Fort Lauderdale Sawgrass Park Everglades Airboat Excursion

Description

• 30-minute airboat excursion along the Florida Everglades!
  
• Fully licensed and insured shore excursion transportation!
  
• Naturalist local airboat captain and excursion guide!
  
• Earplugs and life jackets are provided for your safety!
  
• Entrance fee to the Sawgrass Recreation Park!
  
• Visit the exotic wildlife exhibits to interact and even feed some animals!
  
• Food, drinks, and souvenirs are available for purchase at the site!

Guests begin this Fort Lauderdale Excursion by taking a taxi from the Ft. Lauderdale cruise ship pier or local hotel/resort to the Everglades Park, which is about a 30-minute ride away.  Departure times range throughout the day. We recommend guests arrive 90 minutes before their set departure time to enjoy the exhibits before their airboat ride (or stay on the premises after the airboat excursion part).

Once you arrive, a representative will greet you and confirm the time of your airboat departure.  Then you are free to roam the exhibits that include colorful snakes, a Florida panther, black leopards, alligators, and more.  There will be supervisors who will be able to answer questions you may have about the animals, the efforts put into preservation, and more.

When your time arrives for the airboat you will walk to the docking area and the captain will welcome you aboard. You will be provided with ear protection as the airboats are quite loud and strap in your life jacket.  However, throughout your 30-minute ride through the Everglades, your experienced captain will slow the boat down to explain what you are seeing so you'll be able to hear him during these times.

For those guests looking for a more personalized excursion, please check our Fort Lauderdale Private Airboat Excursion.

Keep an eye out for a variety of egrets and herons, the white Ibis, alligators, turtles, nests, and more.  Your Captain will make a point of going where wildlife has been observed before and you can enjoy the fruits of his experience.  However, please do not feed the wildlife.  The variety of habitats found within the Greater Everglades Ecosystem supports an assemblage of plant and animal species not found elsewhere on the planet.

Then, after gliding across the waters and stopping at various places, it will be time to return to the park.  Guests are welcome to spend more time at the Sawgrass Exhibits if time and daylight allow and then take a taxi back to the Fort Lauderdale cruise ship pier or local hotel/resort.

Guests should call upon arriving in port and confirm their departure with the operator in case of inclement weather.

What is included?

• 30-minute ride along the Florida Everglades
• Fully licensed and insured transportation
• Naturalist local airboat captain and excursion guide
• Earplugs and life jackets are provided for your safety
  
• Entrance fee to the Sawgrass Recreation Park
• Visit the exotic wildlife exhibits to interact and even feed some animals

Excursion Notes

• We recommend that you bring sun protection, a camera, cash for food, transportation, drinks, souvenirs, etc.
• Round trip taxi transfer is approximately $120.00 USD (per cab, price not included).
  

Where we meet

For the Fort Lauderdale Everglades Airboat Excursion, you will meet directly at the park in the Everglades after a 30-minute taxi ride (not included). All necessary details will be printed on your Electronic Shore Excursion Ticket.

Excursion Restrictions

• Guests should call upon arriving in port and confirm their departure with the operator in case of inclement weather.
• Guests 18 years and younger must be accompanied by a parent or adult.
• This excursion is not wheelchair accessible.
• Children 6 years and younger must wear the provided life jacket during the airboat ride.
• There are no seat belts and car seats cannot be accommodated.
• Boats can be noisy, bringing infants onboard is at the parent's discretion.
• The ride can be bumpy so caution should be taken with neck or back injuries.
• This Fort Lauderdale Sawgrass Park Everglades Airboat Excursion may involve risks. We suggest you check with your elected person of choice to see if these possible risks might affect you.

Excursion FAQ

Cancellation

• Your ship arrives into port late and you cannot make it in time to the meeting location (we will verify with the tour operator).
• Your ship skips/misses the port.
• Weather conditions or equipment failure prevents the operator from running the excursion.
• A medical problem prevents you from safely participating in the excursion (we will verify with the excursion operator and the guest may send doctor's note). This applies to individuals only and not the remainder of the group.
  
• Cancellations/deposit refund requests that do not comply with the above may not be subject to refund.
• Refunds may be subject to a service charge fee as determined by the payment processor, please refer to Terms and Conditions for more information.