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Overnight Canoe & Sea Kayaking Tours

EvergladesAreaTours.com is located just 40 minutes from Naples and Marco Island, 75 minutes from Ft. Myers Airport and 90 minutes from the Ft. Lauderdale and Miami Airports. With Everglades National Park, the 10,000 Islands and the Wilderness Water way so close, why paddle elsewhere?

Everglades Area Tours offers several types of overnight tours. Guided Sea Kayaking Tours, Guided Canoe Tours and Boat Assisted Base Camp Paddle Tours.

Travel here is easy. You can fly in to Ft. Myers, Ft. Lauderdale or Miami airport with just your personal items because each tour is completely outfitted. The camping trips include your skilled guides, as well as, all meals, gear, kayaks/canoes safety gear, satellite phones and transport boat shuttles (if appropriate). All you will need are your personal items.

Guided Sea Kayaking Tours. By far, our most popular tours, we launch from shore near, Marco Island. Everglades City or Chokoloskee Island and paddle the 10,000 Islands, Everglades National Park and the Wilderness Waterway. Tours can be a "loop" trip where we return to the same launch site or a "one way" trip where launch at one location and are picked up at another. However the trip is routed, we use our fleet of power boats to re-supply and routinely check on our guests during the tours. Your safety is our first concern. Tours from two to nine days are available. However, the three day and five trips are the most popular. Tours can depart most any day to meet your schedule, but we do have scheduled regularly tours (Please click here for a schedule of tours). For the best experience, we limit the number of guests on each tour, but of course, we do offer private trips.

The Everglades Area is a very unique, yet dynamic and diverse ecosystem. This wild environment changes daily with the changing weather, stages of the moon, as well as, the different seasons. Our guides have a pulse on these changes and have chosen to live and work in the area as a way of life and a passion. Everglades Area Tours operates sea kayaking and canoe tours all year long, not seasonally as all other do. Our guides know the area like no others. When you call to book a tour with us, you will be talking directly with an owner or one of our guides, not a remote office in another state.

Guided Canoe Tours. There are some very unique and wonderful areas of the Park that simply are better experienced in a canoe. Canoes have a greater capacity for heavier loads and can carry more gear. It is also sometimes nice to paddle tandem with your partner. The use of canoes allows our clients to experience a greater variety of the Parks ecosystems on a single tour.

Boat Assisted (Base Camp) Paddle Tours. On these tours, we use a power boat to transport the kayaks, our guests and gear to a remote location where we setup a base camp, typically on a remote island beach. From the base camp, we make daily paddle excursions to areas that most paddlers simply do not have time to get to and few have experienced. Of course, a sunrise and/or sunset paddle at the base camp should be part of the daily experience.

The additional carrying capacity of the Kayak Transport Boat allows us to supply additional amenities and creature comforts to our guests such as sun showers, large coolers, camp chairs, etc. These Boat Assisted Base Camp trips are wonderful for those that wish to explore different areas of the Park and do not have the time to paddle to each area. For those who feel "being there" is more important than "paddling there", this is the trip for you. These trips are especially suited for those that enjoy the sport of kayak fishing. Very important, as well, The use of the transport boats also allow us to select campsites that are best suited for the forecasted weather conditions.

Livery Services. With our three transport boats, we are offer water livery services for kayaks, canoes, gear and guests. Many of our tours start out with a water shuttle to a remote location to begin their excursion. Livery allows us to offer routes and access to areas of the Park that others cannot.

Bring your kayaks/canoes and gear, rent some of ours or enjoy a completely "turn-key" Everglades sea kayaking or canoe experience. For more information on the Livery & Shuttles Service... click here. For more information on Outfitting and Rentals...click here. Our Commitment. Everglades Area Tours is as passionate about this very special part of our planet as we are about sea kayaking. We feel that we are very fortunate to be able to live and work in a place that we love so much. We commit to you to do whatever we practically can to provide you the best possible Everglades Experience. As such, we only utilize experienced, local guides and environmental professionals for our tours services. We use only state-of-the-arts equipment that is personally maintained by our owners and guides. Safety is of the up most importance to us, so we carry all needed safety equipment, but most importantly we plan well and pay attention to the details so the trips run smoothly. We want you to enjoy your first tour with us and your tenth.

Safety Equipment. Your safety and comfort is paramount. The Park's expansiveness can make navigating the area daunting. However, rest assured that each guide carries the state-of-the-art in safety, navigation and communications equipment. Each tour is equipped with GPS units, VHF marine radios, GPS tracking devices and cell/satellite phones. You will be in good, experienced hands, protect by reliable modern communications equipment.

Meals. Everglades Area Tours completely outfits your trip. An important part of any good camping trip is good hearty meals. However, a "Complete Everglades Experience" must include local the wonderful local seafood of the Everglades. Being the only year round outfitter, we take pride in preparing fresh local cuisine on every trip that we can. If conditions allow, our guides will even catch fresh fish for your meals. Prepared by your guide, fresh each time, the meals make your trip complete. A meal option plan will be emailed to you as part of the planning confirmation process so that we can tailor the meals to your desires and needs.

Routes and Itineraries. Our paddle routes and itineraries are adaptable and variable. They vary depending on the time of year, length of trip, preferred destinations, weather conditions, campsite availability and the makeup and desires of the guests. If you are a returning guest, please be sure to communicate to about your past trips. You may wish to paddle a different area or be sure to return to your favorite campsite.

Tour Schedule

We can begin a tour just about any time that meets your schedule. However, October thru May we have multiday tours scheduled at least twice a month. Please click here for and schedule of tours. All tours are on a reservation basis and must be scheduled in advance.

Traditional Sea Kayaking & Canoe Camping Tours

The completely outfitted camping trips include your skilled guides, as well as, all meals, gear, kayaks/canoes safety gear, satellite phones and transport boat shuttles (if appropriate). All you will need are your personal items.

Two Days Guided Kayaking /One Night Camping $359 per person
Three Days Guided Kayaking /Two Nights Camping $529 per person
Four Days Guided Kayaking /Three Nights Camping $699 per person
Five Days Guided Kayaking /Four Nights Camping $879 per person
Six Days Guided Kayaking /Five Nights Camping $1049 per person
Seven Days Guided Kayaking /Six Nights Camping $1219 per person

Boat Assisted (Base Camp) Paddle Tours

Two Days Guided Kayaking /One Night Camping $699 per person
Three Days Guided Kayaking /Two Nights Camping $799 per person
Four Days Guided Kayaking /Three Nights Camping $925 per person
Five Days Guided Kayaking /Four Nights Camping $1099 per person
Six Days Guided Kayaking /five Nights Camping $1249 per person
Seven Days Guided Kayaking /Six Nights Camping $1399 per person

Please click here for a schedule of Everglades Sea Kayaking & Canoe Tours.

Note: Prices and schedules are subject to change. All camping trips require a 50% non-refundable deposit to confirm a reservation. The balance is due two weeks before your trip. The pricing above assumes a minimum of four guests on the tour. Guests may be combined to make the trip minimum of four, but each tour is limited in number for the best experience. Private tours and tours of less than four guests are available upon request. Longer trips are available, as well. All prices are in US currency and subject to change without notice.


 

Everglades Area Tours
238 Mamie Street ~ PO Box 824
Chokoloskee Island, FL 34138
Phone: 239-695-3633
Email: tours@EvergladesAreaTours.com