Orlando Airboat Rides: An Exciting Look Into Florida's Wildlife

Boggy Creek Airboat Tours

Boggy Creek Airboat Rides

Sightings include bald eagles, blue herons, deer, a wide variety of water foul, and the star attraction — the American alligator.

From the safety of your boat, you'll be able to see some of Florida's most dangerous wildlife including snakes, wild hogs, and American alligators. Other animals spotted in the Orlando marshes include various birds such as Bald Eagles, Osceola Turkeys, Moorhens, and Coots.  From the various parks and professional airboat drivers in Orlando, you'll have choices as to what kind of airboat ride you'd like to take.

Most places offer day and night rides through the marshes and tours into the Central Florida Everglades from Orlando. Old Fashioned Airboat Rides feature rides on the scenic Saint John's River, where you'll see not only the animals of Florida, but also ancient Indian mounds. Boggy Creek Airboat Rides offers the visitor rides that range from standard 30-minute daytime tours to 1 hour nighttime tours. Located in Kissammee, Boggy Creek's airboat rides are given on West Lake Toho.

Another place for fun airboat rides is Gatorland, which offers Cypress Glades Adventure Tours. In these tours, guests will not only have the opportunity to take a half day airboat ride, but also to engage in various exciting activities involving alligators. Gatorland offers the Trainer for a Day program, which allows a person to have a hands-on training session with one of Gatorland's reptile experts. The park also offers the Gator Egg Collecting program, where guests can head out to the breeding marsh on a wild hunt for alligator eggs along with a team of experts.  The catch?  The momma alligator isn't too far behind the egg hunters!

So for a look into the Florida's exciting natural environment, go on an airboat ride and maybe even have some close encounters with alligators.  It's bound to be a one-of-a-kind wild experience!