Miccosukee Indian Village

The Miccosukee Tribe's own cultural stop along the Trail, run directly by the tribe on land they have held since being pushed deep into the Everglades during the Seminole Wars. The compound holds a small museum of tribal history, chickee-thatched demonstration sites where tribe members work patchwork sewing, doll-making, and beadwork in the open, an alligator handling show that carries on the old Tamiami tourism tradition, and a separate airboat concession running 30-minute runs into the sawgrass with a stop at a working hammock camp. Gift shop stocks tribal patchwork and beadwork. Not slick — a working village that opens its gate to visitors, which is the point.

What to order

Time the visit around an 11a or 1p alligator show and pair it with the 30-minute tribal airboat ($20 adult, $12 kid); guided village tours run on the half hour through the afternoon. Skip Monday through Wednesday — the village is dark those days.

Hours

Village Thu–Sun 9a–4p · airboat concession daily 9a–5p (hours have shifted post-2020, call ahead)