Airboat tours
The best airboat tours in Orlando
Half-hour rides, longer wildlife tours, Gatorland and a drive-thru safari: here is how to pick an airboat ride near Orlando, with honest advice on the price, the weather and whether you will see gators.
See our 6 picks
The most-booked airboat tour near Orlando is a 30-minute ride at Wild Florida in Kenansville, from €32 per person.
The price includes the wildlife park and a live alligator show, with free cancellation. Most other rides leave from Kissimmee. None of them goes to Everglades National Park.
Our 6 airboat rides and gator parks, from €31
Four airboat rides of 30 minutes to 1.5 hours, then Gatorland and a drive-thru safari. All six show free cancellation up to 24 hours before, but one listing also says “non-refundable”. None includes hotel pickup.
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from €32 per person Our top pick 30 minutes–1 hour 4.7 (1,807) reviews on GetYourGuide
Airboat ride and wildlife park at Wild Florida
A 30-minute ride through 4,200 acres of protected swamp and marsh in Kenansville. Park entry and a live alligator show are included. Tips and photos holding a gator cost extra.
Best for A cheap first ride
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from €50 per person 1–1.5 hours 4.7 (384) reviews on GetYourGuide
Kissimmee airboat adventure, 1 to 1.5 hours
A longer ride on a smaller airboat from Kissimmee, with life jackets, ear protection and parking. The captain tells stories of the area’s Native Americans and early settlers. The listing also says “non-refundable”, so check before you book.
Best for A longer ride
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from €64 per person 1 h 30 min 4.7 (360) reviews on GetYourGuide
1.5-hour wildlife airboat tour
The longest ride here, from a dock in Kissimmee. Look for bald eagles and alligators, and see the creek where the listing says the Everglades begin. Bring a light jacket: it is cooler on the water.
Best for The longest ride
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from €39 per person 30 minutes–1 hour 4.5 (116) reviews on GetYourGuide
Airboat ride with alligator viewing
A 30-minute ride from Kissimmee, with a gator pond and a butterfly garden at the dock. Parking is free. Arrive 30 minutes early. Hotel pickup is not included.
Best for A short ride with a gator pond
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from €33 per person 365-day ticket 4.7 (532) reviews on GetYourGuide
Gatorland skip-the-line ticket
Entry to Gatorland in Orlando, with thousands of alligators and crocodiles, shows and rare white alligators. The ticket is valid for 365 days. Transport and food are not included.
Best for Seeing many gators up close
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from €31 per person Any time that day 4.7 (675) reviews on GetYourGuide
Wild Florida drive-thru safari
Drive your own car past more than 100 animals, then visit the gator park. You must have a car for this one. Food and giraffe feed cost extra.
Best for Drivers with kids
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Airboat tours and gator parks compared
| Tour | From | Duration | Free cancellation | Not included | Who it suits | Why we picked it |
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| Airboat ride and wildlife park at Wild Florida | €32 per person | 30 minutes–1 hour | Yes | Tips; photos holding a gator | A cheap first ride | The most-booked ride, from €32, rated 4.7 from 1,807 reviews. |
| Kissimmee airboat adventure, 1 to 1.5 hours | €50 per person | 1–1.5 hours | Yes, 24 h (listing unclear) | Sunscreen; tips | A longer ride | More time on the water, rated 4.7 from 384 reviews. |
| 1.5-hour wildlife airboat tour | €64 per person | 1 h 30 min | Yes | Tips | The longest ride | An hour and a half with a guide, rated 4.7 from 360 reviews. |
| Airboat ride with alligator viewing | €39 per person | 30 minutes–1 hour | Yes | Pickup; food; tips | A short ride with a gator pond | A short ride with park entry, rated 4.5 from 116 reviews. |
| Gatorland skip-the-line ticket | €33 per person | 365-day ticket | Yes | Transport; food; tips | Seeing many gators up close | The most gators in one place, rated 4.7 from 532 reviews. |
| Wild Florida drive-thru safari | €31 per person | Any time that day | Yes | Food; giraffe feed; your own car | Drivers with kids | A different kind of animal day, rated 4.7 from 675 reviews. |
Airboat ride and wildlife park at Wild Florida
€32 per person30 minutes–1 hour 4.7 (1,807)
Details
- Free cancellation
- Yes
- Not included
- Tips; photos holding a gator
- Who it suits
- A cheap first ride
- Why we picked it
- The most-booked ride, from €32, rated 4.7 from 1,807 reviews.
Kissimmee airboat adventure, 1 to 1.5 hours
€50 per person1–1.5 hours 4.7 (384)
Details
- Free cancellation
- Yes, 24 h (listing unclear)
- Not included
- Sunscreen; tips
- Who it suits
- A longer ride
- Why we picked it
- More time on the water, rated 4.7 from 384 reviews.
1.5-hour wildlife airboat tour
€64 per person1 h 30 min 4.7 (360)
Details
- Free cancellation
- Yes
- Not included
- Tips
- Who it suits
- The longest ride
- Why we picked it
- An hour and a half with a guide, rated 4.7 from 360 reviews.
Airboat ride with alligator viewing
€39 per person30 minutes–1 hour 4.5 (116)
Details
- Free cancellation
- Yes
- Not included
- Pickup; food; tips
- Who it suits
- A short ride with a gator pond
- Why we picked it
- A short ride with park entry, rated 4.5 from 116 reviews.
Gatorland skip-the-line ticket
€33 per person365-day ticket 4.7 (532)
Details
- Free cancellation
- Yes
- Not included
- Transport; food; tips
- Who it suits
- Seeing many gators up close
- Why we picked it
- The most gators in one place, rated 4.7 from 532 reviews.
Wild Florida drive-thru safari
€31 per personAny time that day 4.7 (675)
Details
- Free cancellation
- Yes
- Not included
- Food; giraffe feed; your own car
- Who it suits
- Drivers with kids
- Why we picked it
- A different kind of animal day, rated 4.7 from 675 reviews.
- No listing states a group size.
- None includes hotel pickup: you drive to the dock or the park.
- Prices and ratings as shown on GetYourGuide on 25 October 2026. Prices are “from” prices in euros and can change; the booking page shows the live price.
Everglades-style airboat tours from Orlando
Airboat rides near Orlando don’t go to Everglades National Park. Several listings say “Everglades”, but the rides start in Kissimmee and Kenansville. Wild Florida calls its swamps the Central Florida Everglades.
An airboat is a flat boat pushed by a big fan, so it can cross shallow marsh. Three of our rides leave from Kissimmee. The Wild Florida ride leaves from Kenansville.
Boggy Creek Airboat Adventures, one Kissimmee operator, lists half-hour tours from about $34 and one-hour tours from about $54 on its own site (checked 25 October 2026). Its prices are in US dollars.
A ride lasts 30 minutes to 1.5 hours, so it fits next to another day trip from Orlando.
Seeing alligators from an airboat
Alligators, turtles and wading birds live in these marshes, the listings say. But they are wild, so no ride can promise a sighting.
A longer ride gives you more time to look. The 1.5-hour tour also looks for bald eagles.
If you want to be sure to see gators, add a gator park. Three of our picks include one: the Wild Florida park, the gator pond at the Kissimmee dock, and Gatorland.
Alligator parks: Gatorland and Wild Florida
Gatorland in Orlando has thousands of alligators and crocodiles, shows and rare white alligators, the listing says. It has a small water play area, so bring a towel.
Wild Florida in Kenansville has a gator park, an airboat dock and a drive-thru safari with more than 100 animals. For the safari you need your own car.
Gatorland or an airboat ride?
Pick Gatorland to see many gators up close, on any day within a year. Pick an airboat ride for speed and open marsh. The Wild Florida ride gives you both: a 30-minute ride and the wildlife park.
Before you book an airboat ride
What to wear
Dress for the weather, the listings say. Wear sunscreen in summer. Bring a light jacket, because it is cooler on the water.
Tips are extra
None of the four rides includes tips. Photos holding a live gator at Wild Florida cost extra too.
Ride in the morning
Summer storms are common. The National Weather Service says over 90% of the area’s lightning falls from May to October, between noon and midnight.
If it rains
If a tour company cancels for bad weather, you get your money back, GetYourGuide’s terms say. Boggy Creek says it may change tours for weather.
Getting there
None of these includes hotel pickup. For the drive-thru safari you must bring your own car.
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Sources (9), facts checked on 25 October 2026
- Boggy Creek Airboat Adventures: tours and prices
- GetYourGuide: general terms and conditions
- National Weather Service Melbourne: Florida lightning
- GetYourGuide: airboat ride and wildlife park ticket
- GetYourGuide: Kissimmee airboat adventure tour
- GetYourGuide: wildlife airboat tour
- GetYourGuide: airboat tour with alligator viewing
- GetYourGuide: Gatorland skip-the-line ticket
- GetYourGuide: drive-thru safari park at Wild Florida
Written by the Things to Do in Orlando editorial team.