anna maria island and air boat ride

jobelly · 23 Apr 18, 01:53 PM

Does anyone know if there is anywhere close to AMI (maybe 45-60mins away at most) that do airboat rides? I know there are some in orlando but we're so busy there thought it might be nice for a morning when we're at AMI. We did one years ago travelling from key west to naples but that's a bit far to travel given that the kids ask "are we nearly there yet" after half an hour in the car!

carolineonecat · 25 Apr 18, 06:07 AM

Hi there
Myakki state park has them but they are not the fast air boats - we went to see the alligators and thought it would be great to do till we discovered the fastest speed was 5 mph 😂good trip and close to AnnaMarie for something a bit different

***cath*** · 25 Apr 18, 07:44 AM

Not an airboat but we have just booked a boat trip for our trip there next month. Private boat tour for $180 for the 5 of us. We get taken out to shallow water where we can get in the water and explore and shown all the wildlife, then taken to hopefully see the dolphons. If you want the info let me know.

jobelly · 25 Apr 18, 09:35 AM

Thank you both, it�s definit an airboat ride we want though. We have a villa which had kayaks so can go out on those close to the villa but kids wanting to see alligators!

Lisatink · 25 Apr 18, 10:31 PM

We had a week in Old Key West and a week on Anna Marie. We went on an airboat road with Kissimmee Swamp Tours. We did this from Orlando not Anna Marie. They where really good and we saw lots of Alligators and other wildlife.

jobelly · 26 Apr 18, 01:01 PM

Thanks Lisatink, I�ve looked at those before but tend to be planned out in Orlando! Sounds like you did my holiday this year!