Everglades boat tour

Picklepuppy · 29 Oct 19, 05:26 PM

We want to go to the Everglades while we are in Florida but trying to decide a) who to go with and b) is it better to do it from Miami or Kissimmee (we have a car and happy to drive where we need to be)

archibald · 29 Oct 19, 06:09 PM

Technically the Everglades are nowhere near Kissimmee, you need to head down to Miami and beyond. However there are airboat trips close to Kissimmee which many on here have done. We've been to the Everglades Holiday Park just to the west of Fort Lauderdale, and also to one on the Tamiami out of Miami but I don't recall the name. There is the Everglades visitor centre close to Florida City which is very informative and a nice couple of hours.

lesley1960 · 29 Oct 19, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by archibald

Technically the Everglades are nowhere near Kissimmee, you need to head down to Miami and beyond. However there are airboat trips close to Kissimmee which many on here have done. We've been to the Everglades Holiday Park just to the west of Fort Lauderdale, and also to one on the Tamiami out of Miami but I don't recall the name. There is the Everglades visitor centre close to Florida City which is very informative and a nice couple of hours.

The one on the Tamiami trail is Shark Valley , its a great place to visit in winter , we have been there twice at New Year and it is wall to wall alligators

Picklepuppy · 29 Oct 19, 07:00 PM

Thanks for the information, we�re planning a couple of days down in Miami and the keys so will do it when we are down there. We�re going in August hopefully that will be ok

DonnaD · 29 Oct 19, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by Picklepuppy

Thanks for the information, we�re planning a couple of days down in Miami and the keys so will do it when we are down there. We�re going in August hopefully that will be ok

Make sure you have plenty of bug spray! August is not the best time to visit a swamp.

grant_w · 30 Oct 19, 12:26 PM

The airboat trips around Kissimmee are in Everglades headwaters, we've been with Spirit of the Swamp twice and would thoroughly recommend them.
We've done a 90 minute and a 2 hour trip, saw gators (some large, some tiny babies), bald eagles, snail kites and ospreys both times and its not far from the US192

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	29 Oct 19, 06:09 PM archibald Imagineer
archibald Imagineer Join Date: Mar 12	Technically the Everglades are nowhere near Kissimmee, you need to head down to Miami and beyond. However there are airboat trips close to Kissimmee which many on here have done. We've been to the Everglades Holiday Park just to the west of Fort Lauderdale, and also to one on the Tamiami out of Miami but I don't recall the name. There is the Everglades visitor centre close to Florida City which is very informative and a nice couple of hours.