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Everglades Day Safari from Fort Myers/Naples Area
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- 9 hours 30 minutes
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Discover Florida’s wild Everglades on an exciting full-day tour from the Greater Fort Myers area. Travel by airboat deep into the secluded Western Everglades, explore Big Cypress National Preserve by van and foot, and take a leisurely cruise through a mangrove forest. Enjoy commentary from your naturalist guide as you spot manatees, dolphins, and native birds and lunch .
- Full-day Everglades adventure from the Greater Fort Myers area
- Take a thrilling airboat ride through the Western Everglades
- See wildlife on a van tour through Big Cypress National Preserve and a nature walk through an ancient cypress forest
- Relax on a boat cruise through the mangrove forest of Everglades National Park
- Your expert naturalist guide provides interesting commentary and answer any questions you have
- Small-group tour limited to 9 people ensures a more personalized experience
What's Included
- Transport by air-conditioned 13-passenger van
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (Only Select Hotels)
- Expert naturalist or biologist guide
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to your preferred meeting point, or request pickup.
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Pickup point
- Embassy Suites by Hilton Fort Myers Estero10450 Corkscrew Commons Drive, Estero, FL 33928
Start time
07:30 AM
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.What To Expect
Your full-day Everglades adventure begins with morning pickup from select hotels in the Greater Fort Myers area. Meet your naturalist guide and enjoy the ride in the Western Everglades. Here, board a small airboat and set off on an educational ride. Zip through narrow swamp passages and get close to native wildlife.
Next, hop back in the transit van for a tour of Big Cypress National Preserve. Your expert guide’s commentary makes this an unforgettable wildlife-spotting expedition. Skirt through fields of sawgrass and stretch your legs with a walk along cypress-lined trails. See some of the area’s native animals including alligators, turtles, otters, wild pigs, panthers, and variety of waterfowl.
After your walking tour, take a break for some lunch. Feast on unique local cuisine, and then head back to the water for a boat cruise through a majestic mangrove forest. Wind through some of the Everglades 10,000 islands and search for friendly water creatures like manatees, sea turtles, and dolphins. Throughout the trip, learn about the Everglades’ unique ecosystem and conservationist efforts to preserve it.
Your tour concludes with afternoon drop-off at your starting point.
Please note: if your hotel is not on the list provided then pickup will be at one of the three main pickups - Hampton Inn Fort Myers Beach Gateway (11281 Summerlin Square Drive, Fort Myers), Perkins Restaurant (14801 South Tamiami Trail, Fort Myers) or Embassy Suites (10450 Corkscrew Commons Drive, Estero)
Next, hop back in the transit van for a tour of Big Cypress National Preserve. Your expert guide’s commentary makes this an unforgettable wildlife-spotting expedition. Skirt through fields of sawgrass and stretch your legs with a walk along cypress-lined trails. See some of the area’s native animals including alligators, turtles, otters, wild pigs, panthers, and variety of waterfowl.
After your walking tour, take a break for some lunch. Feast on unique local cuisine, and then head back to the water for a boat cruise through a majestic mangrove forest. Wind through some of the Everglades 10,000 islands and search for friendly water creatures like manatees, sea turtles, and dolphins. Throughout the trip, learn about the Everglades’ unique ecosystem and conservationist efforts to preserve it.
Your tour concludes with afternoon drop-off at your starting point.
Please note: if your hotel is not on the list provided then pickup will be at one of the three main pickups - Hampton Inn Fort Myers Beach Gateway (11281 Summerlin Square Drive, Fort Myers), Perkins Restaurant (14801 South Tamiami Trail, Fort Myers) or Embassy Suites (10450 Corkscrew Commons Drive, Estero)
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Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Minimum age is 6 years old
- Hat, sunscreen and sunglasses are recommended
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Kaedyn_R
The tour guide was amazing! I forgot her name but she was incredibly knowledgeable. I went on 5/3/23. I have videos of manatees, alligators, turtles, and dolphins! This is definitely a tour you don’t want to miss. A lot was included for the price, even lunch. Highly recommend you do this. There is a lot of bang for your buck!
Reviews
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Susan_B, Mar 2024
The safari was disappointing. Way too much time spent in a van! I had a backache for 2 days. The “nature hike” was a 10 minute walk in a public park (seriously?) and a lot of time spent there on a lookout site staring at mangroves. Lunch was at a very tired diner/restaurant where there was a lot of chaos and the food was mediocre at best. The 2 boat rides were the highlight of the day - if only to get out of that blasted van! Our guide, Mark, was very knowledgeable and accommodating. If they were to consolidate the proximity of the activities, rework their nature hike into somewhere more interesting, and for the love of God, pick a different restaurant, this excursion would be a whole lot better and worth the admission price.
Judith_F, Mar 2024
This is our second time with this particular tour. Both trips were excellent and we plan to do it again soon with sons’ families.
Response from Host, Mar 2024
I really appreciate you returning for another tour. It means a great deal that you enjoyed it so much you came back again! Thank you for the 5-stars!
Paige_M, Feb 2024
IF you are a person that makes mistakes, please do not book with this company. I was booking an event for me and my husband's honeymoon. Unfortunately, I booked this event on the week of my wedding, 2/19 at noon, and had a lot going on. I booked the date for 2/20 when it was supposed to be for 3/20. So, in reality I had less than 24 hours to realize the mistake I made. I woke up the next morning with a notification stating my event was about to start. Freaking out I reached out to guy that text me the day before and he said there was nothing he could do. Then I reached out to the company I booked though (Viator), and they were not able to reschedule or give a refund. $450 is a lot of money to us and couldn't understand how we were not able to get a partial refund, refund, or move the date. Extremely frustrating and extremely disappointing that we will not be able to gain this experience on our honeymoon. So again, IF you are human and make mistakes, please DO NOT book through this company because they have zero desire to help make things right.
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Hi Paige,
A few points of clarification - I understand that mistakes happen and we always do our best to help our guests. When you reached out to Everglades Day Safari on the morning of the tour that you scheduled (2/20) and asked to reschedule or get a refund, my reservationist said that there was nothing that he could do because the tour was booked through Viator. The payment was made through Viator and they have a 24 hour cancellation policy. Everglades Day Safari did not collect your money and cannot provide a refund. I understand you were frustrated but instead of reaching out to me - the owner of the company, you submitted surveys and reviews of my company, blasting us and saying terrible things about my staff and guides despite never even going on the tour. When we finally did speak and I agreed to ask Viator to refund your tour I asked you not to write a bad review on Viator because I've been down that road in the past where we try to make things right and the aggravated guest just tees off anyway. And what do you know - you got your way - and you gave us a one star review. But that's ok. I'd like to think it says more about a person that booked a tour, didn't read the confirmation and took it out on a company and their staff for the guest's mistake than the company itself. The rest of our excellent reviews speak for themselves.
Elizabeth_B, Feb 2024
Very enjoyable day. Mark was a great guide. We love the birding and wildlife experience. If you are in the area I recommend this tour.
Ella_H, Jan 2024
Our guide for the day Mark was awesome and very informative. Both boat captains were very skilled and provided excellent information about the areas we were in.
Rena_F, Jan 2024
Would have given 5 stars if the airboat ride wasn’t so uncomfortable, noisy and rough.
Much of this trip was great, the arrangements were smooth and the day was fun. Heidi was a terrific and knowledgeable guide, the birds were many and beautiful, the gators memorable, and the first boatride caught a dolphin swimming in our wake, which was playful and lovely.
But the airboat as late, and the rough bumpy fast ride over the lake gave my partner and me serious backaches today ( we are “moderately fit”, as Viator requests, and have been in many kinds of boats all over the world). Upshot: don’t do this ride if you’re over 50 or have back problems as you might be injured. This should be stated in the advertisement for this trip.
It was also incredibly noisy even with headsets to muffle the noise, and disturbed the wildlife.
But clearly warning folks about this piece would take care of the problem, the rest was great.
Yolande_H, Jan 2024
Mark Hamilton Quinn was our superbly knowledgeable and experienced guide and “David Attenborough of The Everglades”. His extensive worldwide knowledge about animals and botany was only exceeded by his kindness, wit and great sense of humour.
Debra_C, Nov 2023
Our guide, Mark, was very knowledgeable about the area and the wildlife. He went out of his way to try to find birds and animals for us to see.
Steven_C, Oct 2023
Unfortunately Viator sent us to the wrong pick up point. I had to contact the Owner of the safari to ask why no one was there to pick us up.
That is how I found that we were not expected to be at that pick up point, but at a different one 20 minutes away. The ticket Viator sent us was wrong. Fortunately he called the van driver and he waited for us. The safari itself was great. The guide was extremely knowledgeable and was able to give us information about all aspects of what we were seeing.
The airboat ride was incredible, and the boat ride at the end was fantastic.
The walk through the forest was also very informative. Lunch was decent. I would highly recommend this excursion, but be wary of anything from Viator.
reenav210, Oct 2023
Itinerary took all day and more than 1/3 of it was spent driving. Managed to minimally encounter about 3-4 alligators. Tour around the Everglades was okay. Airboat experience was fine, driver was good. Part that didn’t appeal to me much was driving thru tall blades of grass (causing all the bugs/mosquitoes to swarm over all of us) and stopping over it. Yeah that was no fun. I highly recommend that you wear long sleeves, hat/visor, and looser pants of some sort. Mosquitoes can still bit thru leggings/skin tight clothing.
The lunch spot/menu was good. It was good they offered to take our order in advance to avoid waiting. Blackened fish sandwich was yummy.
Part of the tour I least enjoyed was the walk thru the forest. It was hot and we just became an open buffet for mosquitoes. Long sleeves/pants highly recommended + spray bug spray even over your clothes to deter bugs from even coming close to you.
We closed off the tour with a boat ride to spot dolphins and manatees. Didn’t see any manatees but spotted the fin of a dolphin. The boat ride/driver itself was good, smooth, and the highlight of that leg. Boat Guide knew that part of the Everglades like the back of his hand and knew practically where all the sandbars were and avoided getting trapped.
Our primary tour guide was very knowledgeable about the Everglades, the different animals that inhabited the area. Pointed out so many different animals (many of which he did while he was driving at least 40-50 mph). By the time we tried to spot the animal - we passed it already so didn’t spot many of the ones he pointed out. He had alot of humor so it kept the chit chat more lighthearted during the drives.
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