7.Buffalo Tiger Airboat Tours – Standard Airboat Tour
For an excursion that combines cultural immersion and wildlife viewing, consider this outing from Buffalo Tiger’s Airboat Tours. The company’s standard tour focuses on introducing visitors to the homelands of the Miccosukee people: an American Indian tribe that migrated to Florida before it became a state. During the tour, you’ll not only see local wildlife but also will get to see a Miccosukee Indian camp and take a nature walk. Visitors recommend the tour, describing it as an amazing experience thanks to the small, intimate group size. Tickets for the 30-minute tours start at $30 for adults and $15 for children ages 5 to 12. Kids ages 4 and younger tag along for free. The company also offers longer 45-minute tours, as well as private outings.
8.Shark Valley Tram Tours
These naturalist-led excursions not only include a tour around Everglades National Park in an open-air tram, they also give tourgoers the chance to explore on foot. Halfway through the 15-mile tour, participants can climb a 45-foot-tall observation deck to see sweeping views of the surrounding vegetation. During the two-hour tour, travelers also have the opportunity to see a variety of wildlife. Tourgoers enjoy learning about the Everglades from the expert guides and say riding the tram is part of the fun. Many also recommended taking a morning tour to avoid the midday heat. Tickets start at $28 for adults, $22 for seniors ages 62 and older and $15 for children ages 3 to 12. Note that you’ll have to pay a separate fee to enter Everglades National Park. From late December through April, tours depart on the hour daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. From May through mid-December, tours depart only at 9:30 and 11 a.m. and 2 and 4 p.m. Shark Valley Tram Tours also offers self-guided bike tours.
