So much fun - Had a great trip with Zack. He was fun, knowledgeable and answered all our questions completely. Seeing the alligators up close was awesome! I highly recommend a swamp tour with Zack,

Family friendly great time - Loved this trip! Can’t fault Mother Nature for no alligators but our captain as great. The gator show after was great and photos were reasonable for pics with animals. It was a great time.

Very Enjoyable - The Animal Encounter was super fun! Kylie was very informative and was a fun teacher, the Gator Dhow gave more interesting information on gators and was hilarious, and the tour was so beautiful. unfortunately no gators saw but the sights themselves were worth

Awesome experience with the gators and other animals - Very good experience in the everglades. We did the airboat tour and the animal encounter. We were not able to see any gators on our tour but our captain did his best to call out the gators. The animal encounter was amazing. Everyone in our party enjoyed it and Kylie was amazing!!!

Great other than the long wait. - We went on this tour and loved it. Only drawback was the fact there was no set time to We had to wait 1 1/2 hours to take the tour. The tour guide was excellent and we saw 3 alligators.

Beautiful view and experience - One of the best tour ever done: the Everglades is a unique habitat and we were lucky enough to see 4 gators. The exhibition is quite good even if I don’t like to see animals in captivity

Alligators up close but disappointing farm. - We came away feeling disappointed and sad for the animals in poor small enclosures in the actual ‘zoo/farm’ part of the park. Positives- we saw about 5 alligators. This is obviously not seeing them in the wild, the guide knows where they are and they make a noise to call them. It was cool to see them come right up to the boat. Negatives- on arrival, the staff at the desk and all staff until we met our guide were miserable, no smiles or greeting. They looked like they didn’t want to be there. The guide on the boat was pleasant, but we didn’t learn much about alligators or the ecosystem. We were directed to the ‘show’. The guy in the alligator enclosure seemed to be telling jokes in a strange voice than actually giving much information about alligators, plus pushing the tipping a lot. The enclosure was small and sad to see these creatures in such a pitiful area. As we walked through to the exit through the farm, we saw a fox in a tiny cage … why? Why is this in there at all? A turtle with a garbage bin over it and it looked stuck under the bin. Very sad.

Animal abuse - I strongly advise against the experience (find a place where you can only do boating in the everglades). The animals are in captivity, in tiny enclosures containing a small puddle and synthetic lawn. Possibility to take pictures with a baby alligator who has been closed with tape. A shocking "show" to watch: in a small enclosure containing a dozen alligators, the "trainer" pulls an alligator towards him (can be drugged for the show, who knows), sits on his back for the duration of the show (subdue the animal to manipulate it), forces him to raise his head and open his mouth to proudly place his chin on the nose of the animal, before violently closing the mouth of the animal. All to the applause of the audience. Animal abuse, pure and hard. Hard to watch: no one was shocked except me and my friends. When I left, I asked if the alligators had other spaces available when the audience left: of course not.

Go elsewhere please - We stopped off here as part of our post cruise transportation. Must say that all four us were all disappointed. The boat captain was a rude jerk. I am not sure if that was part of his act or he was just a jerk all the time, The alligator show was not any better. Kevin likes to berate the clients and the animals he “rescued.” Sure pushed a lot for donations while not being entertaining or informative at all. A legend in his own mind it seems. At least we know not to go back. Hope others avoid it as well.

Steve Irwin would not approve, not at all. Shame on you - After going through the airboat tour, one tour guide said he wanted to be like Steve Irwin. I'm from Australia - Steve lived up the road. There is no way in this life would Steve have supported Kevin's alligator experience, and nor should the tour guide who said he wanted to be like Steve. If he did, he wouldn't work there. We were told the reason we couldn't see alligators was that it was so hot they needed to be deeper in the water or they would die - that's understandable. The alligators in the enclosure were in bathtub depth of water. No reprieve from the heat for them. They promote themself in the name of Steve Irwin, all through the tour. But having been to see Australia Zoo I can say it would break his heart. Kevin who performs with his head in the mouth of an alligator, and who made it very clear none of us were getting out of there without paying him because he was standing by the donation box. 'Donation'. It was dreadful. Kevin, after his dreadful jokes that fell deaf on many of us then said he 'rescued' these animals. Animals that made a fateful mistake to end up in someones yard and then end up with him rescuing them. What is the definition of rescue? Its freedom, and a life that is better than one that they have come from. Rescuing a dog or cat or a person from tragedy is giving them a better version of life than they had. Kevin's version of freedom is hauling the animals around and profiteering from their misery. There are worse things than a bullet, and if those animals had a choice they would have chosen that. You didn't rescue anything Kevin. You profiteer, and if thats the behaviour you have in public, god knows what you do in private. You, and the Everglades Holiday Park taught me a lesson. Never give money to someone that takes your soul. Do not think for one moment that this place is about animals - it's not. And Steve Irwin would have been disgusted. I know because we knew him here in Australia, and he was up the road from us. Shame on you. The Everglades is amazing. Do better! Do much better! Let go of the BS alligator experience -- it's animal cruelty and sensationalism.