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Swamp & Airboat Tours Airboat Adventures www.airboatadventures.com 888-GO-SWAMP Less than one hour from downtown New Orleans and just minutes from the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Airboat Adventures offers visitors a break from bawdy Bourbon Street and an exciting alternative to commercial swamp tours. Penetrate the secluded areas of south Louisiana's swamplands in a way that's inaccessible to large, crowded "party" boats. With high-speed airboats geared to meet groups' needs of all sizes and budgets, it’s never been easier to glide over water and land, discovering this exotic world of  haunting beauty. Your personal, expert guides have all had ongoing love affairs with the swamps since childhood, and they will pause frequently to point out many natural wonders along the way. During the two hour tour, Kline, Sam and Derek introduce visitors to alligators, barred owls, hawks and purple gallinules. Witness egrets fishing for dinner, view various wildflowers throughout our 20,000 private acres and visit the remnants of a prosperous logging operation from the early 1900s. Airboat Tours by Arthur Matherne, Inc. www.airboattours.com 800-975-9345 See gators, herons and other Louisiana wildlife up close and personal. Rides can be custom-tailored to cater to your specific needs... from smooth and easy to wild and crazy (or anything in-between)! Airboat Tours is located just minutes away from New Orleans' International  Airport. We invite everyone to come to the bayou and experience for yourself the ride of your life in an airboat. Our airboat can actually go on the marsh. Seventy-five percent of the time, you will be on land or deep into the cypress swamps, where you can see beautiful, moss-draped trees and wildlife. We are surrounded by a quiet fishing village where the time seems to stand still. Your guide Arthur is a commercial alligator and crab fisherman, born on the bayou and a lifelong resident of Bayou Gauche. He is very knowledgeable on the ecology of the marsh. Swamp & Airboat Tours by Cajun Swamp Adventures www.cajunswampadventures.com 504-566-4888 If an up-close experience is what you are looking for, then this is the tour for you! Venture into the private wetlands of South Louisiana for a narrated swamp or airboat tour. Our small boats get you deep into our moss-draped cypress swamp, where alligators, herons, egrets, owls, deer and snakes will welcome you into their natural habitat. Swamp tours run about two hours. Or, you can come experience the thrill of a lifetime in our small airboats, which carry only up to six passengers. This tour is more personalized, and our airboats will bring you even deeper into our beautiful cypress swamps. The airboat tour is an hour and 40 minutes. Airboat and Cajun Bayou Tour by Tours by Isabelle www.toursbyisabelle.com 877-665-8687 (TOUR) On our airboat tour, we drive down to the quaint and remote Cajun village of Lafitte for a thrilling, high-speed ride onboard one of our seven passenger airboats, comfortably gliding over marshes, deep into secluded bayous for approximately two hours. You may even get to hold a baby alligator, feed giant catfish or meet a nutria face to face. Our Cajun Bayou Tour starts with a drive out to Cajun Country, while we go through wild cypress swamps, over the Mississippi on an impressive suspended bridge and along vast sugarcane fields. Our guide will share the unique story of the odyssey of the Cajun people. Then you will take a narrated boat tour on winding bayous in remote cypress swamps. Your Cajun guide, also an alligator hunter and fur trapper, shares his knowledge of the swamp, including reptile habits, healing plants and exotic birds. After this peaceful ride, explore the picturesque swamp zoo on Bayou Boeuf. Airboat or Swamp Tour by Jean Lafitte Tours www.jeanlafitteswamptour.com 504-587-1719 Journey with us by boat, Cajun-style, for an hour and 45 minute tour through the heart of Southern Louisiana's swamplands. Experience real-life adventure for the whole family from the comfort of our swamp boats. Tour our privately-owned, meandering bayous and take a look into the past. View moss draped cypress trees, fascinating plant life and the creatures who make their homes here. Your Cajun guide is a native of the area who will share with you the legends and lore of Louisiana's still untamed wilderness. Bring your camera and capture the alligators, snakes, egrets, white-tailed deer, mink and nutria who make their homes here in the Louisiana swamplands. Get ready for an exciting adventure on an airboat tour! Take a thrilling ride through the swamps and bayous of Louisiana, accessible only by airboat. The captain, a native of the area, offers a colorful history of the Cajun way of life. You'll come face to face with alligators, snakes and other native creatures while touring their neighborhood. Cajun Pride Swamp Tours www.cajunprideswamptours.com 800-467-0758 For many years, people have traveled extensively to experience the unique and exciting landscape that you can only find here – the famous Manchac Swamp. We invite you to join us for a unique journey back to the early days of Louisiana bayou and swamp explorations. Swamp creatures, seeing our boats daily, recognize them as part of their normal environment. Unafraid and responsive to their boat captain's call, they peak out from underbrush and between moss-draped trees and shrubs, frequently coming directly to the boat. In the safety and comfort of the boat, you can actually come within a few feet of jumping gators. As your boat drifts through the waterways, you will learn about the Louisiana wetlands and the inhabitants of the swamp, particularly the life and habits of the American alligator, as well as the unique history of the Cajun town of Frenier, which is located at this property. Covered Boat Tour or High Speed Airboat Tour by Louisiana Tour Company www.louisianaswamp.com 800-30-SWAMP Cruise slowly past an ancient, 2000-year-old, sacred Indian mound and a Cajun cemetery where the people of the swamp are buried above ground. You will see the Cajun fishing boats along the bayou, and proud fishermen may even stop to show you their catch. No matter which method of tour boat that you chose, you will venture deep into the Barataria swamps that were once the home of Pirate Jean Lafitte. Our 60 passenger swamp tour boats are the finest swamp boats in Louisiana. We have two of these Coast Guard-Certified Vessels, designed for your comfort. They can even keep you dry in an unexpected rainshower! The swamp tours are fully narrated, while the airboats are half ride and half tour. On the airboat tours, you will travel at high speeds in certain areas and slow down for picture taking and wildlife viewing. Our captains are natives of the Barataria Swamps and come from a background of gator hunting, fishing and trapping. They will entertain you and amaze you with the ecology of the swampland. They have lived the life! Swamp and Bayou Tour by Grayline www.graylineneworleans.com 504-569-1401 After a short motorcoach ride across the Mississippi River, take a fascinating boat trip into the Louisiana swamps and bayous. Experience the timeless beauty of South Louisiana in a custom built, all-weather swamp boat. Native guides will reveal the mysteries of the swamps and bayous and the Cajun "joie de vivre". Hear how the Cajuns turned soup into gumbo, the washboard into a musical instrument and the swamps of Louisiana into a paradise. Observe the nesting grounds of alligators, egrets, raccoons, nutria and many species of snakes. You will be treated to a Bayou Nature Wildlife Show by a local naturalist. Snakes, alligator snapping turtles, raccoons and nutria will be among the animal guests. Learn about the efforts made to preserve and restore Louisiana's vanishing wetlands. Bring your camera to capture the "bon temps" (good times) on the bayou! Honey Island Swamp Tours www.honeyislandswamp.com 504-242-5877 Take a journey into the swamplands of Louisiana. Picture the moss hanging on gnarled cypress trees as you travel into one of the wildest and most pristine river swamps in America. With the swamp tales of pirates and sightings of Big Foot in the back of your mind, you may be just a little bit nervous at first, but after your first boat ride you'll want to go back again and again! You'll be overcome by the primitive beauty of the cypress trees rising from the water and the sweet smell of wild azaleas in the air. Honey Island swamp is unique because it's one of the least-altered river swamps in the country. It's pretty much in its original condition, almost a pristine wilderness. Take a personalized, narrated nature tour into the 250-square-mile Honey Island Swamp. Swamp Tour by Cajun Encounters www.cajunencounters.com 504-834-1770 We provide an unforgettable, two-hour tour of the beautiful and famous Honey Island Swamp. Cajun Encounters uses smaller boats that accommodate up to 24 passengers to allow for a more quiet and up-close experience. With vast knowledge of the swamp and the wildlife, we can weave you through the back bayous for a real Cajun experience. The Honey Island Swamp is home to alligators, raccoons, owls, wild boars, nutria, snakes, turtles, bald eagles, black bears and many birds. Recently there has been talk of an ivory billed woodpecker sighting, previously believed to be extinct. Come visit us in the Honey Island Swamp and see one of the only remaining preserved wetlands in Louisiana. Kayaking Tour of Louisiana Bayous by Laid Back Tours www.laidbacktours.com 504-488-8991 We offer full day trips kayaking the scenic bayous, swamps and wetlands of greater New Orleans. See the Louisiana irises in bloom at the Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve, watch the graceful Great Blue Heron feed on the shores of Cane Bayou or paddle past alligators in the Manchac Swamps. Our New Orleans swamp tour requires 6+ hours of involvement, including 4+ hours kayaking in the swamps and bayous. You may bring a lunch if you like. Advance reservations are required.  Haunted Swamp Adventure by Plantation Adventure www.plantationadventure.com 866-671-8687 Take a journey over scenic swamps and wetlands enroute to a Cajun camp carved out of the Manchac, the legendary haunted swamp, at dusk. As night approaches, sail into the darkness of Manchac on a bayou lit only by torches as the creatures of the night sing their bewitching songs. Hear the chilling tale of the Great West Indies Storm of 1915 when a tidal wave carried hundreds of people to their death in Manchac Swamp. View crosses of the graves of victims in the depths, since reclaimed by Manchac swamp. You'll also hear the stories of pirates, swamp witches and the curse of the loup-garou. There will be haunting tales of restless spirits and a voodoo curse that actually destroyed three towns in 1915 and gave the haunted swamp her name. Watch as the red eyes of alligators float above the dark waters and follow your boat into the depths of the swamp. Return to the French Quarter around 10:30; we guarantee this is one adventure you'll never forget! Cajun Style Swamp Tours www.cajunstyleswamptours.com 504-566-0703 We offer three different swamp tours. Out traditional tour is on a covered boat, which moves at a slow pace. It is fully narrated by our local captains, who can not only answer questions about our swamps and animals, but who can also hit y'all with a great Cajun joke or two! We offer a sunset tour, too, which is just like the traditional tour, except we will end up in Lake Salvador, the largest lake in the area, where we will sit and enjoy one of the most beautiful sunsets you could ever see. You can also bring the beverage of your choice! Finally, our Ultimate Tour is on a boat that can cut a path in as little as an 1/8-inch of water! This boat will put you in the heart of the swamps, where most people only dream of going. For approximately two hours, you will be surrounded by the breath-taking scenery usually only seen by the gators. Westwego Swamp Adventures www.westwegoswampadventures.com 504-581-4501 At Westwego Swamp Boat Tours, we provide our guests a total environmental and ecological experience to enjoy the magic that exists in this environment that is unique in the entire world. In advance of each tour, and at no additional cost, we provide an ecology/naturalist presentation where we introduce you to things that reflect the mysterious eco-nature of the swamp environment. Our swampland is currently disappearing at the rate of one football field an hour, and we are very concerned with maintaining this wonderful resource and ecosystem. Since we have special exhibit permits to house and care for wild animals, we will also show you firsthand live animals such as swamp owls, birds of prey, and even give you the opportunity to hold a baby alligator in your hand! Experience the mysterious and wonderful elements of our magical ecosystem. This is followed by the best swamp tour in the business, conducted by genuine Cajun captains who live, hunt and fish in this magical environment.