The Bayou Swamp Tour @ Lake Martin 8/2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-duMd5EJR8

de la Houssaye's Louisiana Swamp Tours August 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgGsStILUoo

de la Houssaye's Swamp Tours April 17, 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgGsStILUoo

Atchafalaya Houseboat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJuI5WIf6cA

The Honey Island Swamp on the Pearl River in Louisiana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkao-OYJryM

Clifton Chenier AFBF 1969 avi

de la Houssaye's Swamp Tours April 17, 2011

Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival Swamp Tours

Please call Ashley for reservations at 337 342 3867

sunrise and sunset tours are available...

Lafayette Louisiana Swamp Tours and Festival International 2016

You can call Ashley for reservations at 337 342 3867 from 8am-8pm central standard time.

We can do custom tours starting as early as 6am for bird watchers and photographers... and the sunset tour starts around 6 pm, unless we are doing a night tour, and that could start as late as 8 or 9 pm.

Please bear in mind that custom tours are best booked in advance, but call and ask, we aim to please.


Hi, I am Marcus de la Houssaye, and I have been doing the small flat bottomed boat Louisiana swamp tours for over 30 yrs.


We are @ the landing 7 days a week even during Festivals International 2016

A tiller handle powered outboard motor on a flat-bottomed aluminum

boat as you can see below is what we call: a Cajun Crawfish Skiff. 

Our boats are small enough to get off the beaten path 

and large enough to be safe with up to six or ten passengers 

and are outfitted with comfortable swivel seats.

Below is a photo of a Wood Duck taken at Lake Martin

If you are looking for an alternative to the big boat tours, we are here for your comfort and interests

Flowers are everywhere in Louisiana in the month of April...

                                               




Considering how complicated it gets during festival weeks you can call Ashley at 337 342 3867 for reservations.

John Fogerty - Born On The Bayou (Live at Farm Aid 1997)

Louisiana Bayou Swamp Tour Video

de la Houssaye's Louisiana Swamp Tour Alligator Video

de la Houssaye's Louisiana Swamp Tours Video

@ Lake Martin, Louisiana Swamp Tours Come In Many Varieties

OK, it is springtime in south Louisiana and everybody wants to come to Lafayette, eat, dance, and then get out and see the birds and alligators from the comfort and privacy of a small 10 passenger flat-bottom boat... yup, we got ya right here!

                                                                     

We are set up at the landing 7 days a week. ready to do your small boat swamp tour.

If it is just a couple looking for a private photo safari....

or  pleasant getaway for an hour or two...

we do sunrise and sunset, by reservation only,

and no group is too big or too small...

We could even start your tour at sunset and then it ends as a night tour.

We will take you where the big tourist trap boats cannot go...

If you seeking a safe adventure into the wilderness wetlands of south Louisiana, we are here to make it happen.

               

                        Native guides with decades of experience and knowledge to share with you...

and even if you didn't do a swamp tour, consider the sunset photo above was shot from land at Lake Martin Landing(notice the grass lower left)

We offer a wide range of services from the small 5 to 10 passenger boats all the way up to 25 passenger variety, and we can get several together at the same time to handle busloads for church and school groups 

                                                       




You can make a reservation by emailing me ... catahoula1@gmail.com

                                             



                                                below is a stroll down memory lane...

 Here are a couple of photos of me from back in the 1990's

Opps, the ones below is from the 1980's...

photo above and below copyrighted and courtesy of Marc Garanger

all that being said, I been swampy before swamp people was cool!

My daughter Christina circa 1999 doing a photo shoot for a magazine @ Lake Martin

                                               

I am Marcus de la Houssaye and I am mostly booked solid for the next few months, meanwhile,  Sometimes I am available on short order, if you need specialized guide services for future location scouting, tracking, photo and bird watching, I can be reached by email > catahoula1@gmail.com