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For a list of bird species seen regularly,
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BAYOU BARN CAJUN CANOE & KAYAK TOURS offers a unique and exciting adventure while on the New Orleans area. In conjunction with the New Jean Lafitte Historical National Park, we offer guided and unguided tours of the SWAMP and MARSH areas of southern Louisiana.

Within the boundaries of the Jean Lafitte Historical National Park, you will be able to paddle the same famous Bayou Des Famillies (paddled by the Pirate Jean Lafitte). ALLIGATORS, SNAKES, and thousands of other CREATURES and WILDLIFE can be viewed in their own habitat.

Canoe kayak trail map
To see our trails,
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Located on Highway 45 in Lafitte, Bayou Barn has everything you need to enjoy firsthand the peaceful beauty of the Barataria Unit of Jean Lafitte National Historic Park.

Now; Bayou Barn offers you the chance to explore this unique Southern Louisiana wilderness on your own, or, on Saturdays and Sundays only, by personal guided tour (reservations required).

Bayou Barn makes it easy to take a leisurely trip down the smooth waterways, renting canoes and kayaks as well as offering shuttle services to and from the put-ins.

A pirate guide for your swamp paddle.
Our pirate guide.

Each rental includes two life jackets and two 5-foot paddles. The $25 a day rental includes delivery to the park, with advance notice. Also available is a $10 two hour rental to be self launched from the Crown Point crossing of Highway 45 and the new Lafitte LaRose Highway.

How about getting a group of your friends together to explore the park's bayous? Special rates are available for groups of 10 (five boats) or more, and if you're the one who organizes the group, your boat is free. Reservations are required for large group rentals. Senior citizen discounts (10 percent off) are available on all day rentals.

Rental hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.. For more information, call 689-2663.

 

BOAT RENTAL PRICING
CANOES
$20.00/person*
KAYAKS
$25.00/person
 
PEDALBOATS
$20.00/person
 

NOTES

*(Minimum 2 persons per boat]
GROUP RATES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
Kayaks are Pelican 1 person sit-in style.
Canoe & kayak rentals include paddle and lifejacket.

 

As a member of the Greater New Orleans Tourist and Convention Commission inc., we would like to be one of the first to welcome you to Lafitte and surrounding areas.

We hope your visit will be exciting and memorable and look forward to seeing you.

 

Bird Species Sighted Regularly In Our Area

When it comes to birdwatching, few places in North America offer the diversity of species found in Southern Louisiana. Following is a list of birds commonly sighted in Jean Lafitte National Park. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list as there are an additional 40+ varieties of flycatchers, swallows, warblers, wrens and others birds seen here as well, not including the occasional Frigatebird, Scissor-tail Flycatcher, Black Skimmer or Groove-billed Ani.

Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Blackthroated Blue
Swainson's Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
N. Waterthrush
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Nor. Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Swamp Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Brownhead Cowbird
N. Oriole
House Sparrow
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Red-breasted
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sand
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Dunlin
Common Snipe
Laughing Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern

Yellowrumped Warbler
Blackthroated Green
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Ovenbird
Kentucky Warbler
Canada Warbler
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-brown Grosbeak
Rufous-sided Towhee
White-throated Spar
Dark-eyed Junco
Common Grackle
Purple Fincho
Am. White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Plegadis
Snow Goose
Wood Duck
Greenwinged Teal
N. Shoveler
Gadwall
Merganser
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Bald Eagle
N. Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
East. Screech Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated
East. Wood-Pewee

Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black & White Warbler
Amer. Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blue Grosbeak
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Boattailed Grackle
Orchard Oriole
Amer. Goldfinch
Anhinga
Am. Bit-tern
Least Bittern
Greenbacked Heron
Blackcrowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Mallard
Am. Wigeon
Lesser Scaup
Merlin
Peregrine
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
Am. Coot
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
Great Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher
Redbellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
N. Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Please contact the Cajun Lady if you're interested in a cajun party or cajun festival.

BAYOU BARN
7145 Barataria Blvd.
Crown Point, LA 70072
20 minutes South of New Orleans
504-689-2663 , 1-800-862-2968 or Email bayoubarn@bellsouth.net

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