| Are you looking for adventure? Excitement? A | | | | Everglades is a huge area, and part of it |
| story that will last you a lifetime? If so, | | | | borders the great city of Miami, from which a |
| then you need to look no further than the | | | | number of Everglades tours can be booked or |
| shores of the good old United States of | | | | chartered. Especially popular are the fast |
| America. To be more specific, you need to | | | | and adventurous airboat tours. Airboats, or |
| look no further than the low lying marsh | | | | fan boats, are very shallow-drafted flat |
| lands of southern Florida. The Everglades | | | | bottom boats specifically designed for swamp |
| make up one of the world’s most | | | | travel. They are powered by a single very |
| interesting and complex ecosystems, and cover | | | | large fan attached to a car or aircraft |
| over seven hundred and thirty square miles of | | | | engine mounted above the body of the boat. |
| wilderness and swamp. Unlike so much of the | | | | Because of the air boat’s shallow draft |
| rest of the eastern United States, the | | | | and above water propulsion system, it can |
| Everglades are still very much untamed and | | | | travel through water only a few inches deep, |
| are home to a stunning array of wildlife and | | | | and it is even capable of skidding for brief |
| nature. | | | | distances across sand or bare ground. |
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| Originally, the Everglades were much larger. | | | | If you’re visiting Miami or one of the |
| It is estimated by some agricultural experts | | | | many other cities bordering the Everglades |
| that over half the original marsh land has | | | | national park, make sure to check into the |
| been converted to agricultural farm lands or | | | | multitude of tour options available to you. |
| used for similar purposes. Today, | | | | An airboat tour is a once in a lifetime |
| fortunately, most of the Everglades are | | | | opportunity, so make sure you don’t |
| protected by the federal government as part | | | | miss it. Prices vary from tour to tour, but |
| of the United States national park system. | | | | you can expect to shell out forty to fifty |
| The Everglades remain a wonderful and wild | | | | dollars. For an absolutely spectacular four |
| place to explore for you and other Americans | | | | or five hour experience, though, there are |
| because of this conservation. | | | | few better ways to spend your money. If you |
| | | | plan to travel through Florida soon, check |
| What better way to explore such a wild swampy | | | | into airboating in the Everglades. |
| area than with a high powered airboat? The | | | | |