Everglades Airboat Tour: Seasonal Notice

Discover the real Everglades with luxury transport, airboat ride, wildlife sightings, and Cuban snacks. Explore Shark Valley and Big Cypress National Preserve.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Miami - Begin your journey with a hotel pickup, followed by a few additional stops, before embarking on a picturesque one-hour drive west to the Everglades. Throughout the trip, a certified driver-guide will offer live commentary in your preferred language, sharing fascinating stories about Miami, its history, and the unique ecosystem you are…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Airboat ticket
  • Bottled water
  • Snacks
  • All Fees and Taxes
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Tea and coffee
What's Not Included
  • gratuities
Additional Information

⚠️ Important Seasonal Update
Due to extremely low water levels in the traditional Miccosukee airboat regions north of Tamiami Trail, all airboat operators in this area have temporarily halted their marsh operations. Currently, one operator is offering limited canal rides only.
Starting March 10, 2026, the tour will be conducted at an authorized airboat…

Location
Miami
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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406richj
Jan 13, 2026
A great trip in the Everglades - What can we say - from the minute it started till the minute it ended it was great. The transport turned up right on time, new clean bus with an excellent driver (Max) who could speak so, so many languages. A pleasant drive out to the Everglades with a great commentary given by the driver throughout (in languages for everyone). Once we arrived the Air Boat guide (Tristan) was absolutely fantastic too, taking his time to explain everything to us, showing us many alligators as we made our way between a couple of different islands - giving us to opportunity to get up close to some baby alligators and alligator snapping turtles (not too close to them). The boat ride was great with lots to see. The boat was great, not too big and the seating allowed all persons on board to see everything there was to see. All in all one of the best tours we have been on, we thoroughly recommend this to everyone.
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Mariagrazia_b
Jan 3, 2026
Everglades by VIP - Fantastic tour, hotel pickup on time, small group max 14 pax in Italian, as requested. On the way Max gave us a lot of info about Miami and the origin of the Everglades. Arrived at the destination, at a small Indian reality, we boarded the hovercraft run by a wonderful guy, I apologize for not remembering the name, and as described at the time of booking we made 2 stops. Along the way we were able to see several alligators. Congratulations to Max, for driving, I suffer from car sickness, with him driving I had no problem; for sympathy, for professionalism ' Thanks to Tour Max for the organization
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Joselitojohn_b
Dec 27, 2025
Max makes the difference - This small group tour by Max allows you unique experiences like seeing islands and actual homes inside the Everglades. Asdie from the fun airboat ride. But more on Max - our flight to Miami delayed due to Christmas rush. Would have forfeited tour. Messaged Max, and he allowed to reschedule. Lost no money and had a wonderful tour of the Everglades.
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Annemarie_h
Dec 17, 2025
Brilliant - One of the best things I've ever done. Driver and guide very knowledgeable about everything. Wud highly recommend.
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Anthonyb924
Oct 29, 2025
Authentic Everglades experience – exceeded expectations! - We booked this small-group airboat adventure because we wanted something more personal than the big 30-seat boats, and it absolutely hit the mark. Pickup from our South Beach hotel was right on time, and our driver, Mass, was fantastic — friendly, funny and fluent in both English and French, keeping everyone entertained during the one-hour ride out to the Everglades. The small group size (around 10 of us) made it feel really relaxed and authentic. We were taken to the Tigertail Airboat Tours dock, where we met our guide — a local Native American guide — who was brilliant. He was passionate about the area, full of fascinating information, and clearly loved what he does. The airboat ride itself was unforgettable. We saw five wild alligators up close and even had the chance to hold a baby gator that the community helps raise and later release into the wild. It never felt commercial or rushed — just a genuine, nature-focused experience that gave us a real taste of the Everglades. If you’re visiting Miami and want an authentic small-group adventure, this is a must-do. Couldn’t recommend it more highly!
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Frédéric
Aug 16, 2025
A great day with Max - Great time with Max. The program changed because of the water level in the Everglades but we were warned in advance, great communication. Start with a pick-up in air-conditioned vehicle. The time of the trip we were treated to a lot of information about the city and nature (and in French) really thank you. Arrived at the park, the little touches are pleasure, water, small snack. The perfect return in addition Max was kind enough to drop us off on the way away from our hotel. Result of the highlights on a great day. Thank you.
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Maura1953
Aug 6, 2025
Everglades. - We did Max tours in the Everglades. We were 7 people all Italian. He picked us up at our Miami beach hotel and after a little tour of the islands with the sumptuous villas accompanied us to the park explaining so many things about the Everglades. Arrived we took a ride waiting for the boat tour. He also provided us with much needed headphones x not hearing engine noise, waterproof and water. The tour was very interesting and Max very helpful. The trip was made by comfortable car with Wi-Fi. And then it is not easy to find tours in Italian!!
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137aureliee
Dec 25, 2024
Wonderful discovery of the Everglades with your family - A wonderful experience in the company of Max who was an outstanding guide. Comfortable travel in his luxury car and magnificent exploration of the everglades in hovercraft. We were able to observe a large number of free-ranging alligators and many species of birds and turtles. A wonderful family outing that will leave us an unforgettable memory. Thank you Max.
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B5025qftinad
Dec 2, 2024
Enjoyable trip - We had a lovely trip and were lucky to see an alligator sunning itself. We were a little disappointed that we were unable to go to the Indian Reservation but our guide made up for it with the new site. The bottles of water were also very welcome. The guide was also very helpful and took three of us to a shop selling Cowboy boots etc that my daughter in law was anxious to visit. The pick up was on time in a large comfortable vehicle. We also picked up another couple at a hotel around the corner. The airboat was open as promised. The guide took us to another more commercial site to show us the other boats and we realised we actually saw a lot more in our open boat than they did in their closed boats.
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Paula
Oct 1, 2024
Can reccommend - Good communication from time of booking to ontime pickup Very comfortable transport. Extremely knowledgable very friendly guide Can reccommend
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From $118
up to 14 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).