Spirit of the Swamp Airboat Tours

Elma and her family took an hour airboat ride with us yesterday… and Elma happens to be 86 years old!  Captain Harold let Elma ride in the co-captain seat, and she loved every minute of the trip.  Older passengers love the airboat just as much as the little ones!  So make sure to include everyone in your family when you plan your airboat adventure, young and old, from tots to seniors.

Elma’s comment when the airboat ride ended?  “I want to go again!”

Are you planning a Florida vacation or holiday and looking for something that will be a wonderful memory maker for your family?  Take an airboat ride!  Our airboat tours are private - only you and your family will be on our beautiful custom airboat.  Here’s what one recent family had to say about their airboat ride:

Our family of six adults enjoyed a beautiful morning on Lake Toho with our pilot Harold. Harold was entertaining and knowledgeable about the wildlife and plant species that we observed. It truly was one of the highlights of our vacation in Central Florida. We would highly recommend Spirit of the Swamp Airboat Tours. Being only the six of us made it even better.
Thank you!
Bruce McGillivray Family
California/Oregon

It must be!  We hear this from our passengers all the time… it’s so relaxing!”  Actually I guess it would be more accurate to say that riding an airboat is a combination of relaxation and exhilaration!  The way an airboat glides across the water, even at high speeds, is so smooth and soothing.

And the scenery is so breathtakingly beautiful; it definitely will put you in a “Zen” state of mind.   An airboat ride is quite a change of pace from the traffic and crowds near the theme parks.  The tranquil cypress trees with their gently swaying Spanish moss, the blue sky and puffy white clouds, the wind in your face, the smooth water, well YES, I can definitely see it is relaxing!

Here’s a recent comment from a family from the UK who took an airboat ride on Spirit of the Swamp… it’s nice to know that they noticed and appreciated our new, state-of-the-art airboat!

Both my kids and my wife said this was the best part of our vacation, and we “did” all the theme parks, Kennedy, and some pistol shooting too.  I found Spirit of the Swamp on the web and was attracted by the fact that they are a small family run operation.  I wasn’t keen on being on a 15 seat airboat barge that the big guys use. We were not disappointed – Captain Harold was great, Harold knows his stuff, and we never felt rushed, in fact our 90 minute tour was over too soon!

Their airboat is a work of art, it’s new and clean, and wasn’t as noisy as I had thought, they provide not only ear defenders, but full 2-way intercoms built in. My nervous younger son, who I had thought would freak when Harold opened up the engine, was fine too, so don’t worry if you have young kids, they’ll love it.

We do this again in a heartbeat.  Terry Rush and Family, UK