10,000 Islands Boat Ride: Biologist-Led Everglades Exploration
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5 Ratings
Naples
Embark on a biologist-led Everglades exploration with Wild Lime Adventures. Discover the 10,000 Islands, encounter dolphins, manatees, and endangered species, and explore remote islands. Book now!
Duration:
5 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Marco Island - After pick up at your location we will drive East and soon enter the wild areas of the Wesgtern Everglades
- Naples - We pick up at many of the hotels in the Naples area.
- Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park - This special area is considered to the “Rainforest of North America” and the Orchid capital of the world. Your naturalist guide will describe all of the local flora and fauna. This area also has the greatest concentration of the Florida Panther! Keep a watchful eye out for alligators, black bears, bobcats and other amazing wildlife.
- Smallwood Store - Visit this unique trading post which is on the National Regsitry of Historic Places. Travel back in time as you see items from a long ago era.
- Everglades National Park - You will enjoy this boat trip through the mysterious maze of the 10,000 mangrove islands part of Everglades National Park. Your guide will identify the variety of birds and other animals. Keep a watchful eye out for wild dolphins and mantaees. Learn the fascinating history of the people who have lived in this regions for thousands of years.
- Chokoloskee - Take a 75 minute boat trip through the pristine 10,000 islands area of Everglades National Park. We are one of only a few select tour providers who hold permits to go into the actual national park. Our tours are led by very knowledgeable guides who are expert in finding the wildlife!
- Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk - This is a perfect place to spot some iconic Florida wildlife such as alligators, black bears, turtles, snakes and more!
- Everglades City - We will visit a small museum and take a driving out of this quaint community recently named by Smithsonian magazine as “top 10 places to visit in the United Staes”. When in season, we will be able to stsop for stone crabs to be able to purchase fresh. This is the stone crab capital of the world!
- Port of the Islands Marina - On our way back to drop you off, our guides will stop and look for Florida’s famous manatees. Our guides know how to find them! Everyone loves observing these docile animals in their natual habitat!
What's Included
- Bottled water
- Snacks
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Lunch
Additional Information
Experience an incredible tour with us at Wild Lime Adventures. Begin your trip to the national parks with a descriptive scenic drive. Whenever we encounter wildlife, we halt! This provides you the opportunity to leisurely photograph and observe the animals. Enjoy the boat trip within the 10,000 islands where sightings of dolphins, manatees, critically endangered sawtooth fish and more are frequent! A variety of bird species including the roseate spoonbill and white pelican can be seen. You will have the chance to disembark on a secluded island to explore, while the multi-generational captain-guide shares intriguing tales of the Old Everglades. Our trip also includes a visit to a historic trading post and museum. As one of the scarce tour operators granted permission to bring visitors into the actual national parks, we assure genuine wildlife encounters – no animals in pens/cages. In the world of numerous tour options, choose us, a genuinely permitted National Parks tour guide.
Location
6650 Collier Blvd
Collier Boulevard
We will meet and pick you up at the Walmart near the intersection of Collier Blvd. and the Tamiami Trail (also known as US41) - at 6650 Collier Blvd, in Naples.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Joseph_d
Mar 23, 2024
Western Everglades Tour - Our guide Abigail was a marine biologist and very definitely a people person. She was a wonderful knowledgeable guide . We enjoyed our day with her and we learned a lot about the diverse ecosystems of the Everglades. Highly recommended . Our tour entered from the west. We would like to do a tour from the east entrance someday..
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Timothy_b
Mar 1, 2024
Great hiking and boating trip in the Everglades. - The trip with our guide, Abigail was fantastic. She was friendly, enthusiastic and very knowledgeable on the full range of Everglade topics. Our boat ride was also great as several dolphins played in the wake of the boat right next to us. Take this trip, you will enjoy it.
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Michele_e
Feb 27, 2024
We learned SO much, and I think we'll remember it because what we were learning about was right in front of us. - I (Kami Day) really think everything was equally memorable. Michele and I have wanted to visit 10 Thousand Islands and the Everglades every since we read Shadow Country by Peter Mathiesson. We loved riding around among the islands, seeing the mangroves and birds, playing with the dolphins (very fun!); seeing the alligators and more birds (especially the wood stork) at the visitors' center; our walk through a bit of Big Cypress. We have continued to talk about all we learned about the trees, plants, prescribed burn, environment, etc. etc. I thought there was an awful lot of driving, and I wondered if Abigail was maybe overloading us with information, but we loved her enthusiasm and expertise and we have found we remember so much of what she taught us. We were fortunate to have a tour guide with so much expertise and knowledge. I cannot stop thinking about the Everglades as a slow-flowing river, about Lake Okeechobee and the fact that it should be able to empty freely into that river. The way I think about the Everglades is forever changed. I hope we get to take an airboat tour someday.
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Barbara_b
Dec 30, 2023
Great trip! - This was a great excursion to see the 10,000 islands in the Everglades. Our guide, Abigail, was very attentive and knowledgeable. She was a gem! The boat ride was great and throughout the trip we saw lots of wildlife. Highly recommend this trip.
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Maryop1742qn
May 4, 2023
Awesome day! - Seeing the dolphins. Lindsay was an awesome tour guide! We all had a great time, including 4 teenage boys.
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