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Swamp stories

Field notes from the water

Folklore, wildlife, hard facts and practical advice from the Louisiana swamps.

Before you go

Airboat vs Kayak Swamp Tour: Which One Is Actually Worth It?4 min Manchac Swamp vs Honey Island Swamp: Which Should You Book?4 min Best Time of Year to Kayak in New Orleans (Month by Month)4 min What to Wear on a Swamp Kayak Tour in New Orleans5 min Kayaking With Kids in New Orleans: What You Need to Know4 min Is It Safe to Kayak With Alligators?4 min

What lives out there

What Wildlife Can You Actually See Kayaking in the Louisiana Swamps?4 min The Bald Cypress: Louisiana’s Most Iconic Swamp Tree4 min The Orange-Toothed Rodent That’s Eating Louisiana’s Coast5 min A Football Field Every 100 Minutes: Why Louisiana’s Swamps Are Vanishing5 min

Legends and ghosts

Is Manchac Swamp Haunted? The True Story of Julia Brown6 min The Honey Island Swamp Monster: Louisiana’s Bigfoot, Explained5 min The Rougarou: Louisiana’s Cajun Werewolf of the Swamps4 min The Ghost Towns You Can Still Paddle To in the Manchac Swamp5 min Jean Lafitte’s Swamps: Pirates, Bayous, and Buried Treasure5 min The Bayou That Built New Orleans: A Brief History of Bayou St. John4 min