Cajun Coast Blog

Atchafalaya Water Heritage Trail Cajun Coast

Our Water Heritage

The Atchafalaya Basin is the nation’s largest river swamp, containing almost one million acres of the nation’s most significant bottomland hardwoods, swamps and bayous. The Cajun Coast has many options to explore this vast wilderness along with even more waterways to explore!

The Atchafalaya Water Heritage Trail

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Family Fishing Cajun Coast

Family Ties

“How’s Your Mom-and-Dem”? As the greeting goes, and with Thanksgiving the fourth week in November, thoughts turn this time of year to family. Family is very important on the Cajun Coast where generations have made their living along its waterways. And we have everything you need to plan the perfect

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Paddling on the Cajun Coast

Craving Paddling Weather

As summer slowly begins to give way to fall, everyone wants to be outside, including the animals along the Cajun Coast. Alligator spotting becomes more frequent on swamp tours and birds traveling along our flyway to warmer climates fill the skies and skim along the water’s edge.

People long to

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Shrimp & Petroleum Festival Cajun Coast

Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival

Shrimp & Petroleum – (and Other Unique Things on the Cajun Coast!)
Shrimp and petroleum are generally not uttered in the same sentence, but the Cajuns of South Louisiana are used to doing things a little differently than the rest of the world. Beginning more than 80 years ago as

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Dining on the Cajun Coast

Dining on the Cajun Coast

Laid back foodies, you have found your vacation paradise on the Cajun Coast!

Louisiana is known far and wide for its cuisine, and for those who have a food obsession, or at least let their tastebuds choose the next travel destination, the Cajun Coast should be on your list.

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Mama Cayenne Gator on the Cajun Coast

Great Outdoors & Mama (Gator)

Bayou Swamp Tours on the Cajun CoastSome mamas love the outdoors – especially Mama Cayenne. With approximately as much waterways as land, the Cajun Coast is home to remarkable eco-systems not found in any other state. With 14

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Unusual Spring Festivals

Unusual Spring Festivals – You’ve got to admit, an area that celebrates shrimp & petroleum in the same festival, has some work to do to top the distinctive festival list, but we have some interesting festivals in the spring that you’ll want celebrate a little differently. See

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Fishing on the Cajun Coast

Making the Most of the Coast

Ah, Summer, and the Livin’ Is Easy.
Being on the water, whether on a peaceful inlet bayou or the deep blue seas of the Gulf, is a perennial summer pastime. With the sunlight reflecting off the water, the cares of normal 9-to-5 living slip into the rhythm of the

Read More »
Atchafalaya Water Heritage Trail Cajun Coast

Our Water Heritage

The Atchafalaya Basin is the nation’s largest river swamp, containing almost one million acres of the nation’s most significant bottomland hardwoods, swamps and bayous. The Cajun Coast has many options to explore this vast wilderness along with even more waterways to explore!

The Atchafalaya Water Heritage Trail

Read More »
Family Fishing Cajun Coast

Family Ties

“How’s Your Mom-and-Dem”? As the greeting goes, and with Thanksgiving the fourth week in November, thoughts turn this time of year to family. Family is very important on the Cajun Coast where generations have made their living along its waterways. And we have everything you need to plan the perfect

Read More »
Paddling on the Cajun Coast

Craving Paddling Weather

As summer slowly begins to give way to fall, everyone wants to be outside, including the animals along the Cajun Coast. Alligator spotting becomes more frequent on swamp tours and birds traveling along our flyway to warmer climates fill the skies and skim along the water’s edge.

People long to

Read More »
Shrimp & Petroleum Festival Cajun Coast

Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival

Shrimp & Petroleum – (and Other Unique Things on the Cajun Coast!)
Shrimp and petroleum are generally not uttered in the same sentence, but the Cajuns of South Louisiana are used to doing things a little differently than the rest of the world. Beginning more than 80 years ago as

Read More »
Dining on the Cajun Coast

Dining on the Cajun Coast

Laid back foodies, you have found your vacation paradise on the Cajun Coast!

Louisiana is known far and wide for its cuisine, and for those who have a food obsession, or at least let their tastebuds choose the next travel destination, the Cajun Coast should be on your list.

Read More »
Mama Cayenne Gator on the Cajun Coast

Great Outdoors & Mama (Gator)

Bayou Swamp Tours on the Cajun CoastSome mamas love the outdoors – especially Mama Cayenne. With approximately as much waterways as land, the Cajun Coast is home to remarkable eco-systems not found in any other state. With 14

Read More »

Unusual Spring Festivals

Unusual Spring Festivals – You’ve got to admit, an area that celebrates shrimp & petroleum in the same festival, has some work to do to top the distinctive festival list, but we have some interesting festivals in the spring that you’ll want celebrate a little differently. See

Read More »
Fishing on the Cajun Coast

Making the Most of the Coast

Ah, Summer, and the Livin’ Is Easy.
Being on the water, whether on a peaceful inlet bayou or the deep blue seas of the Gulf, is a perennial summer pastime. With the sunlight reflecting off the water, the cares of normal 9-to-5 living slip into the rhythm of the

Read More »

Celebrate Spring on the Cajun Coast!