The Best Everglades National Park Airboat Tour
Coopertown has been rated the #1 airboat tour company for more than 75 years, so it’s a great choice if you want an Everglades airboat tour you can trust.
Coopertown is open daily from 9 am to 5 pm, and the last tour goes out at 4:30 pm.
Parking is free!
You can buy your tickets online in advance or wait until you arrive.
If you already made a reservation, you’ll check in when you get there.
If you didn’t, they’ll put you on the next available tour.
Adult tickets are $39, and tickets for kids ages 6-11 are $21.40.
There is also an additional $8 National Park entrance fee added to the cost of your ticket, although that fee is waived if you have your National Park Pass with you.
These prices are subject to change at any time though.
When JP and I went, we had a National Park annual pass, but we didn’t bring it with us on the trip because we honestly didn’t think about it, so we ended up having to pay the extra fee.
It wasn’t a huge deal, but it’s one of those little things that’s easy to overlook and little mistakes like that can add up over time.
If there’s a bit of a wait until your tour time, there are a few things you can do while you’re there.
You can browse the gift shop, take a bathroom break, and apply sunscreen before heading out.
It’s a good idea to take care of those things before your tour starts because once you’re on the boat, there’s no turning back.
We always like stopping in gift shops when we travel somewhere new because we collect Christmas ornaments from the places we visit, so that was an easy way for us to pass time.