Experiential and Adventure Courses

Experiential and Adventure Courses
Jan - April 2009

The Everglades National Park and the 10,000 islands are a very special part of our planet.  The area is extremely vast and richly diverse.  It is unlike any other place on our planet.  The Park is home to hundreds of species of birds, unique reptiles, manatees, dolphins, sea turtles and dozens of other rare and endangered animals.  It is the only Park in the National Park system set aside for its biodiversity and unique eco-systems rather than for its geologic features.  The Everglades are extremely rugged, yet quietly beautiful.  The vast wilderness of the Park is the perfect classroom environment for students to experience the outdoors.

Everglades Area Tours.com (E.A.T.) offers a “Complete Everglades Experience” for high schools and colleges through very unique outdoor adventure courses.  Our five to seven day courses are totally hands-on and experiential.  We feel that the best way to learn is by doing and prefer to let the Everglades speak for themselves.  This is an outdoors educational experience camping, kayaking, fishing … learning all the time.  Students participate in every aspect of our days.  We learn to work together as a group and as a school.

The challenges that our courses offer give students the opportunity to learn more about themselves and achieve more than they ever thought possible.  Structure is provided throughout the course, but we also realize the importance of adapting the activities for the individuals and the group.  Students will learn to live outdoors and practice Leave No Trace principles. They will pick up skills in coastal camping, marine navigation, sea kayaking, wildlife identification, fishing, cooking, survival techniques, teamwork, leadership, local natural history, as well as, environmental ethics and stewardship.

This is an experience that none will forget or regret.  Your students will walk away with a new level of confidence and set of skills that they will use throughout their lives. Upon the completion of this course, graduates will apply their unique life skills and deep appreciation of the outdoor environment in their transition into young adulthood.

Students will spend their days and nights camping in the wilderness of the Everglades sharing the experience with their friends and classmates.  Two Learning Opportunities Modules, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, are separated by three hearty meals freshly prepared each day.  For several of the opportunities, we enlist guest instructors and leaders.  Activities are fun, energetic and thought provoking.  Very important, as well, each day includes individual and free time for the students to swim, fish, kayak, socialize, etc.  An evening sunset paddle and campfire is part of everyday.

Everglades Area Tours is located on Chokoloskee Island and is the western gateway to the 10,000 Islands and Everglades National Park.  We are located just 35 minutes from Naples, 90 minutes from Fort Myers, Ft. Lauderdale and Miami airports.  Although, we are conveniently located near major metropolitan airports we still operate in one of the most pristine wilderness environments in North America.