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Airboat Tour: Explore Unique Flora and Fauna
4.9
129 Ratings
Marrero
This tour commences a mere 35 minutes from New Orleans, yet it showcases an entirely different spectrum of flora and fauna. It offers a balanced blend of thrilling high-speed excursions punctuated with photo stops. Rest assured, it’s an entirely secure experience steered by a professional local guide.
This tour commences a mere 35 minutes from New Orleans, yet it showcases an entirely different spectrum of flora and fauna. It offers a balanced blend of thrilling high-speed excursions punctuated with photo stops. Rest assured, it’s an entirely secure experience steered by a professional local guide.
Duration:
1 hour, 40 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- 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…
- 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.
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Airboat tour
- Professional guide
- Airboat tour
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
- 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.
- 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.
Location
Louisiana Tour Company - SWAMP DOCK
Barataria Boulevard
9706 Barataria Blvd
Marrero LA 70072
Please plan to arrive at least 20 minutes prior to start time. Boats will depart at tour time and cannot delay the start time.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(129 Ratings)
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345benh
Feb 16, 2025
Better than I expected - The captain was great. Very entertaining. Saw lots of gators and even got to hold a “pocket gator” or baby at the end. Had a great time with a large group.
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Joannab1974
Feb 5, 2025
Favorite Louisiana experience - Kenny was our tour guide. We had a fun group of people with us from all over the US and abroad. There were beautiful views and we saw plenty of alligators. Highlight of my New Orleans trip was outside of the city!
The boat does get windy. They provided noise cancellation headphones. If you have smaller children I recommend doing the tour boat instead of the airboat.
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799stephaniea
Jan 16, 2025
Fun Time! - Our tour guide was fun and informative and we had a very enjoyable time. Tour itself was beautiful and it was nice to see all of the wildlife.
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Mara_w
Dec 3, 2024
100% Recommend - This was such a fun experience! Captain Ernie was friendly and fun. He also had some great information about the wildlife and area. Definitely worth it!!
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Emilei2020
Sep 23, 2024
Fun swamp tour - Jason was informative and interesting and provided a fun tour including many crocodiles, beautiful scenery and a fun ride.
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Gnia_c
Aug 21, 2024
The best tour!!! - This tour was the highlight of our vacation! Our tour guide was fun, friendly and knowledgeable! Best tour we did while on our vacation! I would highly recommend to take this tour!!
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Carlos_q
Aug 18, 2024
Fantastic - Had a great time, great experience, our tour guide was excellent, funny, and kept us safe and well entertained.
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K90svmichaelj
Jul 22, 2024
Every boat was the "best"! - We had a large group book this trip (42 of us). The company easily fit us onto three of their large boats (14 on each). Throughout the entire tour, I was convinced our boat was having the "best" tour. When we all got back from seeing multiple alligators, learning about the history of the swamp and river system, and getting to hold a baby alligator, I was thoroughly impressed that all three boats felt they had the "best" experience. Each boat got to see alligators up close and hold a baby alligator as well. Each tour guide was phenomenal and got everyone excited. Even though we were in New Orleans for a national youth conference, many in our group said that the highlight of our entire trip was THIS swamp boat tour.
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Annmkidd
Jul 6, 2024
Loved the airboat! - Dewey was a great guide for the airboat swamp tour! The airboat is amazing fun and cools you off in the heat of summer. We saw at least 10 gators—one over 12 feet long and a tiny baby. Plus lots of birds and a raccoon. Definitely recommend!
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804carolat
Jul 2, 2024
Worth it! - Absolutely worth it!
With our guide Kenny we had a lot of fun and he told us a lot of information about the wildlife in the swamps, especially of course about the aligators.
We were traveling 1.5 hours, through the narrow waterways even at a leisurely pace, to see as many animals as possible.
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