The adventure begins as you depart in a climate-controlled vehicle, escorted by an interactive tour guide. The guide provides full-narration of the Everglades, including facts on the Eco-systems and indigenous wildlife.
Guests will board airboats upon for an exhilarating ride through the backwaters of the Gulf, including mangrove tunnels and old Indian trails. The experienced airboat captains will wind through the rugged Ten Thousand Islands, revealing the hiding spots of alligators, manatee and other local inhabitants.
You will experience an authentic wildlife sanctuary, situated on 259 lush acres which are surrounded by the Big Cypress National Park. You will have the opportunity to see over 100 alligators, some of the largest crocodiles in captivity, as well as lions, tigers, a bobcat, and a reptile exhibit. All animals within the sanctuary are either rescued from their previous owners or are being cared for due to injuries.
Posted By : Sandra_B
Tour guide Mike, was great, I only wish the airboat ride was longer! Appreciate his flexibility. Was a good size group
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Posted On : 2024-06-17 13:18:48 
Posted By : Terri_H
The airboat tour was so much fun! All the staff are great from start to finish our driver was Mike and he was so knowledgeable. Carl, our boat driver are sure we had a roller coaster! Great for all ages and skill levels.
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Posted On : 2024-06-08 12:57:57
Posted By : Hazel_P
The whole experience was unforgettable. Mike the tour guide was really knowledgeable and friendly. The airboat ride was great fun as we hoped for and the Alligator sanctuary was well worth a visit.
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Posted On : 2024-05-30 21:26:02
Posted By : 616jaelynnb
Our tour guide Kenny was wonderful, and we absolutely loved the actual airboat tour ride with our captain Tommy. However, the overall experience was not worth it. If given the choice again, I would have found my own transport to an airboat tour for 1/3 or 1/2 the price and just done that.
75% of the tour is spent riding on a bus. The bus was overfilled with too many people for comfort, and on a hot day, the bus AC could not keep up. We were the second group to arrive; however, we were the second to last to be let onto the bus, and the seat choices were extremely uncomfortable for such a long trip.
The animal sanctuary was actually depressing, and I regretted every minute of it. It took five minutes to walk through and see "everything" (gators, otters, and a lion), and despite applying bug spray head-to-toe, the mosquitos were the worst I've ever seen in my life (I with 30+ bug bites). The alligator "show" was an actual joke. It was like Joe Dirt in real life, and it lasted a total of two minutes. I at least expected to see someone feed or care for any of the animals at any point.
The airboat tour was a lot of fun, but we had to wait a while for our tour group's turn because it was through a separate business. The actual ride was only 30-40 minutes long maybe an hour if I'm being generous.
Afterward, our tour guide took us to a lunch spot, which was delicious and worth the stop. I really appreciated it and was in favor of it; however, this added additional time and expense to an already long trip. Then we took a two-minute drive through the town, but at that point, I was so uncomfortable from the heat of the crammed bus and the bug bites that I just wanted to go home but we had about an hours drive to go back to the tour office.
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Posted On : 2024-05-30 20:45:31 
Posted By : Gerald_H
This is the second time using Viator. No issues with anything. All tours busses and airboat experience was excellent. Your staff was knowledgeable and polite. We ate after our experience and the food was excellent.
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Posted On : 2024-04-21 09:18:12
Posted By : Jonathan_G
Great staff. Your guide was awesome. He had tons of good stories and experiences to keep everyone alert and interested.
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Posted On : 2024-03-30 09:16:37
Posted By : T790IPdawnr
The airboat ride was exciting !! The captain was knowledgeable and very attentive to guests’ needs. I would recommend this adventure trip to anyone!!
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Posted On : 2024-03-23 23:27:14
Posted By : Nan K
It was a reasonable price.
Very professional and friendly. We saw many alligators and a lot of wildlife.
The lake is beautiful.
Would certainly recommend it to others.
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Posted On : 2024-03-22 14:32:02
Posted By : 21marygraceb
Wonderful experience with a very knowledgeable guide. Had the extra pleasure of stopping at the worlds smallest post office on the way to the airboat ride. After the ride, we visited the sanctuary that had a lot of crocodiles along with a small show and tell. We were even allowed to hold a crocodile (there were 3 baby sizes, ours was the largest choice, as seen in the picture). We also stopped on the way back to enjoy some local cuisine at the City Seafood restaurant.
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Posted On : 2024-02-19 17:43:52
Posted By : Sandra_G
It was all alot of fun. The tour guide was great, giving us so much info, the airboat was fun, but seeing the alligators was exciting and terrifying at the same time.
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Posted On : 2024-01-28 17:40:28
