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Avery Island Experience- Tabasco & Jungle Gardens Self-guided tour

Avery Island Experience- Tabasco & Jungle Gardens Self-guided tour

Overview

Where is TABASCO® sauce made? With this Avery Island Experience, find out how The McIlhenny family has made TABASCO® Sauce on Avery Island, Louisiana for over 5 generations. Built on a salt dome, it is a mysteriously beautiful place where the red peppers grow, the factory hums, and abundant wildlife can be seen in the Jungle Gardens. Explore the 10 stop tour that takes you from seed to sauce, get a full tasting at the tasting bar in the TABASCO® Country store, light your taste buds up with authentic Cajun dishes and a Bloody Mary in Restaurant 1868, and explore the ancient oaks and admire the wildlife on a 14 stop tour in Jungle Gardens.

City: Louisiana

Thu 26 Dec

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Starting at $15.50

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Thu 26 Dec

Starting at $15.50

Make a reservation

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What's Included

complimentary Mini TABASCO Bottle

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
The audio guide is available only on the Jungle Gardens Tour.
Face masks provided for travellers
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms

What To Expect

Avery island

Where is TABASCO® Sauce made? The McIlhenny family has made TABASCO® Sauce on Avery Island, Louisiana for over 5 generations. Built on a salt dome, it's a mysteriously beautiful place where the red peppers grow, the factory hums, and abundant wildlife can be seen in Jungle Gardens. Spend the day learning about how our famous sauce got its start in 1868, discover the process from seed to sauce, feed your soul with authentic Cajun dishes in Restaurant 1868!, shop for those hard to find sauces and TABASCO gear in our country Store and explore Jungle Gardens, a 170-acre wildlife and botanical garden.

Jungle Gardens

Jungle Gardens is a 14 stop tour that makes a 3 mile loop that you may drive, hike, bike, or walk. Stop 1: Giant oak trees Stop 2: Bayou petit Anse/Marsh trail Stop 3: Alligators Stop 4: Boat House Stop 5: Venetian Gardens Stop 6: Cleveland Oak Stop 7: Holly Hedge Stop 8: Buddha temple Stop 9: Wisteria Arch Stop 10: Palm Gardens Stop 11: Bird city Stop 12: timber Bamboo Stop 13: sunken Gardens Stop 14: Camellia Nursery

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (94)

daniellecE3786TN

Apr 2022

The Avery Island visit is worth it if you are in the area. The Tabasco tour is interesting and provides a good overview of the company, its history and the manufacturing process. The island is also very interesting. It would be very cool to be able to see the salt mile and pepper fields, but you are limited in the area you can visit. Jungle Gardens was also an interesting drive-through experience - alligators in the ponds, birds in the lagoon. Might be nice if there were a better defined walking tour experience of the gardens too. I'm not sure its worth a special trip from New Orleans, but if you are within a hour's drive, a visit is worth it. We did not try the restaurant.

minz747

Apr 2022

We roadtripped to NOLA, so I wanted to take the time to drive out to Avery Island. It was wonderful to get out of the city and see more of rural Louisiana. The way the tour is laid out is very intuitive and easy to follow. It's an easy walk in nicely laid out grounds. We drove through the Jungle Gardens, and it was beautiful. Definitely walk out the observation deck. Egrets and spoonbills were flying everywhere, and the egrets were nesting. We got to see egret babies! Overall an awesome day for us.

Bechdz

Apr 2022

Really enjoyed the tour seeing how everything is done. Everyone was very friendly. The garden tour was very pretty and we got to see an alligator.