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Everglades Day Safari

Pick-Ups in the Greater Ft. Lauderdale and Miami

Quick Details

  • Location: Big Cypress National Preserve, Everglades National Park, Historic Smallwood’s Store Museum, Southeast Coast
  • Duration: 9 hours

Duration

  • Fort Lauderdale: 10 hours 

    • Tour: 7:45 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.
    • Pick-ups: 7:15 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. (Approximate)
    • Drop-offs: 5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (Approximate)
  • Miami: 9 hours

    • Tour: 8:15 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.
    • Pick-ups: 8:15 a.m. (Approximate)
    • Drop-offs: 5:15 p.m. (Approximate)

What to Bring

  • Sunscreen
  • Water

Adults 16+

per person

$ 199

Kids 6-12

per person

$ 150

Kids 13-15

per person

$ 150

Visit Everglades National Park

What’s Included

  • Round-trip transportation from the greater Fort Lauderdale area to the Everglades in an air-conditioned custom tour van.
  • A well-educated, highly-trained naturalist guide.
  • A nature walk under the canopy of towering bald cypress in Big Cypress National Preserve.
  • A scenic boat cruise into the Ten Thousand Islands mangrove forest in Everglades National Park.
  • A visit to the Historic Smallwood’s Store Museum.
  • A delicious riverside lunch in the heart of the Everglades.
  • A wildlife drive through the sawgrass savannas and cypress forests of Big Cypress National Preserve.
  • And a spectacular airboat ride through sawgrass prairies and pond apple forests.”

Nature Walk

Our nature walk is a leisurely 1-mile stroll into the ancient cypress swamp forests of the Everglades. These freshwater areas are home to old growth bald cypress that tower over the swamp and provide homes for owls, woodpeckers, bats, and raccoons. Orchids, bromeliads, ferns, and climbing vines create a lush sub-tropical landscape like no other place in North America. Alligators and turtles nest nearby and a variety of bird species can be found under in the shade of the cypress.

Boat Cruise in Everglades National Park

Embark on a scenic boat cruise that navigates through Everglades National Park’s mangrove estuary known as the 10,000 Islands. Dolphins, manatees, and many shore birds are often spotted throughout the back bays of Florida’s southern frontier.

Historic Smallwood’s Store Museum

Step back in time 100 years and discover what life was like in the United States’ southern most frontier. Established by Ted Smallwood in 1906, this amazing structure that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places has stood the test of time and weathered every hurricane that nature has blown at it! Admission is covered for guests who wish to check out the museum as it looked when the it was closed as a trading post over 40 years ago.

Southern Lunch

Our midday meal is served in the tiny town of Everglades City, renowned for its amazing seafood. Enjoy the relaxed ambiance as well as a delicious lunch with the following choices and more:

  • Fried chicken strip basket
  • Fried mahi basket
  • Grilled or fried chicken sandwich
  • Charbroiled cheeseburger
  • Mahi sandwich (blackened, broiled, or fried)
  • Veggie wrap
  • Cheese quesadilla
  • Mixed green salad topped with choice of grilled chicken, grilled mahi.
  • All meals include a non-alcoholic drink

Big Cypress National Preserve

This 720,000-acre primarily freshwater area is home to a vast array of plant and animal life including alligators, turtles, and dozens of species of birds. Your guide will narrate the van tour through the sawgrass prairies and cypress swamps in search of seasonal wildlife that occupy this rugged environment.

Airboat Ride

Our tours that depart from the Fort Lauderdale area experience an airboat ride that navigates across the sawgrass prairies and pond apples sloughs of the “River of Grass” in search of alligators and a variety of birds including the rare and endangered snail kite.

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