Cool Autumn Louisiana Swamp Tours

Louisiana Swamp Tours are doing great in 2013 with lots of birds,

 

 

such as this Black Crowned Night Heron below,

and in some sense of a normal return to south Louisiana summer time weather,

as seen below, we have had a lot of afternoon thunderstorms.

 

 

 

 

It was a great summer for Swamp People TV fans looking for the real and genuine

swamp experience in the Breaux Bridge and Lafayette area!

 

                                          A Wood Stork in a Bald Cypress on Lake Martin


                           Of course everyone wants to see alligators up close and personal!

 

Do you like this one above with the damsel fly on its head?

 

So....

 

 

 

It has been really hot since mid August and I have enjoyed the break, as it produced a great need for a

 

 

 

 change of scenery,

 

 

 

and I have to confess the change was good, as seen below.

 

 

That's 2 redfish and 2 flounders(halibut)

 

It has been a great summer with lots of great flowers

on Lake Martin as seen below.

 

 

 

 

 

If you are interested in making a reservation for a Louisiana Swamp Tour,

 

 

 

or you would just like more info,

you can call me on my cell phone at 337 298 2630.

 

I am Marcus de la Houssaye, swamp tour guide extradinaire,

 

 

 

and if you come to do my tours @ de la Houssaye's Swamp Tours,

 

 

I will be the man driving the boat.

 

 

I was swamp people before it was a TV show!

 

 

 

 

Do you want a little better close up on that?

 

 

 

 

 

Is it real?

 

 

 

 

 

Yes it is for real and thanks to Wolfgang Hasenstein for the 3 photos above from 2005

 

                                                              American Lotus in bloom.

 

 

 

 

 

If you just can't call and need to contact me by text, for a reservation,

or more info, my cell phone number is 337 298 2630

 

But just so you know, I do not text people unless they can't call

 

If you are thinking of coming next month for a tour,

 I might recommend checking out Festival Acadian in Gerard park Lafayette, La.

Scheduled for 11, 12, 13 of October 2013

 

 

Louisiana Swamp Tours In August

 

Below are photos of roosting birds common at sunset in the rookery at Lake Martin

 

 

 

 

 

And....with all the new hatched Ibis and immature herons it looks like snow covered trees...

 

 

Below are Rosette Spoonbills

 

 

de la Houssaye's Swamp Tours

 

 

 

With the 95' temperatures this summer several of the tour guides at Lake Martin

myself included, are doing morning tours and "maybe" a sunset tour about 5:30 PM.

The coolest time to do a tour in August is sunrise,

 

 

then another at 8 and maybe again at 10 AM.

 

This time of year we have lots of flowers, dragon flies, and though there are many alligators in Lake Martin due to the heat we do not see many(except at sunrise and sunset), so we are until further notice, discontinuing the tours in the heat of the day(noon-5PM).

 

As usual, I recommend you call for tour information, AND MAKE A RESERVATION!

 

You can call me at 337 298 2630

Louisiana Swamp Tours at Lake Martin

Well, I am not surprised!

 Everyone(except me) at Lake Martin who are operating tours this summer are going the way of the typical tourist traps around New Orleans.

Meaning, big boats with the people packed in like sardines!

So if you are looking for something different, meaning a small boat, with 10 people(or less), and room to streach out and relax, with a small group where I can give you some personalized attention, then de la Houssaye's Swamp Tours is for your service.

 

I have actually had people get into my boat after refusing to participate in the over-crowed and over-loaded insanities of the other operators in the big boats. Here is another plus: as you might imagine, the big boats cannot go where my smaller and more practical crawfish shiff does, and as you can see more wildlife in a less travelled route, this is really what most people doing a swamp tour are hoping for.

I also do private tours, and sunrise and sunset photo safaries for special people like my new Viet Nam veteran buddy here:

Please be advised that I am urging everyone to do early morning and sunset tours in order to avoid the very uncomfortable heat of the day during June, July, and August.

I am Marcus de la Houssaye, I was swamp people, before Swamp People was a TV show, and I will be the man driving the boat.

If you need info or you want to make a reservation you can call me at: 337 298 2630

Thank you, and I look forward to serving you.