Boggy Creek Airboat Adventures

Boggy Creek Airboat Adventures is pure, unapologetic Florida: a 32-acre playground where turbocharged airboats tear across sawgrass flats and captains trade tall stories for sharp wildlife observations. You climb aboard, ears filled with wind and motor, and within minutes a hulking alligator or a hovering bald eagle punctuates the silence. The park is stitched together with lighted brick paths, Lily’s Butterfly Garden, a gator pond and a hands-on gem mine, so it’s as much a family day out as it is an adrenaline rush. Captains like Christy and Wayne steer with humor and local lore while helping photographers line up the shot. Locals treat it as a reliable weekend ritual and a way to introduce kids to real Florida; visitors get the cinematic Everglades moment they came for. There’s a lakeside payoff at Boggy Bottoms BBQ and a small living-history area that ties present-day tours to deeper swamp stories. Practical note: wrap up against wind, pick the middle row for toddlers and bring ear protection for little ones.