… literally …
If you ever find yourself in south Florida, I would highly suggest you add the Shark Valley Visitor’s Center in Everglades National Park to your itinerary.
No walls, no fences, no cages: Natalie, Jim and I got up close and personal with wild alligators, anhingas and other tropical wetland critters on Saturday as we biked Shark Valley’s 15-mile trail.
Too cool for words – I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves:
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Oh my goodness, those are incredible shots! I love wildlife and talk about WILD! The gators seem extremely well behaved, though I never really thought of them as vicious. I know they CAN be, but any animal could be… I think they’re actually quite cute!
They were great! They hardly seemed interested in us for the most part – We made sure to keep a respectful distance :) Such an amazing experience!
Great shots! What an amazing adventure! Alligators scare me a bit…they can move so darn fast…
Haha yes! Luckily none of the ones on the path were too interested in lunging at us – Kept a healthy distance whenever we could!
yay everglades! :) amazing photos you got. i totally can hear the everglades just by looking at these photos…you know that cricket-like sound it constantly has? i don’t even know what critter is responsible for it… :D love this post.
I know what you mean – The white background noise is beautiful – This trail has definitely become one of our favorite destinations here :)
Is there something hanging out of the gator’s mouth in the first shot? Did he just eat a rat?
There’s definitely something hanging out of its mouth – We think it was just a bit of grass (hopefully :P).
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