Spirit of the Swamp Airboat Tours

I love getting emails like this!!
We had the joy of taking one of your airboat rides back in May 2011 and just wanted to add a Testimonial should you wish to use it on your site, Regardless of if you choose to be sure that we have recommended you to many of our friends.

Firstly thank you for the excellent customer service, right from the initial booking we was kept well informed and really appreciated the route plan Debi sent to aid us in our trip to the boat.

As for the tour itself, Captain Harold was as informative as he was comical and didnt laugh at any of our silly questions, he showed us some amazing wildlife and the whole experience was something we will remember for the rest of our life, It was a real highlight of our trip. We have been to Florida 4 times and this is the first time we have been on a tour with Spirit of the Swamp, we have no intention of trying another tour company…

When we next book to go to Florida, (whenever that may be) Spirit of the Swamp is something we will definitely be booking as soon as we can…..

So again, Thank you to Captain Harold and Debi for an amazing experience, If you have clicked this website looking for a Airboat ride then look no further, youve found the experience you want right here

Paul & Becky…. All the way from Sunny  England 

I had a customer call me recently and tell me a story I hear far too often… she had carefully chosen Spirit of the Swamp based on a previous bad experience with another local airboat company.

I listened to her account of what happened and wanted to share it with you as well:

She took her nieces on an airboat ride last year when they were down in Florida for their annual summer visit. She was surprised and disappointed when they arrived for their airboat ride to see a large “barge-type” airboat. One of her nieces is only 4’2” and she had to sit in the middle of the boat and wasn’t able to see over the other passengers.

It gets worse – the boat was filled with people who screamed every time the Captain pointed out a gator, but the time she and her nieces could crane their necks to see over the crowd, the gator was gone because of all the screaming passengers.

To make matters worse, a few of the passengers monopolized the Captain the entire time, asking questions and focusing his attention solely on them. This made the trip run behind schedule and the ride back to the dock was made at top speed, eliminating the possibility of any further wildlife spotting.

This type of sad tale is why we decided to do things differently at Spirit of the Swamp, and why we are so proud of our raving fan testimonials. You know when you book with us you’re not going to get stuck in the middle – you’re going to be riding in a small airboat, even the tiniest tots will be able to see everything. There won’t be a crowd of strangers driving you crazy. And the Captain is all yours!

I received this email today from Mike – he and he family had a great time on Spirit of the Swamp yesterday and I wanted to share it with you!

Dear Debi and Captain Harold,

Well, after booking months ago we finally had our trip today. I can’t speak for the kids, but I know for me and Kate this was the highlight of our trip so far. What a complete pleasure and priviledge it was to experience the ‘real’ Florida with you. As I mentioned to Captain Harold,
your are so fortunate to have this wonderful wilderness as your playground.

Captain Harold is the kind of guy I would like to have a beer or two with just to hear some of the stories that he couldn’t mention in front of the kids! He/you is/are everything we hoped a ‘real’ American would be!

I think Captain Harold has also accomplished one of his missions - to get the kids talking about fishing. Whilst I reckon Emma would have freaked if she had actually caught anything, I think George is disappointed in that he didn’t catch a ‘gator - never mind a fish! I think we are going to have to go sea fishing next year when we have our (usual) vacation in Cornwall, although I hope we will be back in a couple of years or so to see you again.

Thank you for a wonderful trip and the memories. I enjoyed it so much I had to pick flies out of my teeth afterwards I had been smiling so much!

Kind regards,

Mike Casartelli and on behalf of Kate, Emmma and George.