Your Home Base in the Everglades.

Unlike any other place in the world, fishing the Everglades can be rewarding as well as challenging.  Bring your own boat or hire a guide to explore new fishing holes and experience the beauty of the 10,000 Islands, mangrove tunnels, or the backwaters or the Gulf of Mexico.

Whether you are experienced or a first time bird watcher, you will be amazed at the birds in the Everglades.  Osprey, pileated woodpeckers, ibises, herons and great horned owls are seen daily in Everglades City.  To go where the wildlife is, you know you have arrived in nature at its best.  That is Everglades City.

Whether you explore the backwaters, the 10,000 islands, or the Gulf of Mexico, there is no better way to experience these areas than with your own muscle power.  Life slows down and nature presents herself in mysterious ways from a kayak or canoe. Click below for more information on exploring the Everglades.

The Everglades National Park Gulf Coast Visitor Center is located just south of Everglades City.  This is the entrance to the 10,000 Islands. Accessed only by boat, bring yours, hire a guide or book a tour, there is no place in the world like the Everglades.

Endless exploring in the Everglades, happens at the Big Cypress Preserve.  Swamp walks, star gazing, fresh water fishing, hiking, swamp buggy rides, airboats, all of this happens in and around the Big Cypress National Preserve.  

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park just west of Copeland, Florida. Enjoy the safety of your car and drive or brave the wilderness of the Everglades and hike one of the trails along Jane Scenic Drive. The beauty of the swamp and old cypress trees along the road are breathless.