Cajun Pride Swamp Tours
This tour company offers tours of New Orleans in three hours, swamp tours in four hours and combination tours that last six to ten hours. Drift through the bayou and watch the gators come when called by the boat captains. Sit back and listen as your guide teaches you about the inhabitants of the swamp and the Louisiana bayous. Add the swamp tour to a city or a plantation tour for an all-day touring adventure. Transportation is available from your location to the tour site.
Cajun Pride Swamp Tours
110 Frenier Road
LaPlace, LA 70069
800-467-0758
cajunprideswamptours.com
Machu Picchu Travel Services
Named for the lost city of the Incas in the Andes Mountains of Peru, this tour company opened in 1980 and has been offering a variety of tour packages to the public. Learn all about the different animals and plants that make up New Orleans' diverse environment while your guide shares his knowledge of Cajun life on the bayou. See alligators, egrets, mink and snakes then drift over to the water lily pond, which features lilies as far as the eye can see. The company offers tours on both a pontoon or an airboat; the pontoon will take you closer to the wildlife.
Machu Picchu Travel Services
442 Jackson Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-561-9050
machupicchutours.com
Historic New Orleans Tours, Inc.
Explore the Louisiana bayou as you cruise on a pontoon through the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary. The tour will begin with a 30-minute drive to Barataria with a 45-minute break at Jean Lafitte National Park. After, you will board the boat for a 90-minute swamp tour to see cypress trees, Spanish moss, alligators, turtles, snakes, hawks, owls, craw fish and much more. Finish the tour with a trip over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to learn about what is being done to protect Louisiana's shrinking wetlands.
Historic New Orleans Tours, Inc.
P.O. Box 19381
New Orleans, LA 70179
504-947-2120
tourneworleans.com
