Florida Everglades Tours and Rentals
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Everglades Tours (Nov-Mar)
Rentals
(rates include tax)
Canoe
single day
$30 per day
Canoe
multiple day only $25 per day
Bicycle
only $15
per day
A Release of Liability must be sign to participate in everglades tours or rentals. You can down load a copy here or with a minor here.
Shuttle Service - transportation to and from Everglades City and Flamingo with boats and gear
Wilderness Waterway Recourses - downloads and links for planning your adventure
You
must be prepared!
a good sense of adventure!
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Everglades Tours with Canoeing and Siteseeing
$75-$95
everglades tour prices are all inclusive what you see is what you pay!
Our everglades tours are for relaxed independent people on vacation
The only hostel tour that gets you into the
Everglades
National Park. Experience its beauty and unique diversity from
sawgrass
prairies, cypress domes to mangrove tunnels and marine
estuaries.
There’s no other place
like the Everglades!
Our everglades tours are small and personal, ranging in size
from 1 to 8 people per guide.
November through March Schedule for Everglades tours
Everglades Day
Tours
Guaranteed Everglades
Tours
Weekly
Half and Full day everglades tours
Interpretive wilderness guide
Canoing in the everglades
Wet-walk in a cypress dome
Sightseeing on boardwalks and trails
also included on a everglades tour: lunch (full day only), park
entrance fee, canoe rental
and transportation
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Options for Signing-up for an everglades tour:
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What to bring with you on an everglades tour: water (one gallon per person); snacks; sunscreen; bug spray; hat with a good brim; sunglasses; a change of clothes (wear shorts & t-shirt, bring pants & long sleeve shirt); rain gear; cash; camera or binoculars are nice to have; and most important of all a good sense of adventure.
Note: Due to the unpredictability of weather and the parks changing conditions throughout the year the exact trails and specific details of each everglades tour are decided by the guide on the day of the trip.
A Release of Liability must be sign to participate in everglades tours or rentals. You can down load a copy here or with a minor here.
Other Tour Options if you have:
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Check out some pictures of what your missing in our canoe tours photo gallery!
Canoe Rentals
$30 for a single day rental or multiple day reservations
Only $25 per day on multiple day rental with no reservation
Important Note: rentals are by day, not 24hrs if you keep it overnight its 2 days (no matter what time of the day, afternoon or evening you pick it up)
Includes:
life-vest, paddles as well as car mounting gear (4
foam blocks and 2 straps)
Canoe
Specs:
Old Town Discovery
174 Canoes
seats 2 paddling with a third possible on the floor in the middle
length 17'4" - width 36" - depth 14" - weight 83 lbs. -
capacity 1080 lbs.
Old Town Pathfinder
Canoes
seats 2 paddling with a third possible on the floor in the middle
length 14'10" - width 36" - depth 13 1/2" - weight 57 lbs. -
capacity 820 lbs.
Reservations:
Most of the year you can just come in and get a canoe however around
mid December through the begining of the year canoes can be totaly
rented out. To reserve canoes you will need to pay
for the full rental in advance and once the reservation is made the
full payment is non-refundable. If you would like to reserve
please follow
this link otherwise just come in.
Important
Note:
Since there is no boat launch at the hostel you will need to either
transport or arrange for transport of all canoe rentals to your trail
head.
A Release of Liability must be sign to participate in tours or rentals. You can down load a copy here or with a minor here.
Bicycle Rental
$15 per day tax included
Bicycle Specs:
Raleigh mountain bikes
steel frames
7speed Shimano gears
heights: male frames 18"-20" female frames 16"
Includes:
helmet, front basket, emergency repair kit, lock and cable, safety vest
Bike rack:
$6 per day tax included, mounts on to most cars, carries 3 bikes
Drop offs:
The 10 miles between the hostel and the Park
entrance are all farm lands with long narrow roads, large trucks and
pesticides so unless you're an avid road cyclist or you have your own
car we recommend allowing us to transport you back and forth to the
Everglades National Park entrance ($10/person round trip for
hostel
guests).
A Release of Liability must be sign to participate in tours or rentals. You can down load a copy here or with a minor here.
Shuttle Service for Wilderness Waterway
If paddlers will have and use their own car as well(Shuttle service will be completed in one day)
Note: These rates are for transport only and do not include canoe rentals Paddlers will: Ideal shuttle if you will have and use your own car as wellDay
1
– Call hostel to confirm your previously
scheduled shuttle and make final arrangements form pick-up. Drive to
your end point. Pull your permit (in person and no more then 24hr in
advance). Be ready for pick-up at scheduled time and place. Driver
shuttles you and gear to your start point with a stop at the hostel to
make payment and if needed pick-up canoe/s. We recommend you spent your
first night at your nearest start point walk-on campground
(Flamingo/Chokoloskee). Make your test paddle and take advantage of
last chance to pick-up anything you might have forgotten. Get a good
nights sleep. |
If paddlers will not use or have their own car(Shuttle service will be completed in two days)
Note: These rates are for transport only and do not include canoe rentals Paddlers will: Ideal shuttle if you will be without a carDay 1 -
Fly into Miami rent a car form Enterprise. Drive to Hostel and Check-in
for 1 night. Get all last minute provisions with your rental car and
return car to local Enterprise (they drop you at the hostel). Get
everything ready for early departure. Why Enterprise? They have a local facility and make free pick-up and drop-offs at the hostel Why should I camp Day 2 at a walk-in campground? This allows you to make a test trip so you can try everything out and check your provisioning before setting out into the wilderness plus you can only get your permits in person at the ranger station no more than 24hrs in advance. |
Additional fees for changes to above
Note:
The driver’s total time and distance covered for your shuttle
is 6 hr & 300 miles. Most of the drive will be on
narrow roads that are not well lit for this reason we prefer to
schedule liveries so the driver is not driving any time after dark,
including the drive back to the hostel.
+ $50 cash directly to driver if livery continues after dark
+ $50 cash directly to driver if driver has to wait more than
45 min. for gear to be loaded/unloaded
+ $50 cash directly to driver if you need to be dropped-off
somewhere else besides the Ranger Stations for example; Turner River or
Chokoloskee after pulling a permit at Everglades City ranger station or Hells Bay, West Lake, Coot
Bay Pond after pulling a permit at Flamingo
+ $100+tax will be charged to your credit card if you fail to
show up for scheduled livery
+ $100 cash directly to the driver if the need for a
“NOW” based time frame arises
For example:
“Yes, I know we’re early but we need you to livery
us NOW.” In this situation if the driver is
available to drive you on your request of "Now" (+$100) and if driving
after dark is also required (+$50) you may be better off waiting for
your scheduled date (+$150 total)
Wilderness Waterway Resources
Everglades Park
Map 
(1.5MB)
Everglades
Backcountry Checklist (71KB)
Everglades
Backcountry Campsites Coordinates (131KB)
A Paddler's Guide to Everglades National Park - excellent guide by Johnny Molloy
Waterproof Charts - look for #41(Everglades City side) and #39 (Flamingo side)
Everglades National Park
@ National Park Service
website (Backcountry
Camping)
@ AreaParks.com
website
@
GORP website
A
Paddler's Guide to Everglades - excellent guide
by Johnny
Molloy
EvergladesDiary.com
- resource for wilderness waterway trips
Saltwatertides.com
- get some tide charts
Tidelines
On Line - graphic tide charts
Online
Guide to Snakes of Florida - University of Florida's web site
Jets
Florida
Outdoors - nearest decent outdoor recreation supplies
Overnight Everglades Tours
Get
into the outback! join us on our overnight trips
from one to ten nights!!!
Camp on Chickees
and beach heads. Meals and gear included. Overnight everglades tours
range in price from
$100 for one night up to $800 for 10 nights. No skills are necessary
for
one or two day trips. You must have the ability to paddle up to 20
miles a day in adverse conditions for trips of three or more nights.
Check out some pictures in our everglades tours photo gallery of what your missing!
A Release of Liability must be sign to participate in everglades tours or rentals. You can down load a copy here or with a minor here.
Paddlers Waterway, Wilderness Waterway and Loops
Download
an
Everglades National Park Map (1.7MB)
Paddle the Everglades wilderness waterways. Theses trips can take upwards of 11 days and is absolutely spectacular. Must have good paddling skills, be able to paddle up to 20 miles a day and have chart and compass skills. All gear and food provided. You need to be self motivated and willing to participate in daily chores such as setting and breaking camp and meal prep and clean up.
Shuttle Service only - transportation to and from Everglades City and Flamingo with boats and gear
Check out some pictures in our wilderness waterway photo gallery of what your missing!
Check out some wilderness waterway resources above
A Release of Liability must be sign to participate in tours or rentals. You can down load a copy here or with a minor here.
minimum 4 max 7 people per tour
Everglades National Park Canoe Trails
Download
an
Everglades National Park Map (1.7MB)
Mud Lake Loop: This trail is best if started at Coot Bay Pond on Flamingo Hwy. A beautiful cut takes you thru mangroves into Coot Bay. Here you can find manatee, dolphin, otters, sharks, crocodiles, and is a great place for fishing, (licenses are required for fishing, check at marina ) follow coot bay to Mud Lakes entrance. This is a spectacular way to enter Mud Lake which earns it name well! follow the markers thru to bear lake canoe trail which is a 30 minute paddle down a straight trail to a 200 yard portage that takes you to the Buttonwood canal. head back up to coot bay and back to coot bay pond. this trail is an awesome 5 hour paddle in the winter and hell during mosquito season. In the summer just out into Coot Bay is nice, about an hour or two.
Hell's Bay: "Hell to get into and hell to get out of." was a popular phrase used about the Hell's Bay area by locals of years past. This trail can be as short or as long as you want, winding through a maze of mangroves and small ponds with the first of 3 back country campsites only 3 miles from the trail head. This trail is excellent for a " no brainer", easy to get to, overnight trip!!
Noble Hammock: This 2 mile loop is off the main highway and winds through a maze of mangroves and small ponds, including some saw grass areas. This trail might be short but it takes about three hours to complete as it has many sharp turns and tight passage ways.
West Lake: This trail begins at West Lake and travels thru open water areas and enclosed waterways and creeks. Mangroves surround you as you paddle thru this alligator and crocodile habitat. Travel thru West Lake, Long Lake and the Lungs before reaching Alligator Creek. Alligator Creek joins with Florida Bay at Garfield Bight and there is a back country campsite at this location. West Lake trail is a full day trip and checking weather and winds is a must before hand.
Wilderness Waterway: A rough and rugged 99-mile paddle from Flamingo all the way up to Everglades City you'll never forget!