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: New Orleans

Fri 29 Aug

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Starting at $65.00

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Fri 29 Aug

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
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.

What To Expect

Barataria Preserve

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.

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (133)

Max T

Mar 2018

If you're having qualms about taking this tour, just do it. This was the best part of my trip to New Orleans, bar none. You'll get to see plenty of gators (but keep the time of year in mind, if it's colder the gators will be hibernating), plenty of beautiful trees, other wildlife like turtles or herons, and a great experience in the swamps. The guide was excellent, answering all sorts of questions and providing some humor to the trip. The alligator feeding was great. Take the ride out into the Louisiana swamps; you won't regret it.

LMMNY

Feb 2018

The 2 hour swamp tour by airboat was fantastic. The setting was beautiful and private - there weren't any other boats around throughout the tour. Captain Ernie was very knowledgeable and fun. While it's difficult to talk while the boat is moving, we stopped 3 or 4 times for a few minutes so Ernie could talk in depth about alligators, conservation, etc. There was a big emphasis on protecting the alligators and swamps. Ernie was an absolutely fantastic guide. The combination of beautiful setting, education and fun makes this tour a must.

Dave O

Dec 2017

The experience was great. We saw alligators and exotic birds including Osprey and Bald Eagle. Our guide/ driver was very knowledgable and even showed us his pet alligator. The trip lasted almost two hours and was very informative. A real experience