airboat vs kayak

The most common booking question we get isn’t about price. It’s some version of “what’s the difference between the airboat tour and the kayak tour?” The honest version is more interesting than what either side will tell you on a booking page. We run the kayak tour, so we’re biased, but the bias is informed….

There are about a dozen ways to see a Louisiana swamp from New Orleans. Most of them involve a loud engine and a guy throwing marshmallows at an alligator. We don’t run that kind of tour, and this is a guide to telling the difference before you book. We’ve been on the water at Manchac…