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We have been guided through the channels of the islands, but we visited also the beautiful shell... read more

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Milan, Italy
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No Small Thing @Smallwood

Learned an interesting history of the settlement of Chokoloskee Island. We enjoyed the southern... read more

Reviewed February 2, 2025
Abercrombie H
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Charlotte, North Carolina
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Reviewed June 30, 2021

We took a 1 hour tour with Tristan Daniels as our guide. We ended up wishing we had booked a longer tour and we will certainly come back and request him again. Not only is he very knowledgeable about the history of the Everglades, but he was able to find quite a bit of wildlife for us to enjoy, including dolphins who followed our boat for a bit. We had a beautiful trip on the water and I highly recommend Tristan and Smallwood Boat Tours.

Date of experience: June 2021
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Reviewed May 10, 2021

We had such an amazing boat tour from the Smallwood Store with Captain Gary. I highly recommend it. Our kids who are almost 7 and 9 loved it! We did a 2 hour tour and it was incredible. Dolphins, all kinds of birds, amazing island sightseeing, and travelled through small passages in the mangroves. Really incredible!

Date of experience: May 2021
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Reviewed March 23, 2021

Captain Cory was amazing. We did the sunset tour and he kept was awesome! He showed us lots of wildlife and entertained us with his fantastic family tales!!

Date of experience: March 2021
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Reviewed February 10, 2021

We booked a sunset tour and ended up having a private excursion with Captain Gary. Loved every minute learning about the Everglades and 10,000 islands. He certainly knows his way around, having lived there all his life. He took us to Pavilion Island and it’s beautiful beach, the rookery where the birds went to roost at sundown, and was able to find the pod of dolphins he knew just about at sunset, so we got marvelous pictures of dolphins with a setting sun! He went back and had the dolphins flying along in the boat’s wake...so much fun! Don’t miss a tour with these folks...they know their way around.

Date of experience: February 2021
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Reviewed January 20, 2021

A wonderful sunset tour through the 10,000 lakes. Our captain told us local stories the whole trip! We saw tons of birds and the rookery was impressive. We even came across a dolphin who played in our wake.

Date of experience: January 2021
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