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Manchac Magic Tour

kayakers in a swamp — "Wild Louisiana Tours guide tells guests about the historic Manchac swamp"

kayakers in a swamp

kayakers in a swamp

Swamp Kayaking Tours

kayaking, kayaking the swamp, new orleans, kayak tour, kayak swamp tour — Recommendations on what to wear while kayaking the swamp.

kayak kayak tour swamp swamp tour — Wild Louisiana Tour guests pose for a picture in the swamp.

kayak kayak tour swamp swamp tour — A kayak is a great platform for photographing alligators.

kayak alligator swamp swamp tour — Wild Louisiana Tour guests view a young alligator from their kayaks

swamp swamp tour — Red swamp maple samaras contrast with the green understory of the Manchac Swamp

flora in a swamp — "Beautiful Palmetto Light"

Swamp Kayaking Tours

A group listening to their tour guide on one of Louisiana Wild Tours in New Orleans

A woman taking a picture of an alligator from her kayak.

A group of two women watching an alligator from their kayaks in New Orleans.

A tour guide instructing a group about the kayaks used in Wild Louisiana Tours

A group of Jackson Kayaks along the bayou.

two kayakers paddling in the bayou in New Orleans

two kayakers at sunset

A group of kayakers exploring the Bayou in New Orleans

A group of kayakers during the Manchac Magic Tour in New Orleans

a kayak paddling through the swamp in New Orleans, Louisiana

an alligator on a log

a group on a tour from Wild Louisiana Tours

a tour guide talking to a group of kayakers

an alligator on a log in the middle of the bayou with several kayakers in the background

three kayakers paddling away at sunset

Several trees in the bayou in New Orleans

A man and a woman in kayaks with the sun setting in the background

The bayou

Manchac Magic Kayak Swamp Tours

Daily Manchac Photo Tours

the trees in the New Orleans Bayou

The sun setting through the trees

A brilliant sunset over Louisiana

a tree in the swamp at sunset — "Cypress Trees at Sunset"

swampy landscape

cypress trees in the swamp

daily kayak photo tour

a view of the greenery in the swamp

kayak swamp photo tour

a group of kayakers on a Swamp Photography tour — "Photographing the Cypress Knees"

Louisiana Cypress Swamp Photography Tour

Birds

Great Egret flying above the swamp — Great Egret Ardea alba

Roseatte Spoonbill — Roseatte Spoonbill Ajaja ajaja

Green Heron in the swamp — Green Heron Butorides virescens

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron — Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea

Tri-colored Heron — Tri-colored Heron Egretta tricolor

Least Bittern — Least Bittern Ixobrychus exillis

Black-crowned Night-Heron — Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nicticorax

Roseatte Spoonbill — Roseatte Spoonbill Ajaja ajaja

Roseatte Spoonbill — Roseatte Spoonbill Ajaja ajaja

white ibis — White Ibis Eudocimus albus

white ibis — White Ibis Eudocimus albus

A glossy Ibis — Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus

Private Small Boat Manchac Swamp Tour

Fall Cypress Photo Excursion

cypress fall colors — "Vibrant Fall Colors"

shooting photography in a cypress swamp — "shooting warm sunset light"

cypress swamp kayak photo tour — "getting the right angle"

cypress photo light — "shooting as you drift"

a sunset over a body of water next to a tree — "calm morning on the lake"

cypress sunset photography kayaking — "the cypress landscape"

cypress swamp photo tour — "setting the shot up in the fog"

dramatic cypress fog — "kayaker on fire"

cypress morning fog — "so calm and still"

a tree next to a body of water

Fall Cypress Swamps Photography Workshop