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Everglades National Park

Everglades National Park

35 USDMust-see

A million and a half hectares of wetland, with alligators a boardwalk away.

Duration

5 hrs – 8 hrs

Difficulty

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Best time

December to April, early morning

Open

Every day

Entry price

35 USD

The Everglades are not a swamp but a river: a sheet of fresh water eighty kilometres wide running from Lake Okeechobee down to Florida Bay, at three centimetres an hour. The grasses standing out of it gave it the name river of grass.

It is the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles live side by side. The Anhinga Trail at Royal Palm is an eight-hundred-metre boardwalk where you see alligators a few metres away, with no boat and no guide — the best introduction to the park.

Getting there

Main entrance at Homestead, an hour's drive from Miami. The Shark Valley entrance on Highway 41 is closer and is toured by bicycle.

What the price covers

private vehicle, valid seven consecutive days at every entrance; $20 on foot or by bike, $30 by motorbike. Free under 16. The park does not take cash.

What to bring

Rules on site

The dry season, December to April, concentrates wildlife around the water holes: in summer the mosquitoes make the trails very hard going. Stay on the boardwalks and never approach an alligator, even a still one.

Checked on 29 August 2026 at National Park Service — Everglades fees

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