New Orleans Large Airboat Swamp Tour
Description
The departure location for this tour is only 35 minutes from New Orleans but a world apart in flora and fauna. Your tour will be a mix of high speed adventures and stops for pictures. This tour is completely safe and led by a local and professional guide.
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Itinerary
Drive along the Mississippi River to reach your destination in the swamps. This tour is a combination of both a swamp tour and an airboat ride. Your tour guide will stop on your journey to allow for photos and alligator encounters! This airboat is a larger capacity vessel with the ability to seat up to 16 passengers. This is perfect for larger groups. The seating on your airboat is stadium style seating, so anyone seated in front of you will not be obstructing your view. Each airboat tour is unique and unscripted, you never know what's going to be waiting for your group behind the next turn. Airboats are driven by a 454 Chevy Engine, bringing speeds of your boat up to 25 miles an hour. Airboats are propelled by a large fan that blow air behind the vessel. On this tour, you will reach places and visit areas which normal boats and vehicles are unable to access.
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Important Information
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- All children must be at least 48 inches
- Due to safety concerns, pregnant women are not allowed on this tour
- When traveling with multiple passengers, you must make one booking with all passengers to insure that you are on the same boat. If you did not book together, you are not guaranteed to be together.
- Service animals are permitted but not recommended due to the volume of noise on the boat and threats of surrounding wildlife.
- Emotional support animals are not permitted.
- Please note you are not guaranteed to see a gator. They hibernate in winter months but are easily spotted in spring, summer, and fall.
- Airboats are not handicapped accessible. There are no lifts or ramps available for use. Guests must be able to get on or off of the boat themselves or with the help of someone in their party.
Reviews(198)
Dewey was terrific. I took my two boys 15 and 11. My 15 year old is hard to impress but he was smiling and having a great time. It was beautiful out there and the guides have a great relationship with the animals so they come right up to the boat.
The highlight of our family trip to NOLA 🐊 We hopped onto the large airboat and immediately were in awe of the beauty of the swamp. The trees and water and of course, the alligators. We also saw a raccoon and birds. Our guide was amazing, knowledgeable, and safe.
Boat ride was great. We seen a lot of alligators. Tour guide was very informative. Overall great experience.
Our tour guide Dewey was fantastic. He really went out of his way to give us the best swamp experience. Highly recommend!
Ernie was a great tour guide. The airboat was fun, scenery beautiful and we saw many, many alligators. I would recommend this to a friend.
2nd swamp tour. My first was with a different company. Louisiana Tour Company was hands down the best ! Loved it !
We had Captain Bee Bop and he was outstanding. You could tell he loved his job and his homeland and was so knowledgeable and kind. So many gators! Highly recommend. Thank you for such a great experience!
Such a unique experience. Dewey was our airboat guide and he made it so much fun. Very knowledgeable of the land and the wildlife. So many cool sites. We were able to do this before our flight home. Perfect way to end our trip. Everyone working at the company was so friendly.
This was an absolutely awesome experience! So good we went back and did the swamp tour a couple of days later! Make sure you have some cash to tip your guide! I didn’t and felt really bad as Captain Jason deserved a tip.. I am so sorry!! We really enjoyed your tour. Super informative and great to see the Alligators & hold nibbles! We also had Bobby tour us and both guides were super informative and enthusiastic about their jobs! A must do if you are visiting here
Dewey the guide was awesome. We saw lots of gators . I would recommend bring a jacket, when the boat gets up to speed, its a little chilly. Great time
