FREE Bayou St. John Kayak Cleanup
CLEAN UP ON AISLE BAYOU! New Orleans Kayak Swamp Tours has decided to inspire eco-heros! Join us as we scour the Bayou St. John to round up the wildlife killer culprits; plastic straws, bags, fishing line, & beer cans. Give back and get that good feeling. COST: Free – $5/ if your feeling…
FREE SWAMP TOUR CLEAN UP & PIZZA PARTY
CLEAN UP ON AISLE SWAMP! New Orleans Kayak Swamp Tours has recently adopted a mile stretch of swamp-front highway along the beautiful Manchac Greenway in LaPlace. The goal is to clean up the trash and debris along our adopted section of roadway before it has negative environmental impacts on the area (ie birds choking…
Best day trips from New Orleans
Best things to do within a short drive from New Orleans. by Jeffrey Chitek
Top 5 underrated New Orleans restaurants that we LOVE
Best New Orleans restaurants to fill your belly after a swamp tour. 1. Marjie’s Grill – This creative joint in Mid City blends the rich and homey cuisine of the gulf south with fiery and pungent flavors of Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand and Vietnam. Their menu changes regularly based on season and what they…
The best swamp tour for your family
A family tour that will please When exploring the Bayou of Louisiana there are many different choices for things to do. There is a lot to do, see and drink in the French Quarter, but there’s also so much to explore outside of it! Experience a colorful side outside of the quarter, a kayak swamp…
What is the best Swamp Tour near New Orleans?
The Best eco-friendly Swamp Tour in New Orleans A Kayak tour An Airboat tour A motorboat tour There are many ways to get into the louisiana swamp. Each has it pros and cons. As well, as there are many areas where these tours go. Here is a quick cheat sheet to finding the tour that…
Collect memories, not things.
Kayak Swamp Tours make great Holiday Gifts and memories. There is a lot of research that shows, experiences make better gifts than things. These experiential gifts create the “waiting period” which is the time after people receive the gift, they have good feelings up until the time they experience it as they wait for the…
Autumn Blooms
Autumn Blooms by Emma Reid Here are a few flowers that bloom in the fall that I identified the other day out on a swamp tour. Late Goldenrod, Solidago altissima, L. Goldenrod’s piney-tasting leaves and flowers are an important medicinal remedy for the urinary, digestive, and respiratory systems. The goldenrod tribe encompasses one hundred species of late-blooming,…
Muddy Bridges
Muddy Bridges by Jeffrey Chitek As you cruise southbound into New Orleans on 55, something happens…The rolling hills of Mississippi taper of into the flat plains of the primeval Silurian seabed and then.. seemingly no land at all. Towering Cypress and tangled sawgrass give the facade of solid ground but when you cross that…