A visit to the Bayou was a “must see” on our Southern US road trip. I don’t think you can find landscapes like this anywhere in the world. We took the Acadian Swamp Tour. It’s a ten minute ride from Nottoway Plantation, which is near White Castle Louisiana. There are many many tours near New Orleans, but we wanted something that was not too crowded and gentle on the ecosystem. Airboats are not great on the ecosystem so that was out. It had to be a quiet small boat so I could take photos and video. Acadian was perfect. We were the only ones on the boat!
Rodney is the owner of Acadian Swamp Tours and his stories (and accent) are delightful! He took us out to Natchez lake and we saw a few alligators and the most amazing scenery.
On other tours they feed the alligators marshmallows to get them to come close to the boats, but this is bad for the alligator in many ways, and can be dangerous. Why feed junk food to alligators? Try to see nature in its natural state and not interfere with it. We enjoyed our trip and didn’t leave a damaging footprint. By the way, there are no crocodiles in Louisiana, only alligators. Apparently only Florida has two species of crocodiles – the rest are in Africa.
Check out some amazing photos of the Bayou at Wonderland Photography.
