Everglades according to Miccosukee

Event information

Time: 1:00pm Price:PRICE - TBA
Location:Everglades National Park

Miccosukee Indian Heritage Tour

Skip across the shallow waters and sawgrass prairie to a distant Miccosukee island as your Native American guide prepares you for a day of natural wonders and cultural discovery! Watch in wonder as Great Blue Herons, Egrets, Woodstorks and Ibis take to 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 . . .

Only accessible by airboat, we will travel miles into the Everglades to experience a historic Miccosukee island camp. We will walk the islands our guide’s family called home to hear how the Miccosukee families learned to live in harmony for generations in what many considered an unlivable landscape.

Seek out the family of wild gators that live on the big camp. If they care to show themselves our guide will “speak gator” and to the amazement of all, the gators respond.

Inclusions and details:

All entrance fees, taxes, and gratuities.
Tour interpretation by guide starts and ends at the hotel.
Our guides are certified and trained.
Guide to guest ratio on the bus transfer does not exceed 1:50 and guide to guest ratio on the airboats does not exceed 1:20.
Airboats are custom built, extremely well maintained, quieter and smaller (between 8-20 seats on each) than commercial airboats, making them more maneuverable.
Airboat seats are higher (stadium seating style) than on commercial airboats, allowing for greater visibility.
Airboat portion of tour is guided by members of a Miccosukee family that has lived in the area for generations.
Airboat ride stops at and explores two tree islands (a hunting camp and a family camp).
All animals seen on the tour are either wild or being raised to replenish endangered species in the area (no caged animals for show purposes).
Earmuffs for each participant are supplied.

Minimum number:	15
Maximum number:	70 in one group 140 staggered in one group 210 staggered in two groups
Approximate duration:	3 ½ to 4 hours for one group (including transfer time from South Beach)
Time of day:	morning or afternoon (please also see our evening options)
Weather dependent:	yes
Meals included:	none (optional stop at a famous and inexpensive barbeque watering hole) See Dragonfly Expeditions policy for added hours and meals.
Transportation:	Not Provided. Can be provided by client or by Dragonfly Expeditions at additional cost.
Special notations:	NA