Honey Island Swamp Kayak Tours

Tour overview

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. The area is part of the Pearl River basin, protected by the 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. Along the way, you may see huge majestic trees as well as floating hunting/fishing camps and abandoned boats. 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!

Wildlife sightings: alligators are rare in the area of Honey Island Swamp we operate in. We can see birds, turtles, and occasionally snakes. We recommend our Manchac Swamp tour as the better option for spotting alligators.