Torres'cajun Swamp Tours

They have this honor store where all drinks are for $1 and they only have a payment/deposit box nearby. This is part of the day tour we booked at a different company but since they operate independently, i thought i would give them a fair review. Our swamp tour was only a little group of 3 couples and our baby, the tour was interactive where all if us we're in a discussion (especially my husband) and we learned a lot of interesting facts about swamps, taxes, gators, etc. We had a great time and we saw some gators too, not the big ones but good enough for pics. My baby enjoyed the breeze since it was so darn humid this time of year. LoL! I suggest taking some swamp tours while visiting New Orleans. Our tour guide was very nice and accommodating, he knows this stuff pretty good :-)

The drive out to Thibodaux was really fascinating. We saw a variety of apparently wealhy and poor homes, but almost none of them had trees or bushes between the house and the street, but instead just big swaths of grass, gravel, or cement. The lack of plants in the front yard made the houses looked naked to me, which was bizarrely intriguing. Just cars and houses and the occasional tricycle or trampoline.Once we arrived, we had a lovely tour with Captain Brian. The boat ride was relaxing and informative, through a wide and still canal, with gorgeous lush flora and fauna all around. Captain Brian was very knowledgeable about the swamps as well as the local wildlife, but he's fairly dry. He gave it a good effort and tried to make it fun, and even cracked a few jokes. Somebody asked "where's the marshmallows?" and he replied wittily that the marshmallows were holding us in anticipation, as we didn't want to have all of our fun at once. It was fun to see Brian throw marshmallows into the water and watch (and photograph) the gators snapping them up, and we definitely had plenty of opportunity before the end of the day. Interestingly, this is the only parish where it's legal to feed the alligators, and when I asked Brian why he was able to explain to me about the ethics of alligator hunting, and why this particular parish it was acceptable to feed them as long as one did it properly. It was also fascinating to learn about tagging, and how every season gator skins get cut in a certain way to identify what year they're from (without ever repeating the pattern).As we were making our way back to the dock, Brian pulled out a huge (in my eyes) alligator head and passed it around so we could all check it out. This was fun and informative to see up close, and also made for some fun photos.My recommendation: the tour would have been more interesting if they made it more personal. It would have been interesting to hear about his family's experience, and what it's like living out in the bayous of Louisiana. All the same, I can easily recommend a swamp tour. It's a fairly short tour, but I felt like short was the perfect length, as it's a little boring compared to the rest of New Orleans.

Drove down to Torres' Swamp Tours, as I had a couple of people recommend it. It was "Nice", but very boring and an extremely short trip. I'm going back this week, but I'll be trying Zam's Swamp Tours.

We happened to be looking for another swamp tour (zam - don't go there!) and it was closed even though we called and reserved earlier. As we were driving out we saw a sign for Torres and we had an amazing time! We went at 4pm and happened to get the boat to ourselves and had an extremely informative tour and saw lots of alligators, herons, and other wildlife. It was the perfect time and apparently when the most alligators head out as it's warmest. It was a steal at a $25 when most places charge double. Would highly recommend and would go again!

Torres Swamp tour was perfect!!! Our guide was very informative and a very sweet man!! Loved it!! Thank you very much!!

Extremely enjoyable, very informative! We were on our way back home from New Orleans and decided to take a detour and take a swamp tour at the last minute. Found this one and so glad that we did! The owner visited with us a bit while we were waiting for the tour to start. He showed us his garden and his ducks and was so kind and welcoming! We then began with the tour which was led by his son and he was very informative and answered each question and pointed out several interesting things along the way. I am so glad that we happened to choose this particular tour and highly recommend them!