Guided Boat Tour of New Orleans Bayou

Overview

Available languages

English

1 hour 30 minutes

Mobile ticket

Are you ready to experience one of the best excursions New Orleans has to offer? Adventures of Jean Lafitte offers personal Alligator Tours through Louisiana’s beautiful backcountry. Gather your whole crew and come experience the “road less traveled”!

You’ll be touring 20,000 acres of tidewater cypress swamp. During your 1 hour 30 minute tour you’ll have opportunities to see alligators, snakes, turtles, egrets, herons and ibis, and we sometimes see hawks, owls and bald eagles.

NOTE: We are approximately 35-45 minutes from New Orleans. Cab and uber services are not available in our area. If you book the self-drive option you will not receive hotel pickup. If you book the option with pickup, pickups will begin 1 hour and 15 minutes prior to tour time.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

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

What‘s Included

Local guide

Pontoon boat ride

Hotel pick-up and drop-off (if option with transport is selected at the time of booking)

Food and drinks (gift shop and bar available on site)

Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

What To Expect

Set out on a 20,000-acre (8,095-hectare) tract of tidewater cypress swamp close to the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. Your flat-bottomed boat is leisurely guided through the shallow marshes. Discover bayous lined with mossy cypress and tupelo-gum trees as your captain points out a stunning variety of wildlife. Enjoy a fully narrated tour by a local guide. Prepare to see plenty of alligators in the warmer months (and warmer days in winter), some of which may be out sunning themselves on logs! Your guide may even feed the gators, affording you amazing photo opportunities. Also keep your eyes open for turtles, snakes, egrets, herons and ibis. You may even catch sight of a hawk, owl or bald eagle. In the cooler months, look for white-tailed deer, raccoons and the large rodents known as nutria.

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

Options

Boat Ride - No Pick Up

Boat Ride with Pick-Up

Pickup Time: Pickups begin 75 minutes prior to tour time
Pickup included

Reviews

4.57

1,402 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

1132

101

Relaxing tour
rosebertinem,
Nov 7, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
Overall positive experience. We chose the leisure covered swamp tour. As my first time it was nice to learn about the natural habitat. If you’re wanting a slow pace, leisure, relaxing boat your, this would be a good choice.
Top notch dad jokes on the swamp tour
chloeaM146MQ,
Nov 5, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Guide was full of stories and great dad jokes. My friend is pregnant, so could not do speed boat, and we had a lovely time on the swamp tour. Don't feel like we missed out not doing the speed boat at all.
Just do it!
Quest598982,
Nov 5, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Fun, safe and so interesting. Guide was informed and entertauning. And we saw so many alligators! Definitely recommend for everyone to do it.
Awful, go somewhere else
josephbJ4947ZV,
Nov 4, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00
Terrible money grab. They drive you at 5mph around the corner to a dead end and float there for an hour. After 30 minutes all adults were playing on phones and kids were sleeping on the dirty floor. No wild life, no sights to see. Just drove over a bridge and see more. I signed up for an airboat ride, not a garbage barge. What they do and don't tell you is, if they fill up the airboats, everyone else gets jammed into garbage barge. Try and complain and they tell you that's all they have. No refunds, no other boat. And now you look like the bad guy if you complain. Awful, bait and switch.
Underwhelmed
priscillamZ5978PN,
Nov 2, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00
I was pretty taken aback by the pour albino alligator being kept in a tiny indoor pond, it seems quite inhumane. On top of that, there was a lot of trash in the water around the boats and waiting area. The bayou was gorgeous but we didn’t see much wildlife, which was pretty disappointing and the music on the boat was really loud. The pick up/drop off process was very smooth and I’m grateful for it, but overall, it was a lot of waiting around to be underwhelmed.
It was a awesome tour
C9164BWtiml,
Oct 31, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
The gutted and tour were awesome my family really enjoyed it we learn and seen so much I would recommend it it’s a must do thank you so much
So disappointed and sorry we did this tour. A waste of money.
ladonnas340,
Oct 28, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00
Our guide either talked about hurricane Ida or played loud music most of the time. We did see 3 gators but he did not tell us anything about gators. I still don't know what their natural food is, how big do they get, how many teeth do they have, how often do they eat? Not a thing nada. We were told they would feed them marshmallows, not our guide. He was content to drive the pontoon and play his music. Will not recommend. Looking for another swamp tour that will be more entertaining and informative.
Excellent, value for money
329neethue,
Oct 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We had a great time on the covered boat. Went with our baby & toddler. Free parking near the boat launch area. Spotted few crocs, birds & spooky trees.
Great experience had an amazing time check them out worth every penny
marquitam779,
Oct 26, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Great experience had an amazing time we took the pountune boat and it was a beautiful day very relaxing and flat safe on the boat !!
Amazing views
318kailynnj,
Oct 26, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
The guide had a great attitude and was very informative of the history! He also made sure we were able to get some good pictures!