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The Everglades Experience

  • Everglades
  • Art & galleries
  • Nature & wildlife
  • Photography
  • Easy pace

Traverse with us across the great southern expanse of Florida that is the Everglades. Renowned around the world in legend and lore, the Everglades today is a treasure to behold. Our experienced naturalists will bring this watery world to life, weaving the story of the human history, both Native American and settler into the natural evolution of the Glades as we move through three separate and distinct ecosystems: Sawgrass prairie, Cypress forest and Mangrove islands.

Our first stop gives you a unique opportunity to become familiar with a world-famous photographer and to view his stunning work. No one really expects to find an art gallery in the Everglades, but it’s there in the form of Clyde and Nikki Butcher’s Big Cypress Gallery. You may notice a few dozen gators in Clyde’s front yard. Don’t worry, as with any good neighbor, if you mind your own business, they will mind theirs.

Meander with us through an ancient Cypress dome only feet above the vibrant, teeming world of this river of grass. Witness the numerous forms of life that make this mysterious realm their home. Then venture with us through the quirky town of Everglades City, the center of Everglades life for over 100 years, and down to the historic fishing village of Chokoloskee where you will be visiting an old Indian Trading Post – virtually unchanged since the day it was built.

Full inclusions and pricing are provided on request.

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Walking, Art & galleries · 10 photos

Everglades Backwater Tour

One of the most unexpected and daring journeys in Florida is accessible when you travel the Everglades’ wild backwaters with our trained field biologists and naturalist guides. This is a day of discovery and exploration in one of the world’s most threatened and beautiful wild places: The Florida Everglades and Big Cypress Preserve.

Walking, Airboat · 7 photos

Miccosukee Indian Heritage Airboat Tour

Skip across the shallow waters and sawgrass prairie to a distant Miccosukee island as your guides prepare you for a day of natural wonders and cultural discovery! Watch in wonder as great blue herons, egrets, wood storks and ibises take flight as we travel into the true heart of the Florida Everglades. It is here among the sawgrass prairie that remote cypress islands filled with Seminole and Miccosukee history still exist and it is here that our adventure begins …

Airboat, Evening · 5 photos

Team Building on Miccosukee Tribal Islands

Skip across the shallow waters and saw grass prairies to a distant Miccosukee Island as your Native American guide prepares you for a day of challenge and cultural discovery! Our goal: build a native chickee dwelling on an island owned by our host, Johnny Tigertail. We will separate into teams who will each be given the task to build a traditional Miccosukee chickee. Each team will be responsible for organizing, delegating and constructing their chickee under the guidance and accumulated cultural wisdom of our native Indian guides.