SMALL GROUP MIAMI TOUR & EVERGLADES COMBO TOUR MIAMI & EVERGLADES
Inclusive the original 60 min. Everglades Airboat ride & pick-up, small group + pro guide · start around 8 AM* · from $140 per person
Over 3,500 guest reviews across major online review platforms (e.g. Tripadvisor, Google, Viator)Two Worlds, One Adventure
Only an hour separates the vibrant metropolis of Miami from the quiet heart of Florida — the Everglades. Two worlds that couldn’t be more different, yet fit together perfectly. This combo gives you both in one day — the same tours you would get if booked separately, with door-to-door pickup and a small group.
In the morning you glide across the “River of Grass” on our original 60-minute airboat ride — twice as long as other tours, at up to 49 mph — followed by the wildlife show with the Gator Boys (Animal Planet TV). Alligators, turtles, exotic birds, and if you dare, a baby alligator to hold.
In the afternoon it’s pure Miami: Art Deco on Ocean Drive, Wynwood’s street art, the Cuban soul of Little Havana, Brickell’s glass-tower skyline and Coral Gables. Your guide shares the real stories — Tequesta natives, Cocaine Cowboys, and how a city was built on the edge of the Everglades.
No script. No big bus. Just Miami the way locals see it.
Overview, Route & Gear
Experience Miami & the Everglades in one day — the same tours you would get if booked separately.
No script. No crowds. You ask the questions — we deliver the stories.
Overview
- ✓Small group experience
- ✓Approx. 8 hours duration
- ✓Local expert guide
- ✓Pick-up included in Miami Beach, Downtown & Brickell
- ✓Over 3,500 guest reviews across major online review platforms (e.g. Tripadvisor, Google, Viator)
- ✓start around 8 AM*
- ✓expert guide
- ✓from $140 per person
- ✓pick-up included*

Route

Gear & Recommendations
- ✓Dress according to the weather
- ✓Don’t forget sunscreen
- ✓Wear comfortable outdoor clothing
- ✓Bring a good mood
Included – Miami & Everglades
🌴 Included – Miami 🌴
- ✓No polished Miami tourist traps
- ✓Carefully selected hotspots
- ✓Fantastic photo stops
- ✓Top spots only — no fillers
- ✓Discover Miami’s most beautiful places
- ✓Small groups — quality over quantity
🚐💨 Ready for the most unforgettable Miami city tour?
🌴 Included – Everglades 🌴
- ✓Approximately 60 minutes of airboat riding
- ✓Wildlife show with the Gator Boys (Animal Planet TV)
- ✓Covered airboat — protection from sun and rain
- ✓Small groups in a comfortable minibus
- ✓The only tour company in Miami offering a real 60-minute airboat ride (instead of 25 minutes)
- ✓The fastest airboats in all of Miami
- ✓Guaranteed wildlife sightings
- ✓English-speaking airboat captain
- ✓Shared airboat tour with up to 25 passengers (not a private ride)
Pick-up included in Miami Beach, Downtown & Brickell
Check the map below to see if you are within the pick-up area.
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Our bestseller!
The most booked tour — loved by travelers from around the world for its unique Miami & Everglades experience.
Also ideal for cruise guests!
Perfectly timed for port schedules — with optional transfer to or from the harbor.
Click here →Where We Stop
Two worlds, seven stops — from the River of Grass to the Magic City.
Everglades Airboat Adventure
Our original 60-minute airboat ride through the “River of Grass” — up to 49 mph, alligators, turtles and exotic birds in their natural habitat.
Gator Boys Wildlife Show
Live show with the Gator Boys (Animal Planet TV). Hold a baby alligator for a safe, unforgettable photo — then handmade souvenirs at the gift shop.
Miami Beach & South Beach
Art Deco District, Ocean Drive, Collins & Washington Ave, Española Way, Lincoln Road, Lummus Park, South Pointe Park, the Versace Villa.
Islands, Villas & Movie Spots
Fisher, Star, Palm & Hibiscus Island, the Venetian Islands, Tony Montana’s Scarface mansion and the Don Johnson Villa.
Downtown & Brickell
Brickell’s glass-tower skyline, private-island Brickell Key, Bayside Marketplace and the Miami Circle — the new financial heart of the city.
Wynwood & Little Havana
The Wynwood Walls and open-air street art, then Calle Ocho, cafecito culture and dominos — the Caribbean soul of Miami.
Coconut Grove & Coral Gables
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, Coconut Grove’s tropical village vibe and Coral Gables’ Mediterranean architecture.
Miami & the Everglades
🌿 TWO WORLDSEVERGLADES & MIAMI – TWO WORLDS, ONE ADVENTURE
Only an hour separates the vibrant metropolis of Miami from the quiet heart of Florida — the Everglades.
Two worlds that couldn’t be more different, yet fit together perfectly.
Here: the energy of the city.
There: the stillness of nature.
Experience both, and you truly understand Florida.
🌇 THE CITYMIAMI – A CITY THAT BREATHES AS IT LIVES
Miami never sleeps.
The city is movement, sound, and light all at once.
Between Art Deco facades, palm trees, and endless ocean, you feel an energy found nowhere else.
Caribbean vibes meet metropolis, sun meets skyline, calm meets speed.
Every day feels like summer, every corner tells a new story.
To understand Miami, you have to feel it — on a city tour with pick-up included, small groups, and real insights into local life.
🐊 THE WILDEVERGLADES – THE WILD HEART OF FLORIDA
Just an hour west of Miami, a different world begins.
A river of grass, shaped by water, light, and life.
Here in the Everglades, you feel Florida as it once was — raw, quiet, endlessly alive.
Alligators glide silently through the water, eagles circle above the marsh, and nature replaces every city sound.
The Everglades are not a swamp — they are a slow-moving river nearly 100 kilometers wide.
For centuries this ecosystem has resisted humans, climate change, and urban growth.
Standing here, you understand how fragile and precious nature truly is.
Our 60-minute airboat ride takes you right into the heart of it.
At speeds up to 49 mph (79 km/h), you glide across the water as wind, light, and nature merge into one.
No scripts — our captains live the Everglades.
They know every plant, every bird, every sound.
You ask the questions; they tell the stories.
Authentic, close, unforgettable.
🌿 WILDLIFENature you can feel
You’ll encounter alligators, turtles, exotic birds, and snakes in their natural habitat.
And yes — you’ll take breathtaking photos you’ll never forget.
If you want, you can even hold a baby alligator for a safe and unique memory.
🏙️ SKYLINESKYLINE & HISTORY
With more than 300 skyscrapers, Miami has the third-largest skyline in the U.S. — in a city of just about 600,000 residents.
How does that work?
Miami is a crossroads of capital, culture, and immigration like no other place.
For 90 years, the “Gold Coast” has grown into one of America’s most populated regions.
More than seven million visitors arrive each year — business travelers, artists, newcomers, vacationers.
Everyone brings a piece of the world — and leaves something behind.
🚤 SINCE 2017DOUBLE VALUE. DOUBLE ACTION.
Since 2017, Banana Joe Tours has offered what no other Miami tour company does:
• Twice the airboat time (60 minutes instead of 25)
• Twice the speed (up to 79 km/h)
• Real experts, not recordings or routines
You’ll understand why this landscape became known worldwide as the “River of Grass” — and why it survives despite all threats.
🎨 NEIGHBORHOODSNEIGHBORHOODS WITH SOUL
Wynwood — colorful, raw, filled with street art
Brickell — modern, international, the heart of the new skyline
Coconut Grove — tropical, historic, village-like
Every neighborhood has its own rhythm, its own heartbeat.
Between cafés, galleries, and palm-lined boulevards you realize:
Miami is not a place you just see — it’s a place you feel.
🌱 PROTECTPRESERVATION, NOT FORGETTING
The Everglades are both symbol and reminder.
From 19th-century drainage to today’s restoration efforts —
every story is a battle between nature and human ambition.
Our guides show how everyone can help protect this fragile ecosystem.
🗿 HISTORYTHE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS
Long before the skyscrapers, the Tequesta lived here — for more than 2,700 years.
Their history is still visible today at the Miami Circle on Biscayne Bay.
A quiet place in the middle of the city that reveals how deep Miami’s roots truly reach.
🚐 THE JOURNEYFROM BEGINNING TO RETURN
Even on the drive from your hotel to the park, you’ll learn about history, wildlife, and climate.
By the time you arrive, you’re already part Everglades expert.
After the airboat tour and wildlife show, the gift shop offers handmade souvenirs.
Then it’s back to Miami — wind in your hair, stories in your mind, and a new appreciation for Florida.
🏖️ ICONSCLASSICS & COASTAL GLAMOUR
South Beach. Lincoln Road. Espanola Way. Lummus Park.
These aren’t attractions — they’re icons.
Art Deco hotels, classic cars, music, salt in the air.
At South Pointe Park, turquoise ocean meets Florida sunshine — a panorama that stays with you.
⛵ ON THE WATERBOATS, WATER & ADRENALINE
To truly see Miami, you have to go on the water.
Speed along Biscayne Bay past Fisher Island and the world’s largest cruise port — or enjoy a relaxed boat ride along Millionaire’s Row, with its villas, movie locations, and legends.
This is where Scarface was filmed, where celebrities live, and where stories turn into myths overnight.
Miami’s shining side — close, not distant.
☕ FLAVOURSLIFE, FOOD & VIBES
From Latin street food to rooftop bars with skyline views —
Miami tastes like culture, rhythm, and pure joy.
Cuban coffee, Latin beats, warm nights.
The best places? Usually the ones no map shows you.
Highlights & Sights
Miami Beach
Islands
Downtown
Movie spots, Key Biscayne & more
🚐 Your adventure
- ✓Pick-up & drop-off from your hotel or residence
- ✓Historic Art Deco District
- ✓Miami Beach & the story of Miami
- ✓Present & future — culture & people
- ✓Native American history — 2,500 years
- ✓Cocaine Cowboys & Mafia — Al Capone’s Miami era
- ✓Real estate market & urban development
- ✓Climate change — how Miami was built on the Everglades
- ✓Urbanization and its impact on the Everglades
- ✓Ask anything — shape the tour the way you want!
🐊 Everglades
- ✓Experience the “River of Grass” up close
- ✓Discover up to 350 bird species in the wild
- ✓Learn about the past, present & future of the Everglades
- ✓Watch real alligators during a wrestling demonstration
- ✓Ride through the legendary sawgrass fields
- ✓Understand why the Everglades are the heart of Florida
- ✓And experience so much more…
🌾 ON THE WAYHIGHLIGHTS ON THE WAY TO THE EVERGLADES
From the turquoise Atlantic, the journey heads west — leaving the city behind and entering the real Florida.
The skyline slowly fades in the rearview mirror as palm trees give way to wide-open landscapes.
You pass tropical vegetation, wetlands, and farmland — where water often stands higher than the land.
The farther you go, the quieter it becomes — roads turn into levees, asphalt turns into nature.
Then the view opens up to endless sawgrass fields — the legendary “River of Grass.”
From here on, it’s pure wilderness: welcome to the Everglades.
Hotel Pick-Up & Drop-Off
No stress, no parking, no taxis. We pick you up directly from your hotel in Miami Beach, Downtown or Brickell — and drop you safely back at the end of the day.
Built for Curious Travelers
Door-to-Door Transfer
Hotel pick-up & drop-off included in Miami Beach, Downtown and Brickell — comfortable minibus all day.
Live, Onboard Guide
Real local experts who actually live Miami — no audio recordings, no scripts.
Small Group
No big buses. Personal attention, real conversations, every question answered.
60-Min Airboat Ride
The only Miami tour with a real 60-minute airboat ride — the fastest airboats in Miami, covered from sun and rain.
Gator Boys Show
Live wildlife show with the Gator Boys (Animal Planet TV) — guaranteed wildlife sightings.
Honest Pricing
Two full tours in one day from $140 per person — straight from the local operator.
Pick-Up & Meeting Point
- Free hotel pick-up in Miami Beach, Downtown & Brickell (hotel must have a driveway / loading ramp).
- No ramp? No worries. If your hotel doesn’t have a driveway or loading ramp, we’ll arrange a convenient meeting point within easy walking distance — sent to you with clear directions before the tour.
- Meeting point outside the pick-up zone: Maurice A. Ferré Park, 1075 Biscayne Blvd, Miami FL 33132.
- Start time around 8:00 AM* — exact time emailed one day before your tour.
- Heads up: Street pickups aren’t allowed in Miami Beach. If your hotel has no driveway, you’ll get a nearby safe meeting point within walking distance.
ARRIVAL & PARKING
If you are arriving by car, you can park directly at this address or at the nearby Bayside Marketplace — just a short walk away.
Many guests choose to park at Bayside because it usually offers plenty of spaces and convenient access.
Note: Regular parking fees apply, and free parking cannot be guaranteed.
We recommend arriving a bit earlier to find a spot without stress.
Alternative arrival:
The Brightline train station is within walking distance of the meeting point.
Public transportation:
Several bus lines stop directly at Bayside Marketplace, making it an easy and convenient option without a car.
Pick-up or meeting point
For all guests located outside the pick-up area (which includes Miami Beach, Miami Downtown, and Brickell), this is the designated
MEETING POINT:
Maurice A. Ferré Park
1075 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132, United States
Pick-ups on the street are not permitted in Miami Beach.
The city issues heavy fines for stopping on the roadway — even for just a moment.
To ensure everything stays safe and compliant, we only pick up at hotels that have a private driveway or loading ramp where we are allowed to stop briefly.
If your hotel does not have its own driveway, you will automatically receive a nearby meeting point at a hotel with a safe loading ramp.
The meeting point is always within easy walking distance and will be shown in your final confirmation.
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See the City TourPick-up Times & Flexibility
Start Time
Pick-ups aim to start around 8:00 AM. Tour duration is approximately 8 hours.
Pick-up Zone
Included in Miami Beach, Downtown & Brickell at hotels with a private driveway.
Exact Time Sent
Your precise pick-up time and meeting point are sent by email one day before the tour.
Outside the Zone
Meeting point at Maurice A. Ferré Park, 1075 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132.
We like to make it easy
⏰ Pick-up time & flexibility
We aim to start pick-up around 8:00 AM. However, please note that the actual departure time may vary depending on traffic conditions, construction, events, or other external factors.
If any adjustment becomes necessary, we will inform you in advance with the exact pick-up time and meeting point.
📧 Important information about communication & pick-up
The exact pick-up time will be sent by email one day before the tour.
This is necessary because we first collect all bookings, then plan the route and pick-up points efficiently, while also considering Miami’s current traffic, events, and construction — a city where conditions change daily.
Our booking system operates fully automatically, and all information regarding the tour, pick-up details, and any possible updates is sent exclusively by email.
Please make sure to read your emails carefully and completely to avoid misunderstandings or delays.
If something important comes up or last-minute changes occur, we will contact you by phone — for international numbers, usually via WhatsApp.
This ensures you stay well informed and your Miami experience with Banana Joe starts smoothly and stress-free!
🌴 Miami time – why things sometimes take a little longer
Even if we pick up our first group in Miami as reliably as the sunrise on Ocean Drive, small delays can occur during the following stops — that’s simply part of the adventure in a lively city like Miami.
Real-life examples:
A guest can’t find the correct hotel lobby right away
(Miami sometimes has three entrances — all with palm trees in front).
Another guest waits at the wrong “tower” —
and anyone who knows Miami knows there are plenty of those!
Or traffic on the MacArthur Causeway suddenly turns into a tropical rush hour.
We always do our best to pick up every guest safely and without stress —
but in a city full of sunshine, music, and pure joy of life, not everything runs by the clock.
Sometimes it simply runs on Miami Time.
So stay relaxed, enjoy the sun — we’re definitely on our way!
🥤 Food & drinks
Food & Beverage Notice
You are welcome to bring your own snacks and drinks on the tour.
We try to include a short break along the way — however, we cannot guarantee that food or drink options will always be available, as this depends on traffic and the flow of the tour.
Tip: Bring a drink and a small snack so you are well prepared at all times.
Miami & the Everglades the way locals see it
A 90-second look at the route, the vibe, and the small-group feel — straight from Banana Joe Tours.
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