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re: Most authentic swamp tour near NOLA and BR?
Posted on 7/8/23 at 9:22 pm to yaboidarrell
Posted on 7/8/23 at 9:22 pm to yaboidarrell
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Don't. A swamp tour in the heart of summer sounds miserable.
Last weekend during the heatwave I drove four people from Canada out to the Honey Island tour location outsides of Slidell. They had been struggling with the heat in Nola, so I’m guessing they were in for a rough time out in the boat at 1 in the afternoon.
Surprisingly out of the 25 or so cars in the parking lot, half were from out of state. One from Pennsylvania and one from Ohio stood out
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Posted on 7/8/23 at 9:36 pm to Larry Gooseman
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Mister Jerry
Is this The Catfish King Mr Jerry?
Posted on 7/8/23 at 9:41 pm to Grassy1
Dr. Wagner’s Honey Island Swamp Tour in Slidell is legit. Part of it is on the Pearl River, part is in Honey Island Swamp. Plenty gators, the star being a 12 footer (I used to feed him marshmallows out of my little flat boat). You’ll see a few snakes as well, and they’ll also stop at a spot where they’ll call a bunch of wild hogs and raccoons right to the boat and feed them. Not an airboat - they have big covered flat boats that hold like 20 people.
Dr. Wagner’s website
Dr. Wagner’s website
This post was edited on 7/8/23 at 9:43 pm
Posted on 7/8/23 at 11:55 pm to Grassy1
Not a swamp tour, but I took my boys to Kleibert and Sons off of 55 just south of Hammond, and it was awesome.
"Hey what's in that horse trough we're standing next to?"
Only the biggest Alligator snapping turtle I've ever seen in person. Don't stick your hand in there boys.
Hey kids wanna hold a 4' gator with no mouth tape? You got it! Plus a various assortment of constrictors. My oldest loved it.
Great hands on experience that I couldn't believe still existed in 2022. They may offer swamp tours, not positive. 10/10 overall though.
"Hey what's in that horse trough we're standing next to?"
Only the biggest Alligator snapping turtle I've ever seen in person. Don't stick your hand in there boys.
Hey kids wanna hold a 4' gator with no mouth tape? You got it! Plus a various assortment of constrictors. My oldest loved it.
Great hands on experience that I couldn't believe still existed in 2022. They may offer swamp tours, not positive. 10/10 overall though.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 11:58 pm to Grassy1
If you want to do your own cheap trip you can drive yourself to Jean Lafitte national park. They have a nice nature set up up front and then you walk the boardwalks for a good ways and see gators and snakes
This post was edited on 7/12/23 at 1:44 pm
Posted on 7/12/23 at 1:37 pm to notiger1997
Jean Lafitte Barataria Preserve is awesome, but lately the best parts of some of the trails have been closed for repairs. Also the last couple trips I made there, the swamp was very dry. Only saw 16 snakes last trip, whereas normally I’ll see 40-50. Did see a couple gators laying together right on side the trail though.
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