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Zam's Swamp Tour · Lafourche Parish

Not Your Average Swamp Tour

Three generations of one Cajun family have shared Bayou Boeuf with visitors at Zam's, one of the first swamp tours in the area. Start face to face with alligators, snapping turtles and nutria in Zam's ecological park, then ride deep into the swamp with an unapologetically Cajun guide. Tours leave every day at 1:30 PM.

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1:30Tours every day

$40Adults · $25 kids

4.8★277 Google reviews

3Generations on the bayou

What's on the tour

Choose Your Adventure

ZZ standing in his boat at sunset on the bayou

Into the Swamp

Board the covered pontoon for an hour or more on Bayou Boeuf, past cypress, moss and gators.

An alligator resting in the grass at Zam's ecological park

The Gator Park

Your afternoon starts in Zam's ecological park, home to alligators, turtles and nutria.

ZZ and Emily holding a python and a young alligator

Hold a Live Gator

Yes, really. Get hands-on with a live gator and take home the photo to prove it.

Meet the Nutria

Louisiana's most famous swamp rodent, up close and always hungry for a carrot.

ZZ facing off with a large alligator rearing out of the water

Gator Wranglin'

Watch ZZ work with gators the way only a seasoned nuisance-gator hunter can.

ZZ leading an alligator through the park while guests watch from the fence

Groups & Field Trips

Bring the family reunion, the scout troop or the whole class out to the bayou.

ZZ guiding a big alligator along the bank — Just another Tuesday

ZZ sitting on the bayou bank — King of the Bayou

Your guide

Meet the King of the Bayou

“Everybody calls me ZZ.”

Zamariah “ZZ” Loupe is the grandson of Zam herself, and he comes from a long line of Bayou Boeuf alligator hunters. He's the swamp tour captain, the storyteller and the guy who'll hand you a gator. You'll leave knowing more about Cajun life on the bayou than you ever expected.

WWE Tough Enough runner-up turned swamp tour captain
Nuisance alligator hunter for Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries
Joined History's Swamp People at just 16
Featured by VICE as “The Local Legend of Bayou Boeuf”

Meet ZZ & the Crew @zzloupe

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History’s Swamp People
WWE Tough Enough
NCIS: New Orleans
Fox’s Trading Spouses

Gators & a few friends

Meet the Locals

The bayou has some residents you won't forget. Come say hey to the critters that make Zam's what it is.

How it works

Your Afternoon on the Bayou

Book Ahead

Every tour is reserved ahead of time. Send a request or call (985) 633-7881.

Head to Kraemer

Find us at 141 Kraemer Bayou Rd on Bayou Boeuf, about an hour from New Orleans.

Tour the Park

Meet the alligators, snapping turtles and nutria in Zam's ecological park.

Into the Swamp

Climb aboard the covered pontoon and watch your guide call the gators right up to the boat.

Tickets

One Tour. All the Swamp.

Adults

^$40

Zam's ecological park
Swamp tour with a Cajun guide
See and hold live gators

Reserve

Kids under 12

^$25

Everything the grown-ups get
Gator photos for show-and-tell
Stories they'll tell for years

Reserve

Groups & private tours

Let's Talk

Family reunions & birthdays
School field trips & scout troops
Church, club & company outings

Plan a Group Trip

Tours leave every day at 1:30 PM. Reservations are required: send a request or call (985) 633-7881 before you head out.

Events & happenings

What's Happening

From egg hunts on the tour route to Mardi Gras parades, there's always something stirring on the bayou.

Every spring

Zam's Easter Egg Hunt

The Easter bunny hides eggs right along the tour route. Kids hunt, gators watch. It's become a bayou tradition.

Watch for dates on Facebook

Guests watching ZZ with an alligator in the park

Daily · 1:30 PM

The Swamp Tour

The main event. Park tour, gator handling and a ride into the swamp with ZZ and the crew, seven days a week.

See the tour

ZZ as Grand Marshal holding his parade scepter

Mardi Gras

King of the Bayou

ZZ rolled through Choupic as Grand Marshal of the Mardi Gras parade, scepter and all. Catch him at community events around Lafourche.

More about ZZ

Testimonials

Folks Are Talkin'

4.8 on Google · 277 reviews 100% recommend on Facebook

This was an incredible tour, full of fun, nature, Cajun culture and humor, alligators, bayou swamp lore and stories! ZZ and Emily were excellent hosts and guides...

Lots of fun stories and recommendations, they really live and breathe swamp tour and alligators. ... Highlight of your Louisiana trip, by a big margin!!

I cannot recommend this tour enough. We came to LA for culture and food and this gives culture to the max.

ZZ is a really cool tour guide, definitely an authentic experience. He makes it a memorable and entertaining experience, and seeing his alligators up close and holding the babies was the cherry on top!

The guides are hilarious and very knowledgeable about the animals of the swamp.

Came with Vanderbilt undergraduate students for a field trip, Cannot wait to come again with my family. Definitely the highlight of our visit to Southern Louisiana!

The guides were engaging, talking with all members of the tour, and even invited our 10 year old to "drive" the boat.

Our tour guide ZZ was a great story teller and taught us a lot about alligator and the Cajun people.

I had a really great time and appreciated that this place was not completely commercialized and more laid back. It was an amazing experience!

Laissez les bons temps rouler

The Bayou Is Callin'

Gators, swamp stories and the most fun you'll have in Lafourche Parish. Tours fill up, so book ahead and grab your spot.

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