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There is not a lot of hiking in the Everglades. The one long-ish trail is now unmaintained due to an endangered plant that grows in the area. What you may want to do instead is rent a bike and ride around at Shark Valley. It's a great place to see wildlife and there's an observation tower halfway through that will reveal just how flat the area is. The drawback is that Shark Valley is a very long way from Flamingo and not really close to anything else unless you are doing a kayak trip in the Ten Thousand Islands or Big Cypress. You probably want to hire a guide or make friends with a local if you are going to explore that area because otherwise you will almost certainly get lost in the mangrove tunnels. Flamingo is the one place in Florida where I have seen a crocodile. The American ones aren't particularly scary. If you are camping out there, I highly recommend visiting Royal Palm at sunset to see all the birds that roost there for the night (assuming they haven't found a new place to sleep since 2013). A nice place in the Keys to sit next to the water and relax for a while is Islamorada near Tea Table Key. If the tides are right, the water is very dramatic in the area. Further down the road, Bahia Honda is a nice beach because you can jump in the water on both sides of the island. They are more different than that sounds. Big Pine Key is the one island you can drive to that has anything even remotely resembling wilderness. There are some trails in the middle of the island and the Blue Hole is worth a short stop. Your odds of seeing a key deer in the wilderness are about the same as seeing a key deer hanging out in the Winn-Dixie parking lot. Someone else will have to tell you about diving or Dry Tortugas. Biscayne has a visitor center near Homestead. That's the only place you can visit without a boat.
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