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Boat Tours of Bayou Vermilion
Children and a park ranger wave from a traditional wooden boat during a bayou tour

Bon voyage! Explore Louisiana on a bayou boat trip with a National Park Service ranger

Cruise Bayou Vermilion in a traditional Louisiana boat and learn the history of Lafayette, Louisiana's "Cajun Capital." A National Park Service ranger will share stories of Indians, farmers, trappers, and traders as you watch for wildlife on the banks and relive another era in an old-fashioned bayou "schoolboat."

Tours are offered in spring and fall and cast off from the Vermilionville Heritage & Folklife Park of the Bayou Vermilion District (right next door to the Acadian Cultural Center). 

In fall 2011, prices and tour options were as follows:

Tours leave at 10:30 a.m. and return at noon. Two tour packages are available:

  • Full tour package includes boat tour, self-guided tour of Vermilionville and lunch at Vermilionville's restaurant: $27 for adults, $25 seniors 62 and older, $19 children aged 4-18. For children 3 and under, the boat tour and self-guided tour of Vermilionville are free and lunch at Vermilionville's restaurant costs $6.95.
  • Guided boat tour only: $12 for adults, $10 seniors 62 and older, $8 children aged 4-18, free for children 3 and under.

Students aged 4-18 who are part of a scheduled, organized, educational group receive a 50% discount on boat tour ticket price.

Call Vermilionville at 337-233-4077 for reservations and information. Reservations are encouraged as the boat seats 16 and a minimum of four passengers is required. Special arrangements are available for groups larger than 16.

 

 

 

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Young armadillos at night.

Did You Know?
Nine-banded armadillos always give birth to four identical young, the only mammal known to do so. They can also delay birth for up to two years after fertilization of the egg.
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Last Updated: November 30, 2011 at 11:04 MST