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Western Everglades Adventure Tour

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Everglades Family Adventure Tour from Greater Fort Myers Naples Area

Overview

  • Half-day family Everglades adventure with a one hour airboat ride
  • Learn about the ecosystems and animals of the Everglades from your naturalist guide
  • Enjoy a fun one hour airboat ride through marshes and swamps and spot animals like herons and egrets
  • Get up close to snakes and alligators
  • Great tour for families with kids of all ages
Escape to the Florida Everglades from the Greater Fort Myers area on this guided airboat adventure at Everglades Day Safari. This exciting airboat ride is a great way to experience the ecosystem of the Everglades. Skim across the marshes and swamps of the Western Everglades while looking for wildlife, namely birds and alligators. In fact, per acre, there are more alligators here than anywhere else in the world. This tour includes an interactive reptile show.

What's Included

  • Expert naturalist or biologist guide
  • 1-hour airboat ride
  • 1-hour reptile educational program
  • 1-hour nature walk
  • Networked headsets/ear protection to communicate with guide and captain during airboat ride
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks (may be purchased at the marina)

Meeting And Pickup

Meeting point

  • 4600 Corkscrew Rd, Immokalee, FL 34142, USA

    Guests meet our wildlife biologist at the trailhead to the Corkscrew Marsh. You must provide your own transportation. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE AN UBER, LYFT or TAXI. You must drive your vehicle from the starting point to the finish point.

Start time

08:00 AM

End point

  • 6001 Lake Trafford Rd, Immokalee, FL 34142, USA

    The airboat ride takes place a few miles from the starting point.

What To Expect

On this guided excursion, skim along the marshes and swamps of the Western Everglades and see herons, egrets, gallinules and spoonbills while listening to fun facts and learning about the area’s ecosystem from the experienced captain. Look for a variety of wildlife, especially alligators, in their natural habitat. There are more alligators here per acre than anywhere else in the world. The guide will point out where they are—early and often.

After the airboat ride, check out the reptile show at Captain Bob’s Excellent Adventure. This educational presentation features alligators, snakes, turtles and more. Ask questions and join in the fun of learning about these amazing creatures.

CREW Marsh Trails

1 hour Admission Ticket Included

Lake Trafford

2 hours Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Hat, sunscreen and sunglasses are recommended
  • Guests are permitted to bring their own snacks and closed-topped drinks.
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Food and drinks are available for purchase from the local store
  • Stroller accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers

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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Patrick_M
Our tour guide, Peter i believe, was very knowledgeable and made the entire excursion very enjoyable. My kids, age 11 &13 both loved it, especially the reptile show. They held snakes and an alligator. The wildlife viewing on the fan boat was spectacular. Would 100% recommend the half day eco tour. It exceeded our expectations.

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Best air boat tour
Starr_K, Mar 2024
Pete was an excellent guide and kept us interested. He is very knowledgeable and answered all questions. Great with adults and children. If we do this tour again I would want him to be our guide. The air boat ride was great—saw lots of alligators, birds. Pete educated us on all of them. It was a really enjoyable day! Definitely recommend. Worth every minute.
Our guide was so...
Joanne_T, Jun 2023
Our guide was so knowledgeable and engaging with our kids. Holding reptiles and airboat ride were highlights!
Awesome airboat ride!
Natalie_D, Jun 2023
We had a great time doing the everglades glades tour. Unfortunately we didn’t see any animals other than lizards and birds on the walking tour. The airboat ride was amazing. We saw lots of gators and wildlife. It was definitely an adventure worth doing!! Kenny was a great guide full of fun facts and very knowledgeable about the area.
Response from Host, Jun 2023
Glad you loved the tour Natalie. The nature walk is a beautiful stroll through the headwaters of the Everglades and reptiles, birds and insects are typically what we see. For alligators - there's no better place to see them than on our airboat. Thanks for the 5-stars!
Amazing wildlife tour!
Steven_C, Jun 2023
Amazing tour of lake wildlife, including birds and alligators. We happened to see some rare birds and during one of our stops counted over 100 alligators within our view.
Informative and Fun!
Leah_V, Apr 2023
We had a friendly and knowledgeable guide (Heidi) and saw a huge variety of birds and hundreds of gators on Lake Trafford. The three aspects of the tour (hike, airboat ride, interactive reptile encounter) were all informative and fun.
Awesome hike and air boat your plus reptile show.
Sandra_W, Apr 2023
Our guide, Pete, was awesome. He was very knowledgeable and was constantly on the lookout for things to see. Pete was very personable and answered every question from the adults and children as well. Great tour!!!
Tour and airboat ride with Rhett
Samuel_S, Mar 2023
Rhett was a wonderful knowledgeable tour guide. His funny sense of humor made the tour even more enjoyable. We will be taking the tour again with the grandchildren that didn’t come this time!
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Deborah_W, Feb 2023
All was excellent. Rhett was a great guide. Saw lots of wildlife in the airboat ride. Would do it again!
Awesome tour!!
MICHELLE_N, Jan 2023
This tour was totally worth it. Pete and his crew did an awesome job! My 9 year old son, who was “afraid” of snakes, ended up holding a few snakes by the end of the tour. Awesome memories made!
If in Naples…this is a must!
Dianna_R, Jul 2022
Great trip!!! The walking tour was fun and our guide Rhett was so knowledgeable and very personable. Getting to hold snakes and a small alligator was so fun. The airboat ride…out of this world. We saw at least 10 alligators, including one with a big fish in its mouth….10 stars….
Response from Host, Jul 2022
Thanks for the great feedback Dianna! Rhett is a great guide and sounds like you got see some good stuf!
A great tour
Ellie_W, Jun 2022
We had a great time! Saw over 100 alligators on our tour and some really beautiful birds. It was really fun.
Awesome!
Shirley_R, Apr 2022
We had a wonderful time on this tour with Rhett - a super enthusiastic and knowledgeable guide. The tour begins with an easy walk where we learnt about the landscape of the Everglades. The reptile show offered us experiences we’d never had before - holding snakes and a baby alligator. The boat ride was even more rewarding - we saw over 20 alligators, soft and hard shell turtles, and an amazing range of birds. It was a highlight of our trip!
Air Boat rid only
RichardK_A, Apr 2022
There were two parts to the trip. The first part was a 1 & 1/2 mile walk through a nature wilderness. It was very boring. Not much to see. We certainly could have done without this part of the trip. The second part was an Air Boat ride. It was great. I would have paid the entire amount just to take the airboat ride. I later found out you can just do the air boat ride by itself. That is the best way to go.
Response from Host, Apr 2022
Hi Richard, I'm sorry you were disappointed in the nature walk. Most people find the walk with the biologist educational and fun. There are 40 different airboat companies that offer just an airboat ride but we do a safari that includes the nature walk, reptile presentation and the airboat ride and what sets our airboat ride apart from others is we offer the networked headsets that quiet the airboat and allow guests to hear the narration from the biologist guide. That's not something offered on tours that do just the airboat ride. Either way I appreciate your feedback.
Memorable time
Elizabeth_N, Apr 2022
The family had a great time and learned a lot. They say it was one of the high points of the trip. They saw lots of birds and even more alligators. It’s definitely worth your time to go.
Great family excursion
Patrick_M, Apr 2022
Our tour guide, Peter i believe, was very knowledgeable and made the entire excursion very enjoyable. My kids, age 11 &13 both loved it, especially the reptile show. They held snakes and an alligator. The wildlife viewing on the fan boat was spectacular. Would 100% recommend the half day eco tour. It exceeded our expectations.
wow what a great adventure
Scott_M, Apr 2022
it was amazing to get so close to the wild life. we had a great air boat ride.. the huge gators were our favorite.
Great experience.
DonnaMaldonado, Mar 2022
This was an Awesome experience. Heidi was a great guide and wonderful with the children. I was shocked by the amount of gators we actually saw and it was great seeing them in their own environment. Heidi put the children in the front row and was very good with them during snake and gator time. Very patient and answered all questions. We never felt hurried and with children that's a plus. :) Worth every penny. Don't forget to tip!!
Great day in the wild
Richard_V, Mar 2022
Heidi did an outstanding job as our guide. We were a little rushed because of an accident on 29 but all worked out well.
Fantastic experience
Orson_S, Mar 2022
Loved reptile show, up close and personal. Pete is wonderful guide and great with kids. Recommend highly
Top guide, top ride, top time with alligators
Gary_G, Mar 2022
Seeing loads of alligators, learning about them and so many other creatures, birds, plants, and even ancient peoples from Pete, a fun young dad with 17 years passion for this work; a full hour on the airboat and holding the snakes and alligator; easy to get to; excellent.
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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

  • 4 hours
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English