Guided Power Boat Eco-Excursions
(10,000 Islands/Everglades)

• 2 Hour - Power Boat Eco-Experience
• 3.5 Hour - 10,000 Islands Excursion
• 2 hour - Take Your Kids Fishing

2 Hour Power Boat Eco-Experience Daily Tours - 9:00, 11:00, 1:00, 3:00 and Sunset Departs from Marco Island (Goodland) -- Calusa Island Marina ~ 2 Hour Naturalist Led Eco-Excursions Limited to Six Guests - $79 Per Person; Kids Under 12 - ½ Price Great for all Ages and Experience Levels Private tours are available and reservations are required. Everglades Area Tours' 10,000 Islands/Everglades Excursions are a wonderful adventure for the whole family and a great introduction to the area. Led by a formally trained, interpretive naturalist, these tours are an eco-educational experience to learn about the Everglades eco-systems, its rich heritage and long history. We limit each experience to six guests, so you can expect an intimate experience in the wilderness with your guide. In comfortable captain's style seating, with an iced cooler and sun-shade, you will be safely brought deep into the 10,000 Islands for a interpretive tour of the area. Depending on the season, you can expect to encounter manatees, dolphins, sea turtles, bald eagles, ospreys, herons, egrets, pelicans, alligators, rosette spoonbills, as well as, numerous species of fish and shore birds. Our tours are never "canned", so each tour is different. The area's wildlife move around in order to exist in their world and so must we. Many species are seasonal and inhabit different areas in different environmental conditions, so too, we must be able to adapt. Bring your snacks, favorite drinks, hats, sunglasses and have a great time!! Take Your Kids Fishing - 2 hr Intro to Fishing Daily Tours @ 9:00 from Marco Island (Goodland) Great for All Ages and the Whole Family A Private Introduction to Fishing for your Family and Kids. Departs Limited to Six Guests - $250 Reservations are required. The outdoors is healthy for families and fishing is an activity that everyone can share. Kids excited about the outdoors and fishing gravitate to these healthy activities and tend not to be as attracted to the bad influences as other kids. However, we have found that the typical fishing charter is not the best introduction to the sport. The time spent on the boat can simply be too long for beginners, particularly for the youngsters. While most fishing guides enjoy fishing kids and families, they tend to focus more on the experienced angler. This is totally understandable. Everglades Area Tours is dedicated to education and so is this two-hour fishing experience. Our fishing guides are trained naturalists, as well as, experienced fishing guides so there is always an opportunity for learning. This tour is for families, youngsters and beginners with a single objective … "To inspire enthusiasm in the sport and the outdoor world as a whole". All bait, licenses and gear are included. We can take up to six family members on the trip, although, all cannot be fishing at the same time. (It is about the kids!). The cost is $250. Please bring whatever you wish to eat or drink, but do not forget your camera! 3.5 Hour 10,000 Islands Excursion Daily Tours - 9:00 & 1:30 ~ 3-3.5 Hour Naturalist Led Everglades/10,000 Islands Excursion Limited to Six Guests - $129 Per Person; Kids Under 12 - ½ Price Great for all Ages and Experience Levels Private tours are available and reservations are required. Departs from Marco Island (Goodland) -- Calusa Island Marina & from Everglades City (Chokoloskee Island) This is a premier learning experience in the Everglades Area and is superb for the entire family... from toddlers to the grandparents. Limited to just six guests, it is a personalized, hands-on eco-adventure. Everyday is different in the Everglades and 10,000 Islands so we try to be very flexible and dynamic allowing us to adapt to the day's circumstances. We want to provide you the best experience that we can. The tour may/will include a bit of birding, some photography, strolling thru tidal pools, shelling on a remote beach, fishing, exploration one of the 10,000 Islands, beach seine-netting for underwater life and, if you wish, even some kayaking. Your licensed US Coast Guard Captain and Florida Master Naturalist Guide, in a very comfortable power boat, will take you through the mangrove estuary of the coastal Everglades and 10,000 Islands. You will learn about the area as a whole - its unique ecosystems, as well as, it's rich heritage and culture. You may to encounter manatees, dolphins, sea turtles, bald eagles, ospreys, herons, egrets, pelicans, alligators, roseate spoonbills and/or numerous species of fish and shore birds. Once we reach a remote barrier island destination, you will leave the power boat for a hands-on experience in the island's inter-tidal zone. With your assistance, we use supple seine nets to temporarily and humanely capture samples of the wonderfully diverse critters that call this zone home. Magnifying viewing devices are used to view, examine and identify the various species before they are carefully released. For parents and grandparents wanting an active role as educators, our naturalists guides will facilitate the experience and help you be the instructor. The seine activity is a wonder hands-on, multigenerational experience that will have you wading in thigh deep waters (if you actively participate)! Your guide will discuss the day's possibilities with you. However, if there is something that you specifically wish to do or NOT to do, please let your guide know. This tour was developed from our experiential student courses for home school groups, high schools and colleges. This is a learning adventure for the entire family. Departing at 9:00 and 1:30, please expect the excursion to be approximately 3½ hours in duration. The cost is $129 per adult with children under twelve, ½ price. Reservations are required, so please call us at (239)-695-3633 for more information or to make your reservation. This tour departs from two locations - Marco Island (Goodland) from the Calusa Island Marina & Everglades City (Chokoloskee) from JT's Island Café and Gallery. Kayaking is not offered on the Marco Island/Goodland tours and seine netting is not offered on the Everglades City/Chokoloskee tours. You can book this experience securely online. CLICK HERE for a Marco Island/Goodland Reservation. CLICK HERE for an Everglades City/Chokoloskee Reservation.