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About 90 minutes west of New Orleans along the Cajun Coast is the community of Houma. We were in transit between New Orleans and Morgan City, so check not only my images and tips here, but check out my pages for Morgan City. Munson Tours are a one boat operation at the reasonable price of $20 per adult, and the tour guides are authenticly Cajun raised in the bayou. The disadvantage of taking a tour in the Cajun gulf coast is that the forests are second growth and the tree trunks are relatively small in diameter. However, the tour operations in this area do provide gator and wildlife appreciation which deserves support among those ecologically minded. So, it was that we joined a family on a boat tour (not the ecology compromising fan boat) of a bayou. In winter time, the trees are more often bare and the gators are hiberating, but we saw plenty of wildlife and the unique beauty of the swamp. So, for example, when I talk about the area being second growth, I have to remember that in the delta region of California, there is not even second growth standing. It's all farmland, pastureland, freeways, and houses. It's a good day get away from the urban chaos of New Orleans. Leave a Comment Address: 979 Bull Run Road, Schriever, La. 70395Phone: (985) 851-3569Directions: Call for specific directions, but basically, go west on I-90 from New Orleans. You'll cross the Mississippi, and see some beautiful country right off the causeway going there. Again, check out Morgan City as a place to visit in the area.Website: http://www.munsonswamptours.com/ Other Contact: fax (985) 448-2977
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There at least a half dozen companies offering these ‘Swamp Tours’. This one takes you to some land about 20 minutes outside New Orleans, about 550 acres of land that they own. The gators are used to them coming thru, and are fed by them every time—so you are pretty much assured of seeing them. The biggest one is about 10 feet long. The guide fed them raw chicken, and allowed any passenger the opportunity to feed them too, by using a 4-foot pole. He picked one of the 3 foot gators and kissed the snout of him. You also saw a blue heron, and a white one.
The guide was very informative and seemed to love his job. He also had a baby gator on board, and a snapping turtle. Snapping turtles and gators have the 2 strongest bites in the world, 1200pounds per square inch, and 800 psi, compared to great white sharks at 600 psi, crocodiles are up there too somewhere. We were out there maybe 90 minutes, and that was long enough.
Like other ones, they will pick you up and drop you off at your hotel. I think it’s about $45 for it, and it takes a good 4 hours all included. Leave a Comment
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swamp. by littlesam1
Here in the picture the driver took our boat out of the water and up onto a mud bank. Then he stopped the boat and got out and took pictures for us. It was wild. Then he got back into the boat, started up the engine and drove us back into the water. Leave a Comment
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 Air boat cruise by littlesam1Leave a Comment
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 gators with a sweet tooth by Zarah
I didn’t think the swamp tour was going to be much, but it proved to be a great time. I would highly recommend this activity. The boat ride provides some quiet moments to take in the interesting scenery. Leave a Comment
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We thought it would be interesting to see some alligators and visit the swamps and Bayous. We got alot of mixed reaction in regards to this so we decided to check it out for ourselves. We crossed over the Mississippi about 20 minutes from New Orleans and found Westwego swamp tours.
It was alittle chilly and they thought that maybe we might not see any critters but we saw quite a few Alligators, Nutria, raccoons, and turtles. Our guide Captain Tom was great, very knowledgable, and had a great eye for spotting an anial from far away.
The whole tour was very interesting. We first sat around in a small animal sanctuary. We learned about what animals we might see and how important they are to the environment. We also learned bout how some animals we introduced to the area and are destroying the plant life. It is not just fun but also educational and by checking out this tours was also very appreciated by the locals. They talked about how after Katrina the tourism hasnt been were it once was in this area.
Captain Tom took us around his Bayou and he had drinks and snacks for us on the boat too. Address: WestwegoDirections: Over the Mississippi River about 20 minutes from New Orleans at Westwego swamp tours.
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 Sunburned Alligator by Bwana_BrownLeave a Comment
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The forecast (accurate) said that it was going to be really cold on the next day, and this day was already chilly. I wanted to do the swamp part of the tour first when I thought it would be warmer, but that wasn't the way it was set up.
After we finished the plantation part of the tour and ate lunch, the tour bus driver drove us a long way to Jean Lafitte which is on the edge of the Jean Lafitte reserve.
We had a choice of a pontoon boat or an airboat. It was already a bit cool, and I knew that it would be colder in the airboat. Plus, I thought we could do the airboat in the Everglades (which was wrong) so we went out in a pontoon boat.
While it was cold, it wasn't so cold that there was no wildlife. We saw nutria (photo 4- a nasty invasive species) and several alligators, and birds (photo 5). Keep in mind that reptiles (alligators and turtles - photo 3) will hibernate if it is cold. The larger alligators were already 'winterized' and invisible to us. The tours will go regardless of how much wildlife there is to see.
The guide (photo 2) also showed us how catfish are caught (It is unattended bait on a line with an old milk bottle as a float), and he had a baby alligator in a bucket on the boat to show us, probably in case of none being available in the wild.
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There are several swamp tours...I have done two and found that Louisiana Swamp Tours was my fave. Super good guides, saw TONS of Gators and got to hold a little guy. Worth every penny. Had to get a hat, too!
Gotta do the Airboat!
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