Boating and Canoeing

On the Gulf Coast, be sure to explore the nooks, crannies, and mangrove islands of Chokoloskee Bay and Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, as well as the rivers near Everglades City. The Turner River Canoe Trail, popular even during the holidays, is a pleasant day trip with almost guaranteed bird and alligator sightings; it passes through mangrove tunnels, dwarf cypress, coastal prairie, and freshwater slough ecosystems of Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve.