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Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
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 Tuesday through Saturday, now through December 30 (weather permitting; no tour December 25). Tours cast off from the Vermilionville Heritage & Folklife Park of the Bayou Vermilion District (right next door to the Acadian Cultural Center). Tours depart at 10:30 a.m. and return at noon. Reservations are encouraged as a minimum of four passengers are required.

Ticket prices are

  • for the boat tour only: $12 adults, $10 seniors 62 and older, $8 children 4-18, children 3 and under free
  • for the boat tour, a self-guided tour of Vermilionville Heritage & Folklife Park, and lunch at Vermilionville's restaurant: $27 adults, $25 seniors 62 and older, $19 children 4-18, children 3 and under free
  • students aged 4-18 who are part of a scheduled, organized, educational group receive a 50% discount on the boat tour ticket price

Call Vermilionville at 337-233-4077 for reservations and more information.

 

 

Cajun band performs at the Liberty Theater.  

Did You Know?
The Prairie Acadian Cultural Center takes to the airwaves every Saturday night, sponsoring Rendez-vous des Cajuns at the Liberty Theater right next door to the center in Eunice. The live show of Cajun and zydeco music is locally known as "the Cajun Grand Old Opry" and broadcasts at www.krvs.org

Last Updated: November 19, 2009 at 16:27 EST