This tour is only 35 minutes from New Orleans yet a world apart. Hold onto your hat! This New Orleans airboat swamp tour is a high-speed adventure that is part-tour and part-ride.
About this activity
- Free cancellation
- Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund
- Covid-19 precautions
- Special health and safety measures apply. Learn more
- Mobile ticketing
- Use your phone or print your voucher
- Duration 100 minutes - 4 hours
- Check availability to see starting times.
- Instant confirmation
- Live tour guide
- English
- Pickup optional
- Look for a white mini bus with Alert Transportation on the Side. The bus will pull up at the main entrance.
- Small group
- Limited to 9 participants
Experience
Highlights
- Enjoy time away from the busy French Quarter
- Learn about the way the Cajuns lived in the wetlands outside of New Orleans
- See gators, racoons, wild pigs and much more that the swamp has to offer
- Experience high-speed thrills
Full description
You will experience the best of both: a swamp tour and an airboat ride. You will travel at high speeds in the airboat then slow down and stop for pictures. Along the way, you will get a personal tour by your local captain. The airboats have stadium seating, so that the person in front of you does not obstruct your view, so every airboat seat is great for experiencing the tour and viewing the wildlife. Yes, gators will get close, real close. So close that you will be able to look into those reptilian eyes.
Alligators do hibernate in the colder months, but your experienced captains know where to look for them. On average, during the winter, you have better than a 50/50 chance of seeing a gator. In the warmer months, you will see a gator. Every New Orleans Airboat Tour is unique and you never know what will be around the next corner. The area toured is a combination of swamp, marsh and lake. So you may see anything from a Bald Eagle to a Pelican, from Osprey to an Owl. It is that diverse!
The airboats are driven by a 454 Chevy engine that will produce speeds of up to 35 miles an hour. They are propelled by a huge fan that will blow air from the back of the boat in excess of 200 miles an hour. These tours are truly a blast! They ride in inches of water and go where traditional boats cannot go! The boats were designed to take you to inaccessible areas of the swamp, places that you cannot reach by foot or car. This is a unique experience.
Includes
- 1 Hour and 40 minute boat ride tour
- Professional guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (if option selected)
- Gratuities
- Snacks
Not suitable for
- Pregnant women
- People with back problems
Covid-19 precautions
Safety measures in place
- All required protective equipment is provided
- All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
- You must keep social distance while in vehicles
- The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
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Meeting point
The swamp tour dock is at 9706 Barataria Blvd, Marrero, La 70072. It is a short 22 mile/35 to 40 minute drive from the French Quarter.
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Know before you go
- Airboat tours are performed in an open boat. If it rains, you will get wet, but you can purchase inexpensive rain ponchos at the swamp tour gift shop.
- Because of the nature of the airboat ride, pregnant women or people with neck or back problems cannot participate.
- Children must be 48” in height to sit and wear a seat belt.
- Hearing protection is provided by the company.
- Uber and Lyft are easy to come by in the City but are hard to get at the Swamp Dock.