Hi You’all
Swamp trip is being arranged. There are several options people can do at the Bayou:
Bayou Adventure, operated by Shannon Villemarette offers outdoor recreation opportunities throughout St. Tammany Parish ranging from kayak eco-tours (guided and self-guided), bicycle rentals for the 31 mile resurfaced railroad line now serving as a bike path connecting the towns and villages of St. Tammany, fishing bait, tackle, crab bait, tackle, and more. We rent fishing poles, too! You can fish and crab right off of our very popular Lake Road.
We love that Bayou Adventure offers an authentic Louisiana bayou experience. That, of course, means that you may see an alligator. Alligators are not aggressive. Crocodiles are aggressive, but there are no crocs in Louisiana! What you see on television is totally put on and sensationalized. Our staff is on the water or we have customers on the water EVERY DAY. I would never put anyone in harms way. We talk to all of our kayakers about water safety before they head out before they go out on the bayou. That talk also includes safety, respect and preservation for our natural surroundings - including not feeding the alligators. That's why we call our tours "eco-tours". Most customers WANT to see an alligator so we know which waterways they would be more likely to see them. When we have customers who express that they'd rather not see one, we also know where they are less likely to see one.
We pride ourselves on a very different experience from a typical swamp tour. Most swamp tours feed alligators marshmallows all day long and from a boat loaded with tourists for the purpose of pictures. This creates a very dangerous situation when an alligator is conditioned to see humans as a food source. Obviously, we do not put kayaks on those waterways.
Also, Shannon, the operator is a Justice of the Peace.
So to arrange for the morning please let me know which of you want to do what of the choices below. We will take a van there and back. Thinking of pickup 7:30am at Lion’s Inn and return by 1pm. Will have some refreshments in van.
1. Bicycling through paved trails
2. Kayacking
3. Trail walking, birding
4. Fishing, Crabbing (not among each other though)
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