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New Orleans Airboat Tour: High-Speed Swamp Adventure
4.9
1,755 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
4.9
(1755 Ratings)
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O7784iojulial
Aug 29, 2026
Awesome air boat swamp tour with Bobby - Our Air BoatCaptain Bobby was fantastic! He was knowledgeable and fun. I’ve been on swamp boat tours before but Bobby was the best. Request him if you can
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Lucywn1119pq
Aug 25, 2026
Bayou experience - so much fun! - Absolutely fabulous experience with our guide Bobby. He took us up close to see the alligators and see the Bayou. The trip is pricey but worth the money. Thank you so much for the memories we made. The bus pickup was great as well.
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Kelli_j
Aug 24, 2026
Fantastic! Best... - Fantastic! Best excursion of our trip. Our guide Bobby was so knowledgeable and personable, just an incredible experience. We would highly recommend this tour and company!
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Amy_t
Aug 23, 2026
Ian was the best - We had a phenomenal time! Ian was our guide and did an outstanding job! We appreciated him giving a personal touch to the tour!
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Gerardo_e
Aug 21, 2026
Go with Captain Jason - It was both highly informative and fun. Capt. Jason had a lot of stories about the bayous and answered all our questions.
Will definitely recommend!
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Ashley_b
Aug 18, 2026
So much Fun! - Such a great tour and so much fun!
Ask for Bobby!
I’m from Louisiana so alligators are nothing new to me, but my husband is from Ohio, I thought he would enjoy it, but I loved it too!
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Liamb502
Aug 12, 2026
Fast, fun, gators everywhere - Brilliant experience all round, saw loads of gators and the guide had lots of information.
The smaller airboats can shift aswell! Good fun
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Samantha_m
Aug 8, 2026
Amazing! We saw so many... - Amazing! We saw so many alligators! The guide was extremely knowledgeable and interacted with the gators.
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Ashley_w
Aug 4, 2026
Book this tour - I can not recommend enough! They make it so easy with hotel pickups in nice a/c buses and extremely knowledgeable tour guides. Our guide Ian, was excellent. My one reminder: Do not forget cash to tip the guides, they seriously deserve it!!! We booked at tour in the afternoon, after our work event was finished, and we had such a good time.
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Peter_r
Aug 2, 2026
Alligators in the Swamp! - The pickup in the very comfortable bus was seamless and coordination at the location was very easy. We went on a small boat, which I’d highly recommend because it allowed everyone in our 5 person group easy access to visibility of the swamp areas and most importantly the alligators. It also allowed for lots of questions to be asked and answered of the guide. With respect to the guide, he was awesome. He had a ton of knowledge about the swamps, river and marshes. He gave local knowledge about what’s happening to the erosion of the land and had great knowledge of the animals and fauna in the area. We boated up to 1 specific alligator who we spent 15 minutes with learning all about him and his relatives while the guide fed him. An amazing experience in itself. We saw a few other alligators afterwards as well. The 1hr 40min trip was the perfect amount of time, and the boat was a ton of fun to go fast in with very little bouncing on waves. Sitting in front, we did hit one wave at the end where a few of us got wet but that made it all the more fun. Truly a great adventure!
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