Fort Lauderdale Private 1-Hour Sawgrass Park Everglades Airboat Excursion

Description

• Private, 60 minutes airboat ride along the Florida Everglades!
• Fully licensed and insured airboat!
• 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!

Here's the perfect way to spend a day with just your family, or closest friends on a private excursion, which means that only your group will be together for the airboat ride and the walk through the Sawgrass Recreation Park. Another perk of the private excursion is you can book a specific time on your airboat and schedule your walk in the park around that. You'll even have the opportunity to schedule a longer airboat ride if you'd prefer. This is a truly memorable experience.

Your group will begin this day by taking a taxi from your Ft. Lauderdale cruise ship pier or local hotel/resort to the Everglades Park. Then, once you arrive, a park representative will greet you and confirm the time of your airboat departure. Although the time on an airboat is typically 30 minutes, your private party will enjoy a full 60 minutes. There are a variety of sizes of airboats as well, up to 15, to accommodate your group. This is another perk of the private excursion only.

There is a public excursion as well - please check our Fort Lauderdale Airboat Excursion.

Also, when booking a private Fort Lauderdale airboat excursion, you can choose when to roam the exhibits that include such tropical wonders as a Florida panther, colorful snakes, black leopards, alligators, and more, either before, or after your airboat experience. If you have any questions, while in the park, you can ask the supervisors who keep an eye on the exhibits. They will be able to answer questions you may have about the animal, preservation techniques, and much more.

Once your time arrives for the airboat, your party will walk to the docking area and the airboat excursion captain will welcome you aboard. You will be provided with ear protection as the airboats can be loud. However, throughout your 60-minute ride through the Everglades, your experienced captain will slow the boat down to point out highlights and explain what you are seeing so you'll be able to hear him during these times.

As you glide along, be sure to keep an eye out for a variety of glade birds including egrets and herons, the white Ibis, and the spoonbill. You'll also get the chance to see alligators, turtles, a variety of nests, and more. Your captain will make a point of going where wildlife has been observed before and your airboat shore excursion captain will know the perfect spots to look.

Your family/friends will have a unique experience seeing the wildlife up close and personally, the Greater Everglades Ecosystem supports a unique combination of plant and animal species

Then, after gliding across the waters and stopping at different spots, it will be time to return to the park. Your group is welcome to spend more time at the Sawgrass Exhibits, there is a restaurant where you can purchase tasty and then take a taxi back to the Fort Lauderdale cruise pier or local hotel/resort at their leisure.

What is included?

• Private, 60-minute airboat excursion along the Florida Everglades
• Fully licensed and insured airboat
• 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 available for purchase at the site

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 Private 1-Hour 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 Private 1-Hour 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.