Parkland, FL City Guides



1. Loxahatchee Everglades Tours

City: Parkland, FL
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (561) 482-6107
Address: 15490 Loxahatchee Rd.

Description: The Loxahatchee Everglades Tours will take you into the heart of the Everglades, and into a world you won’t see anywhere else. You’ll be heading into the River of Grass, as Floridians call it, and it actually is a moving, water-based ecosystem, filled with swamps, marshes, tropical hammocks, and mangroves found nowhere else. And the wildlife? Alligators, of course, plus red-shouldered hawks, blue herons, egrets, ibises, purple gallinules (a bird), otters, armadillos, bullfrogs the size of . . . bulls, rattlesnakes, water moccasins, Burmese pythons (an unfortunate import), eagles, osprey, deer, an occasional Florida Panther, and a hundred other species found only in the Everglades. When the captain decides to turn off the engine for a few minutes, you’ll marvel at the power of the beautiful silence here. Airboats were developed specifically to fly over this river of grass, and are propelled by a huge fan in the rear. Be advised that airboats are very loud and you’ll be given earplugs to use if you want to. Also note that weather in the Everglades is unpredictable, so you might want to give them a call before getting in the car.
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