Honey Island Swamp Kayak Tour

What you'll do:

Join our naturalist kayak guides on a backwoods kayak tour of Honey Island Swamp. Located east of New Orleans, the Honey Island Swamp is one of the least-altered river swamps in the United States, supporting an abundance of game animals, which makes it a popular destination for hunters. The area is part of the Pearl River basin, an ecologically rich labyrinth of bottomland forest, swamp, river, and sloughs protected by nearby Pearl River Wildlife Management Area and Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge. Honey Island Swamp got its name generations ago because of honeybees present in the area, and is home to local folklore, including the legend of the Honey Island Swamp Monster.

The tour is a 3-4 mile round-trip paddle through flooded bald cypress-tupelo swamp habitat and then out to the Pearl River, where we stop at a sandbar (alternate routes are possible as well, depending on group interest). Along the way, your guide will share information about the area. During the tour, you will experience a blend of natural beauty and rural Louisiana; you may see huge majestic trees as well as floating hunting/fishing “camps,” and abandoned boats. Our 2-hour tours utilize tandem kayaks for all group pairs (we may be able to accommodate requests for solo kayaks if the tour size is small). If you are looking for an authentic, laid-back swamp experience with the option to swim in the river during summer, this is your tour!

Why we love it for your party:

• Paddle through the real-deal Louisiana swamp—no tourist traps here!

• Tandem kayaks = laughs guaranteed (especially if one of you can't steer)

• Stop at a sandbar to swim, hang out, or just vibe

• Your guide drops cool swamp stories and local legends along the way

• Feels like a mini escape into nature—with just the right amount of adventure

About this experience partner:

Create memories on a New Orleans Kayak Swamp Tour as you explore the beauty of the Louisiana swamps and the New Orleans plantations, like the Whitney Plantation tour, with the help of our eco-guides.

We aim to provide the best kayak experience for each and every bachelor/bachelorette party, family, couple, or solo traveler that comes our way. Your experienced guide takes you on a small-group swamp tour you won’t forget!

We make sure that you are having an amazing time on and off the water. Safety and fun are our top priorities. Enjoy the spectacular swamp scenery of the Manchac Swamp tour and the Honey Island Swamp tour while learning about the unique surrounding ecosystem from our amazing guides. The Gulf Coast ecosystem is the largest and fastest disappearing land mass on the planet. Come and enjoy these bayous, rivers, and swamps with us while you still can and learn what you can do to help save them!

Additional information:

• Wildlife sightings:

  • Alligators are RARE in the area of Honey Island Swamp we operate in, and not regularly seen on kayak tours. We can see birds, turtles, and occasionally snakes. Overall, we recommend our Manchac Swamp tour as the better option for spotting a variety of wildlife, including alligators, birds, and more.

• Honey Island Swamp kayak tours are water-level dependent.