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Florida Everglades Airboat Ride
ur Cypress Airboat tour of us. For anyone who doesn’t
was the ride of a lifetime. know, airboats are light, small
We took the whole family on boats powered by a rear-mounted
this Everglade adventure, and it airplane propeller. While our
was a great experience for all of group was small, Cypress Airboats
us. The special child pricing can handle groups of up to 14 on
made it an affordable family their larger airboats. We took a
outing during our Florida two-hour tour, but both shorter
vacation, and I’m sure the kids and longer tours are available.
will remember their airboat ride They’ll even schedule night
in the Everglades for a lifetime. tours! We ruled that out because
We have wonderful memories and of the kids, but I imagine it
photos of our airboat ride in the would be wonderful for adults.
Everglades to take home and share While I didn’t expect the airboat
with friends. to be fast, it can move quickly
through the swampy waters of the
Before our trip, I wasn’t even Everglades. The kids in
sure what an airboat was, but I’d particular liked this part of our
heard it was the best way to see Everglades airboat adventure.
the Everglades! Many areas of the
Everglades are only accessible by We chose Cypress Airboats over
airboat, so I certainly recommend other companies in the area for
an airboat tour, if you’re several reasons. First and
interested in the ecology and foremost, they are experienced
wildlife of the Everglades. I was and knowledgeable about the area,
pleasantly surprised to find the so we felt that they would
airboat ride both smooth enough provide us with a safe and fun
to be comfortable in the shallow airboat experience in the
waters of the Everglades and fast Everglades. Our primary reason
enough to be a lot of fun for all for choosing Cypress Airboats
over their competitors was the we felt like we were well
depth of the tour. Many airboat prepared if something did occur.
tours go just a few miles into Not only did our captain ensure
the Everglades and do not offer a our safety, but also he was also
substantial amount of a great tour guide and shared
information, or a real chance to many details about the ecology,
experience the beauty of the animals, plants, and history of
Everglades. Cypress Airboats does the Everglades.
offer shorter airboat rides,
geared toward speed and Our two-hour airboat tour with
excitement, and we’d love to come Cypress Airboat was an
back and give an adventurous approximate 40-mile ride through
airboat ride a try! the River of Grass. The River of
Grass is a shallow wide span of
While I was a bit nervous about water, ranging from as shallow as
venturing deep into the backwoods six inches deep to as much as
of the Florida Everglades, our three feet deep. The waters of
professional and knowledgeable the River of Grass are home to
captain made me completely many different plant and animal
comfortable for our airboat ride species, from alligators to
in the Everglades. The captain orchids. Our captain was a
was, like all the captains for knowledgeable and experienced
Cypress Airboats, US Coast Guard guide and he freely shared his
certified, and grew up piloting knowledge of the area. His skills
airboats in the Everglades. We as a guide and as a pilot of the
had no worries at all about our airboat thoroughly enhanced our
safety on our airboat tour of the trip and made it fun and
Everglades. The boat was equipped educational for the whole family.
with floatation devices and
first- aid supplies, as well, so Our airboat ride through the
Everglades was a great way to during our visit to the
experience this amazing, natural Everglades, including one big
environment. We traveled through one! That was very exciting for
the River of Grass on our airboat all of us. It was interesting to
tour and saw a huge variety of learn more about the role of
wetland plants and trees. We saw alligators, not only as a top
sawgrass, water lilies, predator in the area, but also
bladderwort, and other marshland the importance of alligators to
plants, as well as cypress trees, the overall ecology of the
orchids, and ferns. We found the Everglades. Alligators burrow out
mangrove trees in the Everglades gator holes that provide homes
particularly interesting. Our for many aquatic species during
captain was very familiar with the dry season. Manatees and
the many interesting plants on dolphins also live in the open
the airboat tour. waters of the Everglades, but are
obviously not seen in the shallow
We’re all interested in bird waters of the backcountry.
watching, and this was definitely
a highlight of our airboat trip Our captain told us of a number
in the Florida Everglades. We of other interesting animal
were lucky enough to spot a white species in the area. We had hoped
ibis and a great blue heron, but to spot the endangered Florida
a number of other birds also panthers, but didn’t get to see
inhabit the Everglades. We’d them this time. However, we did
hoped to see a roseate spoonbill catch a glimpse of a white tailed
or one of the varieties of egrets deer, and our captain told us to
in the region, but didn’t get watch for bobcats, opossums,
quite that lucky. skunks, raccoons, and other small
mammals, which are common in the
We did see a number of alligators area, as well.
and experience the beauty and
Our airboat ride in the wonder of the Everglades.
Everglades was an experience none Fortunately, Cypress Airboats
of us will ever forget. We all operates 365 days a year,
can’t wait to go back and assuming the weather is safe for
definitely plan on taking another airboating, so we’re sure to be
ride with Cypress Airboats on our able to find time for another
next trip to the area. We’re even exciting adventure with the great
considering arranging a special folks at Cypress Airboats.
full day tour to really explore
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