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Florida Everglades Airboat Adventure: Wildlife Encounter
4.3
1,558 Ratings
Weston
Get ready for the most sought-after airboat journey at Florida Everglades, hosted by Sawgrass Recreation Park! This exciting airboat adventure is an excellent initiation to the Everglades ecosystem, featuring its turtles, fish, Florida alligators, and marsh birds.
Duration:
30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Sawgrass Recreation Park - Skim across the grassy water at speeds up to 40 miles per hour while looking for wildlife like alligators, fish, turtles, and wading birds. This general admission ticket includes entrance to Sawgrass Recreation Park, a 30-40 minute guided airboat tour and an admission to our Alligator & Reptile Exhibit.
Just 25 minutes from Fort Lauderdale, the safest and most entertaining and educational way to experience the Everglades’ unique subtropical ecosystem is at Sawgrass Recreation Park.
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What's Included
- Total duration of visit is about 2 hours
- Access to the park’s Alligator and Reptile Exhibit
- Admission to Sawgrass Recreation Park
- 40 minute guided airboat ride
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
- Captain’s Gratuities (optional)
Additional Information
- Reservation date and time required. Tours leave every 30 minutes from 9:30am to 3:30pm
- Any age child can enjoy the airboat tour. Children 3 years and under are free. It is not necessary to purchase a ticket for ages 3 years and under.
- Tour operator reserves the right to cancel the tour due to inclement weather
- If you have selected the 4 p.m. time please note that it is a check in time only and that your airboat adventure will be leaving the dock at 5 p.m. so that you have ample time to explore the exhibit areas before they close at 5 p.m.Â
Location
Sawgrass Recreation Park Everglades Airboat Eco Adventures
US Highway 27
Sawgrass Recreation Park is 2 miles North of I-75 on Highway 27, at Mile Marker 35
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(1558 Ratings)
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Gustavo
Jul 24, 2024
Alligator Town - Amazing experience in the Everglades and experiencing looking at the alligators up and close. The heat and humidity in the summer here is something that you to experience and tolerate, but it’s worth it. We had a cool experience riding the airboat. Highly recommended
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W1094dvrobertab
Jul 24, 2024
Super tour out of trivial - The location is simple but like every business we United States has a Gift Shop 🤣. I bought my tickets for GET YOUR GUIDE. Time set. Super punctual. I went with
Two children 5 and 7 years old. The engine of the boats makes a lot of noise but after a while they get used to it. I'm not sure to see jacaré but we did. I loved
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Carolyn_s
Jul 16, 2024
Great ride - It was a great ride through the Everglades kinda felt like
I was in a movie
Kinda loud
Went early in the morning to avoid the heat
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Janiceg658
Jul 14, 2024
Fun in the Everglades - We took the grandkids on the airboat ride - they enjoyed it and we got to see a couple of gators. The wildlife area was interesting with a giant gator and his girlfriend. Enjoyed it very much
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Samantha_p
Jul 14, 2024
Super Fun! - awesome staff, tour was fun and on time. The tour guide Captain Jimmy was very educational and friendly!!
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91penniem
Jul 9, 2024
Airboat ride - So, disclaimer - we only saw 2 alligators. But we understand that they are wild creatures and no one is baiting a station to get them to show up for a photo op. The ride itself was fun and soothing. We stopped by the exhibits after, and were able to hold a baby gator and see a few other animals and/or reptiles. An added bonus? The photographer did an amazing job capturing a picture of our family group!
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Francesco
Jul 12, 2024
Giro nelle Everglades - Cute park with small alligators and other reptiles. The seaplane ride does not go far into the swamp but had a correct quality / price ratio.
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Smw1410
Jul 16, 2024
Pleasant - Tour is fine, exhibit is small but interesting. All okay but admission costs are expensive and it honestly didn't feel totally worth the amount of money paid for a family to enter.
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Darryn_d
Jul 25, 2024
Disappointing - It was honestly a disappointment. Apparently it was too hot and all of the alligators were hiding. This isn’t the fault of the tour operators but I wish they would have some kind of information alerting tourists that the likelihood of seeing gators was low. Literally the only thing that the guide stopped for was an Osprey. I was disappointed that our guide would not even stop when people on our boat pointed out other large birds resting in the water. It seemed like he was more concerned with getting back to the dock than ensuring we had a worthwhile experience.
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F872aodawnp
Jul 15, 2024
Choose another tour! - Captain Mike was terrible!!! The delayed noon ride that he took us on was the worst waste of money I have ever spent on an airboat ride!!! All he did was stop and talk unnecessarily while waiting for lightening so that he could go back. Never again!
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