NEW ORLEANS
31 Tours Reviewed
Alligators are minutes from downtown. This airboat or pontoon cruise takes you into the Louisiana wetlands with a live guide, and you get the up-close alligator look plus the chance to spot nutria and birds. I also love that you…
Swamp airboats make Louisiana feel immediate. This full-day tour pairs a guided visit to Laura Plantation with a 90-minute low-speed airboat across the Cajun swamp, with convenient hotel pickup and drop-off from New Orleans. I really like how the plantation…
Shade, history, and swamp air in one day. This trip pairs a guided walk under 28 oak trees with a 35-minute tour of the 1837 Greek Revival plantation house, then switches gears to a fully narrated airboat ride. I like…
Two worlds in one long day. Oak Alley sets the tone with its famous tree-lined approach and museum exhibits, then you switch gears for a slow-speed swamp airboat ride and alligator talk. Add hotel pickup, a group size that stays…
New Orleans can feel like two cities at once, and this day tour holds both. You get a guided city loop with Hurricane Katrina context, then trade the traffic for open-air airboat speed in the wetlands. It’s a long day,…
You can do a lot in one day here. I like the easy round-trip pickup from downtown and the fact the day mixes plantation context with an actual swamp ride. The airboat tour is the kind of experience that turns…
Fresh air and big history in one day? That’s the idea here. You start with hotel pickup and end out on an airboat learning how the bayou works, all while fitting in major stops like Laura Plantation and Whitney. What…
You get speed, wind, and swamp wildlife in one ride. This New Orleans airboat outing heads about 30 miles down the Mississippi for a propeller-powered cruise through cypress marshes, with a guide like Shawn who keeps you on track and…
A swamp day with a real education. This full-day trip pairs Whitney Plantation with a guided Cajun swamp ride through Bayou country, with hotel pickup and drop-off to keep the day smooth. It’s also built for comfort and focus, since…
Louisiana swamps are loud, fast, and alive. You get the real bayou feeling on a high-speed airboat ride, guided by a Cajun storyteller who explains what you’re seeing as you go. It’s one of those tours where you’re close enough…
That first swirl of swamp air hits fast. This is a rare combo day: a plantation visit in the morning and a small-group airboat tour on private property after. I especially like the way you get guided context at the…
The bayou turns out louder and wilder than you expect. This 6-passenger premium airboat tour takes you through shallow waters that normal boats can’t reach, on 100% private property with a local captain who explains what you’re seeing as you…
Oak Alley meets airboat speed today. I love the small-group airboat feel with a captain who talks culture and animals as you race through the swamp, and I love the 28 oak trees that create that iconic, movie-scene approach to…
Two hours of bayou speed, then antebellum memory. This New Orleans Destrehan Plantation & airboat combo pairs a guided stop at an Old River Road mansion with a fast, close-to-the-water airboat run through Cajun Country swamps. Expect wildlife, period-costumed storytelling,…
Bayou air and engine roar. Then the quiet work of spotting animals. This New Orleans airboat swamp tour runs from a private-property launch about 30 minutes from town, with a small group and local guide commentary that helps you read…
