Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve – Guided Tours

Fort Myers, Florida: Years ago, when developers built Colonial Boulevard to enhance growth in Southwest Florida, there was a need to preserve natural wetlands to balance the effect of growth. With this partnership, the Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve benefited by replacing non-native trees with native cypress created a more natural filter in the slough habitat. This is one of the many facts you will learn during a guided tour at the slough.

Led by a volunteer naturalist, a guided tour is a great way to explore the park and learn more about the park and its inhabitants. Along the way, your guide will tell you the story about the slough, its benefits to nature and help you find some of the amazing animals that call the slough their home.

It was unseasonable warm during today’s tour so the wildlife was pretty quiet. On our tour today we saw:

  • American Alligator 
  • Anhinga 
  • Cottonmouth 
  • Tricolored Heron 
Guided tours are offered a minimum of once daily but during the season an extra tour is added. The Guided Tours are free and on a first come-first service basis with registration beginning thirty minutes prior to the tour at the volunteer desk at the entrance to the boardwalk.

Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve is located at 7791 Penzance Boulevard in Fort Myers, Florida. The park is opened daily from sunrise to sunset. There is no admission for the park but Lee County charges $1 an hour/$5 daily max for parking.

Click on the photo above to see photos from today’s visit and my entire Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve photo gallery.

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