Our family of 4 had a wonderful morning spent with John Lewis. We took two tandem kayaks with our 11 and 9 year olds and had no trouble managing the completely calm and flat water. John has degrees in biology and forestry, and spent just the right amount of time teaching us about the ecosystem while giving us time to... More

Our family of 6 recently stayed at the Ivey House and did 2 trips in 1 day - the sunrise and sunset. Both are fabulous and I would go again. Tom and Troy were our guides - Tom was all about the plants, Troy was all about the birds :) We had kayaked in Sarasota too and that guide was... More

We had a great time on our kayak trip and loved every minute of it. Jeff was a talented guide who encourged exploration and gave us all our so called "wings" as inexperienced paddlers. The beautiful majestic roseate spoonbill birds were amazing along with the allegators, spiders and crabs . Kayak exploration is totally quiet and makes you one with... More

We kayaked through the Everglades with our guide, John Lewis. We have taken many tours before but this was a true highlight. John was extremely knowledgeable, having a degree and years of experience in this area. He explained everything and answered all questions while ensuring all participants had a fabulous time. No hard kayaking required and we saw the alligators.... More

We booked a airboat/ kayak trip through Ivey House with friends and can not say enough about how much we enjoyed it!! Hoss was our airboat captain and he was very good about explaining and showing us things during our tour. The airboats are VERY loud but exhilarating. We then went and enjoyed a bagged lunch that we had preordered... More

This company operates out of the Ivey House B&B, which was better than I expected and I actually would try a night there to avoid the early morning drive. We booked the airboat/kayak tour. We arrived as instructed which was a bit too early as far as I am concerned. It only took about 3 minutes to sign waivers and... More

Everglade City was a huge dissappointment in every sense. The long drive from Naples was the best part of the trip with signs warning of panther crossings. Everglades City, with promises of exotic sightings of alligators, bald eagles, and many different bird sightings that never materialized. A forty dollar per person, two hour outboard motor boat trip was disappointing to... More

This company uses The Ivey House B & B as their base. There is a package of an airboat ride through Speedy's (which was great !! Ask for Erin) and kayaking. We had my mom along, who is 77 and physically limited, a German Exchange student with no paddling experience. Our tour guide was Jeff who had an abundance of... More

We were in a group of six people, and the guide of course. Our guide was John, who told us a lot of intresting stuff during the trip. The trip took about four hours, and we enjoyed all four of them. It's not really necessary to bring strong shoes in my opinion: I forgot to bring mine so I was... More