Kayak Everglades National Park
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Day Tours in the Ft Myers area and Everglades City
Mulit-Day Kayaking Tours in Everglades National Park

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Kayaking Everglades National Park, at 1.5 million acres,  is a kayakers  paradise. 

Paddle your Kayak thru the ancient mangrove forests and barrier islands to reach the Gulf of Mexico and our backcountry campsites on white powdered sugar sand beaches. 

Walk the rugged coast, examine marine life, study the tropical coastal ecosystem.  Find a Gumbo Limbo Tree hidden in the forest, pick up a conch shell on the endless beach of Pavilion Key. 

Visit the site of the old Watson House, Everglades most infamous resident who was shot by the people of Chokoloskee in 1910 then buried on Rabbit Key.

Everglades N.P  is a World Heritage Site and a International Biosphere Site and a Wetland of International Importance.  Boasting rare and endangered species, it is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. 

It is a mysterious and ancient place steeped in Native American Culture and Pioneer History, Calusa Indian Shell Mounds dot the coastal area where they hunted for food and gathered materials for shelter in small dug outs. 

Hardscrabble pioneers tried to eek out a living cutting buttonwood for charcoal, harvesting mullet, and poaching birds and gators.  Shallow waters and rich estuarine environments, provided all that was needed. 

When the park was formed in 1947, homesteaders were forced out and the land was taken over.  Some moved to nearby Everglades City, Ochopee, or Naples, others left never to return.

What remains now is a protected, wild area that can be explored by kayak or canoe.  Travelers come from around the world to witness this diverse and complex ecosystem.  The Everglades  only exists here- no other place on the planet is like it. It boasts the second largest Mangrove Forest, only Bangladesh has more. 

Your kayak can glide over 100 miles of rugged and untouched coastline with out passing a road, without passing a town- back county kayaking doesn't get any better. 

So if you are a kayaker, a photographer,  a birder, an adventurer, or just someone looking to take  a break from it all, please consider joining us on one of these wonderful trips into a place that will tug at your heart and awaken your soul.

We are privileged to be legally Permitted Guides of the National Park.  Guides are Florida Master Naturalists specializing in the coastal region, but knowledgeable in Wetlands and Uplands as well.  We are Wilderness First Aid and CPR certified by the American Red Cross.  We practice Leave No Trace and do our very best to make sure your experience is one you will treasure forever

Enjoy our Kayaking Everglades Day Tour Video. 

  This extended family hired us to do a private trip for them. We launched at the Everglades Park Gulf Coast Ranger Station,
paddled out to Jewel Key,   returned via Vinnie's Cut then landed on Sandfly Key for a short hike. 
View the trail, Gumbo limbo, walk the boardwalk, a really neat place to explore.

It was a delight to spend the day with them!

This website is owned by Chicago Kayak.  We are now permanent residents in Florida, spending 9 months in the Everglades and the 3 summer months up north guiding and teaching in the Great Lakes area and  Alaska.