Everglades Day Safari: Full-Day Wilderness Adventure

Embark on a full-day wilderness adventure in the Everglades. Experience an airboat ride, wildlife drive, nature walk, and boat cruise to see manatees, dolphins, and osprey.

Duration: 9 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Airboats & Alligators - Considered the best airboat ride in the Everglades, you’ll be taken through the pond apple swamps and cattail marshes in search of alligators, turtles, birds and more!
What's Included
  • Narrated van tour
  • Guide who is an expert naturalist or biologist
  • Lunch included
  • 1-hour thrilling airboat ride
  • Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off (Only Select Hotels)
  • Transportation in a comfortable air-conditioned 13-passenger van
  • Scenic 1-hour boat cruise
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Embark on a day-long adventure into the heart of the Everglades, beginning your journey from the Greater Fort Myers/Naples region. Joined by your naturalist guide, experience an exhilarating airboat ride through the Western Everglades, encounter wildlife on a drive across the Big Cypress National Preserve, marvel at magnificent cypress trees during a…

Location
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery
South Tamiami Trail
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Tourist400605
Apr 14, 2025
Must see if in the area! Great tour and value. - Awesome tour. Totally worth it. Rachel was great and super knowledgable. Airboat ride was incredible. Highly recommend.
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Afcrawford
Apr 1, 2025
Everglades Day Safari Tour is Awesome! - We had a fantastic experience with Everglades Day Safari! We did the full day tour of the Everglades which included an eco-walk, a boat ride in Ten Thousand Islands/Gulf of Mexico, a visit to historical Smallwood General Store, a tasty lunch in Everglades City, and a fan boat ride on Lake Trafford with hundreds of alligators ! Also saw lots of cool birds, a Gopher Tortoise, several snakes, sawfish, and dolphins. Learned so much about the Everglades and its creatures, ecology, and history. Our guide Peter was so knowledgeable and fun. He is a biologist and had amazing stories!
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John_g
Mar 25, 2025
Great trip! Pete was... - Great trip! Pete was fantastic, very knowledgeable, funny and just a great tour guide! Saw some fantastic birds and flora on hour hike. The boat tour into the mangroves was amazing, dolphins swam in our wake. The fan boat tour topped off a great day! We had to see over 150 alligators some within as close as five feet. Thanks!!
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Cathy_b
Mar 4, 2025
Fun and informative. - It was very informative. The fact that you had a walk, boat ride and an airboat ride made it a good day since you got a bit of everything. Each guide had a good personality and made it enjoyable.
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Korcsmaros
Mar 4, 2025
Excellent day tour to the Everglades region - Super well organised day, Heidi our guide was kind, knowledgeable and fun. Everything as stated in the itinerary, high quality and memorable programs.
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333karlah
Mar 3, 2025
Great experience - We had a wonderful day with Everglades Day Safari. Very professional yet very personable. The airboat ride was awesome and the lunch was delicious. I would highly recommend.
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Helenmg2325dt
Feb 28, 2025
Best day experience in the Everglades! - Our tour was absolutely amazing! Our tour guide Heidi was so knowledgeable, fun and passionate about all the wildlife, plants, trees and ecosystems of the region! We learned so much and experienced fantastic sightings of so many species of birds, and alligators up close, turtles, dolphins, mangrove trees, and traveling through the Everglades on an airboat was the highlight for us! We loved every minute. Lunch was even included! Well worth the cost!!
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Fred_s
Feb 27, 2025
Worth every penny and much more! - What a wonderful time! Heidi, our guide was very knowledgeable, friendly and has a great sense of humor. We got to see a wide variety of wildlife (birds, alligators, turtles, dolphins), as well as see the incredible Florida Everglades. This was a full day of non-stop fun. Thank you very much for a wonderful time!
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Cfrenger
Feb 19, 2025
Superb Tour - Great day spent on this tour. All was well organized and worth the money. Our guide Heidi was absolutely brilliant and engaged in a lot of personal communication
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Climber60559738527
Apr 3, 2025
Excursion with lots of driving - A long day in a minibus. First, the pleasing one. The female tour guide was in a good mood, informative and knowledgeable. Now the unpleasant The safari hike was not a path, but the Marshtrail, a wide trail starting from the main road before Everglades City. After about 1 km of walking, it was reversed. The boat tour was an approximately one-hour drive with a routine, business-like boat trip through the mangroves of the Everglades from the popular Pier in Chokoloskee. The tour closing was a usual for the Everglades about 1 hour. Long airboat with a bored and lazy boatmaster at Lake Trafford. Of course, there were no alligators to see. The included Muttagessen was common fast food. All places can be visited better and cheaper alone. The rest was driving.
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From $225
up to 9 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).