The Everglades in Comfort

The Everglades isn't a resort destination — and that's the point. But you can absolutely do it in comfort: the reopened lodge at Flamingo, private guided tours, and a polished Miami base turn a wild park into a refined nature escape.

The Flamingo Lodge

At the park's southern terminus, the Flamingo Lodge reopened in 2023 — the only in-park lodging, a modern eco-lodge with rooms and glamping-style options right on Florida Bay. Staying here puts you deep inside the park at dawn and dusk, hours from any city, with the marina, tours, and wildlife at your door. It's the one way to sleep in the Everglades with comfort, and it books far ahead.

Private & Small-Group Tours

Skip the crowds with a private boat charter, eco-tour, or naturalist guide — a private backcountry boat out of Flamingo to look for crocodiles and manatees, or a chartered Ten Thousand Islands cruise from Everglades City. A good guide reads the tides, finds the wildlife, and turns a big confusing wilderness into a personal experience.

A Polished City Base

For hotels and dining at a luxury level, base in Miami, Coral Gables, or Miami Beach and day-trip to the park — the Homestead entrance is under an hour from the city. You get world-class food and a fine hotel at night and the wildest wetland in America by day. Pair the Everglades with the Florida Keys for a full high-end itinerary.

What Luxury Means Here

There's no spa-and-golf resort in the Everglades, and you wouldn't want one. The luxury is access and ease — a private guide, an in-park lodge, no logistics to wrestle — letting you focus entirely on one of the planet's great wild places. Spend on the guide and the lodge; the park itself does the rest.