Arrive at the Coopertown Everglades Tour building and stop in to have a bite to eat in the restaurant while you're waiting for the tour to begin.
The airboat starts off slowly, showing you a resident soft shell turtle - the guides feed the wildlife marshmallows so that they will come to the boats. Basically the wildlife is now addicted to sugar!!
After the first bit, the airboat speeds up - the air is flowing through your hair - wear sunglasses so that you can keep your eyes open!! We stopped several times to see a variety of wildlife, including turtles, alligators and birds.
Once back at the tour building we went through the alligator zoo - a variety of sizes of alligators which are held in captivity (since that's where they were born) so that we can see them up close. There is also the opportunity to hold the smaller alligators.
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