Visitors centers: Everglades has four: Ernest F. Coe near Miami, Guy Bradley in Flamingo, Gulf Coast in Everglades City, and Shark Valley off the Tamiami Trail highway. All are open daily; check ...

Plip, plop, plip. Droplets of water fall from your paddle blade and splatter lightly on calm waters as you glide along just feet from a pristine beach in one of the most remote areas east of the ...

A guide accompanies visitors on the park’s Cypress Dome Wet Walk. At Shark Valley, I took a rental bike and set off in the direction of an observation tower. The path led across a watery prairie ...

Spotting the first golden rays of morning light gleaming off Florida Bay from the southern edge of Everglades National Park is a treat usually reserved for those who make the pitch-dark drive to the ...

So rivers bore you? You hate those newfangled kayaks, yet you want to brave some big water? Try the ten-mile paddle from Flamingo to Cape Sable in Everglades National Park. If you have a tent, spend ...

Flamingo was once a fishing village at the very tip of the Florida peninsula accessible primarily by boat. It’s less remote now, but as the most distant outpost in Everglades National Park, it still ...

With winter trade winds wrestling the humidity from our muggy swamp, now is the best time to see South Florida’s miles of enchanting wilderness. From the towering mangrove canopies surrounding ...