New Orleans Large Airboat Swamp Tour

Overview

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.

City: Louisiana

Thu 26 Dec

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Starting at $65.00

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Thu 26 Dec

Starting at $65.00

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Professional guide

Airboat tour

Additional Info

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
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff

What To Expect

Mississippi River

Drive along the Mississippi River to reach your destination in the swamps.

Barataria Preserve

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.

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (69)

31leticia

Nov 2019

We had Rocky as our tour guide. He was great gave us a bit history and answered all questions. Made sure to be fair to both sides of the boat to so everyone could get photos and made it a point to bring us all close enough within everyone comfort level.

Response from Host

Nov 2019

Thank you for taking the time to write us a positive review! Captain Rocky and our staff appreciate it very much!

kaitlinp69

Nov 2019

I booked a large airboat tour for 4 women on a Saturday at noon and when we showed up, we were the only ones booked and had a private tour with Captain Ernie! He was sweet, hilarious, and insanely knowledgeable. We loved every second of it and could not have had a better time, we will definitely be coming back in the summer time and making sure we get him again as our guide!

Response from Host

Nov 2019

We are so glad that you had a great experience! Captain Ernie and our staff appreciate the positive review!

siximpossiblethings

Oct 2019

If your thinking about booking an airboat tour, DO IT! But go directly through Louisiana Tour Company. They were fantastic, start to finish. The tour was worth every penny. Viator, the booking company (not the actual tour company), seemed shady. I called in for the $40 tour. They said it wasn't available, but could do a $59 boat large airboat at 4:15 that day or 2:15 or 4:15 the next day. Ok, no problem. Said I'd call them back after running it by my friend. Called back literally 1 minute later from my same phone. Suddenly, oh no, now there's only a $75 tour available, but you'll get a smaller boat which is safer anyway. Um..no. at this point, I'm seeing a pattern as the price keeps jumping up and up. So I decline and use my friends phone to call back immediately. Sure enough, the $59 tour is suddenly available again the same day, at the time we wanted. I book it & decline all the various other tours they wanted to sign us up for. As it turned out, we weren't able to make it on time to the tour. I called the Louisiana Tour Company directly as I didn't trust Viator. They were incredible! Not only did they immediately get us switched to the next morning (which Viator told us was unavailable unless we went for the $79+ option), they were so kind and made it hassle free. The next morning, we showed up for the tour and had the time of our lives. The guide was phenomenal. We saw alligators and all kinds of beautiful things. The boat ride was plenty safe, but a blast. I would definitely do it again (and am planning on it) but I'll be booking directly through the tour company in the future.

Response from Host

Oct 2019

We are so sorry that you had to go through that with Viator, but we are so glad that we were able to accommodate you. Thank you for taking the time to write such a positive review! We really appreciate it!