Explore the Big Cypress National Preserve on a private half-day swamp buggy tour near Ochopee. The open-air swamp buggy is built to cross rugged and wet terrain, making it the ideal vehicle for spotting wildlife such as alligators, turtles, birds, and deer, and even panther tracks. Your guide, whose family has lived in the region for generations, shares insightful commentary about the Florida Everglades along the way.

Private half-day swamp buggy tour in Big Cypress National Preserve
See more of the Florida Everglades by swamp buggy
Choice of morning or afternoon departure
Hear live commentary from your local guide

What's Included

Licensed Tour Guide

Please bring snacks, sunscreen, sunglasses, a hat, and comfortable shoes. We'll bring the fun!

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

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my tours start 7 miles up cr839 from us41 you will see my swampbuggys parked there.it is in the National Park so the adress dont work. Or go to my website to the Map and Directions page and follow that.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Big Cypress National Preserve

4 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Infant seats available
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Featured review

KimberlyWeber

I would highly recommend this for an adventure! My girls are 12 & 14 and they had a blast! Captain Shane has great engery and kept us engaged the whole time! He is very knowledgeable of the swamp area and will answer any questions!

Reviews

4.5

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Amazing!

Barb_C, Apr 2022

Adam was great! He had tons of knowledge. We saw 3 owls! Alligators and birds. We even found tons of fossilized shells! Great swamp experience!

Response from Host, Dec 2022

I appreciate your business very much.

Had a blast with Captain Adam!

Brad_T, Mar 2022

Captain Adam was great! Informative, funny, and very knowledgeable. Coming back again and trying the night tour. I had a blast!

Response from Host, Mar 2022

He is a family member and a great friend wouldn't know what I'd do without him and his wife,thankyou for such a great review.

Great time

Lee_R, Feb 2022

Lots of gators and fun swamp buggy ride! Learned a lot from our knowledgeable swamp guide. He was on time and pleasant.

Response from Host, Feb 2022

Thankyou very much we realy give to it and love are customers, thanks again

Great time

Kenneth_J, Feb 2022

Adam was great we really enjoyed our time in the Everglades . Would definitely recommend to anyone. We will be back some day.

Response from Host, Feb 2022

Glad you enjoyed it why only 4 stars then?

Amazing

Talisha_B, Dec 2021

Shane was a fantastic guide! He was knowledgeable about the area, wildlife, and plants! We had the best time and saw tons of gators and birds.

Well worth the money.

Brent_L, Dec 2021

Captain Shane was great. Great guide and was terrific with the kids. Totally worth the drive. Never a dull moment with Captain Shane

Response from Host, Dec 2021

Thankyou there's always someone trying to say bad things,we are very happy you enjoyed it, thanks

Save Your Money

kara_b, Dec 2021

Tour was not a minute over 3 hrs, NOT 4 hrs. I understand wildlife is just that, wildlife However we saw nothing in our THREE hour tour other than trees, marsh, mud and water.

Response from Host, Dec 2021

So you saw the everglades sorry your disappointed maybe next time go to Disney World there they guarantee you'll see animals.

Great time

KimberlyWeber, Dec 2020

Not worth the cost of the tour

Janet_G, Mar 2020

This tour was disappointing and not worth $123 a person. First of all, the directions states that the location was 2.5 miles after turning onto I41 from cr29. This was incorrect. I had to drive 5 miles further then 7 miles onto a gravel/dirt road before finding the buggy parked on the side of the road. The driver Duane tried to stretch the 4 hour long trip to justify the trip. In short he showed us two pools with some alligators, stopped to show us a "shy" porcupine and he jumped on and off the buggy to show us fencing posts. Needless to say, Duane's incessant country drawl chatter was hard to follow. All in all, I would not recommend this tour. Maybe it's better during the rainy season, but I'm not going to do a comparison.

Response from Host, Mar 2020

I do not have a diane that works for me please post this on the right tour.we do not have.potcupines and if a southern accent bothers you please dont come back,because if we started picking are customer's because of there accent we call that racist.

Not as good as I anticipated

Hillary_d, Feb 2020

I was rather disappointed. It didn't seem a very professional set up. I know they're swamp buggies but the one we went on was in a bit of a state. One of the bench seats was ripped all the way along and everything was very shabby. There was debris in the seating area which didn't look as though it had been swept out for some time. Our guide was nice but it wasn't very structured and quite hard to understand what he was saying some of the time. We saw and learnt more on our board walk trails. Also if the day is on the cool side you will definitely need to wrap up - it gets quite breezy on the buggy and we were very cold.

Response from Host, Mar 2020

Maybe you need to go to Disney World there heated and there seats arent riped,we use theese buggys in the swamp also for wildfire fighting hard to keep perfect seats.sorry it wasnt for you.

Unprofessional

jebbyb, Feb 2020

This was basically a local guy rolling us through the woods and imparting knowledge from his having lived there. I would have liked more in depth info. We enjoyed ourselves though.

Response from Host, Feb 2020

Maybe I should look into hiring biologist from New York. Local knowledge is what makes my tours so great,sorry you didnt get what you wanted,but you enjoyed yourself,that's great.

Awesome swamp buggy ride with shane

Donna_L, Jan 2020

Went with my grown daughter and mother in law had a fantastic trip with our captain shane. Awesome tour guide very knowledgeable about the area.

Hat alles gepasst! Leider viel zu kalt für die Jahreszeit!

Winfried_S, Dec 2022

sehr beeindruckende Landschaft! Leider sehr kalt (10° C) deshalb hat man fast keine Tiere gesehen. Aber trotzdem toll!