Billie Swamp Safari

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Billie Swamp Safari

  • July 15, 2004
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Venturer from Bossier City, Louisiana
Billie Swamp Safari

Billie Swamp Safari—You can spend all day at Billie Swamp Safari if you take advantage of all they have to offer. As you enter the gift shop you can purchase tickets at the back counter. You can look at the few caged animals, birds and snakes without a ticket. If you want to see the snake show, take the airboat ride or the swamp buggy tour you must purchase tickets. The airboat ride takes you across the water into a swamp where you will see alligators, snakes and birds. The motor was so loud that, even though I had earplugs in, my ears were still ringing when I went to bed that night. An airplane motor powers it, so you can imagine the sound. They give you earplugs when you buy your ticket and they furnish ear protectors for the small children.

On the swamp buggy tour you ride through water at several places and see ostriches, wild hogs, deer, raccoons, birds and other wildlife. Our driver pointed out all the different kinds of plants and animals and enlightened us about them. We hiked on trails in the campground and were fascinated by the camping huts that were nothing more than an enclosure with a roof and bunk beds inside. The roofs were made of the palm branches and did not leak.

From journal Fort Lauderdale in July

Billy's Swamp Safari

  • December 5, 2002
  • Rated 3 of 5 by Malahini from Saint Paul, Minnesota
Billy's Swamp Safari

Here, deep within the Everglades about 20 miles north of Interstate 75, combination rides give a good introduction to this sea of grass. The swamp buggy runs for over an hour through a marshy part of the reservation stocked with a variety of exotic animals. African cattle, ostrich, and antelope seem a bit out of place there, but make an interesting tour. The reptile show was well done - check out the photo of the speaker holding a small alligator.

From journal Exploring from Fort Lauderdale

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Billie's Everglade Park Swamp Safari

  • January 27, 2001
  • Rated 3 of 5 by superpurd from Williams Lake, British Columbia
You can get specific directions by picking up a brochure at any hotel or tourist info centre. This is a fairly large centre in the everglades that would appear to be able to handle about 1000 tourists a day. It was not very busy when we were there which was great for us. We took a ride in a large swamp buggy, which traveled on roads, through water and stopped to view lots of animals, both local and imported. Sort of a safari tour. Viewed several alligators, crocodiles as well as many African animals. We stopped at a hut where about 3 times a day a guide gave talks and demonstrations about poisonous snakes. Pretty good and lots of snakes etc. to look at while you are there. The highlight for us was a ride on a airboat through the everglades. The ride stopped to feed alligators, turtles etc. and got up pretty good speed a few times to give us some thrills. Incredibly smooth ride. Wish I could have taken one out by myself. There is a restaurant available for snacks, which was certainly nothing special. Cost was about $30 each. Worth doing especially if you have never seen the everglades or ridden in an airboat.

From journal Four days in Fort Lauderdale

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