Everglades The River of Grass Adventures

06/16/2024

Happy Father’s Day to the Dad’s who lead with strength & love & know the value of family. 💚

06/08/2024

Happy World Ocean Day! 🌊

Not only are we blessed to have the Florida Everglades as our backyard playground and church, but some of the most beautiful oceanic waters on the face of the planet. Get outdoors; respect, marvel over, pray in, and enjoy Mother Nature’s elements today. 🌞🌎🌊🌴

05/22/2024

Happy International Day of Biological Diversity, from one of the most biologically diverse and essential ecosystems on the face of the planet. 🌎

Eight different habitats make up the Florida Everglades ecosystem, supporting an extremely diverse array of plant an animal species. Some of which can be found no where else on earth!

Have you checked this Florida wonderland off of your bucket list? 🐊

03/18/2024

Commonly mistaken for Flamingos due to their nearly identical pink plumage … Roseate Spoonbills can be distinguished by their flat spoon-shaped bills. You will not see a Flamingo on a River of Grass Airboat Adventure; but it is possible to spot a Roseate Spoonbill, and they are just as vibrant and beautiful!

02/19/2024

“The nation behaves well if it treats its natural resources as assets, which it must turn over to the next generation increased and not impaired in value.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt

Happy Presidents Day! 🇺🇸

02/17/2024

We aren’t saying we have favorite guests … but we may take particular fondness to a group who isn’t afraid to take their shoes off and get their feet wet. 😎 Happy Saturday! 🐊

02/14/2024

35 years later - a family, the River of Grass Adventures, and so much more came to be, all because two people fell in love . . . Happy Valentines Day, ya’ll. 💘

02/11/2024

Captain Robby on a small but mighty River of Grass airboat. Visiting south Florida? Enjoy a private Everglades adventure that will educate, thrill, and inspire you! The River of Grass airboat tours are unlike any of the roadside attractions. Our Captains are true seasoned Gladesmen who are passionate about their backyard. We hope to see you later alligator! 🐊

02/04/2024

The Florida Tickseed, is one of 12 Coreopsis species native to Florida. Golden & cheerful, these flowers can be found highlighting Florida pine islands, prairies, and borders of cypress swamps nearly all year round. In 1991 the Coreopsis genus was classified Florida’s beautiful state wildflower. 🌼

02/01/2024

… dinner being brought home, pole boat style. Circa 1997.

In regions of the Glades where airboats had been outlawed, Gladesmen with grit reverted to the historic and original mode of transport through grassy marshlands to stealthily reach their desired place to hunt, and then haul out their kill. No easy feat, but one thoroughly cherished, by hunter and family.

01/31/2024

The Everglades version of cruising down Ocean Drive in a luxury vehicle …. Although we would never trade our sawgrass views for concrete. 😎








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01/24/2024

It’s hard to pick a favorite adventure and time of year when you live in an all-year-round vacation destination. However, a private winter time sunset cruise on the River of Grass will always reign top tier.

Now is the time! Contact The River of Grass and let us show you how it’s done!!

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Explore the Everglades Miami vice style! Thrilling yet relaxing luxury airboat tours; where you can

01/01/2024

As the sun sets on this last day of 2023; we pray for a healthy, peaceful, joyous, adventuresome, and prosperous new year for all of humanity. 🤍 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ Happy New Year, from the River of Grass! 🎊🥂

12/27/2023

Wading bird Wednesday ~ A lone roseate spoonbill wading through the shallow waters of Big Cypress National Preserve. Did you know? These birds get their distinctive rosy plumage from the food they eat, primarily crustaceans, rich in carotenoid pigments. 💗

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12/24/2023

Run, run Rudolph, Santa’s gotta make it to town. Santa make him hurry, tell him he can take the Everglades down.💨

Wishing you all a blessed Christmas Eve & Christmas Day, from the ROG family to yours. ❤️

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12/21/2023

Creepin’ 🐊

Alligator eyes are equipped with a reflective layer (tapetum lucidium) that enhances their night vision by maximizing available light. An adaptation that allows them to be one of the top Everglades predators at dusk.

📸 Thank you to one of our guests, Ottavio Gianella, for capturing this wicked shot.

12/18/2023

Predicted low of 49• tomorrow … Bundle up! 🥶

12/15/2023

The Red Shouldered Hawk is a medium sized raptor, known for its distinctive brownish-red shoulders, and the most common hawk spotted across the Florida Everglades. With keen eyesight and razor sharp talons, they are formidable hunters, preying on small mammals, amphibians, and reptiles. Their piercing cry echos through their territory, reminding of the crucial role they play in maintaining balance within their ecosystems.

12/14/2023

Glades-kid: a youngin’ who walks barefoot through the Everglades.🦶🏽The forerunning stage of GLADESMAN.

12/13/2023

One of our favorite River of Grass residents; the Softshell turtle. We love to watch them swiftly navigate through the stems of spatterdock lillies, occasionally bobbing their head to the surface to say hello to guests.

12/10/2023

Bladderwort 🌼 A carnivorous, aquatic plant, that produces pretty little yellow blooms. It is prevalent throughout the freshwater marshlands of the Everglades, and uses tiny, vacuum like bladders to trap and consume small prey. Beyond its unique means of survival, for generations it has also been used medicinally to aid in urinary health.

12/10/2023

12/07/2023

Serving as natural water filtration systems, Cypress trees stand as guardians of the Everglades’ delicate ecosystem. They also provide an anchor point for native epiphytic plants to adhere their roots, such as orchids and airplants … both known for their resilience as they do not require soil to grow, but instead thrive by drawing nutrients from the air and rain in humid domes like this cypress swamp.

12/06/2023

Today, 76 years ago, the government dedicated 1.5 million acres of precious protected land as Everglades National Park.

"Here are no lofty peaks seeking the sky, no mighty glaciers or rushing streams wearing away the uplifted land. Here is land, tranquil in its quiet beauty, serving not as the source of water, but as the last receiver of it. To its natural abundance we owe the spectacular plant and animal life that distinguishes this place from all others in our country."

- President Harry S Truman

12/05/2023

Everglades whitetail deer golden hour grazing at the edge of a cypress swamp. 💚

12/02/2023

Let the countdown begin! There are only five (5) days until the Swamp Heritage Festival, and we could not be more excited! Grab your family, friends and neighbors, and we'll see you all on Saturday!

**Funding for this program was provided through a grant from the Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed at this event do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

11/30/2023

There is only one River of Grass adventure. 🇺🇸