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Everglades Day Safari: Full-Day Wilderness Adventure
4.7
303 Ratings
Fort Myers
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.
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!
- 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
- 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
- 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…
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 nature walk, and indulgently drift along on a tranquil boat cruise through mangrove-filled waters, casting an eye out for manatees, dolphins, and ospreys. Your guide will accompany you throughout, educating you about the Everglades and joining you for lunch.
- Minimum age is 6 years old
- Hat, sunscreen and sunglasses are recommended
- Strollers are not permitted
- Please note: if your hotel is not on the list provided then pickup will be at the Perkins Restaurant, 14801 South Tamiami Trail, Fort Myers, FL 33908 at 7:35 am
Location
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery
South Tamiami Trail
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(303 Ratings)
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Compass455766
May 23, 2025
Great experience on The Everglades Safari excursion. - The Everglades safari excursion turned out to be the highlight of our vacation. We thoroughly enjoyed all the activities and sights that were delivered as promised. We learned a lot thanks to our guides narration. We saw a lot of birds and alligators, and we had fun.
When making our plans for this, our communication with Pete, the owner, was great. He helped us a lot and was always easy to work with when we booked through him by phone. We recommend doing that for a personal touch.
The only problem we had was that our guide, Marc, was so good that he spoiled us — so much so that none of the guides we had on excursions on our cruise came close to measuring up to him. He was knowledgeable and kind, and he went out of his way to help us.
All in all, we were very pleased with this tour and thankful that we went on it. We highly recommend it.
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Cathy_m
May 14, 2025
Awesome experience! I... - Awesome experience! I love that it was a small group (6 people). Our guide Pete was just fantastic. So friendly and knowledgeable about everything. We saw tons of wildlife- birds, gators, dolphins, butterflies - and cool trees and flowers. Both boat rides were really fun and lunch was delicious. It really was a great adventure and I highly recommend it.
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Kari_s
May 10, 2025
Heidi is so fun and so... - Heidi is so fun and so knowledgeable and passionate about the parks and the animals. Such an amazing experience!
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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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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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