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Our Everglades Tour with transportation gives you the best chance to enjoy Miami's treasured ecosystem, the Florida Everglades. Our package includes transportation to the Everglades, an amazing airboat ride and a Wildlife Nature Show. This Everglades Tour with Transportation is the most complete Everglades tour of all Miami.
A 32-passenger to 43-passenger bus will pick you up from your hotel and take you to the Florida Everglades. From there you will journey into nature’s secretly preserved wilderness made up of 1.2 million acres of grasslands and hardwood hammocks aboard one of our Everglades Safari Parks airboats. A professional tour guide will narrate your thrilling airboat ride as you glide through this jungle of wilderness coined, “The River of Grass.”
Our tour guide will lead you through this natural wonder where you will encounter breathtaking panoramic views, lush vegetation and tranquility. You will be amidst alligators, native flora and fauna, as well as other exotic wildlife including raccoons, whitetail deer and wild boar in their natural habitat. A truly memorable and exhilarating adventure – a must see!
Alligator Wildlife Nature Show will allow you to discover alligators, crocodiles & other exotic creatures. Learn about the conservation and preservation of one of the world’s most delicate and vital ecological systems and its inhabitants. Take home a memorable photo holding Snappy, the alligator, for a true personal experience.
Inclusion
Round trip transportation; Hotel pickup and drop-off (from select hotels only); Best airboat ride in the Everglades; Admission to Everglades Park; Wildlife Nature Show.
Exclusion
Meals and snacks; Gratuities.
Hours of operation
Available daily departing at 9:15am.
Departure Time:
From hotels in Miami Beach: please be ready by 8:20am - 9:50am depending on your hotel.
From Bayside Marketplace: please arrive at 8:45am to 9:00am for the 9:15am departure.
Duration
Approximately 6 hours (including hotel pickup/drop-off).
Location
Hotel pickup service is available from hotels in Sunny Isles Beach, Surfside, Miami Beach, Downtown Miami and Brickell Avenue.
Tour departure location: Bayside Market Place - 401 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132 (north of the Marketplace between the American Airlines Arena and Los Ranchos restaurant in the Pier 5 parking lot.)
Additional Information
The drive from Bayside to Everglades is about forty-five (45) minutes to one (1) hour depending on the traffic. The actual Everglades boat tour is one (1) hour – break time for lunch is half (½) an hour – and then the drive back to Bayside is another forty-five (45) minutes to one (1) hour depending on the traffic.
Beverages and light snacks are available for purchase at the Everglades ranch.
Participant restrictions
Children 4 to 12 years of age receive child rate. Children 3 and under ride for free.
Policies
Cancellation: 1 Day prior 100% penalty. No show 100% penalty.
Guest is required to cancel at least 48 hours prior to the tour date in order to issue refund. If tour is canceled by Island Queen Cruises due to inclement weather and we cannot reschedule the guest then a refund may be issued on a case by case basis.
Complete information, including local telephone numbers at your destination, will be included on your Confirmation Voucher.
**All information requested must be supplied or booking is subject to automatic cancellation**