Top Everglades National Park Nature and Wildlife

Everglades Area Tours has been offering educational tours since the 90's. All our guides are formally trained, full-time Florida Master Naturalist and have years more experience than all others. While Everglades National Park is a wilderness and the wildlife is just that ... wild., Our decades of experiences affords the best opportunity to locate, view and photograph wildlife.

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.

Whether you are an amateur or a professional, this Private Photo Safari is the best way to photograph Everglades National Park’s wildlife. A very stable, flat-decked power boat is your shooting platform. Using an electric trolling motor, your guide will position you for the best shots. Unlike a shared tour, on a private tour, you and your shots are our only concern. When shooting outdoors, the lighting is extremely important. Lighting is best in the mornings and late afternoons. As such, on this private tour, we depart before sunrise in the morning to be in position as soon as there is enough light to shoot. In the evening, we return after sunset. Since sunrise and sunset times vary throughout the year, we will contact you prior to your tour to arrange the actual meet time. Our guides are on the water every day, year-round and have a good idea of the wildlife patterns. They can get you in position while the lighting is good.

Everglades National Park is unique on our planet. It is a wonderful, water-filled paradise that is best accessed by a quiet, slow-moving, shallow draft boat. One of the best loved residents of the Park are Bottle-Nosed Dolphins. Watching dolphin, in their natural habitat, interacting with each other, something that you will never forget. Our full-time, formally trained, Florida Master Naturalist guides will safely take you deep into the 10,000 Islands of the Everglades. While searching for dolphins, manatees and some of the 300 different species of birds that call the Park home, you will learn about the different Everglades ecosystem, its long history and rich culture. You will have fun and learn a lot. Don't forget your cameras!

Escape to the wilderness of the Florida Everglades on this small-group eco-adventure. Explore a variety of lush landscapes by foot, kayak and boat looking for dolphins, manatees, sea turtles, bald eagles and more. Hike along the beach, dunes and mangrove swamps. Kayak to Barrier Island Beach — no kayaking experience necessary. And take a boat ride through some of the most remote areas of the park. It’s the ultimate Everglades experience rolled into one unique, half-day adventure.

Everglades National Park is unique on our planet. It is a wonderful, water-filled paradise that is best accessed by a quiet, slow-moving, shallow draft boat. One of the best loved residents of the Park are Bottle-Nosed Dolphins. Watching dolphin, in their natural habitat, interacting with each other, something that you will never forget. Our full-time, formally trained, Florida Master Naturalist guides will safely take you deep into the 10,000 Islands of the Everglades. While searching for dolphins, manatees and some of the 300 different species of birds that call the Park home, you will learn about the different Everglades ecosystem, its long history and rich culture. You will have fun and learn a lot. Don't forget your cameras!

Get close to Florida’s native flora and fauna on an eco-friendly 3-hour kayak tour of the Everglades National Park from Naples. Paddling at a moderate pace, you’ll kayak beneath the green canopies of mangrove forests and, with luck, observe American alligators, butterflies, and wild orchids. Opt to embark on this family-friendly activity in either the morning or the afternoon. Small-group tour limited to 15 people.  

We are the "Quiet Alternative to an Airboat Ride". A boating, kayaking and walking tour in Everglades National Park. Our most popular tour! Park at our shop, a local historic building. Please don't forget to pet Crash the Cat! With your Florida Master Naturalist Guide, you will take a short golf cart ride to your boat. On the boat, while searching for dolphins, manatees, sea turtles, rosette spoonbills, herons, egrets, ospreys, eagles and shore birds, learn about the Everglades different ecosystems, its long history and rich culture. At 1st sheltered destination, we will deploy very stable kayaks. The stealth of the kayak allows you to get close to the flora and fauna. Our next destination is an uninhabited barrier island beach where you will be led on a leisurely, hands-on walking tour. Expect to see more seashells than you ever have. After the walk, we are back in the kayaks, then the boat, then the golf cart and back to Crash the Cat.

Fish Everglades National Park on a private fishing trip in a boat that’s stocked with fishing gear, licenses, and comfortable seating for up to four people. Beginning anglers can get basic fishing instruction, while even experienced hands can refine their technique with tips from a local captain, and your catch will be cleaned and packaged for easy take-home at the end of the day.

The Everglades area is one of the most popular fishing spots in Florida. On this private tour, enjoy a tailor-made experience for you and your group. Cruise around the scenic waterways and mangrove forests of the Ten Thousand Islands, learn the basics or hone your fishing skills with tips from an expert guide, and try your luck fishing for snook, trout, flounder, and even sharks.

This popular tour includes everything Everglades National Park has to offer. Choose between a tour with convenient pick-up or drive yourself to the Everglades. Explore the Everglades by airboat where you will see gators and other creatures in their natural habitat. Explore the gift and coffee shop with restrooms.

Get ready for fun in the sun on this day trip off the coast of Key West. Ride across 42 islands from Miami to Key West, then explore this island city in any number of ways during your free time. See where Ernest Hemingway used to live or visit the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum. Take a hop-on hop-off trolley tour, see the sites from the famous Conch Tour Train, or take an optional snorkeling tour. Relax, feel the warm sea breeze and enjoy the day. Miami hotel pickup and drop-off included.

Enjoy an exciting Florida Everglades airboat adventure on this tour from Fort Lauderdale to Everglades Park. Your expert guide will navigate you through wetlands and natural habitat. Round-trip hotel transport is included.