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The Wakodahatchee Wetlands
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3 reviews for The Wakodahatchee Wetlands
Wakodahatchee, or Wako, is a great place to view a slice of the Everglades ecosystem. It's much smaller than it's large cousin Green Cay Wetlands. It's 3/4 mile boardwalk winds around the water areas, or wetland pond. These ponds are usually populated with all sorts of wetland critters.
It is open seven days a week, from sunrise to sunset, and it's free!
Pros : Wako is great place to get closeup photos of nesting wetland birds. Often seen are green herons, and anhinga nesting in the trees. If you're lucky you'll also see a gator catching a daily meal. Turtles, moorhens, and purple galinule flourish here.
Cons : Due to its smaller nature, it is often crowded and noisy. Within the crowds are also photographers with tripods, so its does get cramped. As a photographer, I wouldn't leave my tripod since people tend to not pay attention to where they walk. During migration times, it does get very crowded, as so in the winter when people are visiting from the north.
I don't have much to add to Zoe W.'s review. Its a great, extremely accessible nature walk. Walking along the wooden 2~3 mile boardwalk. Aligators, egrets, turtles, frogs and lots more can be found among the rushes and swamp grasses. And its all free! Who can ask for anything more?
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I can't believe no one has reviewed this place yet? Maybe the name throws people off? This is one of my favorite spots in Florida. It's a sprawling wetland/marshland with a 2-3 mile wooden walkway circuit covering the different areas. There are so many different types of animals here like the Anhinga, Warblers, Egrets, Hawks, Herons, ALLIGATORS, ALLIGATORS, ALLIGATORS! The birds here are crazy and have their own little sanctuary islands and nests, as well as the turtles. Funny story, last time this one bird was making this elaborate take off in the air scene and it came flying low to the ground in my direction so I lifted my arms up and it flew right through my arms, haha. If I caught it I would for sure have scratches all over my face seeing as it was the Anhinga. Tons of turtles, especially the enormous weird looking, snapping ones with the funny snouts and schools of catfish and mosquito fish. There are marsh rabbits, snakes and ALLIGATORS! alligators are so cool! You gotta look for em like Where's Waldo because they don't move much and blend in really well, sometimes you only see the tops of their heads as the rest of their body is submerged underneath the water. Last time I came here there were THREE BABY ALLIGATORS! How cute is that?! I only saw one of them but seeing that little guy swim around by himself when he's only the size of my foot (size 61/2) is really cute and then you wonder where's the momma...*CHOMP*
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