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![]() Boat tours of Whitewater Bay and Florida Bay depart from the Flamingo Marina located next to the Flamingo Visitor Center (38 miles into the park, 50 miles from Homestead, FL). Lowest price guarantee Reserve now & pay later Free cancellation. Visit or call (855) 708-2207 for more information. Cruise through the mangrove forests of the Everglades National Park spot alligators and egrets in the Big Cypress National Preserve and tuck into a delicious lunch. Check Flamingo Everglades' website for times, availability, and pricing.īoat tour tickets may be purchased in the Marina Store. While no tours are alike and scenery changes from day to day, possibilities on this trip include ospreys, wading birds, manatees, sea turtles, dolphins, and gorgeous sunsets. SEA HAWK, the Florida Bay tour vessel, is a double deck catamaran that provides incredible views to guests. A naturalist will highlight the birds and sea life of the area while providing a history of Flamingo and its surrounding keys. This 90-minute tour departs Flamingo Marina and ventures into the expansive Florida Bay. Check Flamingo Everglades' website for times, availability, and pricing. Along the way, the naturalist will highlight the unique plant and animal life the Everglades has to offer while outlining the rich history of Flamingo and Everglades National Park. The boat captains are always available for private charters, which can be stocked with food, beverages, and ice at the park's 24-hour general store before heading out for fishing expeditions or leisurely cruises through the glades.The 90 minute Everglades Backcountry Whitewater Bay Tour ventures up the Buttonwood Canal through Coot Bay and Tarpon Creek into the mouth of Whitewater Bay. The park complements boat tours with 20-minute gator presentations that star a cast of live alligators and shed some light on nature's last remaining dinosaurs. The park is also home to Animal Planet's Gator Boys most of the reality show's episodes are filmed here. The powerful airboat fleet features a covered passenger vessel for all-weather observation and an innovative zephyr-harnessing propulsion system that allows boats to swiftly skim across the Everglades' grassy rivers while sneaking up on unsuspecting patches of Spanish moss. Visitors to the untamed river of grass explore its wetlands and observe its animal residents, and tour guides keep encroaching gators at bay with pointed comments of historic and ecological significance. Though Everglades Holiday Park sometimes features a discounted price online, this Groupon still offers the best deal available.Įverglades Holiday Park unveils the natural splendor of one of Earth's last undisturbed territories with invigorating airboat tours and interactive alligator presentations. Like the Highlander, there can only be one Everglades, and only one way to see Everglades Holiday Park. Each grass glider comes equipped with covered passenger compartments that protect patrons from toasty UV rays, and veteran tour guides lead the one-hour tour rife with historical tidbits and captivating facts about plant and animal life in the Everglades, the last place untouched by man, but the only place touched by Sobek, the Egyptian alligator god.Īfter a no-holds-barred staring contest against gators lounging in the boat's vicinity, tour takers will fill their minds' encyclopedias with facts from a 20-minute presentation shining a light on one of the world's last living dinosaurs. ![]() Tuck hats firmly in waistbands as one of the park's state-of-the-art airboats rockets along the winding waterways, coasting deep into the heart of the Everglades and getting face-to-face with a gaggle of greenery-ensconced gators. ![]() Warm up to these ancient beasts with today's Groupon: for $23, you get two tickets to an airboat tour and alligator show at Everglades Holiday Park on Griffin Road (up to a $47.70 value).Įverglades Holiday Park takes sightseers off the beaten path and onto the scenic waters of the Everglades. Though known for being cold-blooded, alligators get quite sentimental when asked about their nests or their jovial stegosaurus ancestors. ![]()
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