| Are you looking for | | | | a huge area, and part of it borders the great city |
| adventure? | | | | of Miami, from which a number of Everglades |
| Excitement? A story that | | | | tours can be booked or |
| will last you a lifetime? If | | | | chartered. Especially |
| so, then you need to look no further than the | | | | popular are the fast and adventurous airboat |
| shores of the good old United States of | | | | tours. Airboats, or fan |
| America. To be more | | | | boats, are very shallow-drafted flat bottom boats |
| specific, you need to look no further than the low | | | | specifically designed for swamp |
| lying marsh lands of southern | | | | travel. They are powered |
| Florida. The Everglades | | | | by a single very large fan attached to a car or |
| make up one of the | | | | aircraft engine mounted above the body of the |
| €žÃ‚¢s most interesting and complex | | | | boat. Because of the air |
| ecosystems, and cover over seven hundred and | | | | €žÃ‚¢s shallow draft and above water |
| thirty square miles of wilderness and | | | | propulsion system, it can travel through water |
| swamp. Unlike so much | | | | only a few inches deep, and it is even capable of |
| of the rest of the eastern United States, the | | | | skidding for brief distances across sand or bare |
| Everglades are still very much untamed and are | | | | ground. |
| home to a stunning array of wildlife and nature. | | | | If |
| Originally, the Everglades were much | | | | žÃ‚¢re visiting Miami or one of the many |
| larger. It is estimated by | | | | other cities bordering the Everglades national park, |
| some agricultural experts that over half the | | | | make sure to check into the multitude of tour |
| original marsh land has been converted to | | | | options available to you. |
| agricultural farm lands or used for similar | | | | An airboat tour is a once in a lifetime opportunity, |
| purposes. Today, | | | | so make sure you |
| fortunately, most of the Everglades are | | | | žÃ‚¢t miss it. Prices |
| protected by the federal government as part of | | | | vary from tour to tour, but you can expect to |
| the United States national park | | | | shell out forty to fifty |
| system. The Everglades | | | | dollars. For an absolutely |
| remain a wonderful and wild place to explore for | | | | spectacular four or five hour experience, though, |
| you and other Americans because of this | | | | there are few better ways to spend your |
| conservation. | | | | money. If you plan to |
| What better way to explore such a wild swampy | | | | travel through Florida soon, check into airboating in |
| area than with a high powered | | | | the Everglades. |
| airboat? The Everglades is | | | | |