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Guided Boat Tour of New Orleans Bayou and Wildlife

Guided Boat Tour of New Orleans Bayou and Wildlife

Overview

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.

We are approximately 35-45 minutes from New Orleans. Both self-drive and hotel pickup options are available, and hotel pickups begin 75 minutes prior to tour time.Because we are located about 40 minutes outside of New Orleans, cab and uber services are not available.

City: New Orleans

Sun 23 Feb

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Starting at $17.50

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Sun 23 Feb

Starting at $17.50

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Local guide

Pontoon boat ride

Hotel pick-up and drop-off (if option with transport is selected at the time of booking)

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
The size of our swamp boats offer an opportunity to spread out and social distance, while also being outside!

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (37)

OyJoiOy

Dec 2022

We had only two days in NOLA and wasted one of them on this horrible tour. The boat was noisy and spewed fumes. We didn't see much wild life. I suspect the animals were scared off by the noisy boats and all the noxious fumes. Maybe they went looking for a more peaceful place to live in the Bayou. I hope there are some protected parts left untouched by the tourist trade. A live albino alligator was on display in the reception area . This animal spends his life in what amounts to solitary confinement. Even in a zoo some attempt is made to provide an animal with some company of his own kind. This one was totally alone. Also it had none of its natural environment. There was absolutely nothing in this pool except water. The poor thing just laid there, not moving at all. My heart broke knowing it would have to live out the rest of its life in this miserable situation. I want to mention that on the other day we were in town we went on a tour of the garden district (Tours by Steven). We had the opposite experience. Fantastic knowledgeable guide, an actual historian with a big personality who taught us in a fun way about the place we were exploring. This was in stark contrast to the bayou tour and the guide we had. I don't know if there are companies that offer better Bayou tours but my advice is to try to find another one.

Roshelle_W

Nov 2022

It was okay. Cold and windy. Didn’t see no wildlife but I guess this will happen on their first tour of the day.

Ashlea_H

Nov 2022

My feelings are two-fold here. Initially, the company was very pleasant and accomodating for arranging our needs. Unfortunately the temperature dropped over 20 degrees overnight, making a boat tour seem less than practical. I reached out to the company to let them know we would not attend. I was told no refunds were issued (completely understandable) but then later that same day received a call from a very rude employee (although that took me a minute to figure that out as they didn't identify themselves or the company) who just started angrily yelling at me through the phone and repeatedly asking if "we were still coming or no?" I would like to try this tour again next time I am in NOLA area, but I hope that employee isn't representative of the company as a whole.