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New Orleans Airboat Tour: High-Speed Swamp Adventure
4.9
1,659 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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Calebf642
Mar 18, 2026
GATORS ARE COOL - Dewey was a great guide! He was personable and super impressive how he knew the individual gators. The tour was long for the price, and getting picked up from the hotel was nice and made the morning easy. Check the weather before you go, it was nice that they rented blankets at the souvenir shop. Absolutely would do again
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Janetw126
Mar 18, 2026
Driver knowledge - Fabulous experience. The knowledge of our driver Rocky was valuable, it was a cold day and we still saw crocodiles.
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April_l
Mar 17, 2026
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic Small Airboat Swamp Tour with Captain Bobby - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic Small Airboat Swamp Tour with Captain Bobby
This was hands down our favorite tour of the entire trip. We booked the small airboat tour with Louisiana Tour Company and it exceeded expectations in every way.
Captain Bobby was incredible. He was informative, funny, and clearly passionate about the swamp. He kept the whole group engaged the entire time and made the tour both educational and really fun.
One of the best parts was the small group size — only 9 passengers on the boat. It made the experience feel personal and allowed us to get deeper into the swamp.
We saw tons of wildlife, including multiple alligators, baby alligators, and even a bald eagle nesting. Being that close to the gators in their natural environment was unforgettable.
The company also runs a very smooth operation:
• Hotel pickup was easy and convenient
• The driver shared great stories about New Orleans history and culture
• Check-in was quick and organized
• The gift shop had surprisingly reasonable prices
Overall, this was an amazing experience. If you’re visiting New Orleans and want to see the swamp, book the small airboat tour and hope you get Captain Bobby.
I would 100% do this exact tour again every time I come back. 🐊
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Hardeesh_j
Mar 17, 2026
Great guide - extremely... - Great guide - extremely knowledgeable about the swampland area and the wild wildlife. Very exciting lots of time spent exploring the region lots of close encounters with alligators.!! A very fun activity!
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N7836fqkarenh
Mar 14, 2026
What a blast! - What a fun ride! The fee was fine. The tour was the perfect amount of time as it started to rain right at the end of our tour. The swamp area is privately owned and the tour guides have their paths planned perfectly so the other tours don’t interrupt yours. The amount of folks on the boat give you plenty of room so you are comfortable. Our tour guide told us really good information about alligators, the swamp itself, the foliage, and the history of the area. He was quite known and answered all my questions thoroughly. He even brought a baby alligator that we all got to hold. So much fun!
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Wadev2026
Mar 10, 2026
It’s tons of fun…do it! - We had an excellent experience! It was amazing to see the wildlife, to be on the water, and our guide was great!
The experience was very informative - about the ecosystem, the land, the river, the swamp, etc.
This was so much fun and we would gladly do it again. No hesitation!
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Z7268kurebeccas
Mar 8, 2026
An ABSOLUTE must - Rocky was absolutely AWESOME!!! He is the Steve Irwin of Louisiana! Born and raised in the area, he was extremely knowledgeable of everything…from the waterways, the wildlife as well as history. Would TOTALLY recommend this experience AND plan on doing it again the next time we come to New Orleans!
An ABSOLUTE must do!
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Thomas_a
Mar 2, 2026
Swamp tour small boat - Bebop was awesome. Very knowledgeable and funny. Best thing we did in NOLA!
Book it you will love it. Our family did. Saw lots of gators.
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Zabitj
Mar 1, 2026
thrilling swamp tour - Great trip!!! So glad we booked a small airboat tour! Our guide Captain BEBOP was the best!!! just the right mix of interesting facts and fun!!! We saw many gators and even got to handle his baby alligator Frank!!! You will not be disappointed with this tour! pick-up and drop off at our hotel. Once is a lifetime experience holding a baby gator!
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Stephanie_l
Feb 28, 2026
Great tour, Rocky was... - Great tour, Rocky was fabulous. Took us to see many different areas, saw so many gators, had a fun ride, airboat was a blast.
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