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New Orleans Airboat Tour: High-Speed Swamp Adventure
4.9
1,573 Ratings
New Orleans
Discover the alternative Swamp Tour in New Orleans. Located just 35 minutes from the city, it offers a completely different experience. Get ready for excitement! This New Orleans airboat tour combines thrilling speed with informative exploration. With a capacity of only nine passengers, it guarantees an intimate and uncrowded adventure.
Discover the alternative Swamp Tour in New Orleans. Located just 35 minutes from the city, it offers a completely different experience. Get ready for excitement! This New Orleans airboat tour combines thrilling speed with informative exploration. With a capacity of only nine passengers, it guarantees an intimate and uncrowded adventure.
Duration:
4 hours, 15 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- New Orleans - Your adventure kicks off with a hotel pick-up in New Orleans. Journey along the river to arrive at your swamp destination.
- Barataria Preserve - This tour offers the best of both worlds: a swamp tour combined with an airboat ride. Experience high-speed travel on the airboat, then slow down and pause for photos. Throughout the…
- New Orleans - Your adventure kicks off with a hotel pick-up in New Orleans. Journey along the river to arrive at your swamp destination.
- Barataria Preserve - This tour offers the best of both worlds: a swamp tour combined with an airboat ride. Experience high-speed travel on the airboat, then slow down and pause for photos. Throughout the trip, your local Captain will provide a personal tour. The airboats feature stadium seating, ensuring an unobstructed view for everyone. Every seat offers a great view of the wildlife. Yes, alligators will come very close! While alligators hibernate during the colder months, the skilled captains know where to find them. On average, in winter, you have better than a 50/50 chance of spotting a gator. In the warmer months, gator sightings are guaranteed. You might also see bald eagles, pelicans, osprey, or owls. Airboats can reach speeds of up to 35 miles per hour and are driven by a massive fan that propels air from the back of the boat at over 200 miles per hour. These tours are incredibly exciting! They navigate through inches of water and access areas that traditional boats cannot reach.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional guide
- 1 hour and 40 minute airboat tour
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional guide
- 1 hour and 40 minute airboat tour
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- All children must be at least 48 inches
- When traveling with multiple passengers, you must make one booking with all passengers to insure that you are on the same boat. If you did not book together, you are not guaranteed to be together.
- Due to safety concerns, pregnant women are not allowed on this tour
- Airboats are not handicapped accessible….
- All children must be at least 48 inches
- When traveling with multiple passengers, you must make one booking with all passengers to insure that you are on the same boat. If you did not book together, you are not guaranteed to be together.
- Due to safety concerns, pregnant women are not allowed on this tour
- Airboats are not handicapped accessible. There are no lifts or ramps available for use. Guests must be able to get on or off of the boat themselves or with the help of someone in their party.
- Service animals are permitted but not recommended due to the volume of noise on the boat and threats of surrounding wildlife.
- Emotional support animals are not permitted.
- Please note you are not guaranteed to see a gator. They hibernate in winter months but are easily spotted in spring, summer, and fall.
Location
New Orleans
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
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Drgin2024
Oct 7, 2025
Recommend this adventure! - We had been on an airboat tour in the Everglades, but this was very different. It was very convenient that the bus picked us up at our hotel, it is about a 30 minute bus ride. Then there's time to use the restroom and a little gift shop. I highly recommend the small group tour, maximum of eight people on the Air boat. we were lucky enough to sit in the front. Fantastic tour guide named Bobby, lives in the area, knows it like the back of his hand. Yes, you will get the typical feeding the marshmallows to the alligator, but our guide was so knowledgeable on the area and people asked a lot of questions and it was very educational to learn about the ecosystem and the Bayous, history, oil business , and the animals. He even got one of the alligators to come up on the front of the boat! Hold onto your hat and anything else that might fly away when you get going at full speed, tons of fun. The whole area was so beautiful with the Spanish moss on the trees, the water plants blooming, the beauty of the Bayou. Then return bus trip to your hotel so great for those that don't rent a car. We had a blast, and we're in our 60s, but the group of people we were with and the tour guide was so fun.
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Eric_g
Oct 5, 2025
Great experience - We had a great time. Wonderful driver took us to the location and we had a great boat captain as well. On site prices for snacks and other items was great as well. Would highly recommend.
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Elizabeth_w
Oct 5, 2025
Totally Worth It - Getting picked up at my hotel made it easy to get there. Ian was an extremely knowledgeable guide; explained the biology of the swamp, the gators & the cypress trees. Took us to various locations & kept us out for entire time despite the rain. It poured on & off the whole time but it didn't stop the fun. Bring a change of clothes including shoes just in case. They do sell ponchos at gift shop but even those who had them got soaked. Met the 2nd generation owner whose Dad started business & now is run by his 2 sons. Friendly, well organized. I would 100% do it again, rain & all.
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Spacepam
Oct 4, 2025
Highlight of our trip - very knowledgeable and passionate about conservation. - Glad that I did the small boat tour, the captain was very knowledgeable and passionate about conserving the wildlife and area - there was just the right mix of fast and seeing alligators - this was the highlight of our trip - very well worth it. The transportation was on time and reliable and entertaining - great character driving our bus.
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Anonymous
Oct 4, 2025
One word. Fanastic - Just go and do it. Bus ride to site seeing alligators. Feeding gators and guide fantastic. If this was an excursion on a cruise ship the charge would be $399-$499. Just do it.
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Tracy_h
Oct 3, 2025
What a blast! - What a blast! This excursion exceeded our expectations. Not only was it fun, Ian our guide was informative and knowledgeable about the area. We saw plenty of alligators and enjoyed the interactions. Great family trip.
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Duane_w
Oct 3, 2025
This tour was amazing! If... - This tour was amazing! If you're interested in wildlife, this is the tour for you! Lots of alligators, birds, and dragonflies
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Danuta_k
Sep 30, 2025
Best Swamp Tour Ever!!! - This was an absolutely amazing experience!! Our tour was above expectations!! It was my 3rd time with this company, and every time we are surprised by new things. Thank you so much, and I recommend this company 100%+!!!!!
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Clare
Sep 29, 2025
A whole different world - Really great tour, although the most expensive trip we did. The airboat was fabtastic with just 8 people on our boat. The Tour guide was very knowledgeable and it was clear how much he cared for his swamps. He talked about conservation and also how much stick the guides get when they dont go quite to plan. Very funny! Over all a great time with lots of aligators ranging from about a metre to over two, lots of birds and amazing trees. We also did some fast riding across the bayou, fast fun!!!
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Jennifer
Sep 29, 2025
Airboat and alligator adventure! - So glad we did this! The airboat ride was really fun.
Our guide was extremely knowledgeable of the area and animals. You could tell he cared about the raccoons and alligators. He got one of the alligators to come onto our boat. He was really good with them and we felt safe. He had a great sense of humor.
We saw a bald eagle and a nest.
Riding trough the small waterways underneath the trees with moss was really beautiful.
The motor was loud but they provided headsets for ear protection ( some people also used their earbuds for double protection)
We were picked up and dropped off at our hotel.
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