This afternoon we drove from Miami to Naples, across the Florida Everglades.  Along the way, we stopped at Buffalo Tiger’s Everglades Airboat tours.  We have seen these airboats periodically on TV and in the movies, and this was our chance to see what they were like to ride.  This tour guide had the highest rating on Trip Advisor for any of the tours, so we chose it out of dozens we saw while driving State Route 41.

Our guide took us on a 4 mile ride into the Everglades.  When he stopped at one spot in the marsh, the water was teaming with birds, some of which landed on our guide’s head and outstretched arms.

A second stopping point found us with several adult crocodiles coming right up to the boat.  We soon learned why, as our guide fed one of them a loaf of bread.  Note that these photos were all captured with a wide angle lens — the crocs were only a couple feet from the camera…