A friend and I visited New Orleans for 4 days and we decided to take a couple of tours! The Airboat Adventures was by far the best and so much fun!! Our guide’s name was Monkey and he was so funny and very informative, he answered all of our questions and the boat ride was beautiful!!! I would highly recommend this to anyone!
Our experience with Airboat Adventures could not have been better. We elected to use their hotel pick up service and had a nice ride out there with the coach driver offering tidbits of information as we drove thru the city and country. We chose to go on the smaller boat figuring it would be faster and more fun, and we were right. Our captain was Steve, and he was excellent. He is a local shrimper and alligator hunter with a thick local accent who was very nice and really made the tour fun. We saw many alligators and beautiful trees with Spanish moss along the bayou’s and channels. It really was very scenic. Be sure to take your camera to capture the gators as they come right up to the boat. This was a very enjoyable experience and I recommend this tour company highly. Be sure to take the small boat and ask for Capt. Steve; you wont be disappointed.
My Husband and I opted for the $90 tour on the smaller boat. We rec’d hotel pick up door to door service by our funny and informative Drive “Big Joe”, as we drive thru the city Joe pointed out everything from wondrful restaurants to the community Brad Pitt built for the people of New Orleans. He was GREAT! We arrived at the airboat adventures camp and enjoyed the gators they had on site (2 albino, and 2 other gators) while we waited for our tour to leave. We got Captn Stevie and he as a HOOT!! Informative, funny and more importantly our good time and safety were his top priority, the $90 tour allowed us to get into places the larger boats couldn’t, we saw a mess of gators and some of the most beautiful scenery the bayou has to offer. We saw a lot of Gators and got up close and personal with quite a few. We HIGHLY recommend this tour it gets you out of the city and a chance to see the true beauty of LA. I’m a big animal lover and was pleasantly surprised at their conservational attitudes towards the bayou and all of its inhabitants…..Keep up the great work Airboat Adventures, don’t miss this tour its fun for all ages and something to be seen to fully understand!!!
We had a wonderful time on our airboat adventure to the swamp. The tourbus picked us up at the hotel for the morning tour, and we enjoyed the sights and the mini-tour that our driver provided. The air boat was noisy (they have ear protection) when it got going, but nothing uncomfortable or problematic. Our tour guide knew ALL about the wildlife and vegetation, and the GATORS, which were all over the place posing for pictures. The weather was beautiful, and we took tons of photos. Bring cheap sunglasses in case they get blown off (the boat goes up to about 50mph), and forget about a hat unless it has a chin strap.
Went on the Airboat yesterday, it was so beautiful, couldn’t wait to get on Facebook to share photos. We had a blast. Captain Chip, was friendly, funny and knowledgeable. Got to hold a wild alligator, saw many alligators, birds and shot some beautiful Swamp photos. Will definitely do it again and again.
Side note, they do offer hotel pickup (great perk) but, being from New Orleans, we drove ourselves. We got there early and were hungry. The very helpful girl that checked us in, suggested Boutte’s to grab a bite. It was only 4 miles past the Airboat Office and worth it. Very cute restaurant with good food and friendly staff. So if you get there early or are hungry when you leave, check it out.