Swamps & Bayous from New Orleans
Revel in the history and culture of the Cajun people while pursuing contact with the distinctive wildlife found in the swamps and bayous of Southern Louisiana. The region is replete with so much abundance in the way of the beautiful and the bizarre that little more than a guided tour is required to make for an exciting and memorable experience. The amount of living history—whether it be Cajun or the profusion of Antebellum plantations—is truly something to behold.
Road Trip
The transition from urban New Orleans to the mysterious realm of cypress swamps, vast sugarcane fields and historic bridges spanning the mighty Mississippi River are best experienced in that most American method of transportation: the automobile. Explore the region on your own or soak up some local history with the aid of one of the many guided tours readily at hand in New Orleans’ French Quarter.
All Aboard
Learn the secrets of local alligator hunters, fur trappers and fishermen aboard a guided boat tour of the swamps and backwater bayous of Louisiana. Though many travelers take pleasure in blazing their own trail, these gator-infested waters are not for the uninitiated. Take advantage of local knowledge of reptile habitats, healing plants and exotic birds while in pursuit of alligators, snakes, egrets, raccoons, nutria, and other wildlife.
Tour a Plantation
Though often evocative of a painful period in U.S. history, a tour of one of the region’s countless antebellum era plantations is not an experience to be missed for history buffs and casual vacationers alike. Partake in ample amounts of trademark regional hospitality while witnessing the unique combination of opulence and practicality of the Old South firsthand.
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