Press Releases

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Travel Weekly: Secaucus, NJ

The whole family can enjoy Central Florida Everglades and all its natural wildlife while cruising over the water aboard on of the 18 passenger airboats.....

ECityoftravel.com

For nature-loving children and those that seek "Natures Florida", an airboat ride in the Central Florida Everglades is exciting and picturesque.....

Manchester Evening News

If you have a need for speed, take a short drive out of the center of Orlando to Boggy Creek, on Lake Toho for a thrilling airboat ride. At over 50 mph it seems like you're flying across the water and reeds in the hunt for a glimpse of alligators, eagles, snakes and turtles.....

Sunday Sun: Newcastle

Another highlight of the week was an airboat ride on Boggy Creek. Here you can tour the wetlands of Central Florida for a close-up view of eagles, osprey, snakes, turtles and alligators.....

Travel publication

I was genuinely surprised to have a thrill-a-minute on an airboat ride at Boggy Creek. The wetlands looked so peaceful yet one immediately suspected there was a wild side to Orlando.....

Best of Orlando: Laura Nugent

We were ready to explore Orlando's wetlands by means of an airboat ride. Boat? It looked more like a massive fan, with seats! Within moments of setting off, our guides drew our attention to an alligator enjoying the morning sun a few feet away. Fortunately, he didn't seem too bothered by our clicking cameras.....

Florida Travel Magazine

Florida and airboats are synonymous for many people. During the ride, at least two big gators were seen in their natural habitat along with 2 water moccasins curled up in the reeds basking in the afternoon sun. The feeling of skimming through the reeds and along the top of the water with the powerful motor roaring behind you is pure Florida.....

FamilyTravelForum.com

With padded earmuffs in place, we blasted up and away from the dock and the reeds, hair flying; avoid hats, but sunglasses and outwear are essential. In 30 minutes, we saw a pair of bald eagles on their nest, blue herons, egrets, anhinga, gulls, and ducks. The highlight: with the "eagle eyes" of Edgar, we were able to watch a nine-foot alligator slither off a muddy islet across the water and into the reeds.....

The Boston Herald: Joe O'Shea

After a refreshing course of gator and frog legs at the East Lake Restaurant, you can visit your dinner's cousins on Boggy Creek Airboat Rides nighttime excursion. Whistling throughout walls of tall grass, at speeds of up to 45 mph, Top Gun pilot, Paul, uses a miner's cap light to search for glowing gator eyes.....

Liverpool ECHO: David Bassett

We were thrilled by a 45 minute ride through wetlands, home to nesting alligators and other wildlife. You glide through the weeds, stopping to view the huge nests floating in the side waters, your every move closely watched by a protective female alligator guarding her eggs.....

Newcastle Evening Chronicle: Garry Willey

Boggy Creek fell squarely into the high-octane file, and exhilarating airboat across the unspoiled backwaters of Lake Tohopekaliga stopping only to eyeball alligators guarding their nests. When you're less than 100 feet away and the beasts so much as twitch, you discover reflexes you never knew you had.....

Fodors.com: Caragh Rockwood

The pristine Lake Tohopekaliga, 10 minutes from Gaylord Palms, is renowned for bass fishing. Boggy Creek Airboat Rides conducts 35 minute tours on airboats that seem to glide over the wetlands and bring you close to wildlife.....

Free Life in the Midwest: Mark Glass

Until I discovered Boggy Creek Airboat Rides, I didn't even know how far north the Everglades stretch. They actually start just a few minutes away from the Orlando Airport! Though most of their year-round trips are in the daytime (alligators bask in the sun, giving mid-day tours the best odds of seeing them) they offer a "night swamp safari" option too.....

CNNmoney.com: NY Travel

Taking the Mickey out of Orlando - A trip to rural Boggy Creek in Kissimmee is a must for those wanting to see the real Florida. The only way to travel over the hundreds of acres of wetland and marshes is by speedy airboat. It is truly an exhilarating feeling darting between the reeds and marshes, keeping an eye out for the many nesting alligators, which the fantastic airboat drivers will point out.....

About.com

That's right, airboat rides. Once seen only on billboards when approaching the Everglades in South Florida. Boggy Creek Airboat Rides now offers Orlando tourists the thrill and beauty of an airboat ride just 14 miles from the home of the mouse. You will have a memorable look at part of Florida that is quickly disappearing - natural Florida......

Fun World Magazine:, Kevin Moffett

Orlando is surrounded by a cypress swamp, and the best way to see all the alligators, turtles, herons, roseate spoonbills, and other Dr. Seuss-looking birds is aboard an airboat.....

Gulf Coast Parent

The airboat ride was awesome! We saw baby alligators and a full size alligator. I was not expecting to leave the waterways and go back and forth between land and water. There's an element of danger that's very exciting.....

The Sun

An enjoyable 30 minute whiz around alligator infested swamps on a raft with an industrial fan on the back. The boatsmen are real Floridians and about as far removed from Disney,....

Senior Sun: Mt. Pleasant South Carolina, by Mark Glass

There's more to life around here than the world famous trio of local theme parks. For example, did you know the renowned Everglades begin just a few miles from Orlando's airport? The best odds of seeing gators are on a Night Swamp Safari. Wearing miners helmets with a lamp, riders can look for alligator's glowing eyes.....

This is Travel.com: Jo Tweedy

We headed for Boggy Creek, Orlando's equivalent of the Everglades and the most authentic attraction in miles. No amount of alligator hunting, we saw five of these terrific creatures.....