LOUISIANA ATTRACTIONS

Avery Island
Avery Island, the home to Tabasco sauce. The Jungle Gardens are also on the island and a beautiful place to visit. For a slide show click here.

Pastor Brothers Cajun Excursions, Lafayette, LA
The Cajun Country Tours that do it ALL... alligator watchin, bayou cruisin, cocktail sippin, Cajun dancing, crawfish peelin, culture tourin, good time..or..customize your own trip.

Champagne Swamp Tours and Duck Guide - Breaux Bridge, LA
Brian Champagne shows people how the Cajuns like himself, made a living in the swamp years ago, and some still today, by crawfishing, fur trapping, fishing and running trot lines. He also has guided duck hunts.

Bayou Pierre Alligator Park
Located just outside of Natchitoches, Louisiana. 5 acre park is an authentic Cajun countryside, complete with Cajun music, and Cajun cuisine.

Global Wildlife Center - Folsom, Louisiana
Free-roaming wildlife preserve home to over 3,000 exotic, endangered, and threatened animals from all over the world. Guided Safari Wagon tour over 900 acres of Louisiana countryside complete with 12 ponds and a lake. During the tour you may come face to face with bison, giraffe, zebra, camels, eland, and much more.

Louisiana State Capitol Building - Baton Rouge, LA
Constructed during the early 1930's under the direction of Govenor Huey Long. It is fun to go to the top and look out over Baton Rouge. The Old Civil War Arsenal is also located on the grounds, as well as the Pentagon Barracks.

Honey Island Swamp
Take a personalized narrated nature tour into the 250-square-mile Honey Island Swamp. Nearly 70,000 acres of protected wildlife area, the Nature Conservancy's First Louisiana Nature Preserve. Honey Island is between three and seven miles wide and 15 to 20 miles long. It is located 50 minutes from New Orleans in Southeast Louisiana.

Audubon Zoo, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, New Orleans, LA
Zoo animals are in natural habitat exhibits and they have an animal collection ranging from unique white alligators to white tigers. Audubon Aquarium of the Americas has exhibits and a wonderful aquatic animal collection.

Acadian Village - Lafayette, LA
Located on 32-acres, seven of the 11 buildings are authentic homes of the 19th century donated by the families whose ancestors once occupied them. Each was moved piece by piece and carefully restored. They are examples of early Acadian homebuilders, complete with wooden pegs, mud walls, hand-hewn cypress timbers and high-peaked roofs.

Hodges Gardens - Florien, LA
Located in the northwest region of Louisiana in Sabine Parish, the gardens consist of a variety of plants and flowers, from a formal rose garden to a collection of Japanese Red Maple trees. There is a 225-acre lake, gardens, waterfalls, pools, a geyser and fountains. Cabins may be reserved for overnight stay. The land was donated to the state of Louisiana in 2007.

The Greater Baton Rouge Model Railroaders, Jackson, LA
Working model railroad displays colorful trains racing through miniature worlds. Operated by a railroad non-profit club. Certified instructors are provided to clubs and events in order to teach the principles of railroad safety to everyone.

For a slide show of a few of Lousiana's cemeteries click here.

Come visit,
and fall in love with Louisiana.