Airboat Tours in New Orleans

High-speed airboat rides through cypress swamp and open bayou near New Orleans.

Airboat Tours

Airboat speeding down a grassy channel in the Jean Lafitte swamp near New Orleans

Top pick by review count

Budget Airboat With Pickup

2 to 4 hours depending on options · Max 30 travelers · Pickup included · Run by Airboat Adventures

4.7 5,215 reviews on the listing

Airboat Adventures is the budget entry in the airboat category, from $50 per adult, with pickup options that stretch the total outing to roughly 2 to 4 hours depending on what you choose. The ride itself is the loud, fast, flat-bottomed affair every airboat promises, out toward the wetlands south of the city. The rating runs 4.7 across 5215 reviews, a large sample for the price point. Free cancellation applies. Check the listing for age and height rules before booking with kids.

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Small-group airboat waiting at a swamp dock with riders wearing ear protection before departure

Small-Group Airboat, Downtown Pickup

4.9 1,763 reviews on the listing

4 hours 15 minutes with transport · Louisiana Tour Company

from $115per adult, live price on the listing

Louisiana Tour Company keeps this airboat ride to a small group and picks you up downtown, so the drive out is handled. The outing runs about 4 hours 15 minutes including transport, from $115 per adult, and carries a 4.9 rating across 1763 reviews. Airboats are loud and fast: you skim open water and thread into narrow channels a pontoon cannot reach. Free cancellation applies.

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Airboat cutting open swamp water with spray off the hull

High-Speed 9-Passenger Airboat

4.9 1,004 reviews on the listing

105 minutes (airboat ride) · Louisiana Tour Company

from $89per person from-price, live price on the listing

This is the fast one. Louisiana Tour Company caps the boat at nine passengers, so the ride feels closer to a private charter than a group cruise, and the 105 minutes on the water move at a pace the covered pontoons cannot match. It starts at $89 per person. The rating sits at 4.9 across 1004 reviews, one of the strongest airboat track records in the area. Free cancellation applies.

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Sixteen-passenger airboat running across open Louisiana swamp water

16-Passenger Airboat

4.9 89 reviews on the listing

1 hour 30 minutes · Ragin Cajun Swamp Tours

from $65per person from-price, live price on the listing

Ragin Cajun's 16-passenger airboat splits the difference between the party-size boats and the premium six-seat rides. You still get the wind, the noise and the speed, just with more people aboard, and the price reflects it: from $65 per person for 90 minutes on the water. The tour holds a 4.9 rating across 89 reviews. Free cancellation applies, which helps when New Orleans weather turns without warning. Ear protection is standard on airboats; the listing covers what to bring.

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Six-passenger airboat skimming a narrow Louisiana swamp channel, propeller fan behind

6-Passenger Premium Airboat

4.7 27 reviews on the listing

90 minutes · Ragin Cajun Swamp Tours

from $95per person from-price, live price on the listing

Ragin Cajun Swamp Tours limits this airboat to six passengers, which makes for a faster, looser ride than the big boats allow. Expect hard turns, spray and long open runs through the grass, plus stops when alligators surface near the vessel. The ride lasts 90 minutes, and ear protection is supplied. From $95 per person, rated 4.7 across 27 reviews, with free cancellation if plans change.

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Season

Operators set their own schedules; June through November is Atlantic hurricane season.

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