Coopertown Airboat Rides and Restaurant. Coopertown is home to a population of 8 human residents, a restaurant known for its down-home style frog legs and gator tail, an educational center, and the entry point to guided tours into the "real" Florida Everglades aboard the Coopertown Airboat fleet. Our professional guides will take you on a personalized, educational Airboat Ride covering approximately 9 miles of this unique environment.
Travel into the vast open saw grass and discover the beauty of the Everglades. Take your Everglades tour through a Hardwood Hammock (a small island of solid ground in the "River of Grass"), then into the Everglades National Park stopping at alligator holes and seeing the abundance of Everglades wildlife. See the Purple Gallanule, voted the most colorful bird in Florida, along with the endangered Everglade Snail Kite as well as herons, grackles, turtles, raccoons and other Everglades residents.
The Everglades is a truly unique and vibrant environment which you can only experience firsthand. Unless you have hip waders for your Everglades tour, an airboat is the only way to see it. After this fascinating and educational Everglades tour through the Hardwood Hammock and beyond, relax and enjoy a taste of 'Down Home' cooking, Everglades-style. The Coopertown Restaurant offers such delicacies as frog legs, 'gator tail, catfish and more. Belly up to the bar and chat with the folks of Coopertown. Learn some of the fascinating history of the area, and check out the guest book to see who else has passed through.
Coopertown Airboat Rides has been offering airboat rides and alligator exhibitions since 1945. Our professional guides will lead you on a tour through Hardwood Hammock to see national wildlife in its native Everglades environment.
Group discounts available. Commissionable. Open daily 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
