The Best Everglades Tour for Your Next Florida Adventure

Florida is home to beautiful beaches, exciting theme parks, and the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States — the Everglades. There are tons of nature tours from Miami where you’re sure to spot wildlife. There are day-trip boat rides or ones that last just an hour depending on your preference. Ready to go?

Everglades National Park is a 1.5-million acre preserve, and is home to abundant wildlife and animal sanctuaries, including the elusive Florida panther, manatees, leatherback turtles, and of course, alligators!

There is so much to explore in this amazingly beautiful and unparalleled landscape, and you absolutely must see it to believe it.

You’ve been to the beach. You’ve ridden the roller coaster. Now it’s time to see why the Florida Everglades should be on everyone’s “must-do” list!

Read more: EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK – EPIC GUIDE

AIRBOAT TOURS

When you think of an Everglades tour, you must think of airboats! There are so many Everglades airboat tours to choose from, and we’ve found the best. So strap in, and get ready for the adventure of a lifetime!

EVERGLADES VIP TOUR WITH TRANSPORTATION INCLUDED

Get the total Everglades airboat ride experience with this VIP tour that includes an airboat tour, and one of the best alligators shows put on by the Gator Boys Alligator Rescue Team from Animal Planet! The best part? They’ll pick you up and drop you off at your Fort Lauderdale hotel, so you don’t have to worry about a thing.

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Leaving from: Ft. Lauderdale
Prices from: $58
Duration: 1 hour airboat tour/4 hours total

EVERGLADES MORNING TOUR & WILDLIFE SHOW

Take a tour of Everglades National Park during a 45-minute airboat ride through the swampland, before stopping and getting up close and personal with local animals! A luxury motor coach will take you to your destinations, so you can spend the day observing and learning.

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Leaving from: Miami
Prices from: $59
Duration: 4.5 hours

EVERGLADES AFTERNOON TOUR & WILDLIFE SHOW

Take a quick journey through the Everglades while you’re in Miami on this afternoon tour and wildlife show! A bus will take you from Miami to the Everglades, where you’ll take an airboat ride through the wetlands. Then you’ll meet alligators and other animals during a wildlife show! So much action in just one afternoon.

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Leaving from: Miami
Prices from: $79
Duration: 3.5 hours

EVERGLADES SAFARI PARK

You’ll zoom through the beautiful Florida wetlands on an air boat, while learning all about the natural wildlife in the area along the way! Afterwards, you’ll enjoy an alligator show — where the brave will have the chance to hold a baby alligator! You’ll also see turtles, and iguanas, and learn about native snakes.

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Location: Everglades Safari Park in Miami
Prices from: $31
Duration: 2.5 hours

AIRBOAT RIDE & ANIMAL SHOW AT EVERGLADES ALLIGATOR FARM

If you love alligators — this is the tour for you! This animal adventure takes place at the Everglades Alligator Farm — just a short ride from Miami. You’ll take an airboat ride through the swamp, spotting gators along the way! Then you can enjoy alligator and snake demonstrations, and even get your photo taken with both!

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Location: Everglades Alligator Farm
Prices from: $49
Duration: Varies

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK AIRBOAT TOUR & WILDLIFE SHOW

You’ll take an airboat ride through the national park, learning about the wildlife along the way! You can also enjoy a wildlife show, and even hold a baby alligator too!

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Location: Miami
Prices from: $29.99
Duration: 1 hour

EVERGLADES: 3.5 HOUR ADVENTURE TOUR

Spend half a day learning all about Everglades National Park on this 3.5-hour adventure tour! They will pick you up from your Miami Beach or downtown Miami hotel, and take you to the park. There, you’ll enjoy an airboat ride through the “Rivers of Grass” and learn more about the wildlife that calls this place home. A wildlife show is included, and you’ll also have a chance to try a fried alligator tail sandwich! (Good luck with that.)

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Location: Miami
Prices from: $59
Duration: 3.5 hours

EVERGLADES AIRBOAT & ALLIGATOR SHOW

Choose between morning or afternoon pick-up and enjoy a trip through the Florida Everglades! This tour includes pick up/drop off from certain Miami Beach hotels, and then a 1-hour airboat ride through the park. You’ll enjoy a wildlife show too!

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Location: Miami
Prices from: $42.49
Duration: 3-5 hours

WILD FLORIDA EVERGLADES AIRBOAT & WILDLIFE PARK

On this airboat ride, you’ll travel around the entire 4,200 acres that make up the central Florida Everglades! You’ll make your way to a sightseeing pier, so you can take in the absolute best views! See an alligator show at the gator park, and visit wildlife exhibits while you’re there. End your trip with a Florida barbecue that includes pulled pork, smoked chicken, and of course – frog legs and gator tail!

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Location: Orlando
Prices from: $31
Duration: 1.5 hours

MIAMI EVERGLADES AIRBOAT RIDE, WILDLIFE SHOW

Set off on a guided trip from Miami to discover Florida’s wildlife. Enter Everglades Holiday Park to enjoy a 45-minute airboat ride and an educational wildlife show. Benefit from skip-the-ticket-line entry and receive a free photo of your group.

Head to the airboat to begin your guided cruise through the Everglades. Keep watch for native wildlife as your experienced guide will point out alligators, soft-shelled turtles, and birds in their natural habitat. 

Next, see a wildlife show and get up close with alligators. Learn how these reptiles — who were once nearly hunted to extinction — made a dramatic recovery in numbers. Even take a photo with a baby alligator at the end of the show.  Board the bus to return to Miami.

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Location: Miami
Price from: $49.50
Duration: 45-mins on the airboat

90-MINUTE EVERGLADES ADVENTURE TOUR

Take in all the beauty that the central Florida Everglades has to offer on this 90-minute tour through the wetlands. You’ll travel on a 6-passenger airboat, guaranteed to give you unobstructed views! Keep an eye out for the American alligator!

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Location: Orlando
Prices from: $71.82
Duration: 1.5 hours

AIRBOAT ADVENTURE & WILDLIFE ENCOUNTER

Get ready for excitement on this airboat adventure and wildlife encounter at Sawgrass Recreational Park! You’ll speed through the Everglades on an airboat, looking for alligators, turtles, birds, and fish. After that, you’ll enjoy access to the Reptiles, Glades, and Exotic Wildlife exhibits, and learn about the park’s conservation measures.

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Location: Sawgrass Recreational Park (outside Ft. Lauderdale)
Prices from: $28.87
Duration: 30-minute airboat ride, time varies for exhibits

EVERGLADES DAYTIME SAFARI

If you’re staying in Sanibel, Fort Myers, or Naples — this trip through the Everglades has it all! Enjoy a wildlife drive, nature walk, lunch, a 1-hour airboat ride, and a boat cruise on this all-day adventure with a naturalist guide. They’ll even pick you up from selected hotels! If you want to learn all about everything the Everglades has to offer, this tour is the right choice.

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Location: Sanibel/Fort Myers/Naples
Prices from: $165
Duration: 9.5 hours

PRIVATE AIRBOAT TOURS

Ready to escape from the craziness of life and just enjoy exploring the Everglades with your group? You’ll love these private airboat tours!

1.5 HOUR PRIVATE TOUR

The Everglades is known for its abundance of wildlife—including alligators, turtles, fish, and lots of birds. With this tour, enjoy a safe and fun way to see the area’s unique ecosystems up close, and learn about the flora and fauna. Find out interesting nuggets of information that you wouldn’t discover otherwise, and enjoy the intimacy of having an airboat tour with just your party and the driver.

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Location: Miami
Prices from: $184.00, but prices vary by group size
Duration: 1.5 hours

PRIVATE PHOTO SAFARI TOUR

Avoid the distractions of a shared trip with this private birdwatching and photography tour. Start or end at a bird roost or rookery that hundreds of birds call home. Take the tour on a small, quiet boat to gain access to areas larger boats cannot reach.

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Location: Everglades City, FL
Price: $495.95 per group up to 2
Duration: 2.5 hours

SUNSET AIRBOAT TOUR

Sunrise and Sunset tours are offered with any of the private tour packages. The tours are the same but will leave 20 minutes before Sunrise or return 20 minutes after Sunset. These unique tours are the perfect way to start or end a beautiful day in the Florida Everglades.

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Location: Miami, FL
Price: $300-$475, depending on the duration
Duration: 1, 1.5, or 2-hour cruises

PRIVATE EVERGLADES TOUR

Private tours are designed to trail the Everglades with you and your friends and family only. This one-hour tour is the perfect amount of time to discover the Everglades, 1-on-1 with your guide. If you prefer to spend extra time with the wildlife, we recommend choosing the 1 and a half hour or two-hour trips to get the most out of your visit.

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Location: Miami, FL
Price: $200-$375, depending on the duration
Duration: 1, 1.5, or 2-hour cruises

SAWGRASS PARK: 1-HOUR AIRBOAT ADVENTURE TOUR

Embark on a 60-minute airboat tour of the Everglades and get to see all the wildlife, flora, and fauna of this incredible ecosystem while catching a glimpse of endangered wildlife as you skim across the water, all airboat ticket purchases automatically include entrance into the Alligator and Reptile exhibit where you can catch educational presentations and even get up close to a baby alligator and touch its unique skin.

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Location: Miami
Prices from: $350.75 per group up to 4
Duration: 1 hour

AIRBOAT COMBO TOURS

If you’re up for a lot of adventure, these combo tours are exactly what you’re looking for!  Each of these tours features an airboat ride through the Everglades, plus something more.

EVERGLADES ADVENTURE & BOAT CRUISE COMBO

Tour the Everglades on an airboat, then take a yacht across Miami’s inter-coastal waterways with this amazing combo tour. Start your day with a ride on a high-tech tour bus as you go from the hustle of Miami, to the serene atmosphere of the Everglades. After a thrilling airboat ride, you’ll head back to the city and wind down on a yacht as you cruise past celebrity homes. If you want to maximize your Miami experience and enjoy being on the water, then this tour is for you!

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Location: Miami
Prices from: $104
Duration: 7.5 hours

MIAMI TO THE MAX: CITY AND EVERGLADES TOUR

Come to experience Miami to the Max with this city and Everglades Tour Combo. Take a rock-n-roll bus ride around South Beach, check out the Art Deco district, and see famous street art at the Wynwood Walls. After lunch in Little Havana enjoy an afternoon scouting the exotic wildlife of the Everglades National Forest on a thrilling airboat ride. For the full Miami experience, you’ll appreciate this action-packed tour.

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Location: Miami, FL
Prices from: $69.00
Duration: 8.5 hours

BISCAYNE BAY BOAT TOUR & EVERGLADES AIRBOAT COMBO

Escape to the wilderness of the Florida Everglades and see Miami by bus and boat on this guided, full-day, city sightseeing adventure. This exciting full-day combo package includes a coach tour around downtown Miami and beyond, plus a cruise on the crystal clear waters of Biscayne Bay. See the sun-splashed Miami skyline, Miami Beach and much more. Then enjoy a narrated airboat ride through the unique ecosystem of the Florida Everglades. Take in the scenery and look for Florida’s abundant wildlife, especially alligators.

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Location: Miami, FL
Prices from: $67.99
Duration: 3 hours

AIRBOAT RIDE & GATORLAND ADVENTURE

The Gatorland & Boggy Creek Airboat combo package includes tickets to both fun attractions in Orlando. Select your dates and customize your tickets to book this money-saving vacation package.

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Location: Orlando, FL
Prices from: $113.98
Duration: 1/2 to 1-hour boat tour, Gatorland at your own pace.

OTHER EVERGLADES TOURS

SMALL GROUP ADVENTURE TOUR

Get back to nature in the most comprehensive and rewarding tour of Everglades National Park. Learn about the local wildife from a naturalist guide, visit a remote Native American village, go for a 1-hour airboat ride, and much more.

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Location: Miami
Price: $239.00 per person
Duration: 1-hour

TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN AND EVERGLADES WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

Flamingo Gardens is one of the oldest botanical gardens and attractions in South Florida. Flamingo Gardens is the premier Everglades Learning Center and South Florida Wildlife and Botanical Sanctuary. Flamingo Gardens’ mission is to depict, preserve, and provide education about the natural and cultural heritage of South Florida and the Everglades in our botanical gardens and wildlife sanctuary.

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Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Price: $21.95 for adult tickets
Duration: Varies

BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE SMALL GROUP ADVENTURE

Benefit from pickup at a pre-arranged location, and then travel in comfort to Everglades National Park. Climb aboard a boat on arrival to take a 1-hour cruise through the pristine freshwaters. Look for native bird and animal species in their natural environment, including roseate spoonbills, white pelicans, manatees, and dolphins.  Then, travel to the heart of the Everglades by airboat, and enjoy an exclusive visit to a Native American tree island village only accessible from the water. Hear how the Miccosukee have survived in the harsh environment, and go for a hike in Big Cypress National Preserve or Everglades National Park. Feast on a delicious lunch of local produce, discover an historic trading post, see the smallest post office in the US, and visit the art gallery of a famous local artist. Get dropped off at your hotel, the airport, or cruise port to end your amazing experience. 

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Location: Ochopee, FL 
Prices from: $239 per person
Duration: 9 hours

ALLIGATOR ALLEY FISHING TRIP

The Florida Everglades is characterized by long stretches of luscious canals and water systems. If you have ever taken a route across the southern region of Florida, you traveled along Interstate-75 or better known as “Alligator Alley.” The Alligator Alley Everglades Route is roughly 80 miles long and cuts through the Everglades between Fort Lauderdale and Naples, FL. Ever since its opening in 1968, it not only gave great access to different regions of Florida but also opened up some incredible bass fishing along the way.

You truly can’t go wrong with an Alligator Alley Everglades fishing trip with our local experts. If you want an in-depth look at what Everglades fishing is all about, this is the perfect location for you. 

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Location varies
Price: From $325.00
Duration: 4 hours, 6 hours, or 8 hours

SMALL GROUP PRIVATE GUIDED WALK THROUGH THE EVERGLADES

Discover the beauty and diversity of Everglades National Park on an exciting wildlife boat tour from Fort Myers. In a small group, travel deep into the sleepy wetlands of the Everglades’ Ten Thousand Islands to learn about rare local flora and spot native animals. Spend time with an expert guide, learning about the unique ecosystem and snapping photos of alligators, sea turtles, manatees, native birds and more.

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Location: Everglades National Park
Price: $158.50
Duration: 3.30 Hours

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK MANGROVE TUNNEL KAYAK ECO-TOUR

Increase your chances of spotting manatees and dolphins during an eco-friendly kayak tour of the Lido Key in Sarasota. Ideal for lovers of nature and wildlife, this experience lets you escape the crowds on land and is suitable for both beginner and advanced paddlers. Plus, traveling in a non-motorized vessel means you’re less likely to scare away animals.

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Location: Sarasota, FL
Prices from: $59.00 per person
Duration: 2 hours

EVERGLADES: BIRDING, WILDLIFE, AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXPEDITION

Take a leisurely ride through the Everglades National Park’s 10,000-island ecosystem, where you will enjoy perfect photo opportunities of birds and other wildlife in their natural habitat. Stop on an uninhabited barrier island, where your Florida certified Master Naturalist guide will take you on an walk and help you discover even more photo opportunities of this impressive environment.

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Location: Homestead, FL
Prices from: $159.95 per person
Duration: 3.5 hours

WILD FLORIDA’S WILDLIFE PARK & ALILGATOR SHOW

Just outside of Orlando, you’ll find Wild Florida’s Wildlife Park — a place where you can visit all sorts of animals! Here you’ll find zebra, deer, wild boar, water buffalo, and some of the largest alligators ever! You can also visit the tropical bird aviary, see an alligator show, and take a walk along the 500-foot sightseeing dock to get a closer look at the swamp.

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Location: Kenansville, FL (outside Orlando)
Prices from: $10
Duration: Varies

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