Big Cypress
Overnight Safari

Overnight in the Big Cypress could be the best field trip your youth group may experience. This quality program with unique accommodations will leave an unforgettable experience!

This tour begins much like the day trip. During the ride your group will be divided into clans of 9 children and one chaperone. The large chickee dorms will be equipped with 10 freshly made beds and a towel for each person. Color bracelets will be given out to divide the clans after which, check-in begins.

An educational walk through a cypress head will begin the tour. This will be followed by a brown bag lunch (B.Y.O.). Beverages will be provided by the camp.

Next, one half of the group will depart on the day time swamp buggy tour, while the other half begins the seminars. Two seminars will be shared with the children: Arrowheads and primitive tools; beadwork.

Each student will make a necklace to keep and take home as a souvenir. After two hours, the group will switch.

A buffet dinner and beverages will be served in the ranch restaurant. After some free time the students will prepare for the evening swamp buggy ride and Indian stories. An hour of Seminole folklore will proceed an hour long buggy ride where spot lights will illuminate indigenous animals. The mysterious cypress forest will surely keep your group on it's toes!

After arrival back to the camp, the clans will prepare for bed. Modern showers and restroom facilities will make this easy for them.

The next morning, a hearty breakfast will be served in the restaurant. After breakfast, free time can be enjoyed to work on trip books, walk the trail or finish the beadwork. An informative gator and venomous snake demonstration will follow. After a buffet lunch the students will be departing at approximately 12:30 pm for arrival at school between 2:30 and 3:00 pm.

Tour includes:

• Educational walk
• Three meals
• Two seminars
• Reptile and snake demonstration
• Day and night Swamp Buggy rides
• Night accommodations
• Gratuities