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Location: Never in one place long | Does anyone know if there are alligator swamp tours in any part of SW Louisiana?? We would like to stick close to TX and were originally planning to go to New Orleans but didn't know if we could get the Cajun experience closer and see alligators?? Anyone know any neat town in the SW we could do these things? |
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| There is an Alligator Park in North/Central part of Louisiana near Natchitoches. Only tours I know of are in New Orleans, however. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I don't think they get enough tourism looking for that experience in the southwest, but I could be wrong. They do have some good eatin places in the Lake Charles area. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | And you don't want to miss the voodoo tours, do you? |
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Location: Dubach, LA | You don't need a tour, honey,; just a boat and a body of water. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Three 4 Luck - 2016-01-12 5:02 PM And you don't want to miss the voodoo tours, do you?
They have Voo-Doo tours?!!!  That would a strange tour for sure..  |
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Location: Where the stars at night are big and bright, TX | Here is one link to check out. http://cameronparishtouristcommission.org/explore
There were a lot of tours in the areas listed there. I used to live in Hackberry and Holly Beach. I had a family member who was the FMO on the Sabine Wildlife Refuge so I went out on alligator counts, etc. and sight seeing, just going along for the ride. Never took a formal tour though.
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Southtxponygirl - 2016-01-12 6:47 PM Three 4 Luck - 2016-01-12 5:02 PM And you don't want to miss the voodoo tours, do you? They have Voo-Doo tours?!!! That would a strange tour for sure..
Oh yes, Marie Lavaeux, baby. They're the most fun at night, but they have daytime ones too. And graveyard tours. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Plenty of them here.
https://www.google.com/search?q=houma+alagator+tours&ie=utf-8&oe=utf... |
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Location: Lost in the swamps | I'm from south la, houma swamp tours, and gotta get you some crawfish!! |
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Location: Wherever They Send Me | Warriors Mom - 2016-01-12 4:51 PM
There is an Alligator Park in North/Central part of Louisiana near Natchitoches. Only tours I know of are in New Orleans, however.
This is near me....cute town (I dont say it right, it's pronounced Nak-a-dish) and their is an alligator farm near there also (Bayou Pierre Alligator Park). |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Three 4 Luck - 2016-01-12 7:26 PM Southtxponygirl - 2016-01-12 6:47 PM Three 4 Luck - 2016-01-12 5:02 PM And you don't want to miss the voodoo tours, do you? They have Voo-Doo tours?!!! That would a strange tour for sure..
Wow that sounds way cool, would love to beable to go on these tours, need to but those on my bucket list, .lol |
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Location: Never in one place long | Thanks everyone! Wow, sounds like we will be able to stay in the SW part! I have been to New Orleans twice already but missed the Voodoo tours and the cemeteries! I'll definitely go back someday, just don't have time with this packed trip! :) |
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| amandacamarano - 2016-01-12 8:26 PM Warriors Mom - 2016-01-12 4:51 PM There is an Alligator Park in North/Central part of Louisiana near Natchitoches. Only tours I know of are in New Orleans, however. This is near me....cute town (I dont say it right, it's pronounced Nak-a-dish ) and their is an alligator farm near there also (Bayou Pierre Alligator Park ).
Are we neighbors? :) |
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Location: LOUISIANA | There is an alligator place in Prairieville, la. inbetween Gonzales, la and Baton Rouge. I think
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| There are swamp tours in the Henderson swamp right out of Lafayette. Where I-10 is raised for miles. Beautiful area down there. |
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | No fancy tour, but there's a few bayous full of them around here. |
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Location: Southwest Louisiana | If you're in swla, head to Cameron Parish, straight south of Sulphur, LA. You'll see alligators on the side of the road. Leaving Sulphur you'll see grass, horse pastures, oak trees and then you'll suddenly see marsh. Everywhere. Keep going and you'll get to the tourism center. It's got a boardwalk type thing that you can walk out and see some alligators. There is also a half mile sidewalk that literally goes through the marsh. You'll see gators on the side and sometimes on the sidewalk. I've grown up here and have never heard of anyone being bitten on this walk, lol. It's called the Creole Nature Trail. There's no guided tour, but you can pretty much figure it out. On your way down there and all around the driveway for the Nature Trail, you'll see people parked on the side of the road. They are fishing or crabbing. Just ask someone where the Nature Trail is if you get lost. Everyone is friendly for the most part. There's just the one main road though, so it isn't hard to find. Sulphur also has a good "cajun" place to eat called Holliers. Boudain, crawfish, fish, etc. It's been fully approved by the locals, lol. |
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Location: North Dakota | I grew up in Louisiana! New Orleans can be interesting and definitely a party town for college age people but to me it has turned into a dangerous dump for thugs! I agree with looking for the "Cajun" experience outside of New Orleans! |
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Location: Texas | There is a nature trail you can walk and a musuem in the Sulphur Hackberry area. Never been but I pass it all the time when I go home. However I don't se many alligators when it is cold. |
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| There are swamp tours in the Atachafalaya Basin.Keep in mind alligators are cold blooded, thus youat not see any if is real cold. Google McGee Landing/swamp tours. |
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