Things to do in Chokoloskee, Florida (FL): The Best Tours

Your day tour starts in The Ft. Myers Area and takes you to one of the most beautiful and diverse national parks in The United States. This small group tour, no more than 4 guest. You will have your own tour guide as well as professional photographer. All fees, snacks, water, and transportation are included. You can expect to encounter many animals and see lots of unique plants. Lunch will be midway on the tour at a world famous soft shell crab restaurant. You have the opportunity to add an airboat ride the day of the tour.

Inclusions: Snacks, Bottled water, All Fees and Taxes

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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.

Inclusions: Professional Master Naturalist Guide

Exclusions: Gratuity, Everglades National Park Visitors Pass - $5/person

Explore the real Everglades on a full-day guided tour, led by an experienced master naturalist. Take a 1-hour, guided boat tour of the beautiful 10,000 Islands. Chance to see bird species: like roseate spoonbills, white pelicans, and ospreys. See manatees and dolphins up close. Go on a 1-hour dry nature hike led by a master naturalist, where you will immerse yourself in incredible wildlife and rare plants and orchids, under a canopy of huge cypress trees. Hold onto your hat on an exhilarating 1-hour air boat ride, the best in the Glades. Discover the remote beauty of a Native American tree island village where they used to live, one can only get to by boat. Witness alligators and other wildlife where they should be spotted, in the wild, and up close!  Enjoy a narrated scenic wildlife spotting drive through Big Cypress. Visit a historic trading post and other intriguing cultural and ecological stops. A delicious lunch is included. Truly personalized, authentic and amazing experience!

Inclusions: Delicious local lunch, including vegetarian and gluten free options, Snacks, fresh fruit, soft drinks, water, and sparkling water, Hotel/Port pickup and drop-off or designated meeting points, Drop off at airports in time for flight home, Free luggage storage, master naturalist guide, sunscreen, insect repellent (in case needed), ponchos (just in case) and binoculars for guest use, Wild Lime eco-canteens as our gift, National Park maps to keep

Exclusions: Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase), Gratuities

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!

Inclusions: Free Onsite Parking, Golf cart ride from our office to the tour boats

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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.

Inclusions: Golf Cart Ride to our marina, Boating and Kayaking, Walking Tour

Exclusions: Gratuities, Everglades National Park Visitors Pass $5/person

This very popular eco-adventure and combines the best of a boat tour, a kayak tour and a walking tour in a single great learning experience. Depending on the season, you can encounter manatees, dolphins, sea turtles, bald eagles, ospreys, herons, egrets, pelicans, roseate spoonbills and/or numerous species of fish and shore birds. A very comfortable transport boat will bring you deep into Everglades National Park with your Florida Master Naturalist guide. Once at the first destination, the tour slows down using very stable, comfortable kayaks to get you close to the flora and fauna. Imagine paddling next to a manatee or a dolphin! (No previous kayaking experience is required and there are single and two-person kayaks on every tour). Continue your interpretive experience with a walking tour on remote, pristine barrier island beach … a beach that is seldom visited by others.

Inclusions: Professional guide, Kayak equipment and instruction, Boat ride, Professional naturalist guide, Guided nature hike

Exclusions: Hotel pickup and drop-off, Food and drinks, Gratuities

Explore the wilderness of the Everglades on a full day adventure from Ft Lauderdale. With your naturalist guide, take a thrilling airboat tour in Everglades National Park, spot wildlife on a drive through Big Cypress National Preserve, enjoy a nature walk through a towering cypress forest, and relax on a boat cruise along mangrove-lined waters to see manatees, dolphins and osprey. Learn about the Everglades from your guide and have lunch at a waterside restaurant, where you'll get to try some alligator appetizers!

Inclusions: Transport by air-conditioned 13-passenger van, Pickup and drop-off from select locations (limited to hotel locations listed only), Expert naturalist or biologist guide, 40-minute airboat ride, 1-hour boat cruise, Narrated van tour, Lunch

Exclusions: Gratuities

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!

Inclusions: Golf cart ride from our office to the tour boats, Free Onsite Parking

Exclusions: Everglades National Park Visitors Pass $5/person

This tour is for adventurers seeking a private full day Everglades trip to Big Cypress, the 10,000 Islands and the Gulf of Mexico.  Tour mixes Native American history/archaeology, abundant wildlife in Big Cypress, and a backwards and forwards look at the Everglades park's complex history.

Inclusions: Hotel pickup, Live commentary on board, Port pickup, Tour escort/host

Exclusions: Lunch