Airboat Adventures, LLC 5145 Fleming Pk Rd Lafitte, LA 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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