The tram runs Saturday through Thursday. Located on School Street behind Fort Myers Beach Elementary School, Fort Myers Beach, the preserve has more than 40 acres of unspoiled live-oak hammock and mangrove swamp on Estero Bay. Raccoons, wading birds and native plants abound, and trails and boardwalks weave through the preserve. Seashore wildlife can be seen in the early morning or around sunset. The public is welcome to walk through from sunrise to sunset.
Admission is free.
Includes a boardwalk that takes visitors into the heart of Six Mile Cypress Swamp. The preserve, nine miles long and one-third of a mile wide, includes an amphitheater and native pond cypress and mixed hardwood forest. It is open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. October through March and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. the rest of the year. The preserve is at Penzance Crossing on Six Mile Cypress Parkway, between Colonial Boulevard and Daniels Parkway. Owned by the National Audubon Society, the sanctuary is home to the largest nesting colony of endangered wood storks in North America.