All Louisiana Tours & Excursions in 2026

If you do this tour you will not be disappointed! I went last night with my daughter and Jay was our tour guide. If there is one thing I love it’s wild and crazy fun loving people and man she’s it. She knows her stuff and doesn’t hold back. Absolutely loved her and this tour. She even hooked up my daughter with a special gift AFTER the surprise at the end of tour. Just amazing!

Captain Ernie was a wonderful guide. He is very knowledgeable about the swamp ecosystem and I learned so much about the gators, birds, indigenous vs planted trees, Spanish moss, and the local culture. He also told many interesting and entertaining stories. I highly recommend any tours with Captain Ernie!

DO IT! If you are hesitant in any way, don't and just click BUY NOW! I was super hesitant about this. Going back and forth on if we should do the pontoon boat instead and worried about how "fast" the airboat would be and if there would be any concerns of being motion sick, swamp sick, boat sick - short answer, NO, nope, nada! It was exhilarating, educational and so much fun!! Hands down the best of our NOLA experience! + beignets lol Our cap was BePop (?) BeBop.. Bee Pop... something like that. He was funny (dad jokes on point), personable and provided a wealth of information and personal details to the whole experience! This would definitely be something we would do as well as recommend to anyone visiting NOLA to do at least once! And definitely the airboat > pontoon. The airboat covers a lot more swamp and can get into the more narrow spaces while the pontoon does not. It's not fast the entire time as he will slow down to see various things and even stop to provide details of the ecosystem which we found really interesting. We loved it! And if you are able to, opt for the smaller group. It's more intimate and all our questions got answered. We got lucky with a fun bunch! If you are staying in downtown NOLA they offer hotel pick up service, I would recommend doing that as well. There isn't a need to get a rental just for this excursion unless you need to it to travel elsewhere while in NOLA. And I would advise against an Uber because getting back to downtown NOLA after the excursion might encounter a long delay because it isn't like a whole bunch of Ubers are just close by the swamp areas. ;) Have fun! You won't regret it! P.S. We were able to hold a baby alligator and I had to talk myself out of smuggling the little guy home. Who knew alligators could be so cute - and it was SOFT!! *mindblown*