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MARCO ISLAND AND EVERGLADES AIRBOAT TOURS

 

If you’re looking for something exciting for the whole family to enjoy in Southwest Florida, look no further than an Everglades airboat excursion. Suitable for all ages, these rides offer a great balance of information on how the complex Everglades ecosystem works, thrills, a few splashes, and a chance to see alligators, raccoons, birds, and other wildlife.

We’ve put together a list of our five favorite Everglades tour companies where you can get the ride of your life:

  1. WOOTENS

Wooten’s has the distinction of being one of the longest-running airboat tour operators in the western Everglades. Since opening in the 1950’s it has grown into an extensive nature attraction that also offers tours of its animal sanctuary. Wooten’s is home to a Florida panther, tigers, lions, otters, and more than 100 alligators. Experience animal demonstrations, swamp buggy tours, a gift shop, and kayak rentals and tours. You can opt for public or private swamp buggy and airboat rides or a combo package with both tours.

  1. JUNGLE ERV’S

Jungle Erv’s offers guests access to private sanctuary land, accessible to no other visitors. Book a Wilderness Airboat Tour or Mangrove Canopy Airboat Tour, or a combination of both. Your tickets get you free admission to an alligator show and boardwalk trail. The boardwalk travels through a raccoon sanctuary, gator slough, mangrove forest, and manatee lookout point.

  1. EVERGLADES CITY AIRBOAT TOURS

Operated by a third-generation airboat tour guide, this tour instills pride in guests by keeping tours small—a maximum of six people per boat—and personalized. Guides can communicate with their passengers via two-way headphones. The one-hour narrated tour takes you through tight mangrove tunnels and narrow creeks that the bigger boats can’t navigate properly.

  1. CAPTAIN JACK’S AIRBOAT TOURS

With its Total Everglades Combo, you get to tour mangroves and grasslands by airboat, ride aboard a big-wheeled and elevated swamp buggy, visit Captain Jack’s animal sanctuary, see a free alligator show, or even hug a baby alligator for an Instagram post. Home to rescued wildlife, the animal sanctuary houses snakes, turtles, crocodiles, alligators, river otters, and big cats.

  1. CAPTAIN MITCH’S AIRBOAT TOURS

A descendant of pioneers in the airboat business, Captain Mitch offers a private tour in a six-seater boat. The business, he likes to boast, is “redneck owned and operated.” During a one-hour tour, learn about the Everglades ecosystem while exploring hardwood tree hammocks, cattail sloughs, and habitat for numerous animals including gators, snakes, bobcats, and bald eagles.

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SOUTHWEST FLORIDA NAPLES AND SUNNY MARCO ISLAND

 

Southwest Florida is in many ways the crowning jewel of the Sunshine State. The subtropical weather means 365 days of boating, golfing, fishing, paddling, hiking, and Everglades activities, not to mention a wealth of great restaurants, cultural activities, shopping, and the Arts. The beaches here are consistently top-rated among the best in the US, with great swimming and some of the best shelling in the entire world. Can you tell we love it here? It’s why, when we’re not traveling, we call it home!

Naples, Florida is consistently rated as one of America’s Best Vacation Spots, Best Places to Retire, and Best Place to Raise Your Kids, and if you think one place can’t have all this, you’ve probably never been to Naples. This is one city in the US that’s almost as much fun to visit as it is to live here — we loved it so much we chose to make it our forever home many years ago.

As visitors, you’ll be tempted to spend all your time at the tourist hotspots. But there are so many things to do in Naples Florida than what you’ll find in the brochures. So here’s your complete Naples Visitors Guide for when you want to hang where the locals do, visit some lesser known spots in season, or when you come back for second, third, and fourth visit.

Located on southwest Florida’s Gulf Coast at the edge of the Everglades, Naples has palm tree-lined avenues and a glitzy reputation. But the city also has a small-town feel and wears its affluence and easy island style in equal measure, making it a great destination for those seeking a romantic or luxury getaway, family vacation, Everglades adventure, or chill beach vibe. And please check out Sunny Marco Island.

The 280 average days of sunshine is great for year round golf, but there are so many other things to do in Naples as well, making it a favorite destination for couples and families. 

Shopping in Naples Florida is truly an Olympic sport, and yes the beaches are really all that. It’s a restaurant powerhouse, and home to the arts and endless outdoor activities, including some of the best fishing in Florida.  

Honestly, there’s so much to see and do, your biggest decision may be where to begin.

Call the Walter Team today and let us help you with your search in Naples and Marco Island Florida.  PH# 239-821-0994