there and back is rather long, but our guide, Ryan, made the time pass quicky, giving us so much information about Florida and its people. He has a vast store of knowledge, and obviously enjoys sharing it with folks. History, culture, geology, botony, you name it - it seemed like every step of the way, we were learning something new. And he made it fun for all ages. Even the small children in the group seemed to be engaged.
We saw alligators, fish, turtles, dolphins, and so many birds ... even a snake (harmless). Our boat captains, Elvis and Tristan, were very good as well - but Ryan did an outstanding job. He was engaging, entertaining, and attentive, and did a wonderful job of keeping us informed throughout the day. It's obvious he really loves Florida and the Everglades.
The van is modern, clean, and comfortable. Snacks and drinks were also made available. The Wild Lime staff is very accomodating.
Anyone can point out an alligator. Do yourself a favor: book a tour with Wild Lime. See the real Florida with real Floridians. Thank you, Ryan.
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Posted On : 2024-05-26 23:08:50

Posted By : 707benoitp
Great day! Great experience! This one day trip covered exactly what we were looking for. Nature, history and adventure. Stacy our guide was a tremendous source of knowledge. The lunch was quick and good. The van was sparkling clean with good AC. I definitely recommend Wild Lime!
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Posted On : 2024-05-20 09:59:05

Posted By : Amanda B
Enog was a very good tour guide. We learned so much about the rich history of Florida as well as wildlife, plants and the waterways.

We saw many wildlife. It was such an amazing experience.
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Posted On : 2024-05-19 18:57:46

Posted By : bodugley
Definitely 5 out of 5!
Stacey was our all day guide and drove the bus. She was very knowledgeable and so much fun!!
Lunch was delicious and we could choose from the menu. Yum!
Tristen drive our flat boat. He is a 9th generation young man from Everglades
City and was very knowledgeable about the water.
Randy was great. He was very knowledgeable about the air boating in the Glades.
This was a great all day event!!!
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Posted On : 2024-05-19 18:15:50

Posted By : bethaE5980XY
Fabulous day!!!! Stacy was an excellent tour guide. Very informative. Great time on the boat with Tristan. Randy, our airboat captain was amazing!!! Such a nice guy. We LOVED our full day excursion. Very highly recommended!!
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Posted On : 2024-05-19 18:11:43

Posted By : Nancy_S
Very knowledgeable tour guide, she told us all about the history of the area as well as talks about what we were seeing. 3 tours in one - so glad I did not just do a airboat tour.
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Posted On : 2024-05-19 15:54:51

Posted By : rdgw9fwjd8
Unreal experience - Wild Lime went over and beyond to provide the best experience. Constantly went out of their way to make sure we saw all the wildlife we wanted to - such good value for money
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Posted On : 2024-05-19 09:13:47

Posted By : N213NRamandas
We had the best time! We saw so much wildlife and learned more about the local ecosystems and native lands that I ever could have researched on my own. The boat rides were fun and lunch was delicious! Really, a one stope shop for an Everglades tour and totally worth the cost. Ryan was our guide and did a fantastic job!
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Posted On : 2024-05-15 23:48:11

Posted By : Julia_M
You need cash to tip the tour guides. The company used Ubers to get us home faster at the end of the night, which I thought was awesome. Food, snacks, drinks, water bottle all included. My tour guide Ryan was informed and upbeat. The Everglades are pretty solemn and desolate by nature, but he brought life to them. This tour made getting to the Everglades super accessible for a casial beach-going tourist.
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Posted On : 2024-05-15 19:07:09