Family owned and operating since the late 1990s. All guides are formally trained Florida Master Naturalists, Environmental Educators and Full-Time Outdoor Leaders.
Everglades Area Tours is an educational tour operator working in Florida's Everglades National Park and surrounding protected areas. All guides are formally trained Florida Master Naturalists, Environmental Educators and Full-Time Outdoor Leaders.
Everglades Area Tours provides eco-educational experiences (hiking, paddling and powerboating) throughout the region — from half-day tours to seven-day experiential courses in the Everglades wilderness.
Professional fishing guide, outdoor writer and naturalist interpretive guide. FAA Certified Flight Instructor, Florida Master Naturalist and US Coast Guard Captain. Guiding professionally in the Park since 1997. President of Chokoloskee Enterprises, Inc. (d/b/a Everglades Area Tours). Active with the Audubon Society and Collier County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Award-winning outdoor photographer with 25 years of teaching experience and over 17 years of nature photography. Leads Private Photo and Birding Safaris in Everglades National Park and the 10,000 Islands. Has lived on Chokoloskee Island since 2018.
Florida Master Naturalist with over 25 years of kayaking experience in SW Florida. Leads multi-night kayak camping trips. Captain of Diana Nyad's kayak team for her Cuba-to-Florida swim attempt. Founder of the 300+ member No Motor Angler's Club.