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471 reviews

Excellent55%
Very good25%
Average9%
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Terrible6%

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“everglades national park” (45 reviews)

“thousand island” (20 reviews)

“dolphin sightings” (5 reviews)

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815 Oyster Bar Lane, Sr 29, Everglades City, FL 34139

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leeaJ7430RU

3

Reviewed 3 days ago via mobile

Great captain and dolphin and manatee sightings

We went on the first tour of the day so the wind had not kicked up. Our captain and First mate (Cheeseman) were great at finding dolphins and manatees as well as bird life. Highly recommended.

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BarbandTy

Naples, Florida

32

Reviewed 1 week ago

Concessionaire's website advertises NONEXISTENT tours

BEWARE! The national park service does not run these boats. A concessionaire does - and advertises many scheduled boat tours that DO NOT exist. Therefore - before you reserve online on the website - call the concessionaire to find out if your selected tour actually...More

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Sarah R

West Palm Beach, Florida

271170

Reviewed 1 week ago

Enjoyable!

We took the 10,000 Islands tour. This tour was a very nice way to get on the water and see the area. The weather was in our favor as it was a gorgeous sunny day. We saw a lot of wildlife. We had several dolphin...More

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georgegW7952CF

52

Reviewed 1 week ago

Dolphin and a bald eagle and a mother osprey and her babies, all in one trip!!!

When the captain told us to go to the back of the boat and get our cameras ready, we did. Then he gave the boat a little more power to get the dolphin to come and play in our wake. They did, a pod of...More

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31

Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile

Afternoon tour

We had Capt Mike and Valerie as our tour guides. Couldn't have been happier with them. Very knowledgeable and friendly. Knew where to go to find the wildlife. Saw several dolphins, birds, manatee, bald eagle and learned about the area. Well worth the price and...More

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srh123

Michigan

93

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

Dolphins! Great tour guide!

This was a great little trip. 1.5 hours, and we learned so much from our park ranger. There are several tours throughout the day, but only a few have a ranger on board so make sure you take one of those. The captains were great...More

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emiLyQuick

Embarrass, Minnesota

1816

Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

Fun boat ride out among the 10,000 islands!

Mike and Valerie on The Shark gave us a great tour of the 10,000 islands area of the Everglades National Park. We saw lots of birds and dolphins jumped alongside the boat and played in the boat’s wake - we will never forget that amazing...More

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NorthCountry010

Potsdam, New York, United States

4623

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

Great boat tour through 10,000 Island area

Very nice boat tour with Captain Mike and 1st Mate Valerie. Good information about dolphins, manatees, and the environment. Very environmentally aware - was very careful not to disturb the manatees. Lots of dolphin sightings, several manatees, and a variety of birds.

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Paulinjeddah

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

51

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

Excellent eco-cruise

The tour was excellent, just the right amount of time. The vessel was very stable and had plenty of room to move around. The captain, Mike, was very professional, knew his stuff and kept up a constant stream of information. He had dolphins jumping beside...More

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ssgtretiredarmy

Lexington, South Carolina

292

Reviewed 2 weeks ago via mobile

Everglades is open

Florida got hit pretty bad but there is a temporary site where you can get your passport stamped and they also have extra stamps for your passport. The boat tour there was amazing we had dolphins swimming in the waves of the boats side and...More

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saramarilee

What tour is better? The 10000 island or the mangrove tour, and why. I only have time to do one. I am mostly concerned with seeing the mangroves and hoping to see a manatee. Thanks!

5 March 2018|

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I loved the 1000 island tour, less buggy!

Tom W

So we did the airboat ride in the Mangroves and it was okay. Saw one gator that they must feed each day to keep him there. It was okay but not what we wanted. Want to do airboat ride early and then go out to hopefully see dolphins and manatees. Do we go all the way in to the park? Last time we went in to Everglade City and did our ride based out of that area. How much further is it to the actual park where the Park boat tours are based? Thank you! Going back in October and will try it again.

25 August 2017|

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I'd definitely choose the National Park over the commercial boat tours. We chose the mangrove tour over the airboat. It's a quiet little boat, there were only four of us on our tour. We saw manatees, and boating under the... More

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