Really good experience, easy pick up from hotel, straight forward communication. The driver had great knowledge to share en route to the Everglades. Facilities there are good, shop, toilets etc, not too overpriced either. The boat trip itself was excellent, although a warning, it is noisy. Saw 3 alligators on our trip, the captain shared some good stories and knowledge too. After the boat was a Alligator show which is also really good. Overall, well worth it.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Professional guide
- Live commentary on the transportation in the language chosen.
- Airboat ride
- Transport by air-conditioned, most of the times, with van, in rare occasions with bus
- Live commentary on the airboat and educational activity in english only.
- All taxes
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
Excludes
- Gratuities
- Port Pickup Fee
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- We normally pick up from hotels in the City of Miami Beach (not Surfside, Bal Harbor, Sunny Isles) along Collins Avenue (by default from 45 street all way to 1 street), Miami Downtown at Holiday Inn Port of Miami and Port of Miami with a supplement to pay to the driver. Sometimes, when possible and as a courtesy, from different hotels and other areas. A supplement charge may be asked, depending on the location. The list of the hotels given by the system is not always accurate. You might see hotels out of our pick up area. Please inquire with the supplier for more details about pick up locations and the possibility of pick up from other areas. When booking the activity, write down your hotel or address where you are actually staying. That will help us know your actual location, and give you the closest pick up point. Wait for the transportation outside the Hotel , by the entrance. Because we pick up from different locations, the collection time depends on how many stops we make and on the locations. We normally have only one departure per day. Pick up time cannot be chosen. The pick up time most of the times could fall between 7:20 to 8:00 am. The supplier will determine the pick up time. We could have a different time as well or an afternoon departure if the morning is full. Please contact the supplier for the exact pick up time and location. Only the supplier can give you details about pick up location and time. If someone else other than the supplier provides you with information regarding the pick up location and time, do not consider it as accurate. Normally we give the exact time and pick up location the day before in the afternoon. Please make sure to provide us with the hotel details or address before the 24-hour cancellation deadline so that we can inform the client accordingly. If the client's schedule prevents them from attending the activity, we will give them advance notice to cancel without any charges. In case we don't have this information, we will request it from the client the day before the activity. Please note that this request will be made during the non-refundable cancellation period. It is in the client's best interest to share their hotel information or schedule with us before the cancellation deadline. Otherwise, we will assume that they will be able to participate in the activity. Anyone required to report to one of our designated collection locations must cover the cost of parking, taxi or Uber fares, or any other expenses incurred to arrive at the meeting spot. Our clients must ride in our vehicles. You cannot drive to the park on your own, because the park does not allow our clients to go by themselves if you purchase our activity. Bear in mind we have a 24-hour cancellation policy. If you need to cancel, change the date for any reason or inquire about anything, you need to do it up to 2 days before the activity. You can inquire about the approximate pick up time and pick up location before the 24-hour cancellation policy , so that you have adequate time to cancel if needed. You are not eligible for a refund within the 24-hour cancellation period, no matter the circumstances (including flight cancellations , delays of anything, illness, change of date, rebooking, mistake on choosing the date, anything we are not responsible for, and so on). Total duration of the tour, most of the times, is 4-5 hours. In some occasions it could be longer, due to unforeseen circumstances. We transport in small groups up to 14 people, using elegant, comfortable, High Roof Black Sprinter Vans ("small group" refers to the transportation only. Once at the park, we cannot control visitor numbers, as the park is open to the public. Airboats typically hold about 24 passengers). The activities at the park are always in English. The driver on the way to the park will illustrate in their language, other than English, the facts about the everglades and assist them at the park. The commentaries in the vehicle might be multilingual. Depending on the day, they could be done in multiple languages.
Itinerary
Your day begins with a convenient hotel pick-up. We serve locations in the City of Miami Beach (from 1st St. to 45th St. along Collins Avenue) and Miami Downtown (at the Holiday Inn Port of Miami). Pick-up from the Port of Miami is available with a supplement paid directly to your driver. Please note that pick-ups are not offered in Surfside, Bal Harbour, or Sunny Isles. Enjoy a premium journey, mostly provided in our sophisticated Black Mercedes Sprinter Van, which is a distinctive feature of this tour. To ensure a more personal and engaging activity, we typically form small groups of up to 14 individuals. Transportation is included in your tour.
Our professional and friendly driver/guide will provide in the language chosen plenty of information about the Everglades and the activity, interacting fully with our clients. An exciting Airboat Ride narrated in english for 50-60 Minutes, (as opposed to the usual 30-35 minutes offered at other locations), to enjoy the scenery, learn about the ecosystem and its flora and fauna, and search for alligators and wildlife. Following an about 20 minutes learning activity in english on rescued alligators (Nuisance Alligators saved from wildlife danger). Most of the time one group free picture. Gift store for your enjoyment, complete with food and drinks on offer, before returning back to your place. Total duration of the activity, start to finish, normally is 4-5 hours.
Your tour concludes with drop-off to your hotel back in Miami.
Language Offered
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Reviews
A great morning, Antoine was our tour guide and couldn’t have been any nicer. Helped with everything and was really friendly. Boat ride was fun and we also held a baby alligator. Would highly recommend 🐊
Antoine was amazing!! We had an amazing time!
Excellent trip from start to finish. Picked up from hotel on time and dropped back at lunchtime. Driver Jesus was knowledgeable and friendly. Saw 3 alligators up close. Would highly recommend
Very good experience, value for money, visit is just enough time not to become boring. Thnx to Jesus our guide.
Jesus was great! Very informative on the ride and made sure we did not miss anything while in the park. Remember the 5 rules!! 😀
VIP guests (cruise excursions) get priority to get on the boats even if your group arrives first to the park however wait was not long and we had an amazing captain!
It's short. Don't expect 3 hours seeing alligators. Only an hour. But we saw a lot of alligators and the scenary was wonderful. The educational portion was nice too.
This is a privately owned park not the Everglades We saw alligators Boat ride was fun Captain knowledgeable
Picked up in a very comfortable van, our guide Jesus gave us some interesting information on the way and a very thorough safety briefing. The airboat ride is at a privately owned area of the Everglades, not the National Park. Took about 1 hour to get there. The whole activity went very smoothly! Good guide on the airboat and got to see 2 gators, was about 45mins on the airboat. After we saw a gator show which was quite good. There was a little shop for snacks and gifts onsite. Got back to Downtown Miami around midday. Was an enjoyable trip and left the rest of the day to do other activities.
***HUGE ANIMAL CRUELTY!*** Amazing experience to see the beautiful alligators in the wild. Really good boat tour, lots of fun and beautiful nature including variety of birds and vultures. We saw 3 alligators. However… the alligator “show” afterwards was incredibly upsetting to see. I wish we avoided it. The presenter holding the poor alligator in different positions, just to show off to the crowd, was horrible to see. It was all about him. Lots of alligators crammed in a tiny unkempt enclosure just for the benefit of the public viewing. Even WORSE and even more cruel, the poor animals and reptiles in the enclosures you walk around afterwards. Including a FOX in a tiny cage with no room whatsoever. Poor animals looked so sad and distressed. Every single one of them. How this is allowed I have no idea. Needs to be stopped. Absolutely disgusting it ruined the whole trip.
A lot of fun. Learned a lot about alligators also. Saw some alligators also. The airboat driver was very informative.
Today’s Everglades adventure was an absolute blast. Our driver/guide Antoine wasn’t just good, he was a walking, talking Everglades encyclopedia with a sense of humor sharp enough to wrestle an alligator (peacefully, of course). At the natural park we've been lucky to hop in Captain's Ashton airboat. He pointed gators like he had them on a secret group chat, dropping fun facts and clever jokes the whole way through. Smart, engaging, and genuinely fun he turned a swamp(I know! slow river😉) into a comedy‑nature show. Highly recommend. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Merci beaucoup Antoine & Co
Personal pick-up service was excellent. With 9 cruise ships in our driver made every effort for us not to be bumped by the VIP cruise guests. All went extremely well. A very good experience.
I think it most important that when you book an Everglades trip including boat ride, that you understand what you are getting. The boats are not allowed into the park proper because of the noise they make, so they work on the fringes. You will travel over water lilies and long grass and yet apart from the occasional alligator, that’s all you get. For that experience it is a very expensive exercise.
The trip goes smoothly, the guide is very good. He is very nice to tell all the arrangements and rules while we are on the road. We are picked at the gathering location, and was sent back. The park is nice, it will not let you down as you could see the alligators.
A great experience. I believe Fabio Consaga was our driver. Very knowledgable about the area. A great venue. The time on the boat was a highlight of our total trip.
This airboat tour was great and my kids really loved it. Antoine, who drove us back and forth from where we were staying, was awesome, he gave us a ton of information about Miami, the Everglades and alligators on our ride in. He was friendly, knowledgeable and overall provided a great ride in and out of the Everglades. We visited in early october and it was still pretty hot and humid. The airboat was covered, which was great given the weather and also allowed us to be able to stay out on the water longer (about an hour). The captain was very knowledgeable about the area and where to potentially spot alligators. We saw three alligators and a couple different types of birds on our boat trip. There was also an informative alligator show afterwards. Overall a great experience and would definitely recommend!
The whole morning ran really smoothly and we loved the experience! Antonine was a great guide, really friendly and knowledgeable! Highly recommend!
Smooth experience, great tourguide with Antoine and the boatride most importantly was super fun too,
Amazing time!! Guide was very knowledgeable. Air boat ride was fun.
Very friendly and well organised tour. Guide was very informative not just about seeing the alligators but anything you needed to know about Miami..would highly recommend.
It’s really fun, that we met 5 o 6 alligators, took a free photo and watched an alligator show. It’s so much more convenient for me to get a tour well arranged than to make my own plan.
Absolutely great experience! The organizer was very kind, funny, and made the whole trip both fun and informative. The boat ride was fantastic, with plenty of interesting information and a chance to see alligators living freely in their natural environment. The tour at the end was also very interesting and showed that alligators might not be as dangerous as they seem. Definitely recommend this tour!
This was a fun experience! Antoine was a great driver - full of interesting information. Highly recommend!
If you’re in Miami or South Florida this is worth the time. You get to see alligators in the wild, have fun on a boat and there’s a show after
Great boat ride and alligator show. Driver was very easy to communicate with and accommodating as he picked us up from the cruise port and dropped us off at the airport.
Our guide Jesus was very sweet and made us feel safe. It was very informative tour with a fun show in the end. Saw many alligators but you’ll see them from quite far. It was nice that the crew were very respectful of the animals and wildlife there.
Our driver Antoine was brilliant, picked us up on time, really informative about our trip. Airboat ride was around 50 minutes, saw around 8 alligators. Show as amazing afterwards as well
We had a great time! Our Guide Jesus was very kind. We got picked up perfectly on time and the drive was comfortable. Absolute recommendation!
Antione was great as well as our tour guide James very friendly and knowledgeable- we were able to see alligators
Our tour guide, Jesus, was awesome. The hotel pickup was on time, the information he shared about Miami as we drove was really interesting, and he was very helpful once we got to the park. We could not have had a better guide/driver. We were lucky: Although they explained that we might not see any alligators during the air boat ride, we saw six. No one lost an arm. After the one-hour airboat ride, there is a live alligator show that kids will love. (You can hold a baby alligator if you want for an extra $10.) NOTE: We didn’t realize this trip is not within the actual Everglades National Park. It IS in the Everglades, but for people (like us) who collect National Park passport stamps, this trip won’t qualify for that or for Junior Ranger badges/patches. It’s still worth doing. Just know you’ll also need to drive down to the actual park for your official NP visit.
Really nice and interesting, guide was giving us information.
they missed picking us up in the early morning and stating that we were late, then I showed them the photo i took with timestamp!
Thank you to Charles for an amazing experience, everything went smoothly including hotel pick up and drop off.
Awesome and most fun adventure my wife and i have had in a while!!! Cant wait to do it again soon!!!
Excellent tour guide and transportation. Captain on the boat was also a fantastic and enthusiastic tour guide. Well worth the trip!
Speedy and efficient collection. Tour guide very helpful . Overall a well worth while trip
Antoine was a great host and very informative with his knowledge of the area. We had a great time and would highly recommend the trip and company
Early start but totally worth it as we were the first tour. Jesus was extremely informative and knowledgable on the journey and made sure we knew where we were meant to be when we arrived. Saw many alligators and had an exceptional trip. Highly recommended.
Pick up and drop off was excellent. Jesus was very efficient, thoughtful and courteous. He was an excellent guide and gave a non-stop commentary on Miami, its history and places of interest during our hour long journey. Once at the site, Jesus ensured we all had our tickets and explained clearly how the morning would go. The airboat ride was wonderful. Having done this before, I was expecting to be thrown around at high speeds, however we took quite a leisurely ride where we had the chance to see alligators, turtles, birds and the unusual plants and trees that grow along the Everglades. The show afterwards was very informative and I was in awe at the amazing rescue work that goes on, all done by volunteers. A wonderful experience.
This group is doing a great job to educate us about The Everglades and alligators. The van was comfortable. We were able to see 4- 5 alligators without disturbing them and had a quick fast ride on the airboat. Thanks
This trip was seamless from beginning to end. Antoin was fantastic, very informative, helpful and friendly throughout the entire trip. Pick up and drop off at hotel. Airboat ride was fabulous and we saw lots of gators! 100% recommend.
Our tourguide was Charles and he was great. Did his best for everyone. Enjoyed the tour. We did see alligators, but you are warned it's not guaranteed. It's VERY noisy when the boat picks up speed - I had wondered why everyone was buying ear plugs in the gift shop!
Jesus was an amazing guide. Thank you for everything. The whole experience is a 5 star rating and highly recommend.
We had a great trip. We were picked up from our hotel by Antoine in a comfortable bus, it took about an hour to get to the Everglades where there was a small gift shop and cafe to buy food, souvenirs and snacks. We were on the airboat for around an hour and saw several alligators as well as turtles and birds. There was then a small show. Both Antoine and the boat driver Zack were helpful, friendly and informative. Overall a great half day trip!
Nice tour into the Everglades! Also Jesus was a nice guide to go with and recommendable!
Jesus was just great and very knowledgeable. He arranged pick up and drop off from our hotel for us. During the trips he endlessly gave us information about Miami's history and all the surroundings we saw from the van. Captain JR from the Everglades Holiday Park Airboat Tours was also very knowledgeable and gave us a great ride on his airboat. Really recommended. Book early before the arrival of cruise liner passengers. Enjoy!
I was very disappointed to discover that this experience does not take you to Everglades National Park. The way the experience is named and presented is misleading, and we booked it believing we would actually be visiting the National Park.
We want to thank Antoine for a fantastic trip to the Everglades today! From start to finish, a first class service - would highly recommend. Many thanks for such an enjoyable day 🐊
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