Spirit of the Swamp Airboat Tours

The beautiful Cypress Trees we see on our airboat rides always amazes our passengers.  These beautiful southern trees are draped with hanging Spanish moss gently blowing in the wind – making It seem as if you are magically transported to a prehistoric era.  In fact, some of our passengers tell us that these cypress heads and swamp bottoms make them feel as though they are in a scene from a scary movie!

Cypress tree roots grow upward and are called “knees”.  These Cypress knees provide stability to the trees in the muddy swampland.   We see these incredibility beautiful trees on all of our airboat rides.  My favorite Cypress head is found on the beautiful Dead River during our FLORIDA CRACKER airboat rides.  There is a cypress tree that has knees almost 5 feet high!  You won’t want to miss seeing this incredible sight.

Only a small airboat like Spirit of the Swamp Airboat Rides can take you here!

Hi guys - First of all thanks for a really great day out on the lakes searching for Alligators – we experienced much more than we hoped for since we saw snakes, an enormous amount of birds, otter, etc. - It was really great to see all those animals living in their natural habitat instead of some cage in a zoo.

Attached are some of the pictures we (my wife took – she has not really recovered yet from the fact she didn’t break the record of photos taken on one of your trips – she was close and if she gets a new opportunity she will definitely break the record).

Both Markus and Sofia will present some of the pictures we took, including the ones we took that day of all the animals in their respective class as a part of their homework.  Markus is also really working on me to buy a similar boat – he thinks it would be really cool to run around the sea in one of those during summer time (it’s those 360 degrees turns you did he wants to show his friends)  – even if I have tried to explain to him we live by the sea and not a lake and the waves would probably flip the boat.

Have a great new year.  Best regards, Anders, Susan, Markus and Sofia, Denmark

I just wanted to say that I had a FABULOUS time on the airboat ride with Captain Harold and Debi.  They are two of the nicest people and I just love them to death!

My husband and I couldn’t have asked for a more enjoyable ride nor better company.  Captain Harold is very knowledgeable about the wildlife and surroundings and answered all our questions.  It was also nice to be on a private boat and not have to deal with strangers on this day.  The headsets made it nice to be able to talk to each other and to Captain Harold and Debi.

My husband saw the first gator and because of the headsets was able to tell Captain Harold who promptly turned the boat around and went to find this gator!  Debi is a gem!  She kept Captain Harold in line and on the right course.  We saw several bald eagles which were my sons all time favorite.  It was a great time and made even more special because of the hospitality shown to us by Captain Harold and Deb. Thanks again for a wonderful time!
- Paula and Eric Daugherty, Bon Aqua, Tennessee