Trips & tickets
Everglades listings overlap heavily. These are the formats that genuinely differ: where the boat starts, whether the ride is inside the national park, whether transport from Miami is included, and how long you actually spend on the water.
A narrated 35–40-minute airboat ride in Everglades National Park, then a 30-minute wildlife and alligator show. The listing puts the park fee at $8 per person, paid on site, and free with a National Park pass.
An air-conditioned bus from Miami to Sawgrass Recreation Park, outside the national park, for a 45-minute airboat ride at up to 40 mph with priority boarding, then a reptile exhibit with over 50 rescued and adopted animals.
A guided sit-on-top kayak tour into Everglades National Park, through mangrove tunnels, tidal creeks and small lakes, with a naturalist guide and a 2-person kayak. Watch for herons, spoonbills and wood storks.
A 40-minute airboat ride at Sawgrass Recreation Park, outside the national park, with a live captain telling the history of the Seminole people, then the alligator and reptile exhibit, where you can touch a baby alligator.
A guided airboat ride through narrow mangrove channels from Everglades City, outside the national park, with 2-way headsets, then a self-guided walk on the Everglades City Boardwalk. A buggy tour upgrade is available.
An airboat with up to 10 guests, booked semi-private or private, with a guide who points out alligators, turtles, herons and egrets. Ear protection is provided.
A narrated boat tour from the Flamingo marina in Everglades National Park, up the Buttonwood Canal through Coot Bay and Tarpon Creek into Whitewater Bay, with a naturalist guide.
The full GetYourGuide listing for the Everglades: airboat rides inside and outside the national park, private airboats, day trips from Miami, kayak tours and boat tours, with live prices.
The park lists three airboat concessions inside its boundary, at 22700, 24050 and 26700 SW 8th Street on the Tamiami Trail. A ride that starts anywhere else runs outside the national park.
A private vehicle pass costs $35 for 7 days. Non-US residents aged 16 and older also owe a $100 nonresident fee, including on tours, unless they hold an Annual or America the Beautiful pass, so ask whether a tour's price includes it.
A standard shared airboat ride lasts 30 to 40 minutes; the Shark Valley tram takes about two hours and the Flamingo boats 90 minutes. Compare those, not the length of the day.
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