I pre purchased tickets for $36, and in person they are $39. We arrived and were given an airboat time of 12:20pm. They like to keep you busy because we arrived just before noon and they had an alligator feeding at noon. They have a breeding pond with over 200 alligators, about five females to every one male. The feeding show took about 10 minutes and included some education about alligators and their breeding practices. We headed to the boat loading area and loaded up. We enjoyed a 20 minute airboat ride, mostly at high speeds, with some 360 and 180 degree turns. They warn that you will get wet and the front seats are the wettest. This is not a ride to see alligators. There are companies geared toward that elsewhere. This is more for the thrill. They also provide ear protection. Afterward, we grabbed some fried gator nuggets and walked around the park. They have baby gators, snakes and reptiles, emus, birds, and other animals that you can check out. They also have some encounters that you can pay extra for, but these also require paying admission. Then they had another show at 1pm, which included some gator wrestling, which basically was gentle and alligator friendly. They then offered people the chance to hold a baby gator at the end. It was a great experience and worth the $36. read more

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This was my second time coming here as I was here about three years ago. I thought the price was cheap for what you were getting as it was $42 now. I felt like the airport ride was a lot longer in the previous visit I had. This was only 20 minutes, but we got lucky as we saw a lot of wildlife on our ride. If you want a relaxing ride through the gators, this was not it. It didn't really include any educational portions of it. It was just a fast airboat ride through the Everglades. Otherwise they have two gator shows that you can watch. We only went to one as we had to be going to get to Key West. Otherwise, I felt like my first experience was better than this one. read more

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Ok...I loved this experience! We went in a whim and really enjoyed ourselves. The airboat ride was shorter and not quite as "intense" as the hype, but it was still very fun. Saw lots of wildlife including tons of wild iguanas and a wild alligator (non farm/captive alligator). The collection of alligators was impressive. I really appreciated the notion of providing a life-long home for "nuisance" gators rather than killing them. Lots of other critters to see including bobcat, fox, snakes, tortoises... Generally just a cool experience with really friendly and enthusiastic staff. read more

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It's not a farm, it's a rescue. They receive old, or injured or rehome "pets" here. Everyone you can tell really cares about the animals. The presentation was very informative and he made sure to stick around afterwards to answer any questions. I am so glad we went for it here. The airboat ride was short but very fun and the amount of time out was perfect for me. We saw 2 alligators and 2 iguanas in the wild which was really fun. Highly recommend read more

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We've gone to a few of the alligator parks in the Everglades but this one is our favorite. What we enjoy about this spot is that they offer a great show full of spectacle and energy. It's the perfect mix of Florida crazy with interesting facts about alligators. The park also has other animals including a pen with capybaras. The kids were thrilled to see them wandering around and I read some of the weird and wild facts about them posted around the exhibit. Don't miss the shows here. There is an alligator feeding where the keeper feeds the pool of gators with rats. And demonstrates how gators react. There is a mainstage show where the same person goes inside and drags gators around and puts his head right on their snouts. Afterwards, you're handed a baby gator where you can take photos. My family wisely made me hold the gator while they stood behind me for the photo opp! There is a food stall inside with standard kid fare like pizza, burgers and some gator meat. They also offer the traditional airboat ride and provide earmuffs to block the loud noise. It's a really fun time and worth the trek from Miami. read more

Airboat was fun and we got wet when the driver spin it, the ride along the slough was fun but there was nothing much to explore except the ride itself. It's a 20 minutes ride for $36, of course it included the gators show too. read more

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Very cool experience! I would highly recommend visiting, especially on a cloudy day because it can get very hot and humid. I also recommend the alligator encounter add-on, which lets you hold three different-sized gators. read more

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The best place to see gators and crocodiles! There were so many of them and we also got the alligator encounter. Our guide Noemi was so nice and told us so much information on the alligators. We also got to hold 3 alligators of different ages. We also got the airboat and that was really fun. The driver went really fast and it was fun. They provided headphones to cover our ears since the airboat was so loud. Very nice place to go visit in Florida. read more

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Fantastic experience. We got to see two alligator shows, including feeding and handling and it was incredibly educational and a good amount of humor. It was a wonderful time with family and thank goodness for all the overhead fans running cause we were there during miserable heat. They have a wonderful Gift shop, extremely clean bathrooms, staff was very friendly and plenty of snack options. The fan boat was very fun as well. read more

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Upon reading a ton of reviews from various Airboat businesses in the area, this is the one we decided to go with, and we had no regrets. This is the largest alligator farm in the country (and maybe in the world), the staff is friendly, the facilities are clean, and the Airboat ride was amazing and very memorable. I loved everything about it. If you want a slower airboat experience, Id recommend going with someone else but if you want it safe but with some speed during your ride (while they give you fair warning), this is the one to go with. Out hotel also had a $5 discount for each ticket purchased, so this ended up being much cheaper than we thought it would be, at $34/ticket. read more

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Lots of animals to see. The alligator speaker and handler was nice and friendly. We got to hold the baby gators but I also witnessed an irresponsible parent not watch and help their child hold a baby gator and DROPPED THE BABY ! The airboat ride was fun, but it's a quick ride maybe 5-10 mins. The man driving the airboat was kind enough to put my drink in the freezer so it stayed cool for when I got back! I didn't even ask, he offered! read more

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My daughter decided this spot because where else can you hold an alligator We arrived just after the 9:15am encounter tour do we had to do the next one at 11am. Turned out perfect because we got to see the park, watch the feeding, and do the boat tour before the encounter. We stayed for lunch which was the typical food truck but not typical menu. I tried the gator tacos for $10. My daughter had the burger. The highlight at the end was the alligator handling when Tyler did a show interaction with a male and female alligator Highlights Must do encounter! While the whole park was amazing, I was very impressed with the tour. Well worth the extra cost - educational and super cool Tyler Riff was fabulous! He didn't give the same show twice. He interacts with the audience. He is 100 percent real. He talked with us after the show giving my animal loving daughter some good advice. Shot out to you Tyler for the great impact you have on so many. read more

Everglades Alligator Farm - Crazy - Zoos Near Me - Homestead, Florida

There are a few ways to experience the Everglades Alligator Farm: Farm Pass ONLY - $30 (adult); $24 (child) Farm Pass + Airboat Tour - $40 (adult); $30 (child) Farm Pass + Airboat Tour + private animal encounter (i.e., hold baby alligator; feed capybara) - $30/$40 + encounter price (adult) $24/$30 + encounter price (child) The Everglades Alligator Farm is a nice-looking, well-maintained facility. The alligator breeding pond is an impressive sight to behold, and we appreciated the Alligator Feeding Show (we didn't see the Alligator Handling Show). The rest of farm consists of a small terrarium (snakes and reptiles), baby gator enclosures, and pens for non-releasable wildlife like different types of crocodiles/gators, capybaras, turtles, bobcats, etc. We did the park admission + airboat tour + animal encounter. The animal encounter (capybara meet-and-greet + feeding) was our primary reason for coming to the Everglades Alligator Farm over other places. The capybara encounter by itself was $158 for (2) adults and (2) kids, and you need to pay for farm admission on top of this: $108 for (2) adults and (2) kids (Farm Pass ONLY). Coming here just to walk around the farm and see the gator shows is probably not going to cut it for most visitors. We came here for the capybara encounter, but after being underwhelmed by what the basic farm admission offered, we upgraded to get the airboat tour: $20 extra for (2) adults and $12 extra for (2) kids. The Airboat "Tour" is more like an Airboat "Thrill Ride". At certain times throughout the day, 4 airboats load up with passengers and "taxi" like airplanes out to some cut pathways in the slough to the south of the Everglades Alligator Farm. There is very little in the way of a tour or educational experience. The airboat goes as fast as its driver can safely operate it and does some tricks like spins. For anyone in the first rows, water definitely sprays over the top during these tricks, but the thing to be most careful about is raising one's feet so as to not have their shoes soaked in the muddy water that rushes over from the waves created by the boat's rotation. Ultimately, we spent $308 for a family of 4 at the Everglades Alligator Farm to enter, go on the airboat tour, and have a 30-min private animal encounter. It was a '4' (out of 5) and worth it for a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but if just visiting the farm, I'd rate it a '2'. Add in the airboat tour, and it's a '3' or '4' (out of 5). read more

Everglades Alligator Farm - Here is a map of the Everglades Animal Farm - Zoos Near Me - Homestead, Florida

The young girl at register was very rude the rest of the staff was great. The air oat ride was very slow and all you do is spin a few circles and head back nothing very adventurous. Got to see a couple gators on the ride. The shows were pretty good for 10 minute shows with some cool facts. I was expecting a airboat ride like i went on in Louisiana but it wasnt anything like it. Boring ride way too slow and they even had 454 engines you could have done the same ride with a 4hp jon boat ride. Will not recommend to anyone to go here for the airboat tour. It only lasted around 5 or 10 mi at most. Save your money go somewhere else for airboats. read more

A fourty minute spelunk into the Everglades and one wouldnrun into this place. Quaint empkoyees, enthusiastic showrunners, and food pellets make the experience efdervescent. Highly recommend. read more

I thought the airboat ride would be to try and spot some alligators but apparently it's simply a joyride. Because of my expectations, I was disappointed. However, if you are expecting a joyride, you won't be disappointed. They do have a collection of reptiles and critters in addition to the alligators. You can do a self-guided tour around their property and get a glimpse of the various animals. This was nice but nothing you would t see at the zoo. If you have children, they would enjoy the ride and alligator feeding. Once is more than enough for me. read more

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The airboat tour was the best 20 minutes spent all week. Speeding through the everglades is so so thrilling. Worth wearing fast drying clothes to sit in the front of the boat and lift your feet when the drive is doing 180 or 365 degree turns. Allot for 1.5 hours for visit. The Airbus tour is the best part departing 20 minutes after the hour on an hourly basis. read more

This was the most memorable and special experience during my Miami trip. I wish I went here twice vs. going to the Zoo or Jungle Garden because they were so not worth it. This was an EXCEPTIONAL time and I had so much fun. They do have other animals to see like parrots, a bobcat, and other swamp creatures but of course the main stars were the gators! Definitely do the pet feeding if you are able because it was soooo fun to watch the gators come close and engage with you. The boat ride was SO FUN. You are in a fast boat going through the Everglades, in the gator's land and you can even see other bird animals too. I would love to do the boat tour the entire day honestly.You will get a little wet and you may think you will fall out the boat but you won't! The driver is super experienced. He was such a funny and cool guy. I also loved the gator educational show and the handler. I was in awe from start to finish. I loved everything. The best experience to Miami. You can hold baby gators too which was a once in a lifetime experience! For the price, this park is amazing. My dad would have loved this experience. It's one of a kind! I would love to come again. read more

This place is awesome! We had so much fun. We highly recommend adding the alligator holding/feeding and the capybara private feeding. The employees are fantastic. Ricky and Noamy? Spelling? We're extremely knowledgeable and very relaxed. We didn't feel rushed and had plenty of time to visit with the animals and take photos. We definitely created core memories. read more

Everglades Alligator Farm - Capybara meet and feed - Zoos Near Me - Homestead, Florida

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We visited the Florida Everglades Alligator and Airboat Tour and had a lovely experience overall. We arrived at 3:45 PM and managed to catch the live alligator feeding, enjoy an airboat tour, watch the alligator handler show, and explore the entire park--all before it closed at 5:30 PM. Tyler was fantastic! He was very informative and patiently answered all of my little one's questions. However, I did find the park to be fairly pricey given the limited number of exhibits. It could benefit from having more employees strategically placed throughout the park to enhance the experience. The airboat tour was fun, but quite short and didn't showcase much of the Everglades. The 360-degree spins were exciting, and you do get wet--so a word of advice: leave designer bags at home, and be prepared for soaked shoes! Overall, we enjoyed our visit but feel it's more of a one-time experience. While it was fun, we likely won't be returning. read more

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Had an amazing time! Airboat ride was fun and getting wet cooled us off before the Encounter led by a great guide! Worth coming to! read more

Everglades Alligator Farm - 5 year old alligator - Zoos Near Me - Homestead, Florida

This was maybe my favorite part of our Southern FL trip. We loved the air boat ride, the alligator show, watching the alligator feeding, walking around to see the rescue animals, and the baby alligator hatchery. The employees were great--they had the schedule planned out for each guest. Try some gator bites to eat too! Delicious! For our family of four, this was worth the money! The air boat ride does get your feet wet--wear sandals or crocs or old shoes! The kids both get a little muddy--they were sitting on the outside seats of the air boat ride. A great day! read more

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Summer break = finding stuff to do with kids! This year, as we have sometimes done in the past, we bought the Summer Pass and this is one of the four attractions that we can visit these months. Living here so many years, we had never visited this place and weren't sure what to expect. They have a few birds, snakes, rhino lizard, emu, porcupine, tortoises and tons of alligators. Upon arrival, they give you a convenient time for the alligator feeding, a show and the most fun for us, an airboat ride. We have been to a couple of airboat rides through the years, and this was by far the most fun! We've already visited twice and will be back before Summer is over :) read more

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I cannot recommend this experience enough! Highlights: - Authentic Everglades experience. If you can, avoid falling for Everglades trips out of Orlando. The heart of the swamp is in the SOUTH, so this place is where you want to be. - AFFORDABLE! For $40, you get access to the park AND a 15 minute airboat ride. We didn't see any gators on our airboat ride tour, but this is to be expected since they are pretty loud and cause a lot of movement in the water. It's the perfect ride for getting a taste of the ecosystem of the Everglades. We sat front row and got soaked. We loved it! - Ample, FREE parking. - staff genuinely cares about these gators which is transparent in the work they do. It's great to watch the connection and trust between the handlers and these beautiful animals. - 1.5h south of Delray so made for a quick drive with an easily accessible location. - this is a relatively small park, which we loved. We covered the boat ride, feeding show, and gator show in about 2 hours. Overall, we had an incredible time and enjoyed our visit. We appreciated the value for money, the unique experiences, and the close-knit feel of the facility. If you're nearby or able to make the trip, it's definitely worth it for a fun experience that leaves time for other activities in your day. read more

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I enjoyed the boat ride and the only bad part was that the ride was very short. I loved the alligator shows and they were very interesting. The gift shop was very small read more

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I have been researching mango trees , looking to get a tree for a medium size back yard . The lady is very knowledgeable and took the time we needed to find the right mango variety with the right size , a nice healthy Haden mango tree . And the $ discount was a nice surprise. I'll be returning looking for another tree once I make more room in my yard . read more

Everglades Alligator Farm - Zoos Near Me - Homestead, Florida

Pretty good alligator farm. They have several reptiles, but some of the exhibits are not marked. Alligator feeding was neat and informative. If you do the airboat ride, it lasts beginning to end 20 minutes. Great captain and pretty fun. Watch your feet as they will get wet from the water in the boats. They do have a food truck. A little high, and when one of the kids asked for extra ketchup, they wanted to charge $1. Food is pretty good, but I recommend saving money and bringing snacks read more

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Nice time, we enjoyed our time very much, was a beautiful day, and lots of fun and excitement.

Terrific farm to experience an airboat ride and learn about alligators ten minutes from the Everglades National Park entrance. Save a little money on the entrance fee by buying airboat ride online ($36 instead of $39). They'll tell you how to best time doing the ride and seeing the alligator show (hold a baby!) and the feeding show (all included in price). Shady seating provided. Wear shoes/clothes that can get wet on the airboat! read more

We spent an afternoon here and had a blast. Tons of gators and other animals like pythons, bobcats, several types of crocodiles, tortoises, iguanas, and even a fennec fox. Bunny (encounter) and Lee (feeding, show) were fantastic. read more

We had a wonderful time! Fan boat and feeding show were awesome but the highlight was our private alligator experience with Bunny. She knew everything we wanted to know about alligators. Very funny and engaging with us and our 14 year old son. Thank you Bunny! We had a blast!! read more

Everglades Alligator Farm - Zoos Near Me - Homestead, Florida

Had a really awesome time at the Everglades alligator farm. The airboat ride was a lot of fun, though of course I wish it would've been a little longer. Definitely loud so you're gonna want to keep those headphones on that they provide. Afterwards it was timed well so that I could see both the alligator show and linger around for the feeding if desired. I saw the show which was brief and got a hold of juvenile alligator which was cool. Definitely felt a little uncomfortable watching them take down the alligator, but the handler did inform us that it doesn't harm the gators so I felt a little better after that. Learned a lot and could see how kids could really enjoy it. They also have other animals on the farm so definitely worth exploring if you're looking to kill some time before the next show or schedule feeding time. There's a small gift shop inside as well, but once you've kind of seen everything there's not much else to do. Also saw there was a food area, but I didn't take a look at the menu to see what they offered, but wouldn't be surprised they at least had alligator bites. Definitely worth the price of admission ($30 online) and would highly recommend if you're in the Everglades area to check it out. Do note that this vendor is not one of the national park ones where you get a discount off of park admission for the Everglades National Park. Not really sure why since they're the closest (and maybe only one) to the actual main entrance of the park. Hope that gets rectified someday... read more

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Did a day out in the area and visited here. Did the gator feeding, airboat ride, and gator show. The ride was about 20 mins and it was pretty cool. They give your ear protectors for the noise and warn you about getting wet. The gator feeding provided a bit of information about the gators and the show the same guy that did the feeding did an interaction with a male and female gator. He also passed around 3 babies so you could hold them, their mouths were taped shut. You can also purchase food to feed the baby gators and the emu. The emu was fun to feed but the gators you just throw it in, I do not recommend doing that. This is a cool experience would recommend if you are looking for some fun activities in the area. read more

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The best airboat ride! We showed up at the right time. Early is best. Before the heat and parking fills up. Upon entering we watched the alligator feeding. Immediately after was the air boat ride and following that was the alligator show. The finale was buying some alligator bits. read more

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We had so much fun on the Airboat ride. This was our first tome visiting the farm. My grandkids loved it! The farm is very well managed and well taken care of. The animals are healthy and in very clean enclosures! The alligator show and the feeding of the alligators were entertaining as well as educational. Thanks to everyone at the Alligator Farm for such a memorable experience. We live in Homestead and we will be returning. read more

So. Much. Fun! We chose this as part of our Go City Miami pass. At first glance I thought it was just a 20-25 minute airboat tour but MAN was I wrong. This place has all the alligators you could ever want to see AND lizards, birds, and a bunch of other animals. The airboat ride was awesome and hands down my favorite part. If you get motion sickness take your medicine before hand or don't go. They actually do 360s in the boat. The alligator show and feeding were both pretty cool to watch and take about 10 minutes each. read more

Everglades Alligator Farm - Baby alligators - Zoos Near Me - Homestead, Florida

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This experience was incredibly disappointing and absolutely not worth the high price. The facility is dirty and poorly maintained. They were out of gator bites, the feeding show was short and underwhelming, and people stood in front of the bleachers, completely blocking the view for everyone else. Even worse, many of the other animals were kept in what appeared to be sad, cramped conditions. Don't waste your money here. There are far better, more respectful ways to see alligators in the Everglades. read more

This place has a small parking lot and you will probably have to park in the overflow area on peak days. Parking is free though. You enter and exit through the gift shop. That is also where you buy your tickets. The staff thee is very friendly. You can purchase admission with or without an airboat ride. I purchase the airboat ride with my admission. I also got some baby alligator food. It was awesome watching them get the food. The airboat ride is just that, an airboat ride. You may see a gator, but they are not out looking for them. They just take you out, do some donuts and bring you back. You will get wet (where you sit determines to what extent). My guide was entertaining and knowledgable. They provide you with hearing protection for your ride. I probably could have did without the boat ride though. The farm has a reptile house full of snakes, baby alligator pens, a large alligator lake full of huge gators, gator feeding show, and gator wrestling show. They also have other animals to see like porcupines, emus, tortoises, and crocodiles. Located by where you get on the airboat is a patio dining area and a food truck that serves gator items and other quick foods. I spent a couple of enjoyable hours here. The park is not too big, not too small and there is a lot to do. The reptile house is full of huge snakes and they have scheduled shows that are as entertaining as they are informative. read more

This lil backyard adventure was more than a backyard adventure. I call it backyard because literally it's local to us and here the Everglades is our backyard. It was amazing and raw! From the smells, to the sounds to the actual Everglades water smacking you in the face from the air boat rides and then the actual taste of the delicious gator bites in the end. Hands down one of the best things to do in homestead on your best or worst day! It will give you LIFE‼‼‼ read more

See you later Alligator, after while Crocodile! That was the only difference I knew between alligator and crocodile before my visit here. Airboat was the reason why I originally wanted to visit here. If you plan on going on a boat tour, you may want to wear sandals or keep your feet up to avoid getting wet. Also if you seat at the front, more likely to get wet from 360 spin. We sat in the middle row and might have got slightly splashed. A guide was funny and he kept entertained us during a boat ride. I also enjoyed two of their alligator shows. I could tell he really likes alligators and developed bond with them over the year. Not sure if I ever come back again but it's a fun place for the whole family to learn and enjoy about alligators. read more

Everglades Alligator Farm - Alligator feeding - Zoos Near Me - Homestead, Florida