An eco-tourism adventure: nature offers Florida’s biggest thrills

Thom Breathnach embarks an ecotourism adventure in Florida from Key West to the Everglades.

Key West, Florida, USA

Florida may well be the world’s greatest tourism juggernaut but if your getaway tastes, like mine, are less theme parks and more national parks, less SeaWorld and more sea snorkelling, the Sunshine State also offers some of the most diverse attractions for the would-be eco tourist. 

The Florida Keys, the tropical archipelago occupying the southernmost fringe of the contiguous United States, is one of the state's top hubs for green tourism, and last month, I road-tripped from Miami south to experience the breath of its natural highs.