Guided Boat Tour of New Orleans Bayou
Description
Are you ready to experience one of the best excursions New Orleans has to offer? Adventures of Jean Lafitte offers personal Alligator Tours through Louisiana’s beautiful backcountry. Gather your whole crew and come experience the “road less traveled”! You’ll be touring 20,000 acres of tidewater cypress swamp. During your 1 hour 30 minute tour you’ll have opportunities to see alligators, snakes, turtles, egrets, herons and ibis, and we sometimes see hawks, owls and bald eagles. NOTE: We are approximately 35-45 minutes from New Orleans. Cab and uber services are not available in our area. If you book the self-drive option you will not receive hotel pickup. If you book the option with pickup, pickups will begin 1 hour and 15 minutes prior to tour time.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Set out on a 20,000-acre (8,095-hectare) tract of tidewater cypress swamp close to the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. Your flat-bottomed boat is leisurely guided through the shallow marshes. Discover bayous lined with mossy cypress and tupelo-gum trees as your captain points out a stunning variety of wildlife. Enjoy a fully narrated tour by a local guide. Prepare to see plenty of alligators in the warmer months (and warmer days in winter), some of which may be out sunning themselves on logs! Your guide may even feed the gators, affording you amazing photo opportunities. Also keep your eyes open for turtles, snakes, egrets, herons and ibis. You may even catch sight of a hawk, owl or bald eagle. In the cooler months, look for white-tailed deer, raccoons and the large rodents known as nutria.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
***Pickups start 1 hour and 15 minutes prior to tour time.*** We also pick up from: 600 Canal St. 701 Canal St. 819 Decatur St. Bon's Restaurant (620 Decatur St.) Balcony Music Slub Corner of Chartres & Esplanade Corner of N. Rampart & Esplanade Quarter House
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(1,584)
We definitely recommend the covered boat. Bring water and be prepared to enjoy the bayou. The experience was very interesting and the tour guide was very informative.
We’re glad to hear your party had a great time on your swamp tour! Be sure to come back next time you’re in New Orleans. Thank you for recommending Adventures of Jean Lafitte.
I had no idea alligators ate marshmallows! Our guide was knowledgeable and entertaining. Highly recommend.
We're happy to hear you got to see so many alligators! Thank you for recommending Adventures of Jean Lafitte.
It is like the Gator tour but without the loud airboat and this boat had shade. Our guide was really great!
Thank you for recommending Adventures of Jean Lafitte. We're happy to hear your captain gave you such a memorable swamp tour!
We enjoyed the trip but not what we expected. It lacked info on the bayou flora, animals, and living in swamps. Just a tourist trip to see alligators. Commentator spoke soft and could not hear.
Sorry for the lack of sightings — all our wildlife is in its natural habitat. While we cannot control nature and wildlife appearance, we would like to improve customer service. If you have details you can share, please email us at Info@AdventuresofJeanLafitte.com. Thanks for leaving your review.
We only got 10 minutes on the boat due to lightening. BUT, the Captain and the young lady at the desk were wonderful. The Captain explained everything and the young lady issued me a refund without me asking
Our tour guide, Adam, I believe, was very good. The boat is a pontoon style and was covered. We saw several gators that swam right up to the boat. We went in May which is supposed to be a good time to see them. Check-in was easy in the air-conditioned gift shop with bathrooms. There was also a bathroom at the deck where we waited for our boat number to be called. The only problem we had was with the directions they sent. You are told to turn in on Fleming Park Rd but that is a one-way street going out. Directions should say turn at Texas St. We had 3 people with us between 22 and 31 and they loved it. Great for all ages.
Hi John, thank you for recommending Adventures of Jean Lafitte and your insightful review on the directions. We're happy to hear that Captain Adam showed you a great time on your swamp tour! Be sure to come back next time you’re in New Orleans.
Overall it was an okay experience. We got to see alligators; that was great. But the boat driver played music during the ride (I felt that was weird). Also, I couldn't understand when he would tell us about things. The sounds was low. They fed marshmallows to the alligators, which isn't healthy I believe. The whole process took a long time. We departed from the hotel at 8:30, reached the location at 9:15 and the tour started at 10am. Could have squeezed the timeline.
We’re sorry to hear you didn’t have a good experience with us. Could you please email us at Info@AdventuresofJeanLafitte.com with your confirmation number, boat number, or captain’s name so we can look into this further? We hope you’ll give us another chance in the future. Thank you for your feedback.
We had the best time ever, our guide was fun and informative. We got to see lots of things around the swamp and thoroughly enjoyed entire outing. Would absolutely recommend this to anyone who’s thinking about it, stop thinking and just do it!!
Amazing experience! The tour guide explained the history of everything so well! The bayou was so beautiful! We had an incredible time!
Excellent tour guide/captain. You will see come gators. We saw at least 25. Highly recommend the covered tour as it rains a lot there. You can reserve an uber ahead of time. Just can’t order one from there as there’s no one near by. Whole experience was great. Very nice staff and a fun time.
