• Marco Island - After pick up at your location we will drive East and soon enter the wild areas of the Wesgtern Everglades
• Naples - We pick up at many of the hotels in the Naples area.
• Oasis Visitor Center - This is great area to see large alligators, turtles, fish, birds and more! This stop serves as an orientation to the ecosystems that make up Big Cypress National Preserve (the western Everglades). Your experienced naturalist guide will enjoy helping you identify all of the species of wildife you will see here!
• Kirby Storter Roadside Park - Walk with your master naturalist guide from a prairie habitat out to a gator hole in a cypress canopy dome forest. This cypress swamp ecosystem will amaze. There is always the chance to see all kinds of wildlife near the gator hole there! On this dry trail, learn with your guide about the breathtakingly beautiful flora of the region, and what makes the biodiversity of this region so spectacular.
• Everglades National Park - You will enjoy this boat trip through the mysterious maze of the 10,000 mangrove islands part of Everglades National Park. Your guide will identify the variety of birds and other animals. Keep a watchful eye out for wild dolphins and mantaees. Learn the fascinating history of the people who have lived in this regions for thousands of years.
• Big Cypress National Preserve - Learn about the 5 different ecosystems of Big Cypress National Preserve on a scenic, narrated driving tour led by your experienced naturalist. Stop in at Nathaniel Reed Visitor Center. Take a walk out back, with the chance to spot manatees! Get your National Park and National Preserve stamps here, or any other souvenir you might like.
• Everglades City - Enjoy a scenic, narrated driving tour of this special Old Florida town. With its fascinating history, colorful characters, and unique placement as the ultimate frontier town of the true Glades, it’s a great place to tour and visit!
• Smallwood Store - Step back in time when entering this preserved trading post, listed on the National Regsitry of Historic Places. Understand why the counters are angled outwards, and how this place once served as a chief place of trade between the Seminoles and the first non-Native people living in the area. Look out into the 10,000 Islands from the balcony to understand its important location for the history of the region.
• Chokoloskee - Embark on a 75-80 minute boat trip through the pristine 10,000 islands region of Everglades National Park. We are one of only a few select tour providers who hold permits to go into the actual national park. Our tours are led by very knowledgeable guides who are expert in finding the wildlife! This boat trip is co-led by our multi-generational boat captain / guides, who know the region like the back of their hands. This is your chance to possibly have dolphins jump with the boat; and to see manatees! There is an amazing array of birds out there amidst the bird rookeries we wil pass near. We will most likely get an opportunity to get off and explore an island out there in this remote region.

• Bottled water
• Snacks
• Nice Wild Lime water bottles for guests to keep

• Gratuities
• Lunch

Explore two national parks in just half a day! Discover the secluded estuary ecosystem of Everglades National Park and enjoy the sight of dolphins near our boat! There’s always a chance to see manatees, the critically endangered sawtooth fish, and sharks. This area is a birdwatcher’s paradise, where you might spot roseate spoonbills and white pelicans.

Disembark on a remote island to explore while hearing captivating stories of the Old Everglades from your knowledgeable, multi-generational captain guide. We’ll also visit a historic trading post. This journey blends the saltwater region with the freshwater swamps of Big Cypress.

Our tours are led by experienced biologist/naturalist guides. We specialize in observing wildlife in their natural habitats, never in places with animals in cages or enclosures. This tour is a perfect mix of history and ecology.

Discover why we are so passionate about our work! Wild Lime Adventures is the only company with special permits to guide tours in Everglades, Big Cypress, and Dry Tortugas National Parks.

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.