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Cajun Swamp Tour: Explore Louisiana's Bayous
4.8
24 Ratings
LaPlace
Explore Louisiana’s bayou and plantations with a seamless tour. Discover Cajun history and choose between Oak Alley or St. Joseph Plantation.
Explore Louisiana’s bayou and plantations with a seamless tour. Discover Cajun history and choose between Oak Alley or St. Joseph Plantation.
Duration:
7 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Cajun Pride Swamp Tours - This guided swamp boat tour takes place on a privately owned wildlife refuge, ensuring an exclusive experience with no other boats around. Hunting and fishing are prohibited on the property, allowing guests to view the Manchac swamp in its natural state. The animals are accustomed to the boats and remain visible for…
- Cajun Pride Swamp Tours - This guided swamp boat tour takes place on a privately owned wildlife refuge, ensuring an exclusive experience with no other boats around. Hunting and fishing are prohibited on the property, allowing guests to view the Manchac swamp in its natural state. The animals are accustomed to the boats and remain visible for guests to enjoy. Our knowledgeable boat captains will educate you about the swamp’s wildlife and the lifestyle of the people who once lived there.
- Oak Alley Plantation - Choose between Oak Alley or St. Joseph Plantation. Opting for Oak Alley Plantation, a National Historic Landmark, offers a 30-minute guided tour of the “Big House” and access to the extensive grounds. This historic site is committed to preserving and interpreting the history of its past inhabitants, focusing on its era as a working sugarcane plantation. Visitors can explore exhibits, stroll under the iconic Allée, engage with staff, and gain a deeper understanding of the plantation’s history. Photography is prohibited inside the mansion.
- St. Joseph Plantation - Choose between Oak Alley or St. Joseph Plantation. Selecting St. Joseph provides a 60-minute guided tour of the “Manor Home.” St. Joseph Plantation is one of the few remaining fully intact sugar plantations in the River Parishes, offering a comprehensive historical timeline from its construction to the present. Besides the Manor Home, guests can explore numerous outbuildings, including original slave cabins, a detached kitchen, blacksmith’s shop, schoolhouse, and chicken coop. While some buildings have been relocated, most remain in their original locations. Visitors may recognize familiar settings from popular films and shows such as The Skeleton Key, the Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave, Mudbound, Underground, Roots, and Ava DuVernay’s Queen Sugar.
What's Included
- Choice of St. Joseph Plantation or Oak Alley Plantation
- GST (Goods and Services Tax)
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Choice of St. Joseph Plantation or Oak Alley Plantation
- GST (Goods and Services Tax)
- In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Lunch
- NO food or drink included with tour
- Gratuities
- Lunch
- NO food or drink included with tour
Additional Information
Embark on an exceptional and informative adventure into the early history of Louisiana’s bayou and swamp exploration with Cajun Pride Swamp Tours. Following the tour, choose to visit either Oak Alley or St. Joseph Plantation.
Thanks to the strategic location of our swamp near the plantations, our combination tours provide shorter travel times compared to many other tour operators.
Embark on an exceptional and informative adventure into the early history of Louisiana’s bayou and swamp exploration with Cajun Pride Swamp Tours. Following the tour, choose to visit either Oak Alley or St. Joseph Plantation.
Thanks to the strategic location of our swamp near the plantations, our combination tours provide shorter travel times compared to many other tour operators.
Location
Cajun Pride Swamp Tours
Frenier Road
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
4.8
(24 Ratings)
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993lutherj
Apr 28, 2023
Dustin is the man!! - Had Dustin on the tour that guy is amazing. I loved every moment of it. We got to pet Gators and watch him feed them.
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Jillkill18742
Mar 22, 2021
Cajun Pride Swamp Tour with Bishop - Our swamp tour with Bishop was excellent... all the alligators have been waking up from hibernation the last couple weeks... we saw so many... out tour guide was fun and entertaining. This is a must do if you come to New Orleans. I should add our bus driver gave us a tour of sites and attractions on the way to the tour!! Great for all ages!!
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Bricaseco1
Mar 9, 2020
Fantastic Combo Tour - There were 8 of us deciding whether to do the swamp tour or Plantation tour and our friend stumbled upon this combo tour through Cajun Swamp Tours. It was a great choice for us as we got to do both activities. The swamp tour was amazing - we learned so much about life in the swamp and how important it is to protect it and the animals that live there. Our captain *Captain Allen" was very knowledgeable and a colorful character to say the least. It was very fun and relaxing as well. After the swamp tour, we went to the Oak Valley Plantation and that was absolutely amazing. Such incredible history of a bygone era. Again, our guide through the house was very knowledgeable about the history and the property. I would highly recommend this tour as you get to enjoy two very special and unique places. Thank you for a great tour Cajun Swamp Tours - one of the highlights of our trip!!!
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O6727anchrisc
Feb 10, 2020
Fun, informative, and plenty of gators! - Captain Bishop entertained and informed us for over 1.5 hours. He clearly respects the alligators and their future. We were fortunate to see over 20 alligators and Captain Bishop kept it humorous the whole time. We took this as a combination package with Gray Line tours as part of a plantation tour. Wonderful combo trip. Highly recommend it!
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Thedorphs
Dec 10, 2019
Great trip - Booked the day before and everything was just great. Bus picked us up right on time and excellent commentary on way to swamp tour.
Capt. Bishop was very knowledgeable and entertaining on board, and we saw plenty of wildlife.
Plantation tour was good and Oak Alley is amazing.
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Michael
Dec 9, 2019
Great day out - We decided to do the tour only the day before going. I needed to clarify our pickup as our hotel wasn’t listed so I rang the company and they were amazingly helpful. Bus was spot on time and everything was clockwork.
Bayou was the highlight. Capt Bishop was very entertaining and knowledgeable on the swamp boat.
Thoroughly recommend this part of the trip. Plantation tour was good and the self guided bits were interesting.
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Jasmineethiaraa
Dec 6, 2019
Captain Allen - Captain Allen was amazing! So smart! He taught me so much about Aligators and I appreciated it. He did the best tour I could have asked for!
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Piano1588
Jan 3, 2020
Great tour but rushed - We took the swamp plantation combo tour. The swamp tour was really great and very informative. When we finished the swamp tour we were rushed to the plantation and then we had an hour wait in line for the tour and then a 45 minute tour. There was not a lot of time to relax and enjoy the grounds or eat lunch. I can see why people choose the combo tours because it is an hour outside of New Orleans but if I had to do it again I would do the swamp tour one day ,and then see the plantations on my own or take that tour separately.
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Wmfeng123
Jan 30, 2020
Avoid Jan - not bad, but the drivers expected too much on tips. On my bus, no one tips, but I did to make driver feel better. There is not too much to see.
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Eternal_jeff
Dec 27, 2019
Poorly managed, swamp tour not worth it during the winter - During the swamp tour, it was below expectations, as almost all alligators were hibernating (except baby ones). Captain Danny was knowledgeable about the bayou and provided us with a lot of info. The driver to the swamp was also knowledgeable and had good insight on various landmarks.
However, our plantation experience was awful. We were not allocated enough time to start the tour. The driver told us that the tour began at 3:10, however, the tour did not start until 3:30, as it was a first come first serve for the tour of the house. Consequently, we missed our pickup time at at 4:15, there was nothing we could have done with the amount of time allocated, considering around 20-30 minutes was spent waiting in line for a mansion without being told to wait for it. We did not have any time to explore the rest of the plantation, include the slave houses and parts of the garden. We ran because the driver threatened to leave us when it was his own poor communication that had caused the delay.
My personal recommendation is that it would have been nice know that the alligator were hibernating during the winter seasons and to have better time allocations for the different parts of the tour. I would also recommend removing the driver as it did ruin our overall experience with Cajun Pride.
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