Spirit of the Swamp Airboat Tours

Yes, alligator hunting season started last Saturday night in Florida.  I’m feeling a little worried about some of the gators we seem to see in the same places over and over.  Especially the mama gators – they won’t leave their nests!  I always worry this time of year and can’t say I’m a big fan of gator hunting.

Of course, Captain Harold would tell me that there needs to be gator hunting in order to control the population – an alligator has no predators, it’s at the top of the food chain!  And I know even though they have my sympathetic thoughts, they would chomp me and eat me up if given the chance.

But still…  I can only hope that the smart gators will survive another year so that we can continue to enjoy seeing them!

We see some amazing things from our airboat in the swamp.  And there are times that Captain Harold and I just look at each other in awe, because as much as we’ve been out in Florida’s beautiful backwaters, marshes and swamps we DO find ourselves surprised to see something we’ve NEVER seen before.

Today was one of those days… and our lucky, lucky airboat passengers got to see something we’ve never seen before – an alligator jumped completely out of the water!  Okay, we’ve seen them jump before at Gatorland, and we’ve seen one jump up onto a tree.  We’ve seen them with their mouths open and pointing straight up, we’ve seen them charging into the water, and we’ve seen them hissing, but we’ve never seen one take a leap out of the water like this!  It was almost like a whale breaching – we could see the entire body, it’s white belly, and all four legs.  WOW!

These amazing creatures constantly keep us in awe… so join us on an airboat ride and let’s see what surprises await you!

Here’s an email I received today from one of our airboat ride passengers – actually this was Bill’s second ride with us!  He lives in the Orlando area and has lots of company visiting, so we hope to see him again soon!

Last week you took myself, my brother and his son on the most wonderful tour we have ever been on.  Great job!!  We spoke about you providing me with some business cards that I could hand out at my work.  I see hundreds of out of town doctors each week and many ask for things to do other than the parks.  I would like to be able to direct them to your business.  Thanks again for sharing your swamp with us.

See ya later Alligator, Bill Diver, Orlando, Florida