About this Experience
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Duration
About 7.5 hours
About
If you are interested in experiencing all that New Orleans has to offer, the City/Katrina Tour and Swamp Large Airboat Tour is the perfect combination tour. Spend an unforgettable 3 hours on our comfortable air conditioned Mini-bus to get an overview of New Orleans. As part of this tour, you will get to the view an area damaged when the Hurricane Katrina broke the levee and swept the residents and their homes away. Next, see the Cajuns of the Bayou living and surviving in harmony with the swamps, and see the swamp come to life with birds, snakes, turtles, fur animals, and of course Gators. The small airboat will venture into places that no other boats dare to go. This tour includes hotel pick-up and ground transportation.
More Info
Part I: City Tour/Katrina Tour
Your ground transportation will arrive starting at 9:30am at the curbside of your hotel. We use our sister company, “Alert Transportation” for the ground transportation service. The driver will go hotel to hotel to pick up our guests. Please allow us up to 30 minutes for the pick up process. The city tour will begin as soon as everyone is aboard and there will be a 20 minute break in the middle of the tour for snacks and restroom. . You will spend an unforgettable 3 hours on our comfortable air conditioned Mini-bus and get an overview of New Orleans. Experience the history and culture of the Creoles with your licensed tour guide. No trip to New Orleans would be complete without seeing the highlights of our city and the some of the areas affected by Katrina’s flood waters. Your tour will end by about 1:00 pm, when you will be transferred to our swamp tour vehicle. The driver will take you to the swamp tour dock, where you will arrive by 1:45pm. There is a snack and souvenir shop with candy, chips, microwave sandwiches, muffins and drinks. There is no time for a sit down lunch.
Part II: Large Airboat Swamp Tour (16 passengers)
On this tour, you will experience the best of both: an educational swamp tour and an exhilarating boat ride. You will travel at high speeds in the airboat then slow down and stop for pictures. Your Captain will give you a tour of a life time explaining the culture, animals, and the swamps. You may even experience a close encounter with some of the local swamp life. You will return to you hotel around 5:00pm.
*The order of the combination tours may change based upon availability and weather.
What to bring
Don't forget a camera!